Synopsis
Miles from civilization, itโs just you against nature. Can you survive in the wilderness and find your way back home?
For walkthroughs on Survival Island, scroll down.
Note:ย Only Episodes 1, 2, 3, and 4 are currently available on desktop and mobile. For the full version, you can play it on Steam or with AS3 Flashpoint.
or April 17, 2014 (for all)
Common Room: N/A
Preceded by: Monster Carnival Island
Succeeded by: Mission Atlantis Island
Resources on this page: Island Extras | Synopses from Poptropica | Quippy’s Store Items | Video Walkthrough | Written Walkthrough | Album Photos | Trivia
Island Extras: Official Tour | Video Playlist | Champions Map 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Lost Cubs Mini Quest
Quippy’s Store Items
Quippy sells the following items at the frozen pond under the big tree to the right in Episode 1: Blue Woodpecker follower, Owl Head Rider, Ghillie Suit*, and Frozen Body power*. (* = members only)
Video Walkthrough
Click through the playlist menu to find the video for different episodes. For a written walkthrough with pictures, scroll down on this page.
Written Walkthrough
Walkthrough by Samwow5 & HPuterpop
Special thanks to: Pixel, Slanted Fish, & Brave Tomato
Table of Contents
- Episode 1: Crash Landing
- Episode 2: Hook, Line, and Sinker
- Episode 3: Distress Signal
- Episode 4: Cabin Fever
- Episode 5: Escape!
Episode 1: Crash Landing
It’s a dark and stormy night… you’re riding in your blimp, and a thunderstorm is raging all around you. Disaster strikes, and the next thing you know, you’re stuck in a tree. You’ve got to get out immediately and start a fire to warm yourself up. Click on your parachute, and you’ll descend onto the snow.
Tip: If you don’t move for a long period of time, your temperature will drop. To keep your temperature up, run around so you don’t get too cold.
Throughout the island, you can pick up handbook pages that will give you hints for starting a campfire. First, go left and pick up the Survival Handbook.
Next, hop up and scare the woodpecker away. Follow the woodpecker’s pecking sound (or use the pic below to trace its path). Jump onto the weak-looking branch attached to the dead tree, which will break. Pick up the fallen Logs.
Keep following the woodpecker until it reaches the branch where a squirrel is sitting. Click on the squirrel to make him go inside the tree. When it hears the woodpecker, the squirrel will jump off, and you can pick up the Nest.
Go right to the next area, run to the right, and pick up the Wet Kindling.
Next, go right to the next area. Run across the fallen tree and hop into the hole. Go left and pick up the Mittens. These will keep your body temperature warmer, so put them on!
Now go left to the next scene, and walk left to find an axe sticking out of a tree stump. Your mittens will give you a grip to pull out the Axe Handle.
Next, climb the trees until you find a green parachute backpack hanging on a branch that’s slightly out of reach. Jump up and pull the backpack handle down. Now you’ll be able to climb up to the the branch and continue to the right.
You will find a backpack hanging on a limb. Click on it, and an object will fall out. Climb down and click on the hole in the snow. Dig through it with your mittens to obtain the Striker. Then head back right to where you found the mittens.
Equip the Axe Handle in your inventory and click on the boulder on the far right. It will roll down the hill and reveal a secret cave. Next to the cave entrance is a sparkling piece of Flint for you to take.
Enter the cave. A bear is sleeping inside! ๐ป This part is tricky — the bear is hidden in the darkness, but there are two hidden platforms above the bear that you need to hop onto so that you won’t disturb its slumber. Watch where the dripping water lands; that’s where the hidden platforms are located. Here’s a picture for reference (the eyes indicate where the bear is):
Once you’ve made it safely across, continue onwards to the far right and pick up the Dry Kindling. Then jump over the bear a second time and exit the cave. With the Axe Handle equipped, push the boulder further down the hill.
Now we’re ready to build a fire! Go behind the boulder and click on the fire symbol in the lower left corner.
Use your mittens to clear the snow off the ground. Put the nest down and strike it (with the Striker). Next, click on “blow on the fire,” then put the Dry Kindling down (far left). Lastly, place the Logs on top.
A fire will successfully start up! ๐ฅ At this point, you’ll be awarded the Episode 1 Medallion. Congrats!
You’ve survived the night, but what happens next? As you find rest, binoculars zoom in on you, revealing that you’re not alone…
Episode 2: Hook, Line, and Sinker
A cutscene will show you climbing down the cliff into a new day. Like the previous episode, you can find optional handbook pages throughout the island.
In the first area, you can also find Pillbugs, Worms, and an optional Fishing Suit on the various trees. After getting everything, find the log on the left and click on it to roll it over, allowing you to hop down and into the next scene.
Here you’ll see a beaver’s nest with a hook inside! You wonโt be able to reach it because the water level is too high. To lower it, jump on the dam to shake up the soil and open the holes, releasing the water.
The beavers will try to plug the holes back, so jump on the wood floating above the beavers to knock them on their head, and make them go away. They will continue to come back after some time, so keep them away from the holes until the dam is drained. Remember not to freeze in the cold water!
