Survivor 45 Released
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The Survivor 45 simulator is now released. This season aired on CBS from September to December 2023 and is the most complex of the New Era seasons.
Survivor 45 offers many twists including:
– An observer twist with a secret vote
– Beware Advantages to unlock idols that can be extended by sacrificing votes
– The Inheritance Advantage and Bank Your Vote Advantage from Survivor 44
– A tribe raid with a Goodwill Advantage that can restore lost votes
– A tribe swap with an optional, speculative advantage
– A choice between sandwiches or the Amulet Advantages
– The first detailed auction in a Survivor simulator
– A journey where the representatives will compete to earn back their lost votes
– A special journey that can grant individual immunity
– A challenge advantage hidden at camp
Thanks to Jacob for helping with planning and testing the simulator.
Survivor 44 Released
The Survivor 44 simulator is now released. This season aired on CBS from March to May 2023 and is the fourth of the New Era seasons.
Survivor 44 does not have Beware Advantages. Instead idols are locked in a tribe birdcage and can be obtained by finding the key. There are new events for this, fake idols, the debut of the Inheritance and Bank Your Vote advantages, and a journey with idols and a tribe swap.
Thanks to Jacob for helping with planning and testing the simulator.
Survivor 43 Released
The Survivor 43 simulator is now released. This season aired on CBS from September to December 2022 and is the third of the New Era seasons.
Survivor 43 contains similar New Era elements with 41 and 42 such as Beware Advantages, Shot in the Dark, and Journeys, but the Hourglass and Do or Die twists are no more. You’ll notice other slight format and twist differences, and there’s a new Choose Your Champion advantage.
Thanks to Jacob for helping with planning and testing the simulator.
Survivor 42 Released
The Survivor 42 simulator is now released. This season aired on CBS from March to May 2022 and is the second of the New Era seasons.
Survivor 42 shares the same format as Survivor 41 including the Beware Advantages, Shot in the Dark, and many of the same twists such as the Hourglass and Do or Die. There are some additional stipulations that differ between 41 and 42, and 42 introduces the Amulet Advantage.
Thanks to Jacob for helping with planning and testing the simulator.
Survivor 41 Released
The Survivor 41 simulator is now released. This season aired on CBS from September to December 2021 and is the first of the New Era seasons.
Some common elements that Survivor 41 shares with the other New Era seasons are journeys where representatives from each tribe make decisions and compete in challenges or games of chance for secret advantages. Pre-merge Hidden Immunity Idols are hidden in the form of Beware Advantages that hold a stipulation to unlock. Each castaway is given a Shot in The Dark to start the season that has a 1/6 chance of granting immunity at the cost of the holder’s vote. Survivor 41 also features the Hourglass and Do or Die twists along with the debut of the Knowledge is Power.
Thanks to Jacob for helping with planning and testing the simulator.
Survivor Winners at War Released
The 40th season of Survivor, Winners at War, is here after five years. This season aired on CBS from February to May 2020 and featured 20 former winners competing for a prize of $2 million dollars.
Winners at War contains Edge of Extinction, but also introduces the concept of Fire Tokens which can be used to purchase both strategic and luxurious items on Advantage Menus. There are other opportunities to earn and spend these on Edge of Extinction and throughout the events of the season. You can shape the simulation to play out in very different ways depending on the profile attributes you set.
Other features exclusive to Winners at War include both a Fire Token Chart (inspired by u/MAW_16 on Reddit) and a Fire Token Summary of all the transactions that occur throughout the simulation. A universal feature for all of the Survivor simulators is the “accent color” to give your tribes even more visual customization.
Thanks to Jacob for sticking around after 10+ years and being an integral part of planning and testing Winners at War and future simulators.
That’s not all. Simulators for Survivor’s New Era seasons 41-48 are finished and will be released weekly beginning on the weekend of October 4th-5th. You can see previews of these on Bluesky.
Survivor 49 Cast Photos
Cast photos from the 49th season of US Survivor, called Survivor 49, have been added to all of the simulators. Survivor 49 premieres Wednesday, September 24th on CBS.
You can also see the Cast.
Big Brother 27 Cast Photos
Cast photos from the 27th season of Big Brother US have been added to the simulators.
This premieres Thursday, July 10th, on CBS at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on CBS.
7/10/25 Update: The cast photo was added for the 17th houseguest.
Survivor Bug Fixes and Other Changes
In order to improve the entertainment level and quality of the Survivor simulators and prepare for the continued development of Winners at War and New Era seasons, the following bug fixes and changes were made for Survivor.
– In Panama, a medevac in episode two could unbalance the tribes.
– In Samoa, the second tribe was guaranteed to win the Episode 6 reward and attend the first tribal council.
– In Caramoan, the incorrect name was displayed if a second player won a letter from a loved one during the auction.
– In Cagayan, the episode title display for Episode 1, Part 2 was showing incorrectly as Episode 2, Part 2.
– In Cambodia, the player who won the episode 10 immunity challenge wasn’t credited for winning a challenge on the Other Statistics page.
– In Kaoh Rong, the Exiled player during a tribe swap wasn’t credited for finding an idol on the Other Statistics page.
– In Millennials vs. Gen X, the Reward Stealer now functions.
– In Ghost Island, the targets and reasonings from Episode 10 were not saving.
– In Ghost Island, the possible Episode 6 and Episode 10 Vote Stoppers now function and display correctly.
– In David vs. Goliath, it was not possible to adjust relationships weekly once the merge happened.
– In Edge of Extinction, the Reward Stealer option on the Advantage Menu now functions.
– In Edge of Extinction, the two Half Idols now have names to distinguish them.
– In Island of the Idols, the player who won the episode 10 immunity challenge wasn’t credited for winning a challenge the Other Statistics page.
– Non-mutual alliances had a 75% chance of becoming mutual every episode.
– Permanent relationships could be altered by stamina events, impressing events, and meltdowns.
– The idol playing logic is improved if multiple players are at tribal with idols and at least one idol is played.
– The tribe event frequency is increased in smaller tribes, making episodes with no events now very rare.
– Tribe events at final 4 now occur in seasons with forced final 4 fire-making.
– Previously, a player could only use a maximum of one extra vote. Now unlimited extra votes per player are supported.
– Added *Are you sure?* prompt for randomizing Profile statistics to match resetting them.
– Deadlocks now have a possibility of being broken by a Consensus decision among voters.
– Rock draws now provide a more descriptive display of who draws the normal and odd-colored rock.
– In tribal councils with just two players who are deadlocked after one vote in seasons with secret advantages, a firemaking challenge now decides who leaves rather than rocks.
– In tribal councils with just two players, secret advantages are now much more likely to be played to avoid the firemaking challenge.
Do you see any issues with the changes or bugs that were missed? Notice any difference in your simulations? Any feedback is appreciated!
Australian Survivor Cast Photos Added: Brains v Brawn II, Australia v The World
Cast photos from the 2025 season of Australian Survivor, called Brains v Brawn II, have been added to all of the simulators. This season aired from February 17 to April 14, 2025 on Network 10.
Cast photos were also added for the upcoming Australia v The World season. The premiere date is not yet set, but will be later in 2025.
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