diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/attack.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/attack.rs
index 1efa5ed9..f919aa75 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/attack.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/attack.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
     async fn handle(self: &Self, ctx: &mut VerbContext, _verb: &str, remaining: &str) -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
 
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("It doesn't really seem fair, but you realise you won't be able to attack anyone while you're dead!".to_string())?;
         }
         
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             user_error(ansi!("<blue>Your wristpad vibrates and blocks you from doing that.<reset> You get a feeling that while the empire might be gone, the system to stop subjects with working wristpads from fighting each unless they have an consented is very much functional. [Try <bold>help allow<reset>]").to_string())?
         }
 
-        if attack_whom.is_dead {
+        if attack_whom.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("There's no point attacking the dead!".to_string())?
         }
         
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/buy.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/buy.rs
index 6fde8714..e8146dc4 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/buy.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/buy.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
     async fn handle(self: &Self, ctx: &mut VerbContext, _verb: &str, remaining: &str) -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
 
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("Nobody seems to listen when you try to buy... possibly because you're dead.".to_owned())?
         }
         let (heretype, herecode) = player_item.location.split_once("/").unwrap_or(("room", "repro_xv_chargen"));
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/drop.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/drop.rs
index 634aacfc..09f9be7f 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/drop.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/drop.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn start_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                            -> UResult<time::Duration> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to drop it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         let item_id = match command {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn finish_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                             -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to get it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         let item_id = match command {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             ..ItemSearchParams::base(&player_item, &remaining)
         }).await?;
 
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to drop it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
 
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/get.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/get.rs
index c8383d78..87247525 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/get.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/get.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn start_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                            -> UResult<time::Duration> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to get it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         let item_id = match command {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn finish_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                             -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to get it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         let item_id = match command {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             limit: get_limit.unwrap_or(100),
             ..ItemSearchParams::base(&player_item, &remaining)
         }).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to get it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
 
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/install.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/install.rs
index a2c5b966..7c8b75e7 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/install.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/install.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             Some(v) => v
         };
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("Apparently, you have to be alive to work as an installer.\
                         So discriminatory!".to_owned())?;
         }
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/inventory.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/inventory.rs
index a97cead6..887c0490 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/inventory.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/inventory.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub struct Verb;
 impl UserVerb for Verb {
     async fn handle(self: &Self, ctx: &mut VerbContext, _verb: &str, _remaining: &str) -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             ctx.trans.queue_for_session(ctx.session, Some("The dead don't really have an inventory.\n")).await?;
         }
         let inv = ctx.trans.find_items_by_location(&format!("{}/{}",
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/list.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/list.rs
index 7f162058..af3bd198 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/list.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/list.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
     async fn handle(self: &Self, ctx: &mut VerbContext, _verb: &str, _remaining: &str) -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
 
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("Nobody seems to offer you any prices... possibly because you're dead.".to_owned())?
         }
         let (heretype, herecode) = player_item.location.split_once("/").unwrap_or(("room", "repro_xv_chargen"));
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/look.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/look.rs
index c3e8abf8..826a263f 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/look.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/look.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ async fn list_room_contents<'l>(ctx: &'l VerbContext<'_>, item: &'l Item) -> URe
             LocationActionType::Sitting => buf.push_str("sitting "),
             LocationActionType::Reclining => buf.push_str("reclining "),
             LocationActionType::Normal | LocationActionType::Attacking(_) if is_creature => {
-                if head.is_dead {
+                if head.death_data.is_some() {
                     buf.push_str("lying ");
                 } else {
                     buf.push_str("standing ");
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
 
