The Advantage Amulet (also referred to as the Amulet Advantage) is an advantage introduced in Survivor 42.
Overview[]
The Advantage Amulet is a shared advantage whose power depends on the number of people holding on to the amulet. All three players who are given the opportunity to receive the amulets must agree to share the amulets.[1] Furthermore, to play their amulets, the remaining holders must be on the same tribe and agree on when to collectively use their advantage. Together, all remaining amulet holders will declare how they wish to use the advantage at Tribal Council, after which the advantage is removed from play. The amulets can be played up to and including the final six.
The amulets themselves are normally non-transferable but, with only one holder remaining, the resulting Hidden Immunity Idol can be transferred at Tribal Council as normal.[2]
It is unclear whether the amulets' power will increase if a holder obtains a second amulet using the Knowledge is Power advantage, which appeared alongside the amulets in Survivor 42.
In Survivor 47, the Amulet Idol only operated as a Hidden Immunity Idol. All remaining holders of the amulet had to agree to play the advantage on a single person.
Strategy[]
The advantage holders are given the choice between working with or against each other, forming a mutual alliance on their shared secret or playing selfishly to increase the advantage's power for themselves respectively. The advantage acts as a bounty against each of its holders, and its steep increase in power as fewer holders remain ostensibly encourages holders to work against each other.
The revised mechanics in Survivor 47 provided a more obvious route for collaborative gameplay between the amulet holders.
Twist History[]
Survivor 42[]
The Advantage Amulet was introduced at the marooning of Survivor 42. During the opening Reward Challenge, Marooning, one member of each tribe was tasked to run the second leg of the relay; Drea Wheeler, Hai Giang, and Lindsay Dolashewich ran this leg for Ika, Vati, and Taku respectively and were given the choice to take the amulets, without yet knowing what the nature of the twist was. The three players were given mud and fake blood to lather themselves in to cover their tracks before racing back to their tribes.
Upon opening the advantage, Drea, Hai, and Lindsay learned about the mechanics of the advantage:
- With three holders remaining, the amulets could be played together for one Extra Vote
- With two holders remaining, the amulets could be played together for a Vote Steal
- The last remaining holder may play their amulet as a Hidden Immunity Idol
They realized that the advantage provided an incentive to target each other once they merged in order to work towards gaining a Hidden Immunity Idol for themselves.
On Day 12, the trio reunited and initially decided to align based on their shared knowledge of the advantage. Eventually, however, the trio turned on each other. First, Drea and Lindsay agreed to target Hai, who was becoming too powerful in the game. They joined the Kula Kula tribe in blindsiding him on Day 19, upgrading the amulet's power to a Vote Steal. Then, after Lindsay survived the Do or Die on Day 21, she joined her alliance in eliminating Drea, granting herself a Hidden Immunity Idol that could be played the following round at the final six. However, when she won the Immunity Challenge, she opted not to use her idol for fear that it would introduce a new idol into the game. When Omar Zaheer was blindsided that night, the amulets were taken out of play.
Survivor 45[]
In Survivor 45, the Advantage Amulet entered the game on the Day 11 Journey, where Belo's Austin Li Coon, Lulu's Kellie Nalbandian, and Reba's J. Maya were instructed to decide between "Sustenance" in the form of food and "Strategy" in the form of the amulets. Despite Austin's initial hesitation and acute awareness of the target that it would place on their backs, the trio unanimously decided to take on the amulets. J. Maya was eliminated in a re-vote at the pre-merge Tribal Council on Day 13, thereby upgrading the power of Austin and Kellie's amulets to a Vote Steal. Kellie was voted out on Day 16, upgrading Austin's amulet to a full Immunity Idol. Austin held on to the amulet until the final six, when he played it for himself but negated zero votes.
Survivor 47[]
In Survivor 47, the modified Amulet Idol entered the game at the Day 8 Journey, where Gata's Andy Rueda, Tuku's Caroline Vidmar, and Lavo's Teeny Chirichillo were instructed to nominate one person to lose their vote at their next Tribal Council; in exchange, all three players would receive an amulet. Unlike its predecessors, the Amulet Idol could only be played as a Hidden Immunity Idol, and it required all remaining holders to agree to play their amulets on a single beneficiary. Despite accepting the amulets, Andy, Caroline, and Teeny later realized that the amulets placed a target on their backs and agreed to play them at the earliest opportunity. Thus, the Amulet Idol was played on Night 12 at the final thirteen Tribal Council to protect Teeny, who received zero votes.
Summary[]
| Season | Episode Acquired | Location | Owners | Advantages | Episode Used | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor 42 | "Feels Like a Rollercoaster" | Day 1 Reward Challenge |  Hai Giang |
 Drea Wheeler |
 Lindsay Dolashewich |
Extra Vote | Never used |
| Vote Steal | |||||||
| Hidden Immunity Idol | |||||||
| Survivor 45 | "I Don't Want to Be the Worm" | Day 11 Summit |  J. Maya |
 Kellie Nalbandian |
 Austin Li Coon |
Extra Vote | "The Ex-Girlfriend at the Wedding" |
| Vote Steal | |||||||
| Hidden Immunity Idol | |||||||
| Survivor 47 | "Is That Blood in Your Hair" | Day 8 Summit |  Andy Rueda |
 Caroline Vidmar |
 Teeny Chirichillo |
Hidden Immunity Idol | "Feel the FOMO" |
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