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Naked and Afraid XL: Season 3

8 episodes Premiered Apr 23, 2017 Updated Oct 4, 2026

Nine veteran survivalists take on the Amazon Jungle and try to survive for 40 days with no food, water, or clothes. Their biggest predator is what they can’t see, as the Amazon is home to hundreds of thousands of insects and life-threatening bacteria. This location is out to get them and it’s hunting them off one by one.

Previously on Naked and Afraid XL

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Naked and Afraid XL Season 2.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season overview

Nine veteran survivalists take on the Amazon Jungle and try to survive for 40 days with no food, water, or clothes. Their biggest predator is what they can’t see, as the Amazon is home to hundreds of thousands of insects and life-threatening bacteria. This location is out to get them and it’s hunting them off one by one.

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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Heart of Darkness

Apr 23, 2017 · 43 min

Nine Naked and Afraid veterans attempt to survive the deadly jungles of Ecuador’s Amazon Basin for 40 days and 40 nights. To make it out alive, they’ll have to master the environme

S3·E2 Core

What Lies Beneath

Apr 30, 2017 · 44 min

The seven remaining survivalists enter the second week of their 40-day challenge in the bug-infested Amazon Jungle.

S3·E3 Core

Shattered

May 7, 2017 · 42 min

Lacey's night-fishing plan yields a boost in strength and team morale. Lack of food and sleep at Camp Laguna Negra makes Shannon spiral downward. Matt and Russell take to the water

S3·E4 Core

Outbreak

May 14, 2017 · 43 min

S3·E5 Mytharc

Worlds Collide Part 2

May 21, 2017 · 44 min

While mourning the loss of their chief provider, the remaining five survivalists learn they are not alone in the jungles of the Amazon and are given an opportunity to join forces w

S3·E6 Mytharc

Divided We Fall

May 28, 2017 · 43 min

Days after the arrival of a new team member, division among the remaining six survivalists deepens as Russell leads the men on a risky two-day hunting expedition.

S3·E7 Mytharc

Left Behind

Jun 4, 2017 · 43 min

Four weeks into the brutal 40-day Amazon challenge, a violent two-day storm descends on the jungle. Before it's over, one more survivalist will be gone... leaving another hanging b

S3·E8 Mytharc

The Final Fight

Jun 11, 2017 · 43 min

The remaining survivalists struggle to regroup in time for a brutal two-day, 15-mile water extraction journey.

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