diff --git a/code/datums/status_effects/gas.dm b/code/datums/status_effects/gas.dm
index c4e671cdbfe..6a8c9b793b6 100644
--- a/code/datums/status_effects/gas.dm
+++ b/code/datums/status_effects/gas.dm
@@ -51,3 +51,32 @@
 /datum/status_effect/freon/watcher
 	duration = 8
 	can_melt = FALSE
+
+/datum/status_effect/hypernob_protection
+	id = "hypernob_protection"
+	duration = 10 SECONDS
+	alert_type = /atom/movable/screen/alert/status_effect/hypernob_protection
+
+/datum/status_effect/hypernob_protection/on_creation(mob/living/new_owner, duration = 10 SECONDS)
+	src.duration = duration
+	return ..()
+
+/atom/movable/screen/alert/status_effect/hypernob_protection
+	name = "Hyper-Noblium Protection"
+	desc = "The Hyper-Noblium around your body is protecting it from self-combustion and fires, but you feel sluggish..."
+	icon_state = "hypernob_protection"
+
+/datum/status_effect/hypernob_protection/on_apply()
+	if(!ishuman(owner))
+		CRASH("[type] status effect added to non-human owner: [owner ? owner.type : "null owner"]")
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/human_owner = owner
+	human_owner.add_movespeed_modifier(/datum/movespeed_modifier/reagent/hypernoblium) //small slowdown as a tradeoff
+	ADD_TRAIT(human_owner, TRAIT_NOFIRE, type)
+	return TRUE
+
+/datum/status_effect/hypernob_protection/on_remove()
+	if(!ishuman(owner))
+		stack_trace("[type] status effect being removed from non-human owner: [owner ? owner.type : "null owner"]")
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/human_owner = owner
+	human_owner.remove_movespeed_modifier(/datum/movespeed_modifier/reagent/hypernoblium)
+	REMOVE_TRAIT(human_owner, TRAIT_NOFIRE, type)
diff --git a/code/modules/movespeed/modifiers/reagent.dm b/code/modules/movespeed/modifiers/reagent.dm
index 1d4898e662b..6700854b11d 100644
--- a/code/modules/movespeed/modifiers/reagent.dm
+++ b/code/modules/movespeed/modifiers/reagent.dm
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 /datum/movespeed_modifier/reagent/halon
 	multiplicative_slowdown = 1.8
 
+/datum/movespeed_modifier/reagent/hypernoblium
+	multiplicative_slowdown = 0.5
+
 /datum/movespeed_modifier/reagent/lenturi
 	multiplicative_slowdown = 1.5
 
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
index 2fca5fdfd98..88f402183c3 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/reagents/other_reagents.dm
@@ -1506,15 +1506,10 @@
 	taste_description = "searingly cold"
 	chemical_flags = REAGENT_CAN_BE_SYNTHESIZED|REAGENT_NO_RANDOM_RECIPE
 
-/datum/reagent/hypernoblium/on_mob_metabolize(mob/living/L)
-	. = ..()
-	if(isplasmaman(L))
-		ADD_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_NOFIRE, type)
-
-/datum/reagent/hypernoblium/on_mob_end_metabolize(mob/living/L)
-	if(isplasmaman(L))
-		REMOVE_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_NOFIRE, type)
-	return ..()
+/datum/reagent/hypernoblium/on_mob_life(mob/living/carbon/M, delta_time, times_fired)
+	if(isplasmaman(M))
+		M.set_timed_status_effect(10 SECONDS * REM * delta_time, /datum/status_effect/hypernob_protection)
+	..()
 
 /datum/reagent/healium
 	name = "Healium"
diff --git a/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi b/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi
index 8ba79a5ff85..e880e02a819 100755
Binary files a/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi and b/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi differ