Advantage Menu

The Advantage Menu (also called the Advantage Option in its first appearance) is an advantage introduced in . It allows the castaway who holds it to select one advantage on the list to use later in the game.
==Overview==
The Advantage Menu offers three potential advantages for the person who obtains it. It can be played in several different ways, according to which advantage the holder decides to use.
In its first appearance in , the person who obtained the advantage immediately had to choose from one of three advantages while on . This was modified in the Advantage Menu's subsequent appearance in , where the holder could now defer choosing which advantage to use. However, the Advantage Menu would only be good up until the third Tribal Council.
In , the task of winning a coin toss was added before the person offered the advantage option could receive their chosen advantage, failing which they would lose their vote per the wager on the .
 introduced the Advantage Amulet, which tied in the principles of the Advantage Menu with the mechanic of having to share the advantages across all its finders. Additionally, instead of each finder selecting an advantage at will, the amulet would provide an increasingly powerful advantage as fewer holders remained in the game.
==History==
===Game Changers===
During the Tribe Switch on Day 14, Debbie Wanner drew the package containing no buff and was sent to , where she would wait until after the next Tribal Council to replace the member voted out by the tribe that lost the next Immunity Challenge. While on Exile Island, Debbie was visited by former two-time castaway and winner John Cochran, who offered to her an Advantage Option, giving her the choice between three advantages—a kit with which to design a fake Hidden Immunity Idol; an Extra Vote; as well as a challenge advantage to be used by her new tribe at the following Immunity Challenge. Debbie chose the Extra Vote and would hold onto it until the Day 24 Tribal Council, where she used it to vote against Ozzy Lusth twice and contributed to his elimination.
===Edge of Extinction===
During the marooning on Day 1, Ron Clark found an envelope labeled "Secret Advantage" under a crate of vegetables on the boat. It was later revealed to be an Advantage Menu, which gave him the choice of stealing the reward won by the other tribe after a challenge; an Extra Vote, which allows the player to use the parchment as a vote at Tribal Council; or individual immunity, which allows the player to use the menu like a Hidden Immunity Idol before the votes are read. However, the Advantage Menu was now repurposed to allow its holder to defer choosing an advantage until its expiration after the third Tribal Council. Ron did not have to choose any advantage as his tribe did not go to any of the first three Tribal Councils, leaving the Advantage Menu to expire after the Day 8 Tribal Council. However, Ron kept the expired envelope and gave it to Rick Devens on Day 31. Rick attempted to purchase immunity off of the menu, but Jeff informed him that the menu had expired. Rick then played a real Hidden Immunity Idol, which ultimately sent Ron home.
===Island of the Idols===
On Day 34, Dean Kowalski was sent to the , where Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine offered Dean a choice between three advantages: an Extra Vote, an Idol Nullifier, or a Hidden Immunity Idol, good for the next Tribal Council, which could not be played for himself. Dean selected the Idol Nullifier, after which he had to play a coin toss to win the advantage. Dean won the coin toss and would use his Idol Nullifier on Day 37 to counter Janet Carbin's idol play, sending her home in a 4-1 vote.
===Summary===
Season	Location 	Episode Acquired	Owner	First Option 	Second Option 	Third Option 	Advantage Chosen	Episode Used
 	 	 	 	Fake Hidden Immunity Idol kit	Extra Vote 	Advantage for tribe at next Immunity Challenge 	Extra Vote 	
 	Under a box of vegetables at the marooning	 	 	Reward Steal 	Extra Vote 	Individual Immunity to be used as a Hidden Immunity Idol 	Never used 	Never used
 	 	 	 	Extra Vote 	Idol Nullifier	Hidden Immunity Idol to be used on Day 35 on another player	Idol Nullifier 	
==Trivia==
* The Extra Vote has been offered each time this twist was used.
* Ron Clark is the first person not to use the Advantage Menu.
Category:Gameplay
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Category:Survivor (U.S.)
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Category:Survivor: Edge of Extinction
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