Once the water has drained, take the Hook from the nest. Next, go left and until you see this rock (pictured below). Roll it over and take the Grubs!
Continue to the next area and grab the Fishing Pole from the top branch of the first tree. Then find the two springy branches above the frozen river to jump across it, and push the flat rock over to right until it fits into the nearby hole.
Find the broken branch to the left and push it down, making a bridge. Run across and push the boulder down the hill, breaking the ice that had been covering the frozen river. Now you can continue left.
Push over all the weakened tree trunks, from the first up to the last. The last one will fall into the water below and make a raft. Jump on to float to the middle of the river. When you reach the tree with the shoe stuck in it, jump up and grab the Shoelace!
Then go left and jump onto the highest branch of the tree with the shoe. Position yourself right next to the opening of the tree, then go to your inventory and click “Use” on the shoelace to add it to the fishing pole. Next, click “Use” on the hook to add that as well. Now equip the fishing pole and press the space bar to drop it down, pulling up another Shoelace!
Return to the river with fish in it, and click “Use” on the second shoelace, combining it with the fishing pole. Now use the worms from earlier, and press the space bar next to the river to drop a line. When a fish bites, press the space bar again to pull it up. Success! You’ve found food for yourself and have earned your Episode 2 Medallion!
Next, a cutscene will show a surveillance cam zooming out, hidden in the trees. Turns out it’s only one of multiple cameras on a big screen. Who is watching?
Episode 3: Distress Signal
An abandoned radio tower is in sight โ now, you’ve got to find a way to use it.
Youโll find a Hard Hat stuck inside a hollow tree trunk. To get it out, climb to the top of the tree, then slide down to grab it.
Next, run right and pick up the Wires. Then continue right to the next area.
Now, climb the trees and venture inside the wrecked plane to obtain the clipboard of papers called the Manifest. Continue left inside the plane and click on the radio. The plane will shake and fall a bit, dropping you out. The plane is now at an angle so you canโt get back inside. For now, continue right.
Jump on the unattached right wing and fling it into the river as a bridge.
The next part is a bit tricky. Stand on the left side of the wing to tilt it up, then run full speed to the right and jump, trying to land on the right side. This may take a couple of tries. Once you make it, continue right to the next area.
Run right and climb the tree with the box of lemons attached, then go inside part of the plane that’s lodged between some tree branches. Inside, click on the box to obtain a Galvanized Nail.
Jump down and land on a nearby branch, where you’ll find a Pocket Knife. Now go back to the tree with the box of lemons, and climb up to the branch with the rope attached. Use the cutting blade from the pocket knife to detach the branch. Now jump on the branch and push it all the way down to the ground.
Use the pocket knife’s cutting blade again to cut the rope attached to the branch, which will smash the box of lemons to the ground. Pick up a Lemon.
Run left and make your way back to the river. Stand beside the tree with the weakened trunk and use the cutting blade on it, making it fall into the river.
Click on the bag attached to the tree and sort through the coins inside until you find a Copper Penny from 1981. Then head left.
Return to the tree branch where the top part of the plane is stuck (the branch that’s just underneath the part that says ‘Mews Airlines’) and use the cutting blade. The plane will fall once more, and now you can go inside and grab the Radio. As soon as you do, the plane will fall further down, taking you with it. Climb up the chairs to get out. The plane will crash into the ravine below.
At this point, you have all the materials to you need to assemble your radio. Go into your inventory and โAssembleโ the Radio. First, drag the penny and the nail into the lemon. Next, put the red wire on the penny, and finally, the black wire on the nail. Flip the switch on โ and now the radio works!
Head left and return to the radio tower. Take the Note attached to the center battery (located next to where you got the wires earlier), then click on the lever to lower the steps to the radio tower.
Climb up the steps, then detach the loose cap on the platform you’re standing on. Use the screwdriver head from your Pocket Knife to unscrew the cap on the left side and push it off.
You can then stand on the left side of the platform to make it lean upwards. Using the slope, quickly jump onto the pulley above, and then quickly jump to the next platform. If you wait too long while on the pulley, it will pull all the way down, and you’ll have to try again to reach the platform. Then, half of the next platformโs ladder falls off, so youโll need to unscrew those caps as well.
Just a bit more climbing after this! Continue up the ladder, then the satellite dishes, then another platform, then a rope and ladder, until you reach the top. Here, youโll have all five bars on the connection signal in the lower left corner. Now, go to your inventory and click “Use” on your now-functioning radio…
A cutscene will follow, where a mysterious “Myron van Buren” receives your call for help and sends a helicopter over.
You’ll receive the Episode 3 Medallion. Congrats! You’ll climb on the helicopterโฆ sent by Myron Van Burenโฆ MVB?
Episode 4: Cabin Fever
You and Myron Van Buren jump off the plane that picked you up in Episode 3. He then leads you inside his home.
Once inside, Van Buren will explain that he is the biggest game hunter in the world. He insists on taking you on a hunt tomorrow, and tells you to meet him in the Trophy Room. Take the door on the bottom right to get there.