         let rem_trim = remaining.trim().to_lowercase();
-        let use_location = if player_item.is_dead { "room/repro_xv_respawn" } else {
+        let use_location = if player_item.death_data.is_some() { "room/repro_xv_respawn" } else {
             &player_item.location
         };
         let (heretype, herecode) = use_location.split_once("/").unwrap_or(("room", "repro_xv_chargen"));
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/map.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/map.rs
index 1b029122..a751e2e4 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/map.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/map.rs
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ impl MapType for GmapType {
                        room: &room::Room) -> UResult<()> {
         ctx.trans.queue_for_session(
             ctx.session,
-            Some(&render_map(room, 16, 9))
+            Some(&render_map(room, 32, 18))
         ).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/movement.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/movement.rs
index 04961e64..c0613cad 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/movement.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/movement.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pub async fn attempt_move_immediate(
     // for the orig_mover's queue, because might re-queue a move command.
     mut player_ctx: &mut Option<&mut VerbContext<'_>>
 ) -> UResult<()> {
-    let use_location = if orig_mover.is_dead {
+    let use_location = if orig_mover.death_data.is_some() {
         if orig_mover.item_type != "player" {
             user_error("Dead players don't move".to_owned())?;
         }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ pub async fn attempt_move_immediate(
         }
     }
     
-    if mover.is_dead {
+    if mover.death_data.is_some() {
         if !handle_resurrect(trans, &mut mover).await? {
             user_error("You couldn't be resurrected.".to_string())?;
         }
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/open.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/open.rs
index f9436176..167a0753 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/open.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/open.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl TaskHandler for SwingShutHandler {
 
 pub async fn attempt_open_immediate(trans: &DBTrans, ctx_opt: &mut Option<&mut VerbContext<'_>>,
                                     who: &Item, direction: &Direction) -> UResult<()> {
-    if who.is_dead {
+    if who.death_data.is_some() {
         user_error("Your ethereal hands don't seem to be able to move the door.".to_owned())?;
     }
     let (room_1, dir_in_room, room_2) = match is_door_in_direction(trans, &direction, &who).await? {
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/page.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/page.rs
index 048f526a..49cab40d 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/page.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/page.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             user_error("You need to provide a message to send.".to_owned())?;
         }
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("Shush, the dead can't talk!".to_string())?;
         }
         let to_whom = search_item_for_user(ctx, &ItemSearchParams {
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/say.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/say.rs
index 868e26f9..32ac62ea 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/say.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/say.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             user_error("You need to provide a message to send.".to_owned())?;
         }
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("Shush, the dead can't talk!".to_string())?;
         }
         say_to_room(ctx.trans, &player_item, &player_item.location,
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/uninstall.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/uninstall.rs
index a7669f6b..ed1a94e4 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/uninstall.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/uninstall.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             Some(v) => v
         };
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("Apparently, you have to be alive to work as an uninstaller. \
                         So discriminatory!".to_owned())?;
         }
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/use_cmd.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/use_cmd.rs
index b4048a54..eef13263 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/use_cmd.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/use_cmd.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn start_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                            -> UResult<time::Duration> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to use it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         let (item_id, target_type_code) = match command {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn finish_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                             -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to use it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ pub struct Verb;
 impl UserVerb for Verb {
     async fn handle(self: &Self, ctx: &mut VerbContext, _verb: &str, remaining: &str) -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to use it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
 
