diff --git a/types/extrinsic_era.go b/types/extrinsic_era.go
index 50df12542..a929ea2b2 100644
--- a/types/extrinsic_era.go
+++ b/types/extrinsic_era.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"math"
+	"math/bits"
+
 	"github.com/centrifuge/go-substrate-rpc-client/v3/scale"
 )
 
@@ -74,3 +77,26 @@ type MortalEra struct {
 	First  byte
 	Second byte
 }
+
+// Mortal describes a mortal era based on a period of validity and a block number on which it should start
+func Mortal(validityPeriod, currentBlock uint64) (period, phase uint64) {
+	calPeriod := math.Pow(2, math.Ceil(math.Log2(float64(validityPeriod))))
+	period = uint64(math.Min(math.Max(calPeriod, 4), 1<<16))
+
+	quantizeFactor := math.Max(float64(period>>12), 1)
+	quantizedPhase := float64(currentBlock%period) / quantizeFactor * quantizeFactor
+
+	phase = uint64(quantizedPhase)
+
+	return
+}
+
+// NewMortalEra encodes a mortal era based on period and phase
+func NewMortalEra(period, phase uint64) MortalEra {
+	quantizeFactor := math.Max(float64(period>>12), 1)
+
+	trailingZeros := bits.TrailingZeros16(uint16(period))
+	encoded := uint16(float64(phase)/quantizeFactor)<<4 | uint16(math.Min(15, math.Max(1, float64(trailingZeros-1))))
+
+	return MortalEra{First: byte(encoded & 0xff), Second: byte(encoded >> 8)}
+}
diff --git a/types/extrinsic_era_test.go b/types/extrinsic_era_test.go
index 83b99f596..80d4f2b7c 100644
--- a/types/extrinsic_era_test.go
+++ b/types/extrinsic_era_test.go
@@ -45,3 +45,71 @@ func TestExtrinsicEra_EncodeDecode(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assertRoundtrip(t, e)
 }
+
+func TestExtrinsicEra_MortalEraEncoding(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		Current        uint64
+		ValidityPeriod uint64
+		Era            MortalEra
+	}{
+		{
+			Current:        2251516,
+			ValidityPeriod: 64,
+			Era:            MortalEra{First: 0xc5, Second: 0x03},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		period, phase := Mortal(testCase.ValidityPeriod, testCase.Current)
+
+		era := NewMortalEra(period, phase)
+		assert.Equal(t, testCase.Era.First, era.First)
+		assert.Equal(t, testCase.Era.Second, era.Second)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMortal(t *testing.T) {
+	period, phase := Mortal(200, 1400)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(120), phase)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(256), period)
+}
+
+func TestNewMortalEra(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		Period uint64
+		Phase  uint64
+		Era    MortalEra
+	}{
+		{
+			Period: 128,
+			Phase:  125,
+			Era:    MortalEra{First: 0xd6, Second: 0x07},
+		},
+		{
+			Period: 4096,
+			Phase:  3641,
+			Era:    MortalEra{First: 0x9b, Second: 0xe3},
+		},
+		{
+			Period: 64,
+			Phase:  38,
+			Era:    MortalEra{First: 0x65, Second: 0x02},
+		},
+		{
+			Period: 64,
+			Phase:  40,
+			Era:    MortalEra{First: 0x85, Second: 0x02},
+		},
+		{
+			Period: 32768,
+			Phase:  20000,
+			Era:    MortalEra{First: 78, Second: 156},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		era := NewMortalEra(testCase.Period, testCase.Phase)
+		assert.Equal(t, testCase.Era.First, era.First)
+		assert.Equal(t, testCase.Era.Second, era.Second)
+	}
+}