Talk to Van Buren and he’ll give you a tour, from animal displays to his assistant, Winston. After showing off the room, Winston will head out to tell the chef to get a meal ready. It’s dinnertime!
Once back in the Main Hall, continue to the Banquet Room on the lower left. You’ll be treated to steak, but it doesn’t taste quite right, and soon you pass out. You wake up in a bedroom just as Winston locks the door and leaves.
You’ve got to get out of here! Take the sparkling Bear Claw on the bear’s right hand. Then click the red lamp below the poster on the wall, revealing a secret message: “You are not alone.”
Next, click the red lamp again to turn it off, and click the blue lamp to reveal even more: “Meet me in the woods. Security code:”. Lastly, click the yellow lamp in the center to turn it off and click the red lamp once more to reveal the Security Code (0451), along with the mysterious initials M.M. (perhaps it’s Max McGullicutty, from the Manifest in Episode 3?)
Now, use the bear claw and click on the locked door to pick it open. There are security cameras outside the door, so click the plants to hide behind them when the cameras are looking. After the first camera, jump onto the walrus and wait for the next camera to move away, then jump behind the second plant.
Once it passes, jump out and click the “On” button to turn the security off. Then, continue back into the Main Hall.
Make your way down the stairs and jump onto the mantel of the fireplace. Then jump onto the moose’s head, making it budge. Two more jumps and it will fall off, revealing a secret compartment with the Trophy Room Key inside.
Now, use your new key to go inside the Trophy Room. Pick up the Spear next to the rhinoceros. Next, jump onto the rhino, and then the animal heads. The hyena head will break off. Jump onto Van Buren’s bust and then onto the bouncy elephant’s trunk. Land on the alligator head, which will fall and bust the bust (hehe). The remains will be a pedestal and an audio box containing a Voice Recording. Pick it up, then return to the Main Hall.
Now, go inside the Banquet Room. This time, you’ll need to stay clear of the sleeping chef on the left. If she catches you, she’ll send you back to your room.
Take the Empty Pitcher from the center of the table, then click on the sink faucet. The chef will wake up and slowly walk towards you, so quickly go into your inventory and use the pitcher, filling it up so you get a Full Pitcher. Then, jump into the plant next to the sink and wait for the chef to pass.
As soon as she passes, jump out of the plant and go to the left side of the room. Pick up the Tainted Meat from on top of the cutting board, then quickly jump into the nearest plant on the table and wait for her to pass once more. When she goes back to sleep, you can get out and exit the room.
Return to the fireplace and use the full pitcher to put out the fire. Then, click the candle on the right side of the fireplace to pull it down, revealing a secret passage. You’ll need to get to the door of Van Buren’s room behind the walls without Winston noticing โ which means you’ll need to distract him.
Click the horn next to the goat, making a sound and distracting Winston. Quickly run back over to the fireplace and click on the passageway to go inside. Climb the stairs and click the Van Buren portrait to open the exit of the passageway, allowing you into Van Buren’s room.
Open the door leading to Van Buren’s sleeping area. You can’t step on the bare floor or anything without padding, so jump on the animal heads to make your way through. Once you land on the tiger rug, use your spear to snatch the Armory Key from the hook on the bed.
Now, exit the way you came. Once you make it to the Main Hall, Winston is nowhere to be found. Return to the Trophy Room.
Use the Armory Key on the glass case near the right side of the room to open it, snatching the Night Vision Goggles (and if you like, you can Costumize the cool outfit too). Now, return to the Main Hall.
On the left side of the room, you’ll find the security door. First, use the Voice Recording to authorize the voice check (“tally ho!”). Then enter the code 0451, and the door will open. You can step outside!
Put on your night vision goggles so you can see. Avoiding the guard dog in the center, climb the tree next to you and stand on the branch right over the dog house. Use the tainted meat to throw it down. The dog will eat it and fall asleep, allowing you to get past. When you reach the exit, go left.
Congrats! You will win the Episode 4 Medallion.
But wait โ right before you escape, Van Buren and Winston appear and walk toward you. Turns out the quarry for the hunt is you!
Episode 5: Escape!
Van Buren’s chasing after you. Your goal: survive!
As you run, click in the upper half of your screen to jump over things like puddles and bushes, and click anywhere in the lower half to crouch under tree limbs. You can view your distance to Van Buren at the bottom of the screen.
Once you get to the end of the path, you’ll fall into an unexpected hole masked by leaves. By the time Van Buren and his team catch up, you’re nowhere to be seen. They leave to set up camp.
You’ll land in an underground room, unconscious. Someone says they finally have you… but it’s not Van Buren. Instead, it’s Max McGullicutty, who’s been leaving you hints throughout your journey! He wants to take Van Buren down once and for all. To do that, you’ll need to collect a rope, a gear, and a whistle.
Before you head back outside, climb down into the room under the one you’re in, and pick up the Fishing Pole that’s leaning on some crates.
Back outside, you’ll notice that Van Buren is patrolling the left side, and one of his watch dogs is patrolling on the right. Avoid them and head into the next scene to the right, then go right again.
