Returning Players

Returning Player seasons normally offer the opportunity to former contestants to play the game of Minecraft Survivor once again.

Origins
The idea of former players returning originally occurred after Minecraft Survivor: Fogo, and would be put into effect the following season Minecraft Survivor: Gobi Desert. DerpOak wanted to showcase the most entertaining, fan-favorite, mischievous players, and robbed players during the second season. During pre-production for Gobi Desert, and right after filming Fogo, Derp decided to pick the 5 survivors who he felt deserved another chance to try to become the Sole Survivor.

Returning Player tribe
Gobi Desert introduced the idea of returning players by representing a third tribe that solely consisted of these types of contestants. In some sense, the season was a Brains vs Brawn vs Vets season, where fans were separated onto two separate tribes where they would compete against each other, while working to defeat the returnee/veteran tribe.