diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/guardian/types/ranged.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/guardian/types/ranged.dm
index 3e5756baa6a..a1d618a632b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/guardian/types/ranged.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/guardian/types/ranged.dm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	set desc = "Set an invisible snare that will alert you when living creatures walk over it. Max of 5"
 	if(src.snares.len <6)
 		var/turf/snare_loc = get_turf(src.loc)
-		var/obj/item/effect/snare/S = new /obj/item/effect/snare(snare_loc)
+		var/obj/effect/snare/S = new /obj/effect/snare(snare_loc)
 		S.spawner = src
 		S.name = "[get_area(snare_loc)] snare ([rand(1, 1000)])"
 		src.snares |= S
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@
 		qdel(picked_snare)
 		src << "<span class='danger'><B>Snare disarmed.</span></B>"
 
-/obj/item/effect/snare
+/obj/effect/snare
 	name = "snare"
 	desc = "You shouldn't be seeing this!"
 	var/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/guardian/spawner
 	invisibility = INVISIBILITY_ABSTRACT
 
 
-/obj/item/effect/snare/Crossed(AM as mob|obj)
+/obj/effect/snare/Crossed(AM as mob|obj)
 	if(isliving(AM) && spawner && spawner.summoner && AM != spawner && !spawner.hasmatchingsummoner(AM))
 		spawner.summoner << "<span class='danger'><B>[AM] has crossed surveillance snare, [name].</span></B>"
 		var/list/guardians = spawner.summoner.hasparasites()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm
index 1c02ede80f9..1626ece8278 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@
 	visible_message("<B><span class='danger'>The tendril writhes in pain and anger and the earth around it begins to split! Get back!</span></B>")
 	visible_message("<span class='danger'>A chest falls clear of the tendril!</span>")
 	playsound(get_turf(src),'sound/effects/tendril_destroyed.ogg', 200, 0, 50, 1, 1)
-	spawn(50)
+	spawn(75)
 		for(var/mob/M in range(7,src))
 			shake_camera(M, 15, 1)
 		playsound(get_turf(src),'sound/effects/explosionfar.ogg', 200, 1)
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/special.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/special.dm
index 37e3ed8c891..0002f3dbeca 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/special.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/special.dm
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 	..()
 
 /obj/item/projectile/kinetic/on_range()
-	new /obj/item/effect/kinetic_blast(src.loc)
+	new /obj/effect/kinetic_blast(src.loc)
 	..()
 
 /obj/item/projectile/kinetic/on_hit(atom/target)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 	if(istype(target_turf, /turf/closed/mineral))
 		var/turf/closed/mineral/M = target_turf
 		M.gets_drilled(firer)
-	new /obj/item/effect/kinetic_blast(target_turf)
+	new /obj/effect/kinetic_blast(target_turf)
 	if(src.splash)
 		for(var/turf/T in range(splash, target_turf))
 			if(istype(T, /turf/closed/mineral))
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@
 				M.gets_drilled(firer)
 
 
-/obj/item/effect/kinetic_blast
+/obj/effect/kinetic_blast
 	name = "kinetic explosion"
 	icon = 'icons/obj/projectiles.dmi'
 	icon_state = "kinetic_blast"
 	layer = 4.1
 
-/obj/item/effect/kinetic_blast/New()
+/obj/effect/kinetic_blast/New()
 	spawn(4)
 		qdel(src)