I realize that algae is caused by overfishing, as has been mentioned a number of times here. But just what is "overfishing"? That is, will the algae appear after a certain number of fish have been taken? Or does it also depend on the rate at which fishing takes place?

Any ideas about quantities of fish involved (numbers of fish or value as food) or rates (i.e. more than 50 fish in an hour, etc.)?

Does any of this vary with either game speed or level of difficulty?

Jer

As long as I can remember, I've had amnesia.

It varies directly with difficulty and indirectly with game speed. And, as you're probably aware already, Arthur doesn't come right out and tell everything about the inner workings of the game.

Thanks. Yes, I understand that many things are left to the player to figure out and to develop his/her play strategy accordingly. But if other players have closely observed this, and have some numbers, I'd surely like them to share that, and hope that this forum is a place where such sharing of information can take place.

Jer

Suddenly, nothing happened.

Based on my recent observations of a village running at 2x speed, easy level of difficulty, the algae appears after about 2000 food units have been gathered from the sea.... or about 180 fish. That took around 4 hours (4 village years) primarily using a runner to fish.

Jer

Confucius say: Look for helping hand on end of own arm

My recent observations of villages running at 2x speed indicate that when the following amounts of food are harvested in the form of fish, algae will appear:

Easy: 2200 units (200 fish)
Normal: 1100 units (100 fish)
Hard: 550 units (50 fish)

Jer

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