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/whisper.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/whisper.rs
index e0a71e0a..ba809236 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/whisper.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/whisper.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             user_error("You need to provide a message to send.".to_owned())?;
         }
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("Shush, the dead can't talk!".to_string())?;
         }
         let to_whom = search_item_for_user(ctx, &ItemSearchParams {
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/wield.rs b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/wield.rs
index 85bfd7b1..a9c34bb6 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/wield.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/message_handler/user_commands/wield.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn start_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                            -> UResult<time::Duration> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to wield it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         let item_id = match command {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl QueueCommandHandler for QueueHandler {
     async fn finish_command(&self, ctx: &mut VerbContext<'_>, command: &QueueCommand)
                             -> UResult<()> {
         let player_item = get_player_item_or_fail(ctx).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to wield it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         let item_id = match command {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl UserVerb for Verb {
             limit: 1,
             ..ItemSearchParams::base(&player_item, &remaining)
         }).await?;
-        if player_item.is_dead {
+        if player_item.death_data.is_some() {
             user_error("You try to wield it, but your ghostly hands slip through it uselessly".to_owned())?;
         }
         if weapon.action_type == LocationActionType::Wielded {
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/models/item.rs b/blastmud_game/src/models/item.rs
index 5b0cc3a5..3c430d86 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/models/item.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/models/item.rs
@@ -342,6 +342,20 @@ impl Default for DoorState {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct DeathData {
+    pub parts_remaining: Vec<PossessionType>
+}
+
+impl Default for DeathData {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            parts_remaining: vec!()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Item {
@@ -357,7 +371,7 @@ pub struct Item {
     pub action_type: LocationActionType,
     pub presence_target: Option<String>, // e.g. what are they sitting on.
     pub is_static: bool,
-    pub is_dead: bool,
+    pub death_data: Option<DeathData>,
     pub species: SpeciesType,
     pub health: u64,
     pub total_xp: u64,
@@ -373,13 +387,13 @@ pub struct Item {
     pub special_data: Option<ItemSpecialData>,
     pub dynamic_entrance: Option<DynamicEntrance>,
     pub owner: Option<String>,
-    pub door_states: Option<BTreeMap<Direction, DoorState>>
+    pub door_states: Option<BTreeMap<Direction, DoorState>>,
 }
 
 impl Item {
     pub fn display_for_sentence(&self, explicit_ok: bool, pluralise: usize, caps: bool) -> String {
         let mut buf = String::new();
-        if self.is_dead {
+        if self.death_data.is_some() {
             if pluralise > 1 {
                 buf.push_str("the bodies of ");
             } else {
@@ -441,7 +455,7 @@ impl Default for Item {
             action_type: LocationActionType::Normal,
             presence_target: None,
             is_static: false,
-            is_dead: false,
+            death_data: None,
             species: SpeciesType::Human,
             health: 24,
             total_xp: 0,
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/services/combat.rs b/blastmud_game/src/services/combat.rs
index 28ee61f9..18cad4cd 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/services/combat.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/services/combat.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ use crate::{
         skills::skill_check_only,
     },
     models::{
-        item::{Item, LocationActionType, Subattack, SkillType},
-        task::{Task, TaskMeta, TaskDetails}
+        item::{Item, LocationActionType, Subattack, SkillType, DeathData},
+        task::{Task, TaskMeta, TaskDetails},
     },
     static_content::{
         possession_type::{WeaponData, possession_data, fist},
         npc::npc_by_code,
+        species::species_info_map,
     },
     message_handler::user_commands::{user_error, UResult, drop::consider_expire_job_for_item},
     regular_tasks::{TaskRunContext, TaskHandler},
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ impl TaskHandler for AttackTaskHandler {
             Some(item) => (*item).clone()
         };
 
-        if attacker_item.is_dead || victim_item.is_dead {
+        if attacker_item.death_data.is_some() || victim_item.death_data.is_some() {
             return Ok(None)
         }
         
@@ -210,7 +211,11 @@ pub async fn handle_death(trans: &DBTrans, whom: &mut Item) -> DResult<()> {
     );
     broadcast_to_room(trans, &whom.location, None, &msg_exp, Some(&msg_nonexp)).await?;
 
-    whom.is_dead = true;
+    whom.death_data = Some(DeathData {
+        parts_remaining: species_info_map().get(&whom.species)
+            .map(|sp| sp.corpse_butchers_into.clone()).unwrap_or_else(|| vec!()),
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
     if let Some(ac) = &whom.active_combat {
         let at_str = ac.attacking.clone();
         for attacker in ac.attacked_by.clone().iter() {
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@ pub async fn handle_death(trans: &DBTrans, whom: &mut Item) -> DResult<()> {
 
 pub async fn handle_resurrect(trans: &DBTrans, player: &mut Item) -> DResult<bool> {
     corpsify_item(trans, &player).await?;
-    player.is_dead = false;
+    player.death_data = None;
     let lost_xp = (player.total_xp / 200).max(10).min(player.total_xp);
     let (session, _) = match trans.find_session_for_player(&player.item_code).await? {
         None => return Ok(false),
@@ -476,13 +481,13 @@ impl TaskHandler for NPCRecloneTaskHandler {
             Some(r) => r
         };
         