Climb out of the tunnel and jump over the trap onto the log. Jump into the water and swim across to the bouncy branches.
Jump up the bouncy branches, then veer left over the second trap. Once on solid ground, wait until the second watch dog is walking towards you. Then, jump into the slingshot contraption beside you to spring yourself over the dog. Continue right before the dog realizes that you got away, and jump over the third trap.
Next, jump down the waterfall. At the bottom, you’ll find a beaver (from Episode 2, remember?) trapped in a cage. Click the gear on the top to open the door and free the beaver. You’ll also pick up the Gear.
Return to the top of the waterfall. At this point, you can go ahead and allow the dog to notice you. You’ll get caught, but starting over will return you to the start of the scene while still letting you keep the gear.
Now, return to the base camp. You’ll need to keep track of Van Buren. Whenever he’s facing away from your exit, climb out and follow him, jumping over the pile of sticks to avoid being heard. When he stops, jump onto the branch above you, taking care not to disturb the woodpecker.
Continue up, and make your way to the other side (don’t disturb any woodpeckers!). Once you reach the farthest branch, scooch to the very edge and equip your fishing pole. Then press spacebar to let it down and snatch the gleaming Whistle hanging by the tent entrance. You can then jump off and get caught by the dog. Once again, it will return you to the opening of the hideout with the whistle still in your inventory.
Now, go back to the scene next to the base. You won’t be able to reach the hole in the tunnel to get outside, so click the rock next to the opening to flip it over, leaning it against the original rock. Then climb out to the left, as a watch dog is on the other side.
Next, climb up the rock platform with the waterfall pouring on it. Don’t climb too far though, as a trapped and angry bear awaits you at the end. Once you’re up a couple of levels, use the whistle. The dog will run over and stand for a while, puzzled. Quickly jump off onto the right side of the scene and push once on the rock on the right.
Then, jump back down into your hole. Repeat this until the rock is leaning on another rock. (Don’t worry if you get caught โ the rock does not return to its original position when you start over.)
Climb to the next platform, and then the next. Push the next rock over a couple of times so you can get to the next platform. Once there, click the weakened tree trunk to push it over, creating a bridge over the trapped bear.
You can walk out onto a tree limb, letting you reach the end of the rope that is trapping the bear. Click the rope to untie it, letting the bear go back inside its home. Jump down in front of the cave entrance to pick up the Rope. Now, return to the base.
Go left past the base into the next scene: the sawmill. You’ll find yourself at the end of the tunnel. Wait for Van Buren to turn his back on the tunnel, then jump out and head inside the sawmill.
Use the gear, attaching it to the big red gear. Next, use the big water tread to get up to the second floor. Run down the stairs and push the crate down to the first floor. Finally, use the rope to attach it to the gear and set the trap.
Blow your whistle to get Van Buren’s attention. You’ll look over to where he usually stands guard, but he’s nowhere to be seen. When you look back, Van Buren is behind you! He traps you inside the crate that was intended for you, then explains why he likes to hunt humans โ for the fun of it! He pulls back his arrow and gets ready to fire…
…until Max McGullicutty rides into the scene on the back of the bear that you freed earlier! The bear breaks the crate and you’re free โ but Van Buren thinks that his shot is good enough. You’re not going to wait for that to happen, so you jump and push him onto the water tread. Two beavers decide to deliver some revenge too. Every time he goes underwater, he get slapped in the face twice!
You’ll win the Episode 5 Medallion. Congratulations, you’ve completed Survival Island! You’ll fly off in the sunset with your new friend Max, while Van Buren is left out in the wilderness, getting a taste of his own medicine.
Looking for more walkthroughs? Check out our Island Help page! ๐
Album Photos
These pictures appeared in a former feature known as the photo album.
Trivia
- Survival Island is Poptropicaโs 38th island. It is the first island to be released episodically, meaning that new chapters (episodes) were released over time. The first episode (Crash Landing) was released to members on March 20, 2014 and April 17, 2014 for everyone.
- Survival Island (full version) was re-released for Steam on May 25, 2022.
- Survival Island is the first island to have no common room.
- According to the official description, the island takes place in the Yukon, which is in Canada.
- One of the handbook pages is titled โCanโt start a fire without a sparkโ โ a line in the Bruce Springsteen song โDancing in the Darkโ.
- The Wet Kindling you can pick up in Episode 1 is actually not needed and canโt be used, since what you need for your fire is the Dry Kindling in the bear cave.
- Thereโs a cutscene at the beginning of the island where your blimp crashes in the thunderstorm, which is the first time the blimp has played a role other than transporting you from island to island.
- At the start of Ep. 2, you climb down the cliff you could jump off of in Ep 1. The chunk of wood you can throw off the edge of the far left cliff in Episode 1 awaits you on the ground in the first area of Episode 2.
- In Episode 2, there is a tree carved with your Poptropican’s name, saying “(Your name) was here.”
- The crashed plane in Episode 3 is labeled โMews Airlinesโ, a reference to the Mews Foundation, first seen on Cryptids Island.
