[[File:File:EnemyBait.png.png|20x20px]] [[|]] Food is a type of item in The Legend of Zelda and Breath of the Wild.
Location and Uses
The Legend of Zelda
In The Legend of Zelda, Food, also called Enemy Bait,[1] is an item used to lure enemies. It can be bought from various Merchants scattered across Hyrule. Placing Food in an area where enemies are present distracts them as they gather near the bait. This allows Link to pass a crowded path or easily defeat the enemies. Within the Demon labyrinth, a hungry Goriya requires Link to give up some Food before he can pass.
Breath of the Wild
In Breath of the Wild, Food is a type of consumable item that Link uses to restore health and receive buffs. Food can be made placing Materials directly into a fire, or by combining up to five Materials found in Hyrule and cooking them together in a Cooking Pot. Only certain Materials combined can yield useful Food, and the potency of a Food's effects (e.g. the amount of Hearts or Stamina recovered) can differ based on how many Materials Link used in the recipe. Failed combinations yield Dubious Food or a Failed Experiment, which only restore minimal Hearts. Each article of Food, including duplicates, occupies a separate slot in the Pouch.
Fruits, vegetables, nuts, mushrooms, meats, and other cooking materials should be combined together to create successful dishes. Monster parts (such as horns, fangs, wings, and talons) should be combined with frogs, lizards and insects to create Elixirs. Combining monster parts with normal food items with usually result in Dubious Food or a Failed Experiment.
List of Food
Open-Flame Cooked Foods
Cooking Materials over an open fire increases the amount of hearts restored by an additional 50% over the non-cooked Material.
Frozen Foods
Frozen or Icy food can be created by dropping Materials into snow. Frozen Foods keep their original Heart restoration values, but also provide heat resistance.
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredient |
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Frozen Bird Drumstick | It's as hard as a rock, but is supposedly edible. It restores a small number of hearts and has a cooling effect. |
Foods cooked in a Cooking Pot
Recovery
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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File:Apple pie.png Apple Pie |
The crispy, flaky pie crust and sweet apples are a match made in heaven. | Tabantha Wheat Cane Sugar Goat Butter Apple | |
File:Carrot cake.png Carrotcake |
Even those who don't like carrots tend to enjoy the mild sweetness of this cake. | Tabantha Wheat Cane Sugar Goat Butter Any Carrot | |
File:Crab omelet with rice.png Crab Omelet with Rice |
The fluffy crab legs pair perfectly with the rice for a truly scrumptious dish. | Hylian Rice Bird Egg Rock Salt Any Crab | |
Dubious Food |
It's too gross to even look at. A bizarre smell issues forth from this heap. Eating it won't hurt you though...probably. | ||
File:BotW Failed Experiment Icon.png Failed Experiment |
A dish gone awry after mixing conflicting ingredients. It doesn't taste great, but as they say, beggars can't be choosers. | ||
Fish and Mushroom Skewer | A simple dish made by cooking skewered, fresh fish alongside fragrant mushrooms. | Any Fish Any Mushroom | |
Fried Egg and Rice | The soft egg yolk pairs well with the fresh rice in this simple dish. | Hylian Rice Bird Egg | |
File:Fried wild greens.png Fried Wild Greens |
A basic vegetable dish made by sautéing fresh wild plants. | Any Vegetable, Herb, or Flower x2-5 | |
File:Fruit and mushroom mix.png Fruit and Mushroom Mix |
This dish contrasts the sweetness of fruit with the savoriness of mushrooms. | Any Fruit Any Mushroom | |
File:Fruitcake.png Fruitcake |
Apple or Wildberry Any Fruit Tabantha Wheat Cane Sugar | ||
File:Gourmet meat and seafood fry.png Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry |
A marriage of the choicest cuts of meat and seafood. As delicious as it is filling! | ||
Hard-Boiled Egg | A bird egg boiled using water from naturally occurring hot springs. It's popular among children and is easy to make. | ||
File:Clam chowder.png Hearty Clam Chowder |
The nutritional value of hearty blueshell snail combines with butter and milk in a rich soup. | Fresh Milk Tabantha Wheat Goat Butter Hearty Blueshell Snail | |
File:Salmon mueniere.png Hearty Salmon Muenière |
The crispy skin of this fried hearty salmon puts its texture in a class all its own. | Full Recovery +5 Yellow Hearts |
Tabantha Wheat Goat Butter Hearty Salmon |
Honeyed Fruits |
A dish that combines the thick sweetness of honey with the acidity of sour fruits. | Courser Bee Honey Any Fruit | |