-        if !npc_item.is_dead {
+        if npc_item.death_data.is_none() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
         corpsify_item(ctx.trans, &npc_item).await?;
 
-        npc_item.is_dead = false;
+        npc_item.death_data = None;
         npc_item.health = max_health(&npc_item);
         npc_item.location = npc.spawn_location.to_owned();
         ctx.trans.save_item_model(&npc_item).await?;
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/services/comms.rs b/blastmud_game/src/services/comms.rs
index cb020dfb..67a0286b 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/services/comms.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/services/comms.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use mockall_double::double;
 pub async fn broadcast_to_room(trans: &DBTrans, location: &str, from_item: Option<&Item>,
                                message_explicit_ok: &str, message_nonexplicit: Option<&str>) -> DResult<()> {
     for item in trans.find_items_by_location(location).await? {
-        if item.item_type != "player" || item.is_dead {
+        if item.item_type != "player" || item.death_data.is_some() {
             continue;
         }
         if let Some((session, session_dat)) = trans.find_session_for_player(&item.item_code).await? {
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/services/effect.rs b/blastmud_game/src/services/effect.rs
index 276b924a..6a0d6e03 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/services/effect.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/services/effect.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl TaskHandler for DelayedHealthTaskHandler {
             }
             Some(it) => it
         };
-        if item.is_dead {
+        if item.death_data.is_some() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
         match item_effect_series.1.pop_front() {
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/npc.rs b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/npc.rs
index 39e92548..78e6db68 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/npc.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/npc.rs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ impl TaskHandler for NPCSayTaskHandler {
             Some(r) => r
         };
 
-        if npc_item.is_dead {
+        if npc_item.death_data.is_none() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ impl TaskHandler for NPCWanderTaskHandler {
             },
             Some(r) => r
         };
-        if item.is_dead {
+        if item.death_data.is_some() {
             return Ok(None)
         }
         let (ltype, lcode) = match item.location.split_once("/") {
@@ -379,14 +379,14 @@ impl TaskHandler for NPCAggroTaskHandler {
             },
             Some(r) => r
         };
-        if item.is_dead || item.active_combat.as_ref().map(|ac| ac.attacking.is_some()).unwrap_or(false) {
+        if item.death_data.is_some() || item.active_combat.as_ref().map(|ac| ac.attacking.is_some()).unwrap_or(false) {
             return Ok(None);
         }
         let items_loc = ctx.trans.find_items_by_location(&item.location).await?;
         let vic_opt = items_loc
             .iter()
             .filter(|it| (it.item_type == "player" || it.item_type == "npc") &&
-                    !it.is_dead && (it.item_type != item.item_type || it.item_code != item.item_code))
+                    it.death_data.is_none() && (it.item_type != item.item_type || it.item_code != item.item_code))
             .choose(&mut thread_rng());
         if let Some(victim) = vic_opt {
             match start_attack(ctx.trans, &item, victim).await {
@@ -418,13 +418,13 @@ impl TaskHandler for NPCRecloneTaskHandler {
             Some(r) => r
         };
         
-        if !npc_item.is_dead {
+        if npc_item.death_data.is_none() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
         corpsify_item(ctx.trans, &npc_item).await?;
 
-        npc_item.is_dead = false;
+        npc_item.death_data = None;
         npc_item.health = npc.max_health;
         npc_item.location = npc.spawn_location.to_owned();
         ctx.trans.save_item_model(&npc_item).await?;
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type.rs b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type.rs
index 96985fc1..13cfa198 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 
 mod fangs;
 mod antenna_whip;
+mod blade;
 mod trauma_kit;
 mod corp_licence;
 mod lock;
+mod meat;
 
