diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/GamePacketOpcode.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/GamePacketOpcode.scala
index 0ed57903..33574503 100644
--- a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/GamePacketOpcode.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/GamePacketOpcode.scala
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ object GamePacketOpcode extends Enumeration {
     case 0xaa => noDecoder(UnknownMessage170)
     case 0xab => noDecoder(UnknownMessage171)
     case 0xac => noDecoder(ReleaseAvatarRequestMessage)
-    case 0xad => noDecoder(AvatarDeadStateMessage)
+    case 0xad => game.AvatarDeadStateMessage.decode
     case 0xae => noDecoder(CSAssistMessage)
     case 0xaf => noDecoder(CSAssistCommentMessage)
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/AvatarDeadStateMessage.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/AvatarDeadStateMessage.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57b3b685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/AvatarDeadStateMessage.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 PSForever
+package net.psforever.packet.game
+
+import net.psforever.packet.{GamePacketOpcode, Marshallable, PlanetSideGamePacket}
+import net.psforever.types.Vector3
+import scodec.Codec
+import scodec.codecs._
+
+/**
+  * na
+  * @param unk1 0 = nothing, 1 = waiting for a rez, 2 = auto map to select spawn, 3 = respawn time
+  * @param unk2 na
+  * @param unk3 spawn penality
+  * @param pos last victim's position
+  * @param unk4 na
+  * @param unk5 na
+  */
+final case class AvatarDeadStateMessage(unk1 : Int,
+                                        unk2 : Long,
+                                        unk3 : Long,
+                                        pos : Vector3,
+                                        unk4 : Long,
+                                        unk5 : Boolean)
+  extends PlanetSideGamePacket {
+  type Packet = AvatarDeadStateMessage
+  def opcode = GamePacketOpcode.AvatarDeadStateMessage
+  def encode = AvatarDeadStateMessage.encode(this)
+}
+
+object AvatarDeadStateMessage extends Marshallable[AvatarDeadStateMessage] {
+  implicit val codec : Codec[AvatarDeadStateMessage] = (
+    ("unk1" | uintL(3)) ::
+      ("unk2" | uint32L) ::
+      ("unk3" | uint32L) ::
+      ("pos" | Vector3.codec_pos) ::
+      ("unk4" | uint32L) ::
+      ("unk5" | bool)
+    ).as[AvatarDeadStateMessage]
+}
diff --git a/common/src/test/scala/game/AvatarDeadStateMessageTest.scala b/common/src/test/scala/game/AvatarDeadStateMessageTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69e31d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/test/scala/game/AvatarDeadStateMessageTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 PSForever
+package game
+
+import org.specs2.mutable._
+import net.psforever.packet._
+import net.psforever.packet.game._
+import net.psforever.types.Vector3
+import scodec.bits._
+
+class AvatarDeadStateMessageTest extends Specification {
+  val string = hex"ad3c1260801c12608009f99861fb0741e040000010"
+
+  "decode" in {
+    PacketCoding.DecodePacket(string).require match {
+      case AvatarDeadStateMessage(unk1,unk2,unk3,pos,unk4,unk5) =>
+        unk1 mustEqual 1
+        unk2 mustEqual 300000
+        unk3 mustEqual 300000
+        pos mustEqual Vector3(6552.617f,4602.375f,60.90625f)
+        unk4 mustEqual 2
+        unk5 mustEqual true
+      case _ =>
+        ko
+    }
+  }
+
+  "encode" in {
+    val msg = AvatarDeadStateMessage(1, 300000, 300000, Vector3(6552.617f,4602.375f,60.90625f), 2, true)
+    val pkt = PacketCoding.EncodePacket(msg).require.toByteVector
+
+    pkt mustEqual string
+  }
+}