- In Episode 3, when you search through the bag of coins, thereโs a coin worth โ10 Twitcoinsโ, a spoof of Bitcoin currency. This coin is dated 2014, the year Survival was released. The motto on the coin is โvires in absurdumโ (Latin for โstrength in the absurdโ), also a spoof for the motto on Bitcoins, โvires in numerisโ (โstrength in numbersโ).
- US pennies stopped being made out of copper in 1982. This is reflected in Episode 3, when you need a copper penny made in 1981 to help you assemble a radio.
- The Pocket Knife you find on a tree branch in episode 3 is a Victorinox Swiss army knife. However, the logo has a โPโ in it for Poptropica.
- In Episode 3, the detached plane wing by the river says โMLP4VRโ, which may mean โMy Little Pony foreverโ.
- Starting from Episode 4, the plot is loosely based on the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. In it, the big-game hunter General Zaroff intends to hunt humans who end up on his island, much like Myron Van Buren of Survival Island. The story is referenced in a newspaper clipping found on the wall of Van Burenโs trophy room, which says: โMyron Van Buren, the last descendent of the legendary Van Buren hunting family, continues his familyโs quest to seek out ever more dangerous game.โ
- The keycode in Episode 4, โ0451,โ is used in many video games such as Deus Ex, System Shock, and BioShock.
- Using the โtainted meatโ to put the dog to sleep is inspired by The Secret of Monkey Island.
- โCabin Feverโ is the name of the 6th Diary of a Wimpy Kid book (by Poptropica Creator Jeff Kinney) as well as the title of the 4th episode of Survival Island.
- The pitcher from Episode 4 says โJonโ on it, a reference to Poptropica Creator Jonathan Pitcher.
- Myron Van Buren bears a striking resemblance to the hunter in the classic film Jumanji. As if the similarity in appearance werenโt enough, the angry Jumanji hunterโs name is Van Pelt!
- The Van Buren family crest displayed in the cabin says “virtus tentamin gaudet,” Latin for “strength rejoices in the challenge.”
- The sawmill in Episode 5 has a sign that reads โBunyan Millโ, likely a reference to Paul Bunyan, a giant lumberjack of American folklore.
- Members got an additional Survival gear pack during the island’s release: Wind Power, Ghillie Suit, and Rhino Costume.
- In May 2021, seven years after the island originally released, Poptropica put out the Lost Cubs Mini Quest, a quick game which borrowed scenery and bear cubs modeled after Survival Island.
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i used the walkthrough the whole time for this island except for most of the first episode lol it is like 2 am where i live right now so i should go to bed
how do I fix the radio.it said use the wires and I have wires but it wont let me use them.
This post by me will help. ๐
I had the same problem and i just refreshed the page and logged in again.
its supposed to happen when the binoculars come to you. u go back to the map
Okay so every time i go to catch the fish I catch 2 and then it just loads for like 20 minutes I’ve tried playing on 3 different computers like 6 times but it just won’t work! Help!!!
You’re only supposed to catch one fish. What do you mean by “I catch 2”? ๐
I can’t get the lemon, can you tell me how to get a lemon?
This post by me will help you out. ๐
It was a great island but the ending is so mysterious….I am so confused!
So I rank this island 3/5
The ending for me was actually pretty satisfactory, but what was creepy was that when the guy helping you came into the screen on the bear, he came but then went backwards! Then I reloaded the page and I apparently got the medal, but MVB wasn’t in the wheel! AHHHH!
*after playing Cabin Fever*
SPOILER
OH NO, I WAS RIGHT!
It IS “The Most Dangerous Game”!
Ohnonononono….this is terrifying…
IKR. I didn’t think Poptropica would go this far. ๐
At least we didn’t kill any person with the spear:p
Y’know, I spent my second playthrough carrying a crossbow, for the atmosphere and things.
I think I’m going to need it for Ep. 4, when it comes out.
It really is the “Most Dangerous Game”. Van Buren is General Zaroff, and your character is Rainsford. I just read it in Honors English
I read that too!!
Just made video. Waiting for Fishy to upload it. ๐
Slanted Fish: Thanks! It’s now uploaded. ๐
Just asking, what screen recorder were you using? ๐
Screen-Cast-O-Matic. I have a pro account
I ranked #958, highest I’ve ever been. Maybe next time I can get a higher rank, but I’ll have to attempt it on my own. One day I hope to get 1st, but the island would have to be super easy because I can’t find out much on my own. ๐
If I was a member on Pop and completed Survival Episode 4, the end would be scary! I don’t think anyone would hunt a person. It frights me.
The 4th episode is the best episode by far (in my opinion). If I had that cabin all to myself I would’ve just stayed there tbh. ๐ Also, the lion plush MVB was holding while sleeping is so tiny and cute! :3
My rank for Cabin Fever is #1401. Poptropica was glitching for me so I had to continue playing on Friday.