Hot Buttered Apple | The apple's sweetness has been enhanced by smothering it with butter and baking it. | Apple Goat Butter | |
File:BotW Meat & Mushroom Skewer Icon.png Meat & Mushroom Skewer |
A filling dish made by grilling various mountain ingredients with either Steak or Bird Meat. | Steak or Bird Meat Hylian Mushroom | |
Meat and Seafood Fry |
A filling dish made by cooking fresh seafood and meat together. | Mighty Carp Raw Meat Spicy Pepper | |
Meat Skewer |
A juicy, filling snack made by grilling small chunks of meat on a skewer. | Raw Meat or Raw Gourmet Meat Raw Bird Drumstick | |
Mushroom Skewer | This simple mushroom-packed skewer has its colorful presentation to thank for its appeal. | per Hylian Shroom | Any Mushroom |
File:Omelet.png Omelet |
This simple dish is common all over Hyrule. Simply fry egg until it's nice and plump. | Bird Egg | |
File:BotW Spicy Pepper Steak Icon.png Pepper Steak |
The meat has been cooked in crushed peppers to accent its natural taste. | Spicy Pepper Stamella Shroom Raw Bird Drumstick | |
File:Plain crepe.png Plain Crepe |
The simplicity of this dish lets the flavor of its ingredients shine. | File:Botw 5Heart Icon.png | Fresh Milk Cane Sugar Tabantha Wheat Bird Egg Goat Butter |
Rock-Hard Food | A dish gone awry after adding the wrong ingredient. Chewing your way through this won't be fun, but it will fill you up when you're between a rock and a hard place. | Wood | |
Salt-Grilled Fish |
A simple dish made by rolling a whole fish in natural rock salt before grilling it. | Rock Salt Any Fish | |
Salt-Grilled Greens | A health-boosting dish made with leafy greens and a touch of salt. | ||
Salt-Grilled Meat | Short on ingredients? Just rub some meat in salt and cook it for a simple, tasty dish. | Raw Meat Raw Bird Drumstick Rock Salt | |
Sautéed Nuts | These sautéed tree seeds are the perfect snack for the busy adventurer on the go! | per Acorn | Acorn |
Seafood Rice Balls | Stuffed with aromatic seafood, the flavor can vary by ingredients but never disappoints. | Hylian Rice Hyrule Bass | |
Simmered Fruit |
This sweet dish is made by heaping tasty fruits into a pan and simmering until tender. | per Apple per Palm Fruit |
Apple Palm Fruit |
Steamed Fish | A refined dish made by wrapping a fresh fish in fragrant wild greens and cooking it. | ||
Steamed Fruit | A regional dish made by steaming near-ripened fruits in the leaves of fragrant plants. | Any Fruit Any Vegetable | |
Steamed Meat |
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Steamed Mushrooms |
A healthy vegetable dish achieved by steaming mushrooms in plant leaves. | ||
Veggie Rice Balls | This home-style dish of Kakariko Village is stuffed with the bounty of the mountains. | Hyrule Herb Hylian Rice | |
File:Warm milk.png Warm Milk |
Fresh Milk | ||
File:Wildberry crepe.png Wildberry Crepe |
Sweet, tart wildberries are folded into thin, springy dough to make this dessert. | Wildberry Fresh Milk Cane Sugar Tabantha Wheat Bird Egg |
Hearty
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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Hearty Fried Wild Greens | Restores your health and temporarily increases your maximum hearts. A basic vegetable dish made by sautéing fresh wild plants. | ||
Hearty Mushroom Skewer |
Temporarily increases your maximum Hearts. A simple roasted skewer packed with delicious mushrooms. Its colorful presentation heightens the appeal. | Full recovery File:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.png |
Raw Meat Hearty Truffle Hylian Shroom |
File:BotW Meat & Mushroom Skewer Icon.png Hearty Meat & Mushroom Skewer |
Temporarily increases your maximum Hearts. A filling dish made by grilling various mountain ingredients with either Steak or Bird Meat | Full recovery File:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.png |
Steak Hearty Truffle |
Hearty Salmon Meunière | The crispy skin of this fried hearty salmon puts its texture in a class all its own. | Full Recovery File:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.png |
Tabantha Wheat Goat Butter Hearty Salmon |
Hearty Salt-Grilled Fish |
Restores your health and temporarily increases your maximum hearts. A simple dish made by rolling a whole fish in natural rock salt before grilling it. | Full recovery File:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.png |
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Hearty Steamed Meat |
Temporarily increases your maximum Hearts. A dish that preserves the moisture of the meat by wrapping it in fragrant wild leaves and steaming it. | Full recovery File:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.png |
