# Elf Hunt ### Objective "Piney Sappington needs a lesson in JSON web tokens. Hack Elf Hunt and score 75 points."

### Solution This challenge involves manipulating the provided JWT to slow the Elves down to where you can hit them.

You can easily see the values of your JWT by using [this tool](https://jwt.io/). When we decode it, we can see that there is a "speed" data payload.

This part of the token is just base64, so you can use any tool to generate an edited payload. I used an [online base64 encoder](https://www.base64encode.org/) to make sure that I was able to make it url safe. I moved the speed to -100, but it may take some trial and error to find a good speed.

Then, edit your cookie and reopen the challenge for it to load. You should notice the elves moving at a much slower speed and thus easier to hit.

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