The part with the cook creeps me out since she’s carry a knife and walks creepily… Also, MVB has a knife under his pillow… I totally agree with BT on this one, this island is definitely creepier than we all thought…
i keep trying to get the grubs but they keep going down in the ground when I get close to them and I keep trying but I cant catch the grubs
Ack Ack Ack I wonder what he wants! Maybe he’s a thriller killer or, or or ,A old man who wants a young wife/ hubby (IF hes gay ) Or he’ll make us trophys, OR OR OR He’s secretly our dad who needs to protect us from the binocular dude. OR The binocular dude is dead.
myron van buren IS the guy behind the binaculars.
While he is definitely the person behind the video cameras in episode 2, he might not be the one behind the binoculars in the episode 1. Perhaps it’s the lost pilot, Max McGullicutty. ๐
This is just like the story ‘The Most Dangerous Game.’
MVB was watching your character through the cameras and such to see if you were worthy to be hunted, because he’s tired of hunting animals.
When i finished episode 4, i was thinking: ok, this just got dark.
MvB is arguably the darkest villain in Poptropica so far.
Also, Mews Airlines…wait…Harold Mews? Poor Harold Mews…hopefully he wasn’t on the plane as well.
You know, what I’d like is that, on the box of lemons, your character examines the crate and notes it’s from Aperture Labs, and it’s a “Combustible Lemon.”
I really hope Mews didn’t die. By the way does it confuse anyone else that on Super Power the villains are in jail there but then on Super Villain they’re in jail there too?
:0 Make up your mind, folks! Hee hee.
They probably got transferred. It’s normal. Al Capone stayed in prison before he got sent to Alcatraz and went slightly mad.
What the cheese puff was in that steak, anyway? Is my poptropican now a cannibal?
Tainted meat is spoiled meat.. I mean waaaaay past the due date. It looks like a beef ribeye steak, it just might have some extra e-coli in it…
Oh, and when Cabin Fever’s open to all, I’ll be changing from my usual outfit into this:
http://www.poptropica.com/avatarstudio/avatar.html?a=bMzdJcEdLVjJsc1pGZGxjM1JRZVhKdg%3D%3D
Let’s see Van Buren hunt me when I have a crossbow!
Boss Mode. ๐
Thanks! *Proceeds to pin Van Buren to a tree*
This story was done before.It’s called The Most Dangerous Game. Look it up.
Slanted Fish: Parts of it are inspired, yes. The PHB has a page for Survival Island trivia here. ๐
the binoculars are creepy but to answer you. No, they are not friend. Indeed they are foes.
That Myron Van Buren guy reminds me of the ‘adventure is out there’ dude from Up.
Ive been on Poptropica since close to the beginning (when 24 Carrot was the newest) and I must say this is the darkest island yet. This guy wants you as a trophy. Hes a (let me spell it out for you) m-u-r-d-e-r-e-r. And the creators dont even try and hide it. He just plain says you are his next hunt. Gee cool. You know. For kids.
oh cool I’ve been playing since i was five lol :3 but i made a new account in 2010 and I’ve completed all the islands. i remember playing shark tooth island and i remember them advertising time tangled island. holy throwback XD
I’m a teen, and I’m freaking out as I’m playing this… Even with the lights on and the music off. Eek!
cant find door in trophy room wa tdoes it look like reply please
its on the far right on the bottom and there is a trophy on it
This is based on the short story The Most Dangerous Game!! Freaky!
Anyone notice that the plane in episode 3 was “mews airlines” written on it!
I started with the wires IN my inventory.
Well, Part 4 was fun.
Also, Van Buren has a crossbow. I have a crossbow as well.
This is a good thing-we can both spam infinite amounts of bolts at each other! Also, since I’m not carrying my Pea Shooter, it’s fair.
did anyone else think the animal heads all over the cabin were seriously creepy….?
some of them came from vampires curse and poptropica created some
Omg the sound is creepy the heads are creepy the man is creepy the pics are creepy the cook is down right scary oh and baron is down fight scary 2 I mean the cook fell asleep with a big nife in hand nd said time to go to sleep or somthing like that and was smiling creepily the hole way too u ( shivers) im to young to get hunted that terrified me I seem to rember so body cominting ” I mean its poptropica right a kids game, it’s not like u can die” that COMINT was a lie
I think that the person who crashed in the plane went through the same things we did, and left us that message. What I wanna know is how I never saw him (or her) in the woods previously and why they didn’t come to help.
If you were in the woods with a psycho headhunter would you want to stay or would you get the heck away from there and go back to civilization as fast as you can and never look back?
Hi everyone friend me! Patrick10559 or Tedonmyhead. Those two are the only ones I can ever remember. Survival 4 is creepy! They don’t like you sneaking around! Maybe they have something to hide?!
There’s a daily pop that says “mm hmm you are not alone” it’s max muguilty from the manifest!
I keep trying to get the boot stuck in the tree, but the line always goes shortly. I can’t reach it. Help!
OMG, I โค Cabin Fever! Totally based off of The Most Dangerous Game, if anyone's read that book!
It won’t let me pick up the lemon on the ground!!! what should i do?!
hey thnx for the tips
add me my name is “hellomiss9” ๐ !
That was.. hard
This is totally copied off of the story, “the most dangerous game”, except instead of General Zaroff its MVB. Look it up.