Raw Meat Hearty Radish Hearty Truffle |
Hearty Steamed Mushrooms |
Temporarily increases your maximum Hearts. A healthy vegetable dish achieved by steaming mushrooms in plant leaves. | Full recovery File:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.png |
Hearty Radish Hearty Truffle |
File:BotW Hearty Wild Greens Icon.png Hearty Wild Greens |
Temporarily increases your maximum Hearts. A basic vegetable dish made by sautéing fresh wild plants. | Full recovery File:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.pngFile:BotW Temporary Heart Icon.png |
Raw Meat Hearty Radish Hearty Truffle |
Energizing
Enduring
Hasty
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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Hasty Mushroom Skewer |
Temporarily increases your movement speed. A simple roasted skewer packed with delicious mushrooms Its colorful presentation heightens the appeal. | Temporary movement speed increase |
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File:BotW Meat & Mushroom Skewer Icon.png Hasty Meat & Mushroom Skewer |
Temporarily increases your movement speed. A filling dish made by grilling various mountain ingredients with either Steak or Bird Meat. | Temporary movement speed increase |
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Hasty Steamed Meat | Grants a low-level movement-speed boost. This meat dish has been wrapped in fragrant leaves and steamed to preserve its moisture. | Speed Up |
Fireproof
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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Spicy
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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File:BotW Spicy Fruit and Mushroom Mix Icon.png Spicy Fruit and Mushroom Mix |
Grants low-level cold resistance. This dish contrasts the sweetness of fruit with the savoriness of mushrooms. |
Cold Resistance |
Spicy Pepper Hylian Shroom |
Spicy Meat and Mushroom Skewer | Grants low-level cold resistance. A filling dish made by grilling various mountain ingredients with meat. |
Low-Level Cold Resistance (3:30) |
Raw Prime Meat Sunshroom |
Spicy Meat and Seafood Fry | Grants low/mid-level cold resistance. A filling dish made by cooking fresh seafood and meat together. |
Mid-Level Cold Resistance (3:30) |
Hyrule Bass Raw Meat Spicy Pepper |
Spicy Mushroom Rice Balls | Grants low-level cold resistance. The aroma of the mushrooms tickles your nose as you peel back the leafy wrapping. |
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Spicy Omelet | Grants low-level cold resistance. This simple dish is common all over Hyrule. Simply fry egg until it's nice and plump. |
Low-Level Cold Resistance (4:00) |
Bird Egg Spicy Pepper |
File:BotW Spicy Pepper Steak Icon.png Spicy Pepper Steak |
Temporarily raises your body temperature. A dish made by cooking meat in crushed peppers, surpressing the gamy taste while accentuating its flavor. | Cold Resistance |
Spicy Pepper Hylian Shroom Raw Meat |
Grants low-level cold resistance. The meat has been cooked in crushed peppers to accent its natural taste. |
Low-Level Cold Resistance (3:30) |
Spicy Pepper Hylian Shroom Raw Bird Drumstick | |
File:BotW Spicy Sautéed Peppers Icon.png Spicy Sautéed Peppers |
Grants low-level cold resistance. The spiciness of these sautéed peppers has been broken by the heat for a sweeter taste. | Cold Resistance |
Spicy Pepper |
Spicy Simmered Fruit |
Grants low-level cold resistance. This sweet dish is made by heaping tasty fruits into a pan and simmering until tender. |
Cold Resistance |
Apple Spicy Pepper |
Electro
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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Electro Fried Egg and Rice | Grants low-level electricity resistance. The soft egg yolk pairs well with the fresh rice in this simple dish. |
Electricity Resistance | |
Electro Herb Sauté | Grants low-level electricity resistance. A fragrant mixture of herbs and spices. It's easily recognized by its unique aroma. |
Electricity Resistance | |
Electro Omelet | Grants low-level electricity resistance. This simple dish is common all over Hyrule. Simply fry egg until it's nice and plump. | Electricity Resistance |
Mighty
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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Mighty Fried Wild Greens | Grants a low-level attack power-boost. A basic vegetable dish made by sautéing fresh wild plants. |
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Mighty Meat and Rice Bowl | Grants a low-level attack-power boost. This dish of rice and lightly seared meat is a mainstay all throughout Hyrule. |