 pub type AttackMessageChoice = Vec<Box<dyn Fn(&Item, &Item, bool) -> String + 'static + Sync + Send>>;
 pub type AttackMessageChoicePart = Vec<Box<dyn Fn(&Item, &Item, &BodyPart, bool) -> String + 'static + Sync + Send>>;
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ pub struct PossessionData {
     pub lockcheck_handler: Option<&'static (dyn ArglessHandler + Sync + Send)>,
     pub sign_handler: Option<&'static (dyn ArglessHandler + Sync + Send)>,
     pub write_handler: Option<&'static (dyn WriteHandler + Sync + Send)>,
+    pub can_butcher: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for PossessionData {
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ impl Default for PossessionData {
             lockcheck_handler: None,
             sign_handler: None,
             write_handler: None,
+            can_butcher: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -203,6 +207,10 @@ pub enum PossessionType {
     NewCorpLicence,
     CertificateOfIncorporation,
     Scanlock,
+    ButcherKnife,
+    Steak,
+    AnimalSkin,
+    SeveredHead,
 }
 
 impl Into<Item> for PossessionType {
@@ -266,11 +274,15 @@ pub fn possession_data() -> &'static BTreeMap<PossessionType, PossessionData> {
         vec!(
             (Fangs, fangs::data()),
             (AntennaWhip, antenna_whip::data()),
+            (ButcherKnife, blade::butcher_data()),
             (MediumTraumaKit, trauma_kit::medium_data()),
             (EmptyMedicalBox, trauma_kit::empty_data()),
             (NewCorpLicence, corp_licence::data()),
             (CertificateOfIncorporation, corp_licence::cert_data()),
             (Scanlock, lock::scan()),
+            (Steak, meat::steak_data()),
+            (AnimalSkin, meat::skin_data()),
+            (SeveredHead, meat::severed_head_data()),
         ).into_iter().collect()
     })
 }
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/blade.rs b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/blade.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1697f365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/blade.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use super::{PossessionData, WeaponData};
+use crate::models::item::SkillType;
+
+pub fn butcher_data() -> PossessionData {
+    PossessionData {
+        display: "butcher knife",
+        details: "A 30 cm long stainless steel blade, sharp on one edge with a pointy tip. It looks perfect for butchering things, and in a pinch you could probably fight with it too.",
+        aliases: vec!("butcher", "knife"),
+        weight: 250,
+        weapon_data: Some(WeaponData {
+            uses_skill: SkillType::Blades,
+            raw_min_to_learn: 0.0,
+            raw_max_to_learn: 2.0,
+            normal_attack_start_messages: vec!(
+                Box::new(|attacker, victim, exp|
+                         format!("{} raises {} butcher knife menancingly, preparing to attack {}",
+                                 &attacker.display_for_sentence(exp, 1, true),
+                                 &attacker.pronouns.possessive,
+                                 &victim.display_for_sentence(exp, 1, false),
+                         )
+                )
+            ),
+            normal_attack_success_messages: vec!(
+                Box::new(|attacker, victim, part, exp|
+                         format!("{}'s butcher knife cuts into {}'s {}",
+                                 &attacker.display_for_sentence(exp, 1, true),
+                                 &victim.display_for_sentence(exp, 1, false),
+                                 &part.display(victim.sex.clone())
+                         )
+                )
+            ),
+            normal_attack_mean_damage: 2.0,
+            normal_attack_stdev_damage: 2.0,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        ..Default::default()
+    }    
+}
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/meat.rs b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/meat.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46784f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/meat.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use super::PossessionData;
+
+pub fn skin_data() -> PossessionData {
+    PossessionData {
+        display: "animal skin",
+        details: "The skin of an animal of some kind. It looks like you could make something out of this",
+        weight: 100,
+        ..Default::default()
+    }    
+}
+
+pub fn steak_data() -> PossessionData {
+    PossessionData {
+        display: "steak",
+        details: "A hunk of raw red meat, dripping with blood",
+        weight: 100,
+        ..Default::default()
+    }    
+}
+
+pub fn severed_head_data() -> PossessionData {
+    PossessionData {
+        display: "steak",
+        details: "A head that has been chopped clean from the body",
+        weight: 250,
+        ..Default::default()
+    }    
+}
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/trauma_kit.rs b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/trauma_kit.rs
index 0981d4ac..3364f2fb 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/trauma_kit.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/possession_type/trauma_kit.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ pub fn medium_data() -> PossessionData {
           task_ref: "bandage",
           errorf: Box::new(
               |_item, target|
-              if target.is_dead {
+              if target.death_data.is_some() {
                   Some(format!("It is too late, {}'s dead", target.pronouns.subject))
               } else if target.item_type != "player" && target.item_type != "npc" {
                   Some("It only works on animals.".to_owned())
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/room/melbs.rs b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/room/melbs.rs
index a0c4b69e..03250497 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/room/melbs.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/room/melbs.rs
@@ -2527,6 +2527,11 @@ pub fn room_list() -> Vec<Room> {
                   target: ExitTarget::UseGPS,
                   exit_type: ExitType::Free
               },
+              Exit {
+                  direction: Direction::SOUTH,
+                  target: ExitTarget::UseGPS,
+                  exit_type: ExitType::Free
+              },
           ),
           should_caption: false,
           ..Default::default()
@@ -2557,6 +2562,32 @@ pub fn room_list() -> Vec<Room> {
           should_caption: true,
           ..Default::default()
       },
+      Room {
+          zone: "melbs",
+          secondary_zones: vec!(),
+          code: "melbs_grande_outdoors",
+          name: "Grande Outdoors",
+          short: ansi!("<yellow>GO<reset>"),
+          description: "A shop that looks like it once helped people camp for fun, its clientele now days are probably more focused on just surviving! A weary looking woman with calloused, grease covered hands paces the shop floor, prepared to spring on you and hype up whatever merchandise you look at as the best thing ever",
+          description_less_explicit: None,
+          grid_coords: GridCoords { x: 3, y: 4, z: 0 },
+          exits: vec!(
+              Exit {
+                  direction: Direction::NORTH,
+                  target: ExitTarget::UseGPS,
+                  exit_type: ExitType::Free
+              },
+          ),
+          stock_list: vec!(
+              RoomStock {
+                  possession_type: PossessionType::ButcherKnife,
+                  list_price: 120,
+                  ..Default::default()
+              }
+          ),
+          should_caption: true,
+          ..Default::default()
+      },
       Room {
           zone: "melbs",
           secondary_zones: vec!(),
diff --git a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/species.rs b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/species.rs
index 2826d3f8..bdae2a2d 100644
--- a/blastmud_game/src/static_content/species.rs
+++ b/blastmud_game/src/static_content/species.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use crate::{
-  models::item::Sex  
+    models::item::Sex,
+    static_content::possession_type::PossessionType,
 };
 use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
 
