diff --git a/d2app/app.go b/d2app/app.go
index 0a00f9ff..11f350cb 100644
--- a/d2app/app.go
+++ b/d2app/app.go
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ func (a *App) loadDataDict() error {
 		{d2resource.States, d2datadict.LoadStates},
 		{d2resource.SoundEnvirons, d2datadict.LoadSoundEnvirons},
 		{d2resource.Shrines, d2datadict.LoadShrines},
+		{d2resource.ElemType, d2datadict.LoadElemTypes},
 	}
 
 	d2datadict.InitObjectRecords()
diff --git a/d2common/d2data/d2datadict/elemtype.go b/d2common/d2data/d2datadict/elemtype.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02297dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/d2common/d2data/d2datadict/elemtype.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package d2datadict
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/OpenDiablo2/OpenDiablo2/d2common"
+)
+
+//ElemTypeRecord represents a single line in ElemType.txt
+type ElemTypeRecord struct {
+	//Elemental damage type name
+	ElemType string
+
+	//Elemental damage type code
+	Code string
+}
+
+//ElemTypes stores the ElemTypeRecords
+var ElemTypes map[string]*ElemTypeRecord //nolint:gochecknoglobals // Currently global by design
+
+//LoadElemTypes loads ElemTypeRecords into ElemTypes
+func LoadElemTypes(file []byte) {
+	ElemTypes = make(map[string]*ElemTypeRecord)
+
+	d := d2common.LoadDataDictionary(file)
+	for d.Next() {
+		record := &ElemTypeRecord{
+			ElemType: d.String("Elemental Type"),
+			Code:     d.String("Code"),
+		}
+		ElemTypes[record.ElemType] = record
+	}
+
+	if d.Err != nil {
+		panic(d.Err)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Loaded %d ElemType records", len(ElemTypes))
+}
diff --git a/d2common/d2resource/resource_paths.go b/d2common/d2resource/resource_paths.go
index db9691c2..0373f267 100644
--- a/d2common/d2resource/resource_paths.go
+++ b/d2common/d2resource/resource_paths.go
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ const (
 	SoundEnvirons    = "/data/global/excel/soundenviron.txt"
 	Shrines          = "/data/global/excel/shrines.txt"
 	MonProp          = "/data/global/excel/Monprop.txt"
+	ElemType         = "/data/global/excel/ElemTypes.txt"
 
 	// --- Animations ---