S4 Sweden: Blood vs Water

**S4 Sweden: Blood vs Water** was the fourth season of Rarvivor. It features returning players competing against their loved ones. This season also features Redemption Island. The season began on December 12th 2020 and ended on January 29th 2021. It was won by Hawks in a 5-3-1 vote over Mason and Devin. Jobre was awarded Player of the Season.

## Structure/Twists

* **Starting Tribes:** This season started with 2 tribes of 10 people each.
* **Merge:** The merged tribe consisted of 12 people.
* **Final Tribal Council:** A final three faced a jury of 9.
* **Idol Search:** Three idols were hidden in a shared system called the color scheme.
* **Swap Lottery:** Every time there was an even number of players left in the main game until the merge, there was a 1/3 chance of a swap. No swaps occurred this season.
* **Redemption Island:** After a player got voted out, they had the chance to return to the main game at the merge and when there were 5 players left in the main game.

## Fire Token Menu

* **Idol Clue (1 fire token):** The player can choose between 5 different clues and the idol the clue is associated with.
* **Pizza (1 fire token):** The player gets one extra guess that day.
* **What is hidden in the idol grid? (1 fire token):** The player gets information about the contents in the idol searching system.
* **Sneak Peek (1 fire token):** The player can sneak on another player and find out about their advantages and amount of fire tokens. There was also a 50% chance the player who was sneaked upon found out.
* **Partner Swap (1 fire token):** The player switches tribe or Redemption Island affiliation with their partner.
* **Literally Nothing (2 fire tokens):** Literally nothing.
* **Pull a Player (3 fire tokens):** The player can swap another player to their tribe. This can't be purchased during an active tribal council.
* **Mutiny (4 fire tokens):** The player can swap to another tribe. This can't be purchased during an active tribal council.
* **Cast a X Debt (X+1 fire tokens):** The player casts a debt on another player. This player is not allowed to vote at the next tribal council unless they pay off their debt. The debt is repaid to the hosting team.

## Reception

This was a half-returnee season, where returnees were competing against their loved ones. The premerge was a bit slow, but not the worst by any means. In the premerge there was a twist that at the beginning of every cycle with an even amount of players, there was a 33% chance of a swap, unfortunately, there were no swaps, which led to the downfall of returnees. The merge was really fun, especially the votes like 6\*-6-1 or 4-2-1-1. What drags this season down were the inactives, which culminated in a double evacuation in the final 7, which instantly made it a final 5. Fortunately, there was the Redemption Island at play, making it a f6 where we had our first no vote tribal council, thanks to idols being played, and coincidentally the first tie! In the end, we had a great winner and this season ended up being good overall.

## Trivia

* Two players were pulled out of the game during the same episode, those being savanah and MikeMcCaw.
* The winner Hawks has never met his partner Ragu this season.