Friends in High Places

"**Friends in High Places**" is the first episode of *Survivor: Roanoke*.

## Challenges

* Opening Challenge (Day 1)
* Reward/Immunity Challenge (Day 3)
* Immunity Challenge (Day 5)

**Opening Challenge**: Roanoke Recruitment
The contestants are divided into two pre-determined tribes, Manteo and Wanchese, led by Survivor returnees Sora and Ash Crimson, respectively. These Captains first pick a style of shelter from three options. They then must make first impressions from their tribe, answering a series of three questions - who looks like the best hunter, gatherer, and healer. The person chosen for each tribe can choose from two items for the tribe to have at the start of the game. The process ends once the ship the contestants are on hits land.

**Shelter Styles:**

Brick House (selected for Manteo)

Mystery (selected for Wanchese)

Log Cabin (unselected)

**Items:**

1. Hunting Knife (both John Marston for Manteo and Gambit for Wanchese) or Tranquilizer Gun (unselected)

2. Plant Shears (John Chapman for Manteo) or Vegetable Seeds (Larry Koopa for Wanchese)

3. Ointment (Doctor Strange for Manteo) or Pain Pills (Mikasa Ackerman for Wanchese)

**Reward/Immunity Challenge**: To Build a Little House Together
The survivors are tasked with building a house for a family settling some unclaimed land. Three layers set the foundation for the home, using fast-acting concrete. Three more tribe members then work together to assemble certain structures of the house's frame. The next three tribe members work on raising these structures, putting them in place. Two coverers put together the exterior appearance of the house, including the roof and walls. One leader directs this entire process and ensures everything is built safely. The tribes are free to decorate the inside of the home with their own personal flavor. The family decides the winning house, based on the structural integrity and quality of the work done.

**Reward**: A hot tub, as well as access to Manns Harbor, a previously unrevealed area connected to the island.

**Winner**: **Manteo**

**Reward/Immunity Challenge**: Magnet Madness
Three tribe members load a magnet onto a crane. Once attached, two other members dig through a pile of scrap to find a full tank of gas for the crane, which they must refuel. One crane driver operates the vehicle and brings it over to a large, rectangular slab of metal. They must attach the slab to the magnet and deliver it to where three tribe members are waiting. After placing the slab down, the three tribe members can climb up it, while carrying backpacks filled with magnetic pieces to a bridge. These backpacks are given to two bridge-builders, who must construct a narrow, tightrope-like bridge to cross. The first tribe to raise a flag at the end of the bridge wins.

**Reward**: Comfort items, including pillows, blankets, and a king-sized bed, as well as access to Manns Harbor.

**Winner**: **Manteo**
## Tribal Council

### Day 3

 Ash C. (8 votes)
 Larry (4 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Ash Crimson

### Day 5

 Larry (5 votes)
 W (4 votes)
 Cloud (1 vote)
 Goldlewis (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Larry Koopa

## Trivia

* The episode title was said by Ash Crimson during the Day 3 Tribal Council.
* This episode was the third double premiere in Survivor RP, following "Looking Cool Is Half the Battle" in *Socotra*.