One at a time, members of each tribe must swim out to a ramp, where any two members must individually dive to release two buoy puzzle pieces. Once they have their puzzle pieces, they must pull a pontoon to a platform, where they must use the two pieces they collected, and another two pieces on the platform, to build a buoy pyramid puzzle. The first tribe to solve their puzzle wins.
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The challenge debuted in Edge of Extinction as an Immunity Challenge. Although members from all three tribes struggled to release their buoy puzzle pieces, it was the Lesu tribe who had the most difficulty, allowing the Kama and Manu tribes to pull ahead. With Kama and Manu unable to figure out the puzzle, Lesu was eventually able to collect their pieces and catch up. Kama eventually finished their puzzle first, and immediately started coaching their former tribemates on Manu. However, Lesu, with the benefit of being stationed between the other two tribes, also started copying Kama's puzzle and finished theirs before Manu, allowing them to win what would be their only Immunity Challenge, sending Manu to Tribal Council.
In Survivor 41, the challenge was used as a post-mergeReward Challenge with the restriction that only two members may physically work on the puzzle. Although the yellow team was first to their puzzle, Evvie Jagoda, recalling the exact same puzzle from Edge of Extinction, led the blue team of themself, Danny McCray, Deshawn Radden, Erika Casupanan, and Ricard Foyé to easily solve the puzzle within seconds of reaching the platform and win reward.
