diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/mobs.dm b/code/__DEFINES/mobs.dm
index b8acef70a06..f1a48df79fa 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/mobs.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/mobs.dm
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 #define SLIME_EVOLUTION_THRESHOLD 10
 
 //Slime evolution cost in nutrition
-#define SLIME_EVOLUTION_COST 200
+#define SLIME_EVOLUTION_COST 100
 
 //Slime extract crossing. Controls how many extracts is required to feed to a slime to core-cross.
 #define SLIME_EXTRACT_CROSSING_REQUIRED 10
diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/research/slimes.dm b/code/__DEFINES/research/slimes.dm
index e03c6af8f58..03671ee24d2 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/research/slimes.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/research/slimes.dm
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 #define SLIME_MAX_POWER 10
 
 ///The maximum amount of nutrition a slime can contain
-#define SLIME_MAX_NUTRITION 1000
+#define SLIME_MAX_NUTRITION 200
 ///The starting nutrition of a slime
-#define SLIME_STARTING_NUTRITION 700
+#define SLIME_STARTING_NUTRITION 100
 /// Above it we grow our amount_grown and our power_level, below it we can eat
-#define SLIME_GROW_NUTRITION 800
+#define SLIME_GROW_NUTRITION 150
 /// Below this, we feel hungry
-#define SLIME_HUNGER_NUTRITION 500
+#define SLIME_HUNGER_NUTRITION 50
 /// Below this, we feel starving
-#define SLIME_STARVE_NUTRITION 200
+#define SLIME_STARVE_NUTRITION 10
 
 ///The slime is not hungry. It might try to feed anyways.
 #define SLIME_HUNGER_NONE 0
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/slime/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/slime/life.dm
index 68cd33ce775..d101b48fea7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/slime/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/slime/life.dm
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 ///Handles the consumption of nutrition, and growth
 /mob/living/basic/slime/proc/handle_nutrition(seconds_per_tick = SSMOBS_DT)
 	if(hunger_disabled) //God as my witness, I will never go hungry again
-		set_nutrition(700)
+		set_nutrition(100)
 		return
 
-	if(SPT_PROB(7.5, seconds_per_tick))
+	if(SPT_PROB(1.25, seconds_per_tick))
 		adjust_nutrition((life_stage == SLIME_LIFE_STAGE_ADULT ? -1 : -0.5) * seconds_per_tick)
 
 	if(nutrition < SLIME_STARVE_NUTRITION)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	if (SLIME_GROW_NUTRITION <= nutrition)
 
 		if(amount_grown < SLIME_EVOLUTION_THRESHOLD)
-			adjust_nutrition(-10 * seconds_per_tick)
+			adjust_nutrition(-2.5 * seconds_per_tick)
 			amount_grown++
 
 		if(powerlevel < SLIME_MAX_POWER && SPT_PROB(30-powerlevel*2, seconds_per_tick))