diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/structures/catwalk.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/structures/catwalk.yml
index 4993ac017e385..c6b0151f87d50 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/structures/catwalk.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/structures/catwalk.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,24 @@
           - !type:DeleteEntity {}
           steps:
             - tool: Cutting
+
+        - to: ReinforcedCatwalk
+          completed:
+            - !type:SnapToGrid
+              southRotation: true
+          steps:
+            - material: Steel
+              amount: 1
+              doAfter: 1
+
+    - node: ReinforcedCatwalk # vermist
+      entity: ReinforcedCatwalk
+      edges:
+        - to: Catwalk
+          completed:
+          - !type:SpawnPrototype
+                prototype: SheetSteel1
+                amount: 1
+          steps:
+            - tool: Cutting
+              doAfter: 2
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/structures.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/structures.yml
index 1f568a16294ef..3a90e6436669a 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/structures.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/structures.yml
@@ -667,6 +667,23 @@
   placementMode: SnapgridCenter
   canBuildInImpassable: false
 
+- type: construction #vermist
+  id: ReinforcedCatwalk
+  graph: Catwalk
+  startNode: start
+  targetNode: ReinforcedCatwalk
+  category: construction-category-structures
+  conditions:
+    - !type:TileNotBlocked
+      failIfSpace: false
+    - !type:TileType
+      targets:
+        - Lattice
+        - Plating
+  objectType: Structure
+  placementMode: SnapgridCenter
+  canBuildInImpassable: false
+
 - type: construction
   id: FloorBananium
   graph: FloorBananium
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_VDS/Entities/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_VDS/Entities/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8df1af64039c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_VDS/Entities/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# TODO move this to tiles once tile smoothing is supported
+- type: entity
+  id: ReinforcedCatwalk
+  name: reinforced catwalk
+  description: A sturdier catwalk designed for environmental hazards.
+  placement:
+    mode: SnapgridCenter
+  components:
+  - type: Anchorable
+    flags:
+    - Anchorable
+  - type: Rotatable
+  - type: Clickable
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: _VDS/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.rsi
+    drawdepth: FloorTiles
+  - type: Icon
+    sprite: _VDS/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.rsi
+    state: reinforcedcatwalk_preview
+  - type: Transform
+    anchored: true
+  - type: Physics # VDS
+    bodyType: Static
+  - type: Fixtures # VDS, so catwalks can affect acoustics
+    fixtures:
+      fix1:
+        shape:
+          !type:PhysShapeAabb
+          bounds: "-0.45,-0.45,0.45,0.45"
+        density: 5
+        hard: false
+        layer:
+        - DoorPassable
+  - type: IconSmooth
+    key: reinforcedcatwalk
+    base: reinforcedcatwalk_
+  - type: FootstepModifier
+    footstepSoundCollection:
+      collection: FootstepCatwalk
+      params:
+        volume: 8
+  - type: Tag
+    tags:
+      - Catwalk
+  - type: Construction
+    graph: Catwalk
+    node: ReinforcedCatwalk
+  - type: Damageable
+    damageContainer: StructuralInorganic
+    damageModifierSet: Metallic
+  - type: Destructible
+    thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 1000
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 500
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:SpawnEntitiesBehavior
+        spawn:
+          PartRodMetal: # takes two to construct, so drop less than that
+            min: 0
+            max: 1
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
+  - type: TrayScanReveal
+  - type: RCDDeconstructable
+    cost: 2
+    delay: 2
+    fx: EffectRCDDeconstruct2
+  - type: AcousticData # VDS
+    absorption: -8 # when I think catwalk I imagine reverb.
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diff --git a/Resources/Textures/_VDS/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/_VDS/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.rsi/meta.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dc6556be65f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Textures/_VDS/Structures/reinforcedcatwalk.rsi/meta.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+	"version": 1,
+	"license": "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
+  "copyright": "Taken from tgstation at commit https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/c6e3401f2e7e1e55c57060cdf956a98ef1fefc24 and modified by Swept and astral_amy",
+	"size": {
+		"x": 32,
+		"y": 32
+	},
+	"states": [
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_0",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_1",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_2",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_3",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_4",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_5",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_6",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_7",
+			"directions": 4
+		},
+		{
+			"name": "reinforcedcatwalk_preview"
+		}
+	]
+}
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