diff --git a/app/not-found.tsx b/app/not-found.tsx
index 010675d..aadf065 100644
--- a/app/not-found.tsx
+++ b/app/not-found.tsx
@@ -96,10 +96,15 @@ export default function NotFound() {
             <p className="text-body text-text-muted">Aber kein Problem – wir bringen dich gerne zurück auf Kurs.</p>
             <Link
               href="/"
-              className="flex items-center gap-2 mt-2 px-7 py-4 rounded-sm bg-brand text-h4 font-bold text-text-primary hover:bg-brand-hover active:scale-[0.97] transition-all"
+              className="group flex items-center gap-2 mt-2 px-7 py-4 rounded-sm bg-brand text-h4 font-bold text-text-primary hover:bg-brand-hover active:scale-[0.97] transition-all"
             >
               Zur Startseite
-              <svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" className="size-4" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
+              <svg
+                viewBox="0 0 20 20"
+                className="size-4 transition-transform duration-200 group-hover:translate-x-1"
+                fill="none"
+                aria-hidden="true"
+              >
                 <path d="M4 10h12m0 0-5-5m5 5-5 5" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.75" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
               </svg>
             </Link>
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ export default function NotFound() {
               already uses for handwritten-style accents (see About.tsx's
               signature quote). */}
           <Reveal delay={0.15} className="w-full lg:flex-1 flex items-center justify-center">
-            <div className="relative w-full max-w-[22rem] aspect-square rotate-2 rounded-sm bg-[#EDE3D0] shadow-modal p-8 flex flex-col items-center text-center">
+            <div className="relative w-full max-w-[22rem] aspect-square rotate-2 hover:rotate-0 rounded-sm bg-[#EDE3D0] shadow-modal p-8 flex flex-col items-center text-center transition-transform duration-300">
               <div className="absolute -top-3 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -rotate-3 w-16 h-6 bg-[#d8cdb8]/80" />
               <p
                 className="font-bold text-text-primary text-[4.5rem] leading-none mt-6"
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ export default function NotFound() {
           </Reveal>
         </div>
 
-        {/* Help links + search */}
+        {/* Help links */}
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-10 items-center pb-16 px-[var(--layout-padding-x)] w-full">
           <Reveal className="flex flex-col items-center gap-2">
             <p
@@ -155,41 +160,44 @@ export default function NotFound() {
 
           <RevealGroup className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-10 md:gap-8 w-full max-w-[64rem] divide-y md:divide-y-0 md:divide-x divide-border">
             {helpLinks.map((link) => (
-              <RevealItem key={link.href} className="flex flex-col items-center text-center gap-3 pt-10 md:pt-0 first:pt-0 px-4">
-                <div className="flex size-14 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-bg-muted text-brand">
+              <RevealItem
+                key={link.href}
+                className="group flex flex-col items-center text-center gap-3 pt-10 md:pt-0 first:pt-0 px-4 transition-transform duration-200 hover:-translate-y-1"
+              >
+                <div className="flex size-14 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-bg-muted text-brand transition-colors duration-200 group-hover:bg-brand group-hover:text-text-primary">
                   {link.icon}
                 </div>
                 <p className="font-semibold text-body text-text-primary">{link.title}</p>
                 <p className="text-body-sm text-text-muted">{link.desc}</p>
-                <Link href={link.href} className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-body-sm font-semibold text-brand hover:underline">
+                <Link href={link.href} className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-body-sm font-semibold text-text-primary hover:underline">
                   {link.cta}
-                  <svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" className="size-3.5" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
+                  <svg
+                    viewBox="0 0 20 20"
+                    className="size-3.5 transition-transform duration-200 group-hover:translate-x-1"
+                    fill="none"
+                    aria-hidden="true"
+                  >
                     <path d="M4 10h12m0 0-5-5m5 5-5 5" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
                   </svg>
                 </Link>
               </RevealItem>
             ))}
           </RevealGroup>
-
-          <Reveal className="w-full max-w-[28rem]">
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-3 bg-bg-white border border-border rounded-sm px-6 py-3">
-              <svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" className="size-4 shrink-0 text-text-muted" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
-                <circle cx="9" cy="9" r="6.5" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.6" />
-                <path d="m18 18-4-4" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.6" strokeLinecap="round" />
-              </svg>
-              <span className="text-body text-text-muted">Suche nach Impulsen, Tools, Themen …</span>
-            </div>
-          </Reveal>
         </div>
 
         {/* Testimonial band — photo bleeds to the viewport edge, gradient
             fade into bg-base on its trailing edge instead of a hard cut,
-            same idea as page-bestellbestaetigung's photo+quote pattern. */}
+            same idea as page-bestellbestaetigung's photo+quote pattern.
+            404-testimonial-photo.jpg is cropped directly from the actual
+            mockup pixels (mockups/einfach-produktiv_mockup_404.png) rather
+            than reusing an unrelated existing asset — same real-photo
+            extraction convention the Figma rebuild used, just done on the
+            flat mockup image instead of in Figma. */}
         <Reveal className="relative w-full flex items-stretch min-h-[16rem] bg-bg-muted overflow-hidden">
           <div className="relative w-full md:w-[45%] shrink-0">
             <img
               alt=""
-              src="/newsletter-modal-photo.jpg"
+              src="/404-testimonial-photo.jpg"
               className="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"
             />
             <div className="hidden md:block absolute inset-y-0 right-0 w-40 bg-gradient-to-l from-bg-muted to-transparent" />
diff --git a/public/404-testimonial-photo.jpg b/public/404-testimonial-photo.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce898b0
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