Cornucopia bloodbath

A Cornucopia bloodbath always occurs at the very beginning of every Hunger Games, as most of the tributes compete for valuable weapons, food, water and packs full of other valuable supplies spread in and around the Cornucopia.

Tributes always die at the bloodbath. Some common weapons in the Cornucopia are knives, spears, and swords. In most of the Games, there were backpacks containing various items. Some examples may be weapons, medical supplies, food, or water. In the 74th Hunger Games, the items closer to the Cornucopia were more valuable items, while the ones farthest away were less valuable. This made the tributes tempted to go into the Cornucopia, putting the tributes closer togther. The Gamemakers or the Capitol probably set it up this way for optimal entertainment value and quick deaths at the beginning of the game to keep audiences interested. In the end, the Cornucopia is often taken over by a group of tributes who fought in the bloodbath, usually the Career Tributes.

The Cornucopia is usually located in the center of the arena and is where the Career Tributes normally set up camp during the games.

Tactics
There are a variety of ways tributes approach the bloodbath, but these strategies depend on how the Cornucopia has been positioned. Some tributes ignore the Cornucopia completely and try to put as much distance as they can between themselves and the tributes with weapons from the Cornucopia. This means they will get little or no supplies at all and will have to rely on the arena and their skills or perhaps a rich sponsor to give them some. Peeta Mellark avoided the Cornucopia at first under Haymitch's orders, but later joined the Career Tributes and had access to their supplies until he betrayed them. Other tributes, including Katniss Everdeen, grab what they can from the outskirts of the Cornucopia and flee before things get too dangerous. This means they still get supplies, but are not very valuable and have little or no weapons. Other tributes, mostly the Careers, dash for supplies as an opportunity to kill as many as possible while they are all together. This means they will get the most weapons and supplies, but they also run the highest risk of getting killed or badly injured.

74th Hunger Games
In the film, the items were scattered all around the Cornucopia. The least valuable items, such as backpacks, are farther from the Cornucopia while the more valuable items, mostly weapons, are closer to the Cornucopia. Notable tems that keep tributes alive in the film include, blue, orange, or yellow rolled up sleeping bags, water canteens, and backpacks of colors like black and orange. Some weapons were scattered while others were located in supply crates. Notable weapons in the 74th Hunger Games are swords (like curved or small), spears (like long or throwing), knives (like throwing knives or curved), sickles, scythes, daggers, axes (like two holed), bow and arrows (like silver), machetes (like silver), and blades. Katniss Everdeen retrieved an orange backpack from a stash of another backpack that was blue and a sleeping bag. Cato found his sword on the wall all the way at the end of the inside Cornucopia.

75th Hunger Games
In the novel version of the 3rd Quarter Quell, Katniss retrieves a bow an arrow and Finnick gets a trident that he uses to impale the District 5 male.

50th Hunger Games
In the 50th Hunger Games, 18 people were killed in the opening bloodbath, most of them likely by the Careers. However, the arena was so beautiful, the tributes were awed at first sight. Haymitch Abernathy, the victor from District 12, managed to get supplies before the bloodbath began, being the only one not stunned by the beauty of the arena.

74th Hunger Games
In the novel version of the 74th Hunger Games, eleven people were killed in the opening bloodbath, most of them killed by the Careers. Katniss grapples with the District 9 male over an orange backpack. The District 9 male begins coughing blood and falls dead with a knife sticking out of his back. His killer is revealed to be Clove, the District 2 female. Clove aims and throws a knife towards Katniss who deflects it with her new backpack thinking "Thanks for the knife," before fleeing towards the forest to find her District 12 partner, Peeta.

Pedestal Stations (Film): (From left to right) District 5 male, District 4 male, Rue, Glimmer, District 3 male, District 3 female, District 10 male, Peeta Mellark, District 7 female, District 6 male (Jason), Cato, District 7 male, Foxface, Katniss Everdeen, Marvel, Clove, District 4 female, District 8 male, District 6 female, Thresh. (Missing: District 8 female, District 9 male and female, and District 10 female).

