The show was taped in Sound Stages 23 and 24 at Universal Studios Florida, housing the Extreme Arena and the Aggro Crag, respectively.

[2] Stage 21, where the original Guts program taped, was most recently occupied by production of Impact Wrestling.

Players then had to cross some stepping stones across "The Glacial Gorge" and climb two vertical rock climbing walls dubbed "The Vertical Freeze", to reach the Crystal Peak and hit their final actuator to finalize the results.

A new section was added, "The Mad Mesas", which was a path of boulders that the contestant needed to run over to reach the second player at the base of the Switchbacks.

The champions of the tournament received all three, including a considerably larger third piece, which could be put together to form a miniature Aggro Crag as a trophy, along with the grand prize of a trip on the Nickelodeon Family Cruise.