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, averaging eight to twelve each year--a third to half of the total tributes. 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, or 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. 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. For example, in the 74th Hunger Games, the Cornucopia contained everything from weapons, food, and survival provisions. The weapons are almost always arranged from the Cornucopia in terms of usefulness. For example, backpacks containing basic survival provisions were spaced far away while valuable weapons such as bows and swords were placed in the mouth. In contrast, during the 75th Hunger Games, or Third Quarter Quell, the Cornucopia was piled high with weapons in an attempt to ensure a more brutal bloodbath between the tributes. In this instance, any victor tribute who did not want to gain weapons had no use in approaching the Cornucopia.

Some tributes ignore the Cornucopia completely and try to put as much distance as they can between themselves and the armed 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 Abernathy'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 these are not very valuable and they have little or no weapons. Other tributes, mostly Careers like Marvel, Clove, Glimmer and Cato, dash for supplies as an opportunity to kill as many opponents 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. In the 74th Hunger Games, the Careers, possibly after the bloodbath was over, made camp by the Cornucopia. This allowed them to take any leftover supplies. However, the high quantity of supplies taken by the careers allowed other tributes like Foxface to steal some supplies and escape undetected. Rue managed to get some water bottles and socks used to cover her hands at night.

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 Twelve, 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 74th Hunger Games, eleven people were killed in the opening bloodbath, most of them killed by the Careers. The only explicit death in the bloodbath is the District 9 Male, who was killed by Clove. In the film, twelve tributes died. Katniss rose up from her tube onto a podium. The cornucopia came into view. With a nervous face, she looked to her left, where Marvel, Clove, the District 4 female, and the District 8 male were standing. She looked to her right where Foxface and the District 7 male were standing. Katniss then looked towards the cornucopia, where she located a silver bow with arrows. Back at the gamemaker's station, the countdown for the games began. The capitol citizens are seen watching and cheering as the District 5 male, 10 male, and Foxface come on the screen. District 12 is seen watching the screen which currently showed Rue and the District 9 female. Mrs. Everdeen and Prim watch the games with a serious glare on their faces. The camera then shows Gale, who turns and looks towards the forest. Katniss, still staring at the bow, looked towards Peeta (who is standing next to the District 5 male and District 7 female) who looked at her and nodded his head, making the body sign "No." Rue and Glimmer are shown. Cato is shown. Then Thresh, the District 7 male, and Foxface are shown. The timer ticks 1 and the horn blows a second after. All of the tributes run towards the cornucopia. Peeta runs the other way though. The District 10 male is seen running pass the District 3 tributes, Glimmer, and the District 4 male while there is a glimpse of Rue running away.

Katniss watches as Peeta runs out of sight and into the woods. Marvel chases the District 3 tributes. He grabs the District 3 female's left arm as the District 3 male escapes. He trips her with his foot, causing her to fall, and pulls out a dagger. Marvel stabs the District 3 female. The District 9 male runs to the cornucopia only to see Cato swinging a machete at him. Cato delivers the blow, causing the District 9 male to fall onto his back dieing while Marvel is seen still stabbing the District 3 female in the background. District 7 female crawls away from Marvel who is trying to spear her heart. Clove looks through a bag and finds a pack of knives as the District 4 female pushes down the District 3 female. Clove looks towards her left and right to see if any tributes are trying to attack her as the District 5 male grabs a sickle in the background. Cato sticks is machete into the District 3 female's back and finds a water canteen. Katniss watches the District 4 female as she speeds and grabs a red backpack. Katniss spots an orange backpack near where the District 4 tribute got her backpack and decides to get it. She dashes towards it while Glimmer stabs the District 9/10 female. The District 6 male is looking through a backpack behind her. The District 7 female looks for supplies but hides behind a crate when she sees the District 5 male slash the District 3 female onto the grass with his sickle. Marvel walks towards the District 3 female with his dagger. The District 4 male grabs his yellow bag and hides in the cornucopia. The District 6 male strangles the District 5 male by the grabbing his neck. Katniss grabs the orange bag as the District 7 male comes from her left with an axe. The District 4 female cuts the District 6 female's left leg, injuring her. Katniss trips as Glimmer ejects her knife out of the District 6 female about to stab her again. The District 7 male walks up to Katniss and raises his axe to kill her. He collapses on the ground with a knife sticking into his back. Katniss turns from him towards Clove, who throws a knife towards her direction. Katniss holds up her bag to defend herself, earning her a knife. Clove runs towards her. Katniss sees her and gets up and runs towards the forest. Then Marvel grabs the District 8 male in a headlock and smashes his head into supply crates. He then walks pass the District 4 male who is still hiding. Katniss runs away while Clove runs back to the cornucopia. The District 8 male confronts Thresh with a spear as Glimmer runs into the cornucopia. He swings it at him, but Thresh dodges his attack and swings his bag and sword at his throat, killing him. Thresh runs to the forest as Marvel finds a tent bag. The District 3 male pushes the District 7 female. Katniss runs into Foxface, and the two collide. They stare at eachother for a few seconds and then run the opposite ways. Meanwhile at the cornucopia, the District 4 male looks at his right to see if the coast is clear. He turns his head only to confront Cato who immediantly swings his machete at the tribute's throat. The District 4 male backs away hitting a suitcase, with his blood splashing on it. He collapses dead. Katniss runs through the forest and trips. She rolls down a hill only to get up and run again. At the cornucopia, there are corpse shots. The District 8 male is seen with a slit throat. The District 9 male is seen with a machete wound in his stomach. The District 4 male is seen lying on his yellow bag dead. The District 9/10 female lies on her back in the grass with knife wounds and a bloody abdomen. The District 3 female lys on her stomach her face facing towards the camera, dead.

The Fallen: District 3 female, District 4 male, (the tributes skipped aren't shown), District 7 male, District 7 female, District 8 male, District 9 female, (the District 9 male and District 10 female aren't shown). These are deaths that are confirmed by the tribute actors or non blurry scenes: District 7 female is speared in the heart by Marvel. Marvel kills the District 8 male by slitting his throat while he is choking the District 5 male. Glimmer stabs the District 6 female on her back. Cato snaps the District 6 male's neck. The District 4 male gets slaughtered by Cato. Podium places. Katniss's left: Marvel, Clove, District 4 female, District 8 male, District 6 female, Thresh. Katniss's right: Foxface, District 7 male. Peeta's right: District 10 male, District 3 female, District 3 male, Glimmer, Rue, District 4 male. Peeta's left District 7 female, District 6 male.

75th Hunger Games
In the 75th Hunger Games, eight people were killed in the opening bloodbath. Katniss Everdeen reached the Cornocopia and gathered with Finnick Odair. Finick killed the male from District 5. The two of them find Mags and Peeta and run away.

Later on Finnick, Mags, Katniss, and Peeta get a distance away, Katniss crawls up in a tree and sees some more of it. All she could see was people killing each other. She mentioned that after all the blood in it the water turned purple.

District 10 female, Seeder, Cecelia, Woof, the male Morphling and both tributes from District 9 were also killed. Unlike the 74th Hunger Games, the only thing held in the Cornucopia was weapons.