diff --git a/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/error/api_error.rs b/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/error/api_error.rs
index ea92b62b21..cca046f703 100644
--- a/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/error/api_error.rs
+++ b/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/error/api_error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use cloudflare_errors::cloudflare_error::CloudflareError;
 use errors::AnyhowError;
+use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use std::io;
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ pub enum ApiError {
     backend_hostname: Option<String>,
   },
 
+  /// An uncategorized bad HTTP response with status code and body.
+  UncategorizedBadResponseWithStatusAndBody {
+    status_code: StatusCode,
+    body: String,
+  },
+
   /// Cloudflare errors.
   CloudflareError(CloudflareError),
 
@@ -66,6 +73,8 @@ impl Display for ApiError {
       ApiError::TooManyRequests(msg) => write!(f, "Too many requests to Storyteller backend: {}", msg),
       ApiError::InternalServerError {body, backend_hostname} => 
         write!(f, "Internal Server Error; backend hostname: {:?} ; body: {}; ", backend_hostname, body),
+      ApiError::UncategorizedBadResponseWithStatusAndBody { status_code, body } => 
+        write!(f, "Uncategorized bad response with status code {} and body: {}", status_code, body),
       // Server response handling errors
       ApiError::DeserializationError(error) => write!(f, "Deserialization error: {}", error),
       // Network errors
diff --git a/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/recipes/download_media_file.rs b/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/recipes/download_media_file.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4eb3903b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/recipes/download_media_file.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use log::{info, warn};
+use reqwest::Client;
+use url::Url;
+
+use tokens::tokens::media_files::MediaFileToken;
+
+use crate::endpoints::media_files::get_media_file::{get_media_file, GetMediaFileSuccessResponse};
+use crate::error::api_error::ApiError;
+use crate::error::client_error::ClientError;
+use crate::error::storyteller_error::StorytellerError;
+use crate::utils::api_host::ApiHost;
+
+pub struct DownloadMediaFileArgs<'a, P: AsRef<Path>> {
+  pub media_token: &'a MediaFileToken,
+  pub api_host: &'a ApiHost,
+  pub download_path: DownloadPath<P>,
+}
+
+pub enum DownloadPath<P: AsRef<Path>> {
+  /// Write the file to this exact path.
+  ExactFilename(P),
+  /// Write the file into this directory, generating a filename from the CDN URL extension.
+  Directory(P),
+}
+
+pub struct DownloadMediaFileResult {
+  /// The path the file was written to.
+  pub downloaded_file_path: PathBuf,
+
+  /// The full media file response from the API.
+  pub media_file_response: GetMediaFileSuccessResponse,
+
+  /// Size of downloaded file in bytes.
+  pub filesize_bytes: usize,
+}
+
+pub async fn download_media_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+  args: DownloadMediaFileArgs<'_, P>,
+) -> Result<DownloadMediaFileResult, StorytellerError> {
+  let DownloadMediaFileArgs {
+    media_token,
+    api_host,
+    download_path
+  } = args;
+
+  // 1. Fetch media file info from the API.
+  let response = get_media_file(api_host, media_token).await?;
+  let media_class = &response.media_file.media_class;
+  let cdn_url = &response.media_file.media_links.cdn_url;
+
+  info!("Downloading media file {} of class {} from CDN: {}",
+    media_token.as_str(), media_class.to_str(), cdn_url);
+
+  // 2. Determine the output file path.
+  let output_path = match &download_path {
+    DownloadPath::ExactFilename(path) => path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
+    DownloadPath::Directory(dir) => {
+      let filename = derive_filename_from_url(cdn_url, &media_token);
+      dir.as_ref().join(filename)
+    }
+  };
+
+  // 3. Download the bytes from the CDN.
+  let bytes = download_bytes(cdn_url).await?;
+
+  // 4. Write to disk.
+  let mut file = fs::File::create(&output_path)
+    .map_err(|err| StorytellerError::Client(ClientError::IoError(err)))?;
+
+  file.write_all(&bytes)
+    .map_err(|err| StorytellerError::Client(ClientError::IoError(err)))?;
+
+  file.flush()
+    .map_err(|err| StorytellerError::Client(ClientError::IoError(err)))?;
+
+  info!("Downloaded {} bytes to {:?}", bytes.len(), output_path);
+
+  Ok(DownloadMediaFileResult {
+    downloaded_file_path: output_path,
+    media_file_response: response,
+    filesize_bytes: bytes.len(),
+  })
+}
+
+// ── Helpers ──
+
+async fn download_bytes(url: &Url) -> Result<Vec<u8>, StorytellerError> {
+  let client = Client::builder()
+    .gzip(true)
+    .build()
+    .map_err(|err| StorytellerError::Client(ClientError::ReqwestError(err)))?;
+
+  let response = client.get(url.as_str())
+    .send()
+    .await
+    .map_err(|err| StorytellerError::Api(ApiError::OtherReqwestError(err)))?;
+
+  let status_code = response.status();
+
+  if !status_code.is_success() {
+    let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+      warn!("Failed to retrieve response body: {}", err);
+      "".to_string()
+    });
+    return Err(StorytellerError::Api(ApiError::UncategorizedBadResponseWithStatusAndBody {
+      status_code,
+      body,
+    }));
+  }
+
+  let bytes = response.bytes()
+    .await
+    .map_err(|err| StorytellerError::Client(ClientError::ReqwestError(err)))?;
+
+  Ok(bytes.to_vec())
+}
+
+/// Derive a filename from the CDN URL's path extension, falling back to the media token.
+fn derive_filename_from_url(url: &Url, media_token: &MediaFileToken) -> String {
+  let path = url.path();
+  let extension = Path::new(path)
+    .extension() // NB: without dot '.'
+    .and_then(|ext| ext.to_str())
+    .unwrap_or("bin");
+
+  format!("{}.{}", media_token.as_str(), extension)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use super::*;
+
+  #[test]
+  fn derive_filename_from_url_extracts_extension() {
+    let url = Url::parse("https://cdn.example.com/files/abc123.png").unwrap();
+    let token = MediaFileToken::new_from_str("mf_test123");
+    assert_eq!(derive_filename_from_url(&url, &token), "mf_test123.png");
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn derive_filename_from_url_handles_no_extension() {
+    let url = Url::parse("https://cdn.example.com/files/abc123").unwrap();
+    let token = MediaFileToken::new_from_str("mf_test123");
+    assert_eq!(derive_filename_from_url(&url, &token), "mf_test123.bin");
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn derive_filename_from_url_handles_query_params() {
+    let url = Url::parse("https://cdn.example.com/files/abc123.mp4?token=xyz").unwrap();
+    let token = MediaFileToken::new_from_str("mf_test123");
+    assert_eq!(derive_filename_from_url(&url, &token), "mf_test123.mp4");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/recipes/mod.rs b/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/recipes/mod.rs
index 1232fbe14e..f007a12fa4 100644
--- a/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/recipes/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/api_clients/artcraft/artcraft_client/src/recipes/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+pub mod download_media_file;
 pub mod upload_media_file_from_file;
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