A Crate Idea

A Crate Idea is a recurring physical/puzzle challenge that originated in and was later used in later seasons.

Rules
Two castaways from each tribe race out to a giant tribe-colored crate. Once they reach the crate, they would roll it back. Upon reaching the tribe mat, the next pair run out to get the next box. Once all 6 crates have been collected, the tribe members would stack the crates, solving a puzzle on the side of the crates (spelling out a key phrase). Once it has been stacked correctly, the castaways would climb up the crates to a platform. First tribe to get all tribe members to the top wins.

History
Jalapao won this challenge in its debut in.

The Villains won this challenge when it reappeared in.

In, it was supposed to be an immunity challenge in Persona Non Grata, but Bikal decided to forfeit the challenge, giving Gota immunity. It was used again in the following episode, with the new Gota tribe winning immunity.

In Survivor: Blood vs. Water, this challenge reappeared, but this time it was used in the water instead of land. Although Tadhana had the lead once again, due to their crates falling out of their boat, Galang caught up and eventually took the lead in the puzzle portion for the win.

Trivia

 * Tyson Apostol is the only contestant to compete in this challenge three times, winning it twice ( and ).
 * Coach Wade and J.T. Thomas have all competed in this challenge twice, both winning it once (Heroes vs. Villains and, respectively).
 * This is, thus far, the only challenge to have a contestant compete in it three times.
 * This challenge is the first challenge in Survivor history to be forfeited by a tribe. Bikal forfeited this challenge in, giving Gota immunity.
 * When the challenge was subsequently reused, the newly shuffled Gota won again. This made Gota the first tribe to have "won" the same challenge twice, and Eddie Fox, Reynold Toepfer and Sherri Biethman the first contestants to "win" the same challenge twice in one season.
 * The first three times this challenge was used the eventual runner-up was on the winning tribe.
 * Or, in the case of Caramoan, one of the eventual runner-ups, as the finale ended with an 8-0-0 vote.