Choose Your Weapon

Choose Your Weapon (also known as Weapons) is a recurring challenge that originated in, and later appeared in and. The challenge sees contestants attempt to master local weapons such as blowdarts, spears and the bow and arrow.

Rules
The challenge is played in rounds, with the winners of each round moving on to the next. Each round, every contestant will attempt to hit a target using some form of local tribal weapon. The closest contestants to the target advance to the next stage of the challenge, where the process is repeated until one contestant is left standing.

In the tribal variation of the challenge, the scoring mechanism is modified. In, the tribe to win 2 out of 3 rounds won the challenge. In, the first two rounds were used to give an advantage in the final rounds, with the tribe closest to the centre winning two arrows to be used in the last round, and the losing tribe receiving one. The closest to the target in the final round won the challenge.

History
The challenge debuted in as a tribal reward challenge. Three members of each tribe competed, using one weapon each. The tribe to win two out of three rounds would win the challenge. Sean Kenniff beat Jenna Lewis using a blowdart gun to knock fruit of a wall (with the heaviest amount of fruit dislodged scoring a point) in the first round, scoring a point for Tagi. Subsequently, using a slingshot to knock down fruit, Gretchen Cordy outdid Richard Hatch to score for Pagong. In the last round, throwing spears at a target, Susan Hawk fell inches short of Joel Klug's mark. This resulted in Pagong winning the challenge 2-1, and receiving the fresh fruit knocked down during the challenge, as well as three chickens.

In, the challenge was used for individual reward. The challenge consisted of three rounds. The four closest shots using a blowdart moved onto throwing spears. The two best shots then took aim with a bow and arrow. Alex Bell won the challenge, and an afternoon at a coffee bar.

saw the challenge return to a tribal format, but with the first two rounds (blowdarts and spears) being used to win arrows for the final round with the tribe with an arrow closest to the bullseye winning the challenge. Jerri Manthey won the first round for Mogo Mogo, while Rupert Boneham won the second for Chapera, giving both tribes three arrows for the final round. Rob Mariano outdid Jerri, winning immunity for Chapera.

Trivia

 * Jenna Lewis is the only contestant to compete in this challenge twice.
 * Both times, her tribe won the challenge.