diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm b/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm
index 384e65bdcbe..8550654b9a6 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@
 #define TRAIT_NOBREATH			"no_breath"
 #define TRAIT_ANTIMAGIC			"anti_magic"
 #define TRAIT_HOLY				"holy"
-#define TRAIT_DEPRESSION			"depression"
+#define TRAIT_DEPRESSION		"depression"
 #define TRAIT_JOLLY				"jolly"
 #define TRAIT_NOCRITDAMAGE		"no_crit"
 #define TRAIT_NOSLIPWATER		"noslip_water"
 #define TRAIT_NOSLIPALL			"noslip_all"
+#define TRAIT_NODEATH			"nodeath"
+#define TRAIT_NOHARDCRIT		"nohardcrit"
+#define TRAIT_NOSOFTCRIT		"nosoftcrit"
 
 
 #define TRAIT_ALCOHOL_TOLERANCE	"alcohol_tolerance"
diff --git a/code/modules/mining/lavaland/necropolis_chests.dm b/code/modules/mining/lavaland/necropolis_chests.dm
index 609ab904c3e..24786ea07ad 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/lavaland/necropolis_chests.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/lavaland/necropolis_chests.dm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	desc = "It's watching you suspiciously."
 
 /obj/structure/closet/crate/necropolis/tendril/PopulateContents()
-	var/loot = rand(1,27)
+	var/loot = rand(1,28)
 	switch(loot)
 		if(1)
 			new /obj/item/shared_storage/red(src)
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 		if(27)
 			new /obj/item/borg/upgrade/modkit/lifesteal(src)
 			new /obj/item/bedsheet/cult(src)
+		if(28)
+			new /obj/item/clothing/neck/necklace/memento_mori(src)
 
 //KA modkit design discs
 /obj/item/disk/design_disk/modkit_disc
@@ -192,6 +194,65 @@
 	icon_state = "asclepius_active"
 	activated = TRUE
 
+//Memento Mori
+/obj/item/clothing/neck/necklace/memento_mori
+	name = "Memento Mori"
+	desc = "A golden pendant. An inscription on it says: \"Certain death tomorrow means certain life today.\""
+	icon = 'icons/obj/lavaland/artefacts.dmi'
+	icon_state = "memento_mori"
+	actions_types = list(/datum/action/item_action/hands_free/memento_mori)
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/active_owner
+	var/death_timer_id
+
+/obj/item/clothing/neck/necklace/memento_mori/item_action_slot_check(slot)
+	if(slot == SLOT_NECK)
+		return TRUE
+
+/obj/item/clothing/neck/necklace/memento_mori/ui_action_click(mob/user, action)
+	if(!active_owner)
+		if(ishuman(user))
+			memento(user)
+	else
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You try to free your lifeforce from the pendant...</span>")
+		if(do_after(user, 40, target = src))
+			mori()
+
+/obj/item/clothing/neck/necklace/memento_mori/dropped(mob/user)
+	..()
+	if(active_owner)
+		mori()
+
+/obj/item/clothing/neck/necklace/memento_mori/proc/memento(mob/living/carbon/human/user)
+	to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You feel your life being drained by the pendant...</span>")
+	if(do_after(user, 40, target = src))
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Your lifeforce is now linked to the pendant! You feel a looming death ahead of you, and yet you instinctively know that until then, you won't die.</span>")
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You also feel that removing the pendant now would be a really bad idea.</span>")
+		user.add_trait(TRAIT_NODEATH, "memento_mori")
+		user.add_trait(TRAIT_NOHARDCRIT, "memento_mori")
+		user.add_trait(TRAIT_NOCRITDAMAGE, "memento_mori")
+		icon_state = "memento_mori_active"
+		active_owner = user
+		if(death_timer_id)
+			deltimer(death_timer_id)
+		death_timer_id = addtimer(CALLBACK(.proc/mori), world.time + 9000, TIMER_STOPPABLE) //15 minutes
+
+/obj/item/clothing/neck/necklace/memento_mori/proc/mori()
+	if(death_timer_id)
+		deltimer(death_timer_id)
+	death_timer_id = null
+	icon_state = "memento_mori"
+	if(!active_owner)
+		return
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = active_owner //to avoid infinite looping when dust unequips the pendant
+	active_owner = null
+	to_chat(H, "<span class='userdanger'>You feel your life rapidly slipping away from you!</span>")
+	H.dust(TRUE, TRUE)
+
+/datum/action/item_action/hands_free/memento_mori
+	check_flags = 0
+	name = "Memento Mori"
+	desc = "Bind your life to the pendant, preserving it yet dooming it."
+
 //Wisp Lantern
 /obj/item/wisp_lantern
 	name = "spooky lantern"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
index fbfe7cbe054..56dfcb86ae2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
@@ -722,14 +722,14 @@
 	if(status_flags & GODMODE)
 		return
 	if(stat != DEAD)
-		if(health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_DEAD)
+		if(health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_DEAD && !has_trait(TRAIT_NODEATH))
 			death()
 			return
-		if(IsUnconscious() || IsSleeping() || getOxyLoss() > 50 || (has_trait(TRAIT_FAKEDEATH)) || health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_FULLCRIT)
+		if(IsUnconscious() || IsSleeping() || getOxyLoss() > 50 || (has_trait(TRAIT_FAKEDEATH)) || (health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_FULLCRIT && !has_trait(TRAIT_NOHARDCRIT)))
 			stat = UNCONSCIOUS
 			blind_eyes(1)
 		else
-			if(health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_CRIT)
+			if(health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_CRIT && !has_trait(TRAIT_NOSOFTCRIT))
 				stat = SOFT_CRIT
 			else
 				stat = CONSCIOUS
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
index ee16e4103fe..7542c0c79cb 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 /mob/living/proc/spread_bodyparts()
 	return
 
-/mob/living/dust(just_ash = FALSE)
-	death(1)
+/mob/living/dust(just_ash = FALSE, drop_items = FALSE)
+	death(TRUE)
+
+	if(drop_items)
+		unequip_everything()
 
 	if(buckled)
 		buckled.unbuckle_mob(src,force=1)
diff --git a/icons/obj/lavaland/artefacts.dmi b/icons/obj/lavaland/artefacts.dmi
index 829f8b91702..0530f7bb3b5 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/lavaland/artefacts.dmi and b/icons/obj/lavaland/artefacts.dmi differ