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Draggin' the Dragon (also known as Forty Two) is a recurring challenge in Survivor. First appearing in Survivor: Cagayan, it later reappeared in Cambodia, Winners at War, Survivor 42, and Survivor 45.

Rules[]

Tribes must push a cart through an obstacle course. Throughout the course, there are three towers from which tribes must retrieve a key to unlock a chest. Once they have collected all three chests, they must then take the cart apart, slide it through a barricade, put it back together, and make their way to the end. Two tribe members would then use the pieces inside the chest to assemble a giant dragon puzzle. The first tribe to solve their puzzle wins.

In Cambodia only, the puzzle solvers were allowed to switch out with other members of their tribe.

In Survivor 42, the challenge was modified as a water challenge. Each tribe had to row a boat to three stations, collecting a heavy crate containing puzzle pieces at each one before rowing to shore. Then, they would have to transport the boat and crates over a track and under a net. Then, one person had to dig up a bag of coconuts containing one key attached to a buoy before unlocking the crates and starting on their puzzle.

History[]

In Cagayan, the challenge appeared as the first Reward/Immunity Challenge of the season. Aparri led early on, but Solana was able to overtake them at the puzzle and finish first, with Aparri a close second. Luzon, meanwhile, struggled communicating with each other throughout the challenge and were never able to catch up, sending them to the first Tribal Council.

The challenge later reappeared in Cambodia as the first Immunity Challenge after the Tribe Switch. Ta Keo took the lead and never relinquished it, easily finishing first. Angkor and Bayon were neck and neck throughout, with Bayon finishing just ahead of Angkor to also win immunity, sending Angkor to Tribal Council. During the challenge, Jeremy Collins found Bayon's Hidden Immunity Idol.

The challenge appeared again in Winners at War as a Reward/Immunity Challenge. Dakal managed to pull ahead to secure a head start at the puzzle portion of the challenge, leaving Sele to attempt an unorthodox strategy of laying out all their pieces first to try to catch up. However, this ended up backfiring as it allowed Dakal to win in a blowout victory, sending Sele to Tribal Council.

The challenge reappeared as the inaugural Immunity Challenge of Survivor 42. Taku took a considerable early lead over rival tribes Ika and Vati, but after getting caught up in the net later on, the other tribes had a chance to catch up. Ultimately, Taku still ended up placing first and Vati took second, sending Ika to Tribal Council.

The challenge appeared as the third Immunity Challenge of Survivor 45, where the circular puzzle was replaced with the giant cube puzzle from Cube Crisis. Despite their best efforts, the Lulu tribe was once again defeated at the puzzle stage and faced with their third Tribal Council.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winner
Cagayan
"Hot Girl with a Grudge"
Tribal Reward/Immunity S28 alexis tS28 brice tS28 jefra t
S28 jeremiah tS28 lj tS28 morgan t
Solana
S28 cliff tS28 lindsey tS28 sarah t
S28 tony tS28 trish tS28 woo t
Aparri
Cambodia
"We Got a Rat"
Tribal Immunity S31 ciera tS31 joe tS31 kass t
S31 keith tS31 kelley tS31 terry t
Ta Keo
S31 jeremy tS31 kelly tS31 kimmi t
S31 monica tS31 spencer tS31 stephen t
Bayon
Winners at War
"It's Like a Survivor Economy"
Tribal Reward/Immunity S40 kim tS40 nick tS40 sandra t
S40 sarah tS40 sophie tS40 tony t
S40 tyson tS40 wendell tS40 yul t
Dakal
Survivor 42
"Feels Like a Rollercoaster"
Tribal Immunity S42 jonathan tS42 lindsay t
S42 marya tS42 maryanne tS42 omar t
Taku
S42 chanelle tS42 daniel tS42 hai t
S42 jenny tS42 lydia tS42 mike t
Vati
Survivor 45
"No Man Left Behind"
Tribal Immunity S45 austin tS45 dee tS45 drew t
S45 jmaya tS45 julie tS45 sifu t
Reba
S45 brando tS45 bruce tS45 jake t
S45 katurah tS45 kellie tS45 kendra t
Belo

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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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