In the film version of the 74th Hunger Games, twelve tributes were killed in the initial bloodbath, because the District 4 tributes aren't considered careers and are killed off, but eleven are shown to die, including two deaths from the District 7 male and an added death by the District 10 male. The bloodbath began when the gongs signaled the beginning of the games. Almost all the tributes ran towards the Cornucopia excluding some, notably Peeta and Rue. The careers and some other tributes are shown to be killing tributes in flashes and quick shots. The District 6 male is immediently targeted by Cato, who pins him onto the ground and punches him several times before leaving to get a machete. Marvel shoves the District 8 male onto the grass and uses a curved knife to stab him to death, staining blood onto his knife [24]. Cato cleaves the District 10 male's chest with a machete as he is running away with a bag, opening up his chest and causing him to fall onto the floor as he bleeds in pain [23] (The District 5 male's timer shows the District 10 male's time). The District 5 male grabs the District 3 female by the stomach, preventing her from escaping. The District 3 female pulls out of his grip, falls on the floor, and then gets back up. Unfortunately, she is assaulted by the District 4 female who slices the District 3 female's left leg with a saw, disabling her ability to walk correctly, and then shoves her onto the ground. The District 5 male has enough time to grab a sickle off the floor. Glimmer and the District 6 female fight by yanking eachother's hair. Glimmer ends the fight by pinning the District 6 female onto the ground and stabbing her to death with a knife [22]. As the District 3 female is sitting up, the District 5 male uses his sickle to slash her neck [21]. The District 4 female confronts Cato and swings the axe at his head, but the District 2 male ducks, knocks down her axe, and hits her in the abdomen. He then grabs the District 4 female by the sides and hurls her into a supply crate. The District 4 female manages to get up and as she runs to grab a backpack off the floor, Katniss watches her. Inspired by her tactice, she dashes towards an orange backpack across the sight of the bloodbath. The District 5 male uses the blackpack that the District 3 female had before her death to attack the District 7 female. The District 7 male, her district partner, saves her and almost kills him with a spear until Thresh runs out of the Cornucopia. The District 7 male tries to slash at Thresh, but the District 11 tribute uses his backpack to knock away the spear and uses his curved sword to quickly swipe at his neck, cutting his throat [20]. After grabbing the orange backpack, Katniss tripped onto the ground and the District 7 male (originally 9) steps up to her and attempted to drop down a two holed axe he got to kill her. He almost succeeded until Clove threw a knife into his back, causing him to collapse and die. Clove flings another knife towards Katniss this time, but she uses her backpack to deflect it. As Clove runs up to her, she scrambles up and runs towards the forest. The District 6 male runs up to the District 5 male, who was still crawling away from the previous fight, and uses his bare hands to choke him. The District 5 male soon gained the advantage inside the Cornucopia as he grabs the District 6 male's head and hurls it into a supply crate 5 times before Glimmer enters. Glimmer pins the District 5 male onto a supply crate and stabs him in the abdomen with a small sword [19]. While she is stabbing him, the District 6 male grabs a small sword off the wall and throws Glimmer onto the ground. Glimmer crawls away from the District 6 male who almost kills her with the small sword. At the same time, the District 4 male looks around to see if he can escape as everyone is distracted, but just as he turns to run near the mouth of the Cornucopia, he finds Cato in front of him. Cato immediantly uses his machete to slash the District 4 male's throat open [18]. Cato runs inside the Cornucopia and shoves the District 6 male away from Glimmer. The District 6 male attempts to stab Cato with the small sword, but Cato grabs his armed hand, trips the District 6 male with his scythe, and then knocks him into the ground with the sharp weapon. He finishes him off with one last stab [17]. Cato then looks at the wall at the end of the Cornucopia to find a sword that fits his needs in his swordman skills. Meanwhile, Marvel chases the District 7 female as she tries to crawl away from him, He manages to reach her, and uses his spear to skewer her heart [16]. Later at about 17 minutes of the games, the careers find the District 4 female and kill her as her scream is heard in the forest [15]. The corpse of the District 7 male (cut throat), District 9 male (stomach wound), District 4 male, District 10 male (bloody abdomen), and District 3 female are shown. At night, the events of the bloodbath lead to the showed portraits of the District 3 female, District 4 male, (Not shown but are presumed to have been: District 4 female, District 5 male, and District 6 female, District 7 male (only shown at gamemaker's stations), District 7 female, District 8 male, and District 9 female. ([#] indicates placing)

The Fallen: District 3 female, District 4 female (film), District 4 male, District 5 male, both from District 6, both from District 7, District 8 male, both from District 9, the District 10 female, and the District 10 male (film).

Times: District 3 female: 29 seconds; District 4 male: 1 minute/18 seconds; District 4 female: 17 minutes/23 seconds; District 5 male: 13 seconds; District 6 male: possibly 1 minute/24 seconds; District 6 female: possibly 29 seconds; District 7 male: 37 seconds; District 7 female: 2 minutes/31 seconds; District 8 male: 7 seconds; District 9 male: possibly 39 seconds; District 9 female: possibly 26 seconds; District 10 female (shown as District 3 female): 29 seconds.

75th Hunger Games
In the 75th Hunger Games, eight people were killed in the opening bloodbath. Unlike the previous games, the only things held in the Cornucopia were weapons. The District 5 male was snuck up on Katniss Everdeen, but Finnick Odair uses a trident and spears him through the chest, killing him. Katniss shoots Gloss's calf but misses Enobaria because she dives into the water. Also, it is mentioned by Johanna Mason that Beetee was stabbed in the Cornucopia before she went to retrieve him.

The Fallen: District 5 male, District 6 male, Cecelia, Woof, both from District 9, District 10 female, and Seeder.