Slanted Fish: I’d say “inspired by” is more like it; they’re similar, but not identical. ๐
Is it me or parts of every island has been linked into survival and Mission Atlantis. for example in Survival Episode 4 the wall pictures/statues in the trophy room come from Vampires Curse and Mission Atlantis is similarly related to Twisted Thicket but with a marine styled version
i cant click on the lemon why???
never mind I figured it out! ๐
Can you plz help me?
I wish I could costumize the lion plush ๐ฆ
Hi!! I cant grab the wires for the Radio can someone help me please!?
Woah! I read The Most Dangerous Game for Honors English in school literally 2 days before I played this island. Freaky coincidence, huh? XD
How can you get the handheld item when your costumizing the costume?
Crystaliana you can’t…. ๐ฆ
This game was really cool but kinda creepy. Thanks for the help. You guys are awesome! Keep up the awesome work… ๐
i completed ALL OF THEM! with help from this site of course.
Wow…… helped so much! (>-<) Thanks! Potropica can get suspensefull….. Hahaha!
Ever since I made the prediction on Myron Van Buren’s role back in May, I had been wondering what the heck kind of villain he was going to be. I didn’t expect him to actually follow General Zaroff’s “hunt humans for the thrillz” philosophy and I was anxiously waiting for Escape ever since the end of Cabin Fever.
Yeah, I’ll admit that the first ten minutes of gameplay, I kinda chickened out of the game for a bit when I realized how I had to get the items for the trap. However, one song later, I went into it. I really loved the climax, and Van Buren’s smug pose when he is revealed to be behind you. And… When he iterates over and over that you’ll be his next trophy, I was pretty terrified, even knowing it’s just a game and I was gonna be saved by a ridiculously funny Deus ex Machina moment with Max and the bear.
Overall, I pretty much liked Survival, especially the last two episodes. It was thrilling and it was satisfyingly bold for a kid’s game. ^_^
So true ๐ฎ
Can I use some of the pictures for the guide that I’m writing? โ I’ll give credit.
Sure. ๐
Am I the only one who keeps on stepping on the grubs, and can’t obtain them?
I’m a huge fan of this page, I also go to it for help. Thanks for being here when I need you! ๐
i cant get my striker to come out so what do i do
can someone help me? i have the grubs on the fishing line but the fish wont take it and it says im using the wrong bait. where do i get the right bait then?
I guess this was an okay island. Kinda long for my taste, but then again, this was a 5 episode island. It wasn’t exactly the most “age appropriate” for kids (is this even still a kids game?) but I guess it beats all the violent and disturbing and mindless games kids play nowadays .-.
Oh and is anyone else wondering where Winston went? Cuz I haven’t seen him since the hunt started o.o I hope he doesn’t somehow haunt us in later islands…
It’s not WHAT games they play, it’s their attitude. Some kids are calm and compliment others…the rest just…swear and scream and annoy everyone.
He’s probably taken the mansion for himself, most likely. “Master Buren must be dead, so…ALL MINE HAHAHAAHAHA.”
Good observation.
Survival Island 2: Return of the Butler!
Oh I LOVED this island its one of my faves! I’m sad that its over. Though the cook had a knife while she sleep.
great tutorials! it was pretty creepy, but fun!
By the way, wen you whistle for the dog, you should go underground (the tunnel) then whistle once you’re past the huge rock. The dog will keep pushing and fail ๐
excuse me, the 2nd episode is really glitchy and all the logs that i have to turn over are turning themselves and like, rolling and they’re also flashing and i can’t pick up anything.
I restarted the game but it just keeps being like the way it was earlier and the next area is really slow on loading.
PLZ help
Am I the only one who finds the “Tally ho!” cry weird? Just the combination of the stereo esque sound and the obvious joy in “I’m going to kill you! Yay!” voice creeps me out.
Then again jumping on the animals heads… *shivers*
What I find even weirder is that they changed the sound effect from episode 4 to episode 5: his recording to the real life thing… ๐
I also find the Tally Ho cry Weird. I don’t know wh he says that
Help I can’t get past the assistant in episode 4
Hey what if everytime I reload on survival island I always land on another SUI island? That bothers me much.
This seems to be a known glitch that I’m not sure will ever be fixed… ๐ฆ
I found out that if you use the whistle at the entrance of the tunnel(Where the big rock is over the tunnel), the dog will continually try to get there by pushing the rock and staying there, so you won’t get caught by pushing the boulder/slab.
fun fact: in ep. 1, you can go down and click the hexagon-like piece of wood and it will write “*your poptropican’s name* was here” (:
Everybody Knows That
Where exactly is the “said” piece of wood? Hmmm?
It’s actually in episode 2, I believe. ๐
someone please help me!! i’m stuck on ep 2, when you push the boulder down to shatter the ice. when i push the boulder, it rolls down the log, but when it reaches the stone it changes direction and rolls into the log!! what am i doing wrong?
There’s a flat stone on the path down that you have to push multiple times to bridge the gap, if that makes sense.
Additionally, I feel everyone should know if you don’t push the log over before hitting the boulder, the game crashes.
