Tribal Tiles (also known as Sudoku and Island Sudoku) is a challenge that debuted in Survivor: Vanuatu and has been used internationally as a recurring challenge in Survivor South Africa.
Each tribe will assign one member to be a caller. The caller will guide the rest of the tribe to solve a 4-by-4 puzzle so that there are no repeating symbols or colors in any row or column. The first tribe to solve the puzzle will win.
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In Maldives, the puzzle concept was modified for use as an individual Immunity Challenge. The final six would arrange tiles in a 6-by-6 grid such that there were no repeating colors in any row or column. The challenge came down to a close race between Alison de Chazal and Letshego Moshoeu, with Letshego pulling off her second immunity win.
In Island of Secrets, the challenge appeared as a team Reward/Immunity Challenge. The members of the Manumalo tribe competed in teams of three and had to race relay-style to carry puzzle tiles across a set of monkey bars. Once all the tiles were collected, the team members would arrange them in a 4-by-4 grid such that there were no repeating colors in any row or column. The yellow team of Danté De Villiers, Jacques Burger, and Mike Venter held a lead in retrieving their tiles and sealed the deal by solving their puzzle first to win immunity and a trip to the Afu Aau waterfalls, where they would enjoy pasta and wine.
