diff --git a/.config/dictionaries/project.dic b/.config/dictionaries/project.dic
index f30400fff..ee5fd2a91 100644
--- a/.config/dictionaries/project.dic
+++ b/.config/dictionaries/project.dic
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 aarch
 bindgen
 buildkit
+cardano
 camelcase
 codegen
 colordiff
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ fontconfig
 fontname
 forcelabels
 genpkey
+giga
 ginkgolinter
 gitops
 glightbox
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ lintfix
 markdownlint
 mattn
 mdlint
+mithril
 mkdocs
 modcache
 mozallowfullscreen
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ rustdoc
 rustdocflags
 rustflags
 rustfmt
+sanchonet
 rustup
 sqlfluff
 stdcfgs
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ Timoni
 toolsets
 transpiling
 UDCs
+unarchiving
 uniseg
 voteplan
 wasi
@@ -95,3 +100,4 @@ webkitallowfullscreen
 WORKDIR
 xerrors
 zstd
+zstdcat
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diff --git a/earthly/mithril_snapshot/Earthfile b/earthly/mithril_snapshot/Earthfile
index ffcf967ce..4cdb85499 100644
--- a/earthly/mithril_snapshot/Earthfile
+++ b/earthly/mithril_snapshot/Earthfile
@@ -2,18 +2,132 @@ VERSION 0.8
 
 # cspell: words preprod
 
-package-preprod-snapshot:
-    FROM alpine:3.19
+# base-snapshot-builder : Base OS image to run the mithril client for all networks.
+# Shouldn't be used directly.
+base-snapshot-builder:
+    # Note: an official docker image is here, but it could not reliably pull from Earthly.
+    # It gives permission denied errors randomly.
+    # Image comes from: https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/pkgs/container/mithril-client
+    # FROM ghcr.io/input-output-hk/mithril-client:latest
+
+    # Build our own simple mithril client image - it's not hard
+    FROM debian:stable-20240513-slim
+
+    RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install wget jq zstd
+
+    RUN wget -O mithril-cli.deb \
+            https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril/releases/download/2418.1/mithril-client-cli_0.8.0+512fe8d-1_amd64.deb
+    RUN dpkg -i mithril-cli.deb
+
+# DL_SNAPSHOT : Main function which manages downloading and validating mithril snapshots.
+# Arguments:
+# * network - The network to download "mainnet", "preview", "preprod" or "sanchonet"
+# * mithril-network - The name of the mithril network to access, must match what is required by the `network` argument.
+# * snapshot_digest - The digest of the snapshot to get, locks the download to a particular instant in time. `latest` will fetch the most recent.
+# * validate - `false` do not validate the snapshot, faster but could be an invalid snapshot. (default)
+#            - `true`  validate the snapshot, so we know it was authoritatively generated.
+DL_SNAPSHOT:
+    FUNCTION
+    ARG network
+    ARG mithril_network
+    ARG snapshot_digest=latest
+    ARG validate=false
+
+    LET NETWORK=$network
+    LET AGGREGATOR_ENDPOINT=https://aggregator.${mithril_network}.api.mithril.network/aggregator
+    LET GENESIS_VERIFICATION_KEY=$(wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/mithril/main/mithril-infra/configuration/${mithril_network}/genesis.vkey)
+    LET SNAPSHOT_DIGEST=$snapshot_digest
 
     WORKDIR /snapshot
 
-    RUN wget -O \
-        preprod.tar.zst \
-        https://storage.googleapis.com/cdn.aggregator.release-preprod.api.mithril.network/preprod-e135-i2625.80b0c02cd0c86c47a79a9b6d0d9b0e6936d5f621e8094ed53405fef3ee103a3b.tar.zst
+    IF $validate
+        # Validation is slower, but the file will be guaranteed to be valid.
+        # This automatically handles unarchiving the snapshot
+        RUN mithril-client -v cardano-db download --json $snapshot_digest
+    ELSE
+        # This is faster, but it could be a faked snapshot file.
+        LET DL_FILE=$(mithril-client cardano-db snapshot show --json $snapshot_digest | jq '.locations[0]' | tr -d '\"')
+        RUN mkdir -p ./db && \
+            wget --progress=dot:giga -O - $DL_FILE | zstdcat | tar -xf - -C ./db
+    END
+
+# mainnet : Get latest mithril snapshot for Cardano mainnet.
+# Arguments :
+# * digest = The specific snapshot digest to download. Defaults to `latest`.
+# This target is used for developers to test against different networks and
+# is not currently used in CI.
+# This snapshot is NOT validated, in order to speed up its use in development.
+# Warning, this snapshot is VERY LARGE. > 44GB
+mainnet:
+    FROM +base-snapshot-builder
+    ARG digest=latest
+
+    DO +DL_SNAPSHOT \
+        --network=mainnet \
+        --mithril_network=release-mainnet \
+        --snapshot_digest=$digest
+
+    SAVE ARTIFACT /snapshot/db snapshot
+
+# preprod : Mithril snapshot from the pre-prod network.
+# This snapshot is defaulted to a snapshot from:
+# Epoch : 142
+# Immutable File Number: 2773
+# Created : 14/05/2024 @ 8:46:19 am
+# The snapshot can be changed by altering the `digest` argument with the
+# required digest to download.
+# Also, as this snapshot is used in CI, we only used a validated image here
+# This is slower, but guaranteed to be accurate.
+preprod:
+    FROM +base-snapshot-builder
+    ARG digest="1ee36c3ee0aa4fec38d2487641ee64f687e675696783f4cea1e4857ebc2ef38c"
 
-    # extract preprod archive
-    RUN apk add zstd
-    RUN zstd -d preprod.tar.zst && tar -xf preprod.tar
-    RUN rm preprod.tar && rm preprod.tar.zst
+    DO +DL_SNAPSHOT \
+        --network=preprod \
+        --mithril_network=release-preprod \
+        --snapshot_digest=$digest \
+        --validate=true
+
+    SAVE ARTIFACT /snapshot/db snapshot
+
+# preview : Get latest mithril snapshot for the preview network.
+# Arguments :
+# * digest = The specific snapshot digest to download. Defaults to `latest`.
+# This target is used for developers to test against different networks and
+# is not currently used in CI.
+# This snapshot is NOT validated, in order to speed up its use in development.
+preview:
+    FROM +base-snapshot-builder
+    ARG digest=latest
+
+    DO +DL_SNAPSHOT \
+        --network=preview \
+        --mithril_network=pre-release-preview \
+        --snapshot-digest=$digest
+
+    SAVE ARTIFACT /snapshot/db snapshot
+
+# sanchonet : Get latest mithril snapshot for sanchonet (CIP-1694 test network).
+# Arguments :
+# * digest = The specific snapshot digest to download. Defaults to `latest`.
+# This target is used for developers to test against different networks and
+# is not currently used in CI.
+# This snapshot is NOT validated, in order to speed up its use in development.
+sanchonet:
+    FROM +base-snapshot-builder
+    ARG digest=latest
+
+    DO +DL_SNAPSHOT \
+        --network=sanchonet \
+        --mithril_network=testing-sanchonet \
+        --snapshot-digest=$digest
+
+    SAVE ARTIFACT /snapshot/db snapshot
+
+# package-preprod-snapshot : Create a mithril snapshot of pre-prod automatically for CI
+# This target is for CI use, we do NOT generate snapshot packages for other networks
+# because they are slow and not used currently in any CI process.
+package-preprod-snapshot:
+    FROM +preprod
 
-    SAVE ARTIFACT /snapshot snapshot
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+    SAVE ARTIFACT /snapshot/db snapshot
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