Know Your Loved One
Also known as The Loved Ones Visit, Family Visit
How it works
Family members are flown in for the most emotional day of the season. Castaways compete — often alongside their visiting loved one — for precious time together, a meal, or a night back at camp.
Why it's iconic
The source of one of Survivor's most notorious moments: in Pearl Islands, Jonny Fairplay had a friend arrive and lie that his grandmother had died, milking the sympathy for a game advantage.
The moment
Pearl Islands: Fairplay's buddy “Thunder D” told the cast his grandmother had passed — she was very much alive and, as Fairplay put it, home watching wrestling. He won the reward off the lie.
- Type
- Reward
- Stakes
- Reward
- Appearances
- 2 seasons
- Status
- Still in rotation
Where it's run
Every season that has staged this challenge — 2 in all.
More reward challenges
The Survivor Auction
Plays for reward
Every castaway gets the same stake of cash and bids on covered dishes and hidden advantages — comfort food, a clue, or a trap. Whatever you don't spend means nothing once you leave the game.
Quest for Fire
Reward + immunityDebuted Season 1
Carry fire from a tribal torch across a course — swimming a flaming raft to shore, then lighting a chain of torches up the beach — racing to light the final cauldron first.
Coco Connection
Plays for reward
Take turns firing coconuts from a slingshot to break wooden tiles on a five-by-five grid. First tribe to break a full row, column, or diagonal — tic-tac-toe with coconuts — wins.