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ impl BodyPart {
 }
 
 pub struct SpeciesInfo {
-    body_parts: Vec<BodyPart>,
+    pub body_parts: Vec<BodyPart>,
+    pub corpse_butchers_into: Vec<PossessionType>,
 }
 
 
@@ -76,7 +78,13 @@ pub fn species_info_map() -> &'static BTreeMap<SpeciesType, SpeciesInfo> {
                      BodyPart::Arms,
                      BodyPart::Legs,
                      BodyPart::Feet
-                 )
+                 ),
+                 corpse_butchers_into: vec!(
+                     PossessionType::Steak,
+                     PossessionType::Steak,
+                     PossessionType::AnimalSkin,
+                     PossessionType::SeveredHead,
+                 ),
              }
             ),
             (SpeciesType::Dog,
@@ -89,7 +97,12 @@ pub fn species_info_map() -> &'static BTreeMap<SpeciesType, SpeciesInfo> {
                      BodyPart::Groin,
                      BodyPart::Legs,
                      BodyPart::Feet
-                 )
+                 ),
+                 corpse_butchers_into: vec!(
+                     PossessionType::Steak,
+                     PossessionType::AnimalSkin,
+                     PossessionType::SeveredHead,
+                 ),
              }
             ),
         ).into_iter().collect()