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Mud Pack (also known as Mud Run and Up Close and Muddy) is a recurring Reward Challenge of Survivor. Debuting in Survivor: Borneo, it has since been reused in Survivor: Cook Islands and Survivor: Cagayan.

Rules[]

Under a time limit, tribe members dive into a mud pit and cover their body with as much mud as they can. They then race back and scrape it off into a bucket. They may only transport mud on their torso, and are not allowed to carry it with their arms or hands. The buckets are then weighed, and the castaway with the heaviest bucket wins.

History[]

United States[]

In Borneo, the contestants returned to the mud pit of old Pagong camp to compete for cold beer and a trip to a bar to watch the first five minutes of the season. The castaways had five minutes to fill their buckets. The winner was Kelly Wiglesworth.

In Cook Islands, the castaways had to dive into a pool of mud and cross an obstacle in the way of return. The three castaways with the heaviest buckets after ten minutes would win a night at a spa. Ozzy Lusth, Parvati Shallow, and Yul Kwon won.

It appeared as the final five Reward Challenge in Cagayan. After ten minutes, Tony Vlachos' bucket was literally overflowing with mud. Because of this, the other castaways agreed not to have the buckets weighed and Tony was deemed the winner.

Australia[]

France[]

New Zealand[]

Quebec[]

South Africa[]

The challenge was used as the very first individual Immunity Challenge in Survivor South Africa. Gareth Tjasink won the challenge and became the first South African to wear the Immunity Necklace.

In Champions, the challenge was used at the family visit. Zavion Kotze won the challenge after filling his bucket with 108 kilograms (238 lbs.) of mud.

United Kingdom[]

This challenge, renamed Mud Run, appeared as a reward challenge on Episode 14 of the 2023 series of the UK version. The prize was a trip to the Survivor spa, with fruit platters, chocolate truffles and prosecco. The challenge was won by Christopher Haul, who invited Pegleg Bennett and Hannah Baptiste along (whose votes he needed to court for Tribal Council).

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winner
Australian Survivor (2016)
Episode 9
Tribal Reward AUS3 brooke tAUS3 el tAUS3 flick t
AUS3 jennahlouise tAUS3 kylie tAUS3 lee t
AUS3 matt tAUS3 nick tAUS3 sam t
Saanapu

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Nicaragua
Episode 15
Individual Reward NZS1 avi t
Avi Duckor-Jones

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Survivor Québec (2023)
Episode 34
Team Reward QCS1 jeanjunior tQCS1 maryse tQCS1 sandrine tQCS1 sango t
Jean-Junior, Maryse, Sandrine, Sango

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Panama
Episode 8
Individual Immunity ZAS1 gareth t
Gareth Tjasink
Champions
Episode 15
Individual Reward
(Family Visit)
ZAS5 zavion t
Zavion Kotze

Episode Challenge Type Winner
Survivor U.K. (2023)
Episode 14
Individual Immunity UKS3 christopher t
Christopher Haul

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • This challenge has only been used as the final Reward Challenge of the season.
  • Every person that had the highest amount of mud made it to Final Tribal Council.
  • Parvati Shallow was the only person to win the challenge and not make it to Final Tribal Council in the season the challenge was used. However, she made Final Tribal Council in two future seasons.
  • Every winner of this challenge has returned for another season.

References[]

Recurring Challenges
A Bit Dinghy · A Bit Tipsy · A Crate Idea · A Leg Up · A Numbers Game · Air Raid · Angry Chair · Around the Bend · Back in Slack · Balancing Point · Ballin' A Jack · Barrel Bridge · Barrel of Monkeys · Basket Brawl · Better Homes and Island Living · Beyond the Wheel · Blind Leading the Blind · Blue Lagoon Bustle · Blue Plate Special · Boats, Brains & Brawn · Bone to Pick · Boulder Smash · Bow Diddley · Box Your Mind · Braille Maze · Broken China · Buggin' Out · Build It Up, Break It Down · Butch Cassidy · By Any Means Necessary · By the Numbers · Cage Against the Machine · Can't Buoy Me Love · Cannonball Run · Caught in the Web · Cell Block Sea · Challenge Pitch · Chief's Choice · Chimney Sweep · Chinese Zodiac Symbols · Cling Ons · Choose Your Weapon · Coconut Juice · Crate Escape · Crocodile Rock · Crosswalk · Cube Crisis · Dear Liza · Dive Masters · Dizzy Gillespie · Dizzy Miss Lizzy · Domino Effect · Draggin' the Dragon · Dragging the River · Drop A Log · Drum Roll · Dulcimer Stomp · End of the Line · EOC · Eve 6 · Fallen Comrades · Fast Fire · Faulty Towers · Fauxconut Bowling · Fire and Water · Fire Fighter · Fire Starter · Flips, Flops, & Flags · Float Your Boat · Floating Puzzle · Game of Bridge · Gatecrasher · Get a Grip · Get Barreled · Get Hooked · Get Your Goat · Gimme Three Steps · Great Escape Run · Hands on a Hard Idol · Hear About It Ladder · Hot Pursuit · House of Cards · House of the Holey · Idol Hands · Jail Break · Jump Shot · Jungle Relay · Kamikaze · Keel Hauling · Keep It Up · Keep on Your Toes · Kenny Log-Ins · Kicking and Screaming · Kitty Litter · Know Your Loved One · Ladder Tree Golf · Last Gasp · Letter Hunt · Lock, Load and Light · Lock Step · Log Jam · Losing Face · Mask Match · Matchmaker · Matt Finish · Mayan Pizza · Memory · Mud Pack · Mud Slide · Muddy Waters · New School · New Tribe Member · Nut Bucket · O-Black Water · Odd Shaped Bottoms · Operation Balance Build · Out on a Limb · Over-Extended · Paddle Battle · Paddle Out · Perch · Pilfering Pirates · Piranha Feast · Pole Dancing · Pot Head · Push Me, Pull You · Puzzle Dig · Q and A · Quest for Fire · Race to Shore · Ram-Ball On · Rescue Mission · Rice Race · Rise and Shrine · Rock Bottom · Rock n' Roll · Rock the Boat · Rod Screw-It · Roll With It · Roller Ball · Rung O Star · Running Down a Dream · Sacrificial Lamb · Schmergen Brawl · Sea Crates · Sea Legs · Sea Salvage · Shipwrecked · Shoot 'n' Shuffle · Shooting Gallery · Shoulder the Load · Simmotion · Slip, Slide & Score · Slither Me Timbers · Smash and Grab · Snag, Drag and Bag · Snake in the Grass · Snake Island Relay · SOS Signal · Spear-it Hunt · Spit It Out · Splash Back · Sprung a Leak · Squared Off · Squatty Probst · Stacked Up · Stairway to Heaven · Stairway to the Stars · Star Man · Station By Station · Step on Up · Stomp-ede · Strung Out · Sumo at Sea · Survivor Auction · Survivor History · Survivor Pentathlon · Survivor Quiz Show · Swahili Scramble · Swing Break · Tangled Up · Temple Transfer · The Ball Drop · The Cruel Sea · The Game is Afoot · The Gauntlet · The Home Stretch · The Maze · The Obstacle Course · This Much · Thrash, Splash & Bash · TLP O-Course · Tomb Raider · Total Recall · Troubled Water · Uncomfortably Numb · United We Stand · Vampire Bats · Vertically Challenged · Vertigo · Wall to Wall · Well Stacked · What-er Drag · When It Rains, It Pours · Wicker Flicker · Will It Go Round · Witch Hunt · Wrist Assured · Yank Your Hank · You Shook Me
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