Attack Up | Hylian Rice Raw Meat Razorshroom Rock Salt |
File:BotW Mighty Meaty Rice Balls Icon.png Mighty Meaty Rice Balls |
Grants a low-level attack-power boost. The sweet and spicy meat stuffed into these rice balls will keep you full for some time. | Attack Up | |
Mighty Steamed Meat | Grants a low-level attack-power boost. This meat dish has been wrapped in fragrant leaves and steamed to preserve its moisture. | Attack Up | |
Mighty Steamed Mushrooms | Grants a high-level attack-power boost. A healthy vegetable dish achieved by steaming mushrooms in plant leaves. | Temporary movement speed increase |
Tough
Sneaky
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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Sneaky Mushroom Skewer | Grants a low-level stealth boost. This simple mushroom-packed skewer has its colorful presentation to thank for its appeal. |
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Sneaky Seafood Skewer | Grants a low-level stealth boost. The natural water in this medley of seafaring creatures makes for a delicious broth. |
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File:BotW Sneaky Steamed Fish Icon.png Sneaky Steamed Fish |
Increases your ability to sneak. A refined dish made by wrapping a fresh fish in fragrant wild grass and cooking it. | Increased sneak ability |
Hyrule Bass Blue Nightshade |
File:BotW Sneaky Steamed Meat Icon.png Sneaky Steamed Meat |
Grants a low-level stealth boost. This meat dish has been wrapped in fragrant leaves and steamed to preserve its moisture. | Increased sneak ability |
Blue Nightshade Raw Meat |
Sneaky Steamed Mushrooms | Grants a low-level stealth boost. A healthy vegetable dish achieved by steaming mushrooms in plant leaves. | Bird Egg Blue Nightshade Silent Shroom |
Chilly
Elixirs cooked in a Cooking Pot
Item | Description | Effect | Ingredients |
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Chilly Elixir |
Grants a low-level cooling effect, raising your body's resistance to heat. Crucial for long journeys through the desert. | Heat Resistance | |
Electro Elixir |
Grants a low-level resistance to electricity. Useful against enemies with electrical attacks. | Electricity Resistance | |
Enduring Elixir |
Restores stamina and temporarily extends your Stamina Wheel. The additional stamina will disappear as it's used. | ||
Energizing Elixir |
Restores your Stamina, which is used when performing physical actions such as climbing walls and swimming. | Restores Stamina | Bokoblin Horn Restless Cricket |
Fairy Tonic | This powerful recovery elixir harnesses the power of fairies. It has a sweet fragrance. | <! Five Heart Icon, Heart Icon, Heart Icon --> | Bokoblin Guts Bokoblin Horn Fairy Lizalfos Horn Lizalfos Talon Moblin Fang Moblin Horn |
File:BotW Fireproof Elixir.png Fireproof Elixir |
Grants a fireproof effect, which prevents your body from catching fire. Be sure to pack this when venturing out to explore Death Mountain. | Low-Level Heat Resistance | Smotherwing Butterfly Any Monster Part |
Hasty Elixir |
Grants a low-level haste effect, which boosts your movement speed while running, swimming, or climbing. | Speed Up | Bokoblin Horn Hightail Lizard |
Sneaky Elixir |
Grants a X-level stealth effect, which calms the nerves and silences footfalls. Allows you to move about undetected by monsters and animals. | Increased sneak ability | Sunset Firefly Keese Eyeball Keese Wing Bokoblin Horn |
Spicy Elixir |
Warms your body from its core, increasing your resistance to cold environments. Very useful in the snow-covered mountains. | Cold Resistance | Bokoblin Horn Sizzlewing Butterfly |
Tough Elixir | Grants a low-level toughness effect, which fortifies your bones to strengthen your defense. Best to use before facing off against hard-hitting enemies. | Defense Up | Bokoblin Horn ×2 Moblin Fang Rugged Rhino Beetle |
Food Effects
In Breath of the Wild, certain ingredients carry different effects that are applied to food when it is cooked in a Cooking Pot. These effects are granted to the player at the time when food is consumed. Most of these effects have a time limit before they run out. Also, most of these effects cannot be stacked, meaning that when a player has one effect active and eats a food with a different effect, the previously active effect will be cancelled. Three exceptions to this are the Hearty, Energizing, and Enduring effects, which can be stacked with themselves until the player character's stamina and/or health are maxed out and also with one other timed effect.
