Death[]
When a tribesperson feels too old, (s)he dies. Old Age is the only way for a tribesperson to die (you can't try starving them to death for instance).
When the last member of your tribe dies, you are offered a chance to restart from scratch (but you keep all your supplies, recipes, and mysteries).
All it is left from a dead tribesperson, is his or her tombstone.
Fountain of Youth[]
Solving the "Fountain of Youth" (FOY) mystery halts the aging of tribe members and reverse an elderly tribesman's age to 40. The FOY can only be used on tribees 18 or older.
Although not necessary, you can also use moondust after someone has been immortalized... all the way back to age 18. It is mostly useful when you want a bald man to gain back his full hair or you want to eliminate a beard. It does not appear to have any effect on a tribesman's work or research speed.
The Fountain of Youth effect can be reversed as of patch 0.1.78, and any tribe member who has immortality removed will begin aging again, and die, as per the usual rules. Other than this the effect is permanent an remains even when the tribee has sailed to a different island.
Age of Death[]
The age of death is directly related to a tribesman's Physical Strength. The higher the Physical Strength, the longer the tribesman lives.
Tribesmen will age 3 years for every 24 real-world hours.
A good rule of thumb to estimate the age of death of tribees is to add 40% of their strength to 65 years (the age when a tribee's hair turns gray) . E.g. if the tribee's strength is 20, his/her age of death will be 65 + 0.4*20 or 73 years.
(Note: The Summary is based on the raw data below. Once the raw data is more complete, the Summary can be corrected.)
Data Summary (Hypothesis)[]
Physical |
Age of |
16-18 | 72 |
19-20 | 73 |
21-23 | 74 |
24-25 | 75 |
26-28 | 76 |
29-30 | 77 |
31-33 | 78 |
34-35 | 79 |
36-38 | 80 |
39-41 | 81 |
42-43 | 82 |
44-46 | 83 |
47-48 | 84 |
49-51 | 85 |
52-53 | 86 |
54-56 | 87 |
57-58 | 88 |
59-61 | 89 |
62-63 | 90 |
64-66 | 91 |
67-69 | 92 |
70-71 | 93 |
72-74 | 94 |
75-76 | 95 |
77-79 | 96 |
80-82 | 97 |
83-84 | 98 |
85-86 | 99 |
87-89 | 100 |
90-91 | 101 |
92-94 | 102 |
95-96 | 103 |
97-99 | 104 |
100 | 105 |
Raw Data[]
Physical |
Age of |
15 | 71 |
16 | |
17 | |
18 | |
19 | 73 |
20 | |
21 | |
22 | |
23 | |
24 | 75 |
25 | 75 |
26 | 76 |
27 | 76 |
28 | 76 |
29 | 77 |
30 | 77 |
31 | 78 |
32 | 78 |
33 | 78 |
34 | 79 |
35 | 79 |
36 | 80 |
37 | 80 |
38 | 80 |
39 | 81 |
40 | 81 |
41 | 81 |
42 | 82 |
43 | 82 |
44 | 83 |
45 | 83 |
46 | 83 |
47 | 84 |
48 | 84 |
49 | 85 |
50 | 85 |
51 | 85 |
52 | 86 |
53 | |
54 | 87 |
55 | 87 |
56 | 87 |
57 | 88 |
58 | |
59 | |
60 | |
61 | 89 |
62 | |
63 | |
64 | 90 |
65 | 91 |
66 | |
67 | |
68 | |
69 | 92 |
70 | |
71 | |
72 | |
73 | |
74 | |
75 | |
76 | |
77 | 96 |
78 | |
79 | |
80 | 97 |
81 | |
82 | 97 |
83 | 98 |
84 | |
85 | |
86 | |
87 | |
88 | |
89 | 100 |
90 | 101 |
91 | 101 |
92 | |
93 | |
94 | |
95 | |
96 | |
97 | |
98 | |
99 | |
100 | 105 |