Well I Can’t Blow On My Fire On My IPad. So What Do I do?
U press it not blow … Red better๐๐๐๐…
When I tried to click on the backpack, the Striker did NOT come out. What should I do?
Never you mind, I was clicking the wrong backpack
How do you get the Nest?
I went over to get the Gear from the beaver’s cage and sprung the trap, so now I cant get out! Plz help me!
click on the catterpillar then it will show you your name and then,was here was following your name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every time I try to use the grub on my fishing poles, the fish refuse it’s. What do I do?
Use the worms
At the beginning of the school year, we read “The Most Dangerous Game” and the last two episodes of this really reminded me of it. Actually, only the names, ending and how they ended up on the island were different. What happened on the island was basically the same as in the story.
Well, in “The Most Dangerous Game” the man didn’t meet a person while he was being hunted. But yeah, while I was wandering around in the house, my brother came in and said, “They just ripped this off of ‘The Most Dangerous Game,’ didn’t they?”
Brave Tomato also figured this out! ๐
This reminds of “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. The plot is really similar.
Brave Tomato thinks so too!
we read that in 8th grade english
im stuck on episode two with the plane wing. i cant get to the other side
This was great. Really helpful.
Thanks. ๐
For season 3, where is the unattached wing? I looked up and down.
its in a different area
The night vision goggles weren’t there. Only the outfit. Help?
Before I could start my fire, I walked out from in front of the boulder, and now it doesn’t let me walk back where I was. I really don’t want to restart, solutions?
Try jumping around for a while. maybe it’l glitch and let ya through. ๐
Can someone help me?
i cant get the fish to eat the grubs. I added all the things together and then my poptropican kept saying “I must be not using the right bait”. I tried everything even reading the help. PLEASE HELP
use a different bait.
the fish eat worms, not grubbies. You have to get dem wormies or else the fishies dont want it.
I was in the beaver part of Episode 2, and I jumped on a log and my character disappeared! HELP!
Look: http://prntscr.com/7o6hag
(Note: I added the speech bubble using Paint)
I have that problem too ;/
The sound of your player turning the security off in episode 4 is the sound when you turn a slave’s rabbot ears in 24 Carrot island.
Ok, don’t blow the whistle while you are in the cage!! I randomly did and then the scene kept going but it was repeating the things in the last scene and I never actually pushed him in and there were 2 bears and Mikes, but I got the medallion anyway?
Yea… the same thing happened to me… must be some sort of glitch…
Hey in episode four if you personalize your avatar from the stuff Van Buren is wearing while he’s asleep you can get a super cute lion t shirt, you just need to click the button that gives you a list of the clothes you can copy.
thanks for tip, unfortunately i cant get that far LOL
I have problem because when there is the beaver mission,when I jump on the last wood,the game always crashes and I can’t complete it! Help!
Have to be honest, for all the great build up and suspense on this island, the ending was kinda lame…awesome walk through though! Keep up the good work!
something weird has happened is this supposed to happen? whenever I get the food for the fish it always just disappears why is that what shall I do
Yes, it’s supposed to happen, this happened to me too. You have to also click on the fishing pole and other supplies, and then your pole will be all ready.
This is based off of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” if I am not mistaken. I knew what was going to happen before it did! Awesome island! ๐
Reminds me of supernatural with that one episode in season one.
And thanks for the walk through, its nice to be able to read it. Or watch it!
I use a tablet, I tapped on the striker it doesn’t drop anything. After 20 times of tapping on the stinkin backpack I just gave up.
When i push over the log to make a raft to get the other shoelace, the log doesn’t move once it’s in the water. That means i can’t get the shoelace to catch the fish! The camera also seems to freeze on the log after i push it over. The only way to fix it is to cast the line.
Can someone help me?!
You have to jump forwards, but not so far that you fall off. The trick is to jump into the air, and while you’re there, move your mouse backwards, then forwards so that your momentum pushes the log farther.
Am on the app and I need to know how to get the shoe BC I can’t press space bar
My lemons did not smash help
I think you have to get the crate higher than yourself when you are riding the branch down.
This seems to me a lot like the short story called The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.
Ummm…it won’t let me pick up a lemon. What should I do?
I can’t climb up the ladder on the telephone tower thingy!!! Help.
So the other day, I finished episode 2. Well a minute ago, I decided to play episode 3. I have the medallion for the second episode, but I’m not in episode 3. I’m still in episode 2, but have nothing to do. How donI get to episode 3, where I’m supposed to be??
Please help!!
Sincerely,
Cheerful Tomato
When you click on Survival Island on the map, make sure you select the episode you want to play (in your case, episode 3)! If you selected the wrong one, just go back to the map (by clicking on the menu and clicking the yellow blimp) and select again. ๐
Can somebody help? I can’t open the box of lemons! I went to other areas, but it won’t reset! Please help…. T-T
It’s probably a glitch. I would try relogging into Poptropica, and if that doesn’t work you should try to restart the island.
It’s difficult ๐ฐ
Arrrgh.
uh.. i can’t “trap” Van Buren, when I check where he is he just keeps catching me. ๐