Alone Season 13 Episode Guide: Every Episode, Recapped

Spoiler note: this covers what has aired of season 13 so far; no winner has been confirmed here.

Season 13, "Alone: World Championship," is the show's first international-format season: ten survivalists representing seven countries dropped along the Richardson Mountains inside Canada's Arctic Circle. Five of the announced ten episodes have now aired. Three contestants are out, seven remain, and episode 5 produced the season's first confirmed successful big-game kill.

Ep.	Title	Air date	Status
1	Worlds Collide: Part 1	Jun 17, 2026	Aired, recapped below
2	Worlds Collide: Part 2	Jun 24, 2026	Aired, recapped below
3	Building Momentum	Jul 1, 2026	Aired, recapped below
4	Cold Omen	Jul 8, 2026	Aired, recapped below
5	Thin Margins	Jul 15, 2026	Aired, recapped below
6	Balancing Act	Jul 22, 2026	Scheduled
7	Natural Order	Jul 29, 2026	Scheduled
8	Title TBA	Aug 5, 2026	Scheduled
9	Title TBA	Aug 12, 2026	Scheduled
10	Title TBA	Aug 19, 2026	Scheduled

Season 13's international format is its own story: the cast draws contestants like Australian SASR veteran Nero Buys, Portuguese Army paratrooper and survival instructor Clementino Pedrosa, and Slovenian PhD researcher Žiga Ogorelec, who runs his own bushcraft school. Alaska's Will Longley grew up in a traditional Iñupiaq hunting and fishing camp, and Wales representative Andrew Price spent three decades running a bushcraft school after an earlier career in BBC television production. Whoever ultimately outlasts the field becomes the first-ever declared Alone World Champion, on top of the standard $500,000 prize.

Episodes 1-3: two quick exits, then stability

"Worlds Collide: Part 1" opens the World Championship with all ten contestants, from Canada, Australia, Wales, the US, Slovenia, Portugal, and New Zealand, dropping into camp along the Richardson Mountains. Washington's David Young struggles from the start with being away from his wife and two young daughters, and taps out on day 3, the season's first exit. "Worlds Collide: Part 2" continues the premiere arc: one contestant gets an early opportunity at big game, while Dave Booth, who had already lost his primary fire source on day 1, accidentally burns his backup ferro rod and taps out on day 4 with no way to make fire. "Building Momentum" finds the remaining eight settling into longer-term routines; one contestant connects on a big-game opportunity and another benefits from a well-placed trapline, and for the first time this season, nobody taps out.

Episode 4: Cold Omen

Winter begins to show itself while the remaining eight push permanent shelters and food storage. Andrew Price traps a hare, only for a bear to enter his area and take it. Nero Buys secures a large beaver, a much more valuable food source than the season's small-game catches, and begins preparing to preserve both meat and fat. Aaron Barnard keeps investing in his cabin, including an interior fireplace and chimney.

The episode ends with the season's third departure. Poldi Waldmann-Moloney had caught fish and small game early, but his oversized tipi demanded too much timber, insulation, and physical labor. By day 14 he was exhausted, emotionally depleted, and worried he had no energy left for the approaching cold. He tapped out in eighth place.

Episode 5: Thin Margins

Episode 5 moves the timeline through days 14-18 and ends without another exit. Nero renders roughly five pounds of beaver fat, stores it in a salvaged container, catches two more hares, and releases the second live animal because his immediate food position is strong. Aaron, already down about 25 pounds, discovers a lynx following him and builds legal five-strand snares. Will Longley briefly faints after an uphill hunt and snare check, but recovers after eating from his remaining cache.

The defining sequence belongs to Ziga Ogorelec. On day 17, a moose appears close to his camp and he lands an arrow. Rather than forcing the pursuit, he waits, follows the blood trail, and gives the wounded animal time. The moose crosses the water, forcing a long tracking effort the next morning. Ziga finally recovers it dead on day 18, securing a potentially season-changing supply of meat, fat, hide, and materials. The full sequence is covered in our episode 5 recap.

What comes next

Episode 6, "Balancing Act," is scheduled for July 22. "Natural Order" follows July 29, and three currently untitled episodes run weekly through August 19. No winner has been confirmed, and the site will not fill future rows with speculative plot details. For the full cast and current standings, check the season 13 hub. For how the international format compares with earlier seasons, see every team and format twist Alone has tried. The show's history of fire-related exits like Dave Booth's is covered in how Alone contestants start fires.