MrBeast’s Beast Games: Challenges and rules explained

Beast Games officially released on December 19, and Dexerto has a list of the rules for each challenge leading up to the $5M grand prize.

MrBeast’s Beast Games on Amazon Prime has been an anticipated series by his millions of fans. The competition took 1,000 contestants and put them in a grappling battle to win up to $5M. 

MrBeast spent $15M to build ‘Beast City,’ located in Toronto, Canada. Only the top 493 contestants made it into Beast City to compete for the grand prize. “As their lives will change, so will their bank accounts,” said MrBeast in Episode 1.

To ensure that the right contestants were eliminated, there were over 1,000 cameras monitoring the competition. With so many insane challenges, Dexerto put a list together of the rules for each challenge to follow as you watch.

Pre-game challenge

Before the challenges in Beast Games started, MrBeast asked that the 1000 contestants either take a deal to eliminate themselves for a cash prize or stay in the game. 

If a contestant chose to eliminate themselves, they would be going home with money in an instant. Though everyone received the same deal, only 52 people chose to leave and made their departure with $19,230 each.

“Luckily in this show, I have unlimited money to give away,” MrBeast noted.

Episode 1: Challenges

Episode 1, Challenge 1

• Contestants competed as teams in rows
• In order for a team to move on, someone in their row had to sacrifice themselves from the game
• Only nine of the 12 rows moved on to the next round of games 
• Players who eliminated themselves were left with nothing 

Episode 1, Challenge 2

• Contestants had to stack all blocks on top of a red starting block within 10 minutes 
• Blocks had to be stacked before the timer hit zero
• If the tower fell over or all of the blocks weren’t stacked, players were eliminated
• Contestants had to stand as still as possible to prevent their tower from falling 
• The game continued until 100 towers fell

Episode 1, Challenge 3

• Players pushed a button if they chose to accept a bribe from MrBeast 
• Players who accepted a bribe from MrBeast were eliminated
• The first bribe was $10K and went all the way up to $100K
• If a player from a row took the bribe, their whole row was eliminated from Beast Games

Episode 2: Challenges

Episode 2, Challenge 1, Hope You Can Catch

• Each contestant received a token with a number on it 
• Each token corresponded with a floor inside a massive tower 
• On the back of the token, a hint was given 
• Players could either keep or trade their token
• Contestants were divided into two teams based on their tokens
• Players had to catch red balls that fell from the ceiling without any balls touching the ground
• The first team to drop a ball was eliminated

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Episode 2, Challenge 2, Less is More

• Players had to convince their teammates to eliminate themselves 
• The team with the least amount of contestants at the end of the game moved on

Episode 2, Challenge 3, Get Ready to Throw Down

• Players from two teams attempted to throw balls into a large red solo cup 
• All players had one shot each 
• A second gold solo cup was added to the challenge for players to choose which cup they threw their ball into
• If a player made it into the gold cup, they went home with $250K for themselves 
• The team with the most cups moved to the next challenge, while the other team was eliminated

Episode 2, Challenge 4, Use Your Brain

• Players were divided into two teams 
• Groups of four competed against each other from the opposing team 
• The team with the least amount of trivia questions answered correctly was eliminated

Episode 2, Challenge 5

• Players from four teams picked a captain 
• MrBeast gave each captain bribes in the amounts of “large, giant piles of money” 
• All four captains were saved, but the team of the captain who took the bribe was eliminated
• If the captains didn’t take the bribe by the time the offer reached its cap, nobody from the challenge was eliminated

Episode 3: Challenges

Episode 3, Challenge 1

• The remaining contestants split into groups of three
• Players raced in a potato sack to the endline 
• The fastest team won an exclusive stay in Beast Games’ T-Mobile VIP house & immunity in the next challenge
• No players were eliminated 

Episode 3, Challenge 2

• Each team of three was placed into a giant red cubicle 
• Teammates were handcuffed to each other 
• Each team had five hours to determine which teammate would be eliminated 
• Players could ask MrBeast for anything, including card games to help determine their decision
• If a decision wasn’t made, all three players would be eliminated

Episode 3, Challenge 3

• Each remaining contestant searched Beast City for a ticket to Beast Island 
• The contestant who found the ticket would instantly be flown to the island where they would soon compete for $5M

Episode 4: Challenges

Episode 4, Challenge 1

• Each contestant held a red ball while blindfolded 
• A silent 10-minute timer played
• The six players to drop their ball closest to when the timer hit zero, received a ticket to Beast Island
• Players who were holding a ball after the timer were eliminated 

Episode 4, Challenge 2

• Each contestant was given a gold Beast Game coin
• The player who collected 100 gold coins from fellow contestants in under 10 minutes was given a ticket to Beast Island
• The winning player chose five others to join them on the helicopter to Beast Island

Episode 4, Challenge 3

• Players divided into teams of six
• Each team stood in a line
• Teams passed a glass ball between each other as it balanced on a small platform 
• The teams to break the glass ball were eliminated
• The three teams to successfully move their ball from one end to the other without breaking it, moved to Beast Island

Episode 4, Challenge 4

• Each player was blindfolded 
• If more than one contestant stepped into the inner circle within one minute, all players in the circle were eliminated 
• If only one player stepped into the circle, they moved to Beast Island and chose five players to take with them

Episode 4, Challenge 5

• Players had 10 minutes to climb the tower if they wanted to remain in Beast Games
• Those who decided to leave the game instead of climbing the tower, split $250K between each other before going home

