Cornucopia

The **Cornucopia** was a giant golden horn-shaped cone with a curved tail. In each year's Hunger Games, the tributes were launched into the arena and started off in a circular position, equidistant to the Cornucopia. The mouth was at least 20 feet high and was filled with supplies and weapons that could help the tributes. The Cornucopia was the cause of death for many tributes due to the large number of desirable items found in and around it.

## History

In the first fourteen Hunger Games, no Cornucopia existed, and there was only a pile of weapons and supplies. Earlier Games had taken place in a stadium at the Capitol until the 13th Hunger Games, and the Cornucopia was only introduced in the 15th Hunger Games, which took place in a toxic savannah. Until the 18th Hunger Games, the Cornucopia was seemingly the only manmade structure found in the arenas.

In the 39th Hunger Games, which were won by Beetee Latier, all of the tribute's pedestals were located outside of a giant hedge maze and the Cornucopia was at the center of the maze. It took longer for the Bloodbath to start this year. Beetee used the electronic supplies he got from the Cornucopia to make a trap to kill his opponents.

The Cornucopia of the 55th Hunger Games was surrounded by a flowing natural river moat that acted as an intersection of the river.

Bloodbaths have occurred at the Cornucopia almost every year since its inception. The Cornucopia was almost always the site of the feasts Gamemakers would create due to inactivity in the arena. This was because every tribute knew where it was located, and it was easily found. The contents of the Cornucopia varied with each game. For example, in the 66th Hunger Games, the Cornucopia was filled with only spiked maces which the tributes had to bludgeon each other to death with.

## Function

During the 75th Hunger Games, the Cornucopia was stocked with only weapons. It spun around and Peeta speculated the tail pointed to the 12 o' clock mark. Typically, the Cornucopia is the site of a bloodbath at the beginning of each of the Games because of the bounty available and how close all the tributes are to each other. The bloodbath is where many of the tributes die. In the 74th Hunger Games, 11 tributes died; most of them were killed by the Career Tributes, who wanted the space and weapons. Instead of battling it out, many of the tributes decide to flee, only grabbing what they can. The Cornucopia could also be used for shelter, like in the 74th Hunger Games, when the Careers camped out near it. In the final battle of the 74th Hunger Games, wolf muttations chased Katniss, Peeta, and Cato to the Cornucopia, where Cato eventually fell to the mutts and was finished off by Katniss.

Before the Games began, each tribute was taken to their own private Launch Room beneath the Cornucopia along with their stylist, where they were prepped before entering the arena.

The supplies from the Cornucopia could be spread out around the Cornucopia or close together, depending on what the Gamemakers decided to do for the games. For example, in the 74th Hunger Games, the supplies were spread wide around the Cornucopia while in the 75th Hunger Games, the Cornucopia was situated on an island and the supplies were placed inside or just at the entrance to the Cornucopia. The area around the Cornucopia was also segmented into twelve radial sections, hinting to the various events that happen during the 75th Hunger Games.

Sometimes the food and water from the Cornucopia were the only source of food and water in the arena outside of sponsors, providing incentive for more tributes to attend the bloodbath or feast.

The Cornucopia was sometimes replaced with other structures topically related to the arena. For example, the Games won by Enobaria, the 62nd Hunger Games, had a barn instead of a Cornucopia, fitting with the ranch arena.

## Hiding place

The Cornucopia was sometimes used as a hiding place during the Games.

* In the 19th Hunger Games, Leon of District 4 became the victor by hiding in the Cornucopia during the feast, then jumping out and killing his final opponent.
* During the feast in the 74th Games, Foxface hid right inside the Cornucopia. Then she ran out, grabbed the backpack with her district number (5) on it, and ran into the forest, knowing that no one would chase her down because everyone's backpack was still at the Cornucopia.
* When Katniss, Peeta and Cato tried to escape from the muttations, they climbed up on the Cornucopia, out of the mutt's reach just before the finale of the games.
* During the 75th Hunger Games, after Gloss kills Wiress, Brutus and Enobaria hide from Katniss' arrows behind the Cornucopia.

## Contents

* Weapons
* Backpacks storing supplies
* Food
* Tools
* Tents
* Water bottles (empty or filled)
* Sleeping bags
* Traps (nets, snares, etc.)
* Clothing
* Medicines (bandages, rubbing alcohol, antiseptics, etc.)
* Small blankets
* Iodine
* Matches and other fire-starting tools
* Ropes
* Electronic supplies