diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/components.dm b/code/__DEFINES/components.dm
index 386d67fd..bab1e65d 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/components.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/components.dm
@@ -98,4 +98,10 @@
 #define ELEMENT_INCOMPATIBLE 1 // Return value to cancel attaching
 
 // /datum/element flags
+/// Causes the detach proc to be called when the host object is being deleted
 #define ELEMENT_DETACH		(1 << 0)
+/**
+  * Only elements created with the same arguments given after `id_arg_index` share an element instance
+  * The arguments are the same when the text and number values are the same and all other values have the same ref
+  */
+#define ELEMENT_BESPOKE		(1 << 1)
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/dcs.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/dcs.dm
index e94f233f..faf95fd3 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/dcs.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/dcs.dm
@@ -6,10 +6,22 @@ PROCESSING_SUBSYSTEM_DEF(dcs)
 /datum/controller/subsystem/processing/dcs/Recover()
 	comp_lookup = SSdcs.comp_lookup
 
-/datum/controller/subsystem/processing/dcs/proc/GetElement(eletype)
-	. = elements_by_type[eletype]
+/datum/controller/subsystem/processing/dcs/proc/GetElement(datum/element/eletype, ...)
+	var/element_id = eletype
+
+	if(initial(eletype.element_flags) & ELEMENT_BESPOKE)
+		var/list/fullid = list("[eletype]")
+		for(var/i in initial(eletype.id_arg_index) to length(args))
+			var/argument = args[i]
+			if(istext(argument) || isnum(argument))
+				fullid += "[argument]"
+			else
+				fullid += "[REF(argument)]"
+		element_id = fullid.Join("&")
+
+	. = elements_by_type[element_id]
 	if(.)
 		return
 	if(!ispath(eletype, /datum/element))
 		CRASH("Attempted to instantiate [eletype] as a /datum/element")
-	. = elements_by_type[eletype] = new eletype
\ No newline at end of file
+	. = elements_by_type[element_id] = new eletype
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/datums/elements/_element.dm b/code/datums/elements/_element.dm
index 1a5b5148..17e2b122 100644
--- a/code/datums/elements/_element.dm
+++ b/code/datums/elements/_element.dm
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 /datum/element
 	var/element_flags = NONE
+	/**
+	  * The index of the first attach argument to consider for duplicate elements
+	  * Is only used when flags contains ELEMENT_BESPOKE
+	  * This is infinity so you must explicitly set this
+	  */
+	var/id_arg_index = INFINITY
 
 /datum/element/proc/Attach(datum/target)
 	if(type == /datum/element)
@@ -19,7 +25,7 @@
 //DATUM PROCS
 
 /datum/proc/AddElement(eletype, ...)
-	var/datum/element/ele = SSdcs.GetElement(eletype)
+	var/datum/element/ele = SSdcs.GetElement(arglist(args))
 	args[1] = src
 	if(ele.Attach(arglist(args)) == ELEMENT_INCOMPATIBLE)
 		CRASH("Incompatible [eletype] assigned to a [type]! args: [json_encode(args)]")