Episode 4, Challenge 6

• Each player was given a red ball to throw 
• The closest ball to land near the golden briefcase was given a ticket to Beast Island and could choose five contestants to take with them to the finals

Episode 4, Challenge 7

• Players divided into teams of six
• Each team stepped onto a platform 
• Each player was given a coin
• The first player from six teams to be given all six coins from their teammates moved to Beast Island
• The remaining players were sent home from Beast Games

Episode 4, Challenge 8

• The 60 finalists on Beast Island were asked if they wanted to compete to own the $1.8M island
• Those who accepted the offer had to play hide and seek with Navy Seals 
• Only one winner was chosen 
• Those who rejected the offer were sent to another island where they waited for the next challenge

Episode 5: Challenges

Episode 5, Challenge 1

• Each contestant on the $1.8M private island rolled or threw a coconut closest to a red line
• If their coconut went past or touched the red line, the contestant was eliminated
• The game ended when two players overthrew their coconuts

Episode 5, Challenge 2

• Players voted on who they wanted to be eliminated from the private island 
• Contestants had the opportunity to leave the private island and join players on the other island if they thought they had the most votes
• The player with the most votes was eliminated from Beast Games

Episode 5, Challenge 3

• Contestants picked one team captain
• The team captain placed either a check mark or an x mark in separate boxes
• Players did not see where the marks were placed
• If a player chose a box with a check mark, they were safe
• The team captain had the chance to lie to contestants he didn’t want to save
• The contestant who picked the box with an x mark was eliminated 

Episode 5, Challenge 4

• Each contestant was told to fire their cannon in an attempt to sink players’ pirate ships
• Before the challenge began, MrBeast bribed the contestants with $450K
• After one player chose to take the bribe, they were eliminated, saving the remaining three players

Episode 5, Challenge 5

• Each player used a chalkboard to write a number on
• The number they picked determined how many steps they took
• The player to reach the end line first won the challenge and was able to choose another player to give immunity to

Episode 5, Challenge 6

• The two remaining contestants signed their names to the deed of the $1.8M private island
• Players placed their signed deed into one of two briefcases in front of them and shuffled the briefcases
• Contestants asked each other questions about where their signed deed was
• The player who picked both briefcases with the deeds won the private island and returned to Beast Games to compete for $5M

Episode 6: Challenges

Episode 6, Challenge 1

• The remaining 52 contestants had the choice to enter one of three doors
• Those who chose the “physical” door were divided into two teams to play three games
• The first team to win two games stayed, eliminating the other team
  • (Game 1) First team to pull their 6-ton monster truck across the finish line won
  • (Game 2) First team to collect and run five flags across the finish line won
  • (Game 3) Each team chose one player to dead-hang from a bar until one of the two players fell, eliminating their team from Beast Games
• Those who chose the “mental” door played trivia until half of them lost, eliminating them from Beast Games
• Those who chose the “chance” door stood on a platform until some revealed to be a trapdoor, eliminating 14 contestants from Beast Games

Episode 7: Challenges

Episode 7, Challenge 1, The Train of Elimination

• The remaining contestants decided on one captain
• The captain chose which players to potentially eliminate 
• The captain had the opportunity to save players or take a bribe from MrBeast (a yellow Lamborghini and a Tesla with $100K)
• The game continued until there were 10 contestants left

Episode 8: Challenges

Episode 8, Challenge 1

• Top 10 players vote for what house number each other receive 
• Players stand in front of the house they were given 
• Contestants were called one-by-one and were given the choice to take as much money as they wanted from a $1M prize fund until it was gone

Episode 8, Challenge 2

• Each contestant was placed on a separate level of the tower 
• Players were given the money they took from the previous challenge’s $1M prize pot
• Players bribed each other for 60 minutes with the money they had

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Episode 9: Challenges

Episode 9, Challenge 1

• The six remaining contestants had the option to flip a gold coin
• If they correctly guessed which side the coin landed on, MrBeast agreed to double the prize fund to $10M
• If the contestant flipped the coin and guessed wrong, they were eliminated

Finale, Episode 10: Challenges

Episode 10, Challenge 1

• The top six contestants chose a pillar to stand on
• Players took turns throwing a ball into their opponents’ tubes
• The first two contestants with a ball successfully thrown in their tube were eliminated

Episode 10, Challenge 2

• The remaining four players had to press and hold a button 
• As the button was pressed, a pattern appeared
• When a contestant let go of their button, they had to walk the exact pattern
• If the contestant didn’t walk the correct pattern, they were eliminated

Episode 10, Challenge 3

• MrBeast asked the top 50 contestants which of the top three players they wanted to see eliminated
• Only one of the top three contestants was at risk of being eliminated after the players’ votes
• MrBeast bribed the remaining three contestants with $1M
• If one of the remaining players thought they were the one voted off by their opponents, they could take the bribe
• If a player took the bribe, they were immediately eliminated and took home the $1M

Episode 10, Challenge 4

• A table held 10 briefcases 
• Nine briefcases were empty, with one holding a check for $10M
• The remaining two players flipped for heads or tails to decide who chose the first briefcase 
• If the wrong briefcase was picked, it was taken out of the rotation, leaving fewer briefcases to choose from for the next player
• The contestant to guess which briefcase held the $10M was the winner of Beast Games

Viewers can tune into Prime to watch the full season of Beast Games. MrBeast also uploaded the first three episodes to YouTube.