The effects are as follows:
Effect | Description | Time Limit |
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Hearty | Temporarily increases your maximum Hearts. | No |
Energizing | Instantly refills some of your Stamina Wheel. | No |
Enduring | Temporarily increases your Stamina limit. | No |
Hasty | Temporarily increases your movement speed. | Yes |
Fireproof | Yes | |
Spicy | Temporarily raises your body temperature. | Yes |
Electro | Grants low/mid/high-level electricity resistance. | Yes |
Mighty | Grants a low/mid/high-level attack-power boost. | Yes |
Tough | Grants a low/mid/high-level defense boost. | Yes |
Sneaky | Increases your ability to sneak. Grants a low/mid/high-level stealth boost. |
Yes |
Chilly | Grants low/mid/high-level heat resistance. | Yes |
Adding more of the same ingredient with a timed effect to the cooking pot causes the timed effect on the resulting food to last longer.
Adding multiple different ingredients with the same timed effect to the cooking pot causes the timed effect on the resulting food to last longer and can also result in that food having a mid or high-level effect rather than the base low-level effect.
Adding more than one of the same ingredient or multiple different ingredients with the same non-timed effect to the cooking pot causes the resulting food to have a stronger effect than it would have had with just one ingredient with that effect.
In general, having a variety of ingredients with the same effect produces stronger bonuses than using all of the same ingredient with that effect.
Combining ingredients with different effects will not cause the resulting food to have multiple effects. Instead, in the resulting food, only one effect will be present, or the multi-effect ingredient combination will result in Dubious Food.
Ingredients
The following is a list of the ingredients that imbue cooked food with each particular effect.
Hearty
Hearty Durian - Fruit
Big Hearty Truffle - Mushroom
Hearty Truffle - Mushroom
Big Hearty Radish - Vegetable
Hearty Radish - Vegetable
Hearty Bass - Fish
Hearty Salmon - Fish
Hearty Lizard - Critter
Energizing
Stamella Shroom - Mushroom
Staminoka Bass - Fish
Courser Bee Honey - ???
Restless Cricket - Critter
Enduring
Endura Shroom - Mushroom
Endura Carrot - Vegetable
Tireless Frog - Critter
Hasty
Rushroom - Mushroom
Fleet-Lotus Seeds - ???
Swift Violet - Herb
Swift Carrot - Vegetable
Bright-Eyed Crab - Crab
Hightail Lizard - Critter
Hot-Footed Frog - Critter
Fireproof
Spicy
Spicy Pepper - Fruit
Sunshroom - Mushroom
Warm Safflina - Herb
Sizzlefin Trout - Fish
Simmerwing Butterfly - Critter
Warm Darner - Critter
Electro
Zapshroom - Mushroom
Electric Safflina - Herb
Voltfin Trout - Fish
Thunderwing Butterfly - Critter
Mighty
Mighty Bananas - Fruit
Razorshroom - Mushroom
Mighty Thistle - Herb
Mighty Carp - Fish
Mighty Porgy - Fish
Tough
Ironshroom - Mushroom
Armoranth - Herb
Fortified Pumpkin - Vegetable
Armored Carp - Fish
Armored Porgy - Fish
Rugged Rhino Beetle - Critter
Sneaky
Silent Shroom - Mushroom
Blue Nightshade - Herb
Sneaky River Snail - Fish
Stealthfin Trout - Fish
Sunset Firefly - Critter
Chilly
Hydromelon - Fruit
Cool Safflina - Herb
Chillfin Trout - Fish
Winterwing Butterfly - Critter
Cold Darner - Critter
- Note: The ingredient listings above are incomplete
Non-Canon Appearances
Hyrule Warriors Legends
Template:Sectstub In Hyrule Warriors Legends, Food can be dropped by enemies and found inside pots within Keeps. They are used to feed Fairies, which will grow to a higher level depending the quality of the Food. Like Materials, they can found in Bronze, Silver, or Gold levels.
Etymology
Names in Other Regions | ||
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Language | Name | |
Japanese | エサ (Esa) | |
French | Viande | |
SpanishLA | Cebo |
Gallery
- BaitLoZArt.png
Food artwork from The Legend of Zelda Japanese manual
- HWL Bronze Food Icon.png
Bronze Food icon from Hyrule Warriors Legends
- HWL Silver Food Icon.png
Silver Food icon from Hyrule Warriors Legends
- HWL Gold Food Icon.png
Gold Food icon from Hyrule Warriors Legends
Video Gallery
Cooking trailer from Breath of the Wild |
References
- ↑ "Enemy bait: Link can use this bait to lure the enemy and bump them off as they come to eat it. But watch out! This doesn't work for some of the enemy [sic]." (The Legend of Zelda manual, pg. 25)
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