diff --git a/code/setup.dm b/code/setup.dm
index ef88ae31595..8be63f42617 100644
--- a/code/setup.dm
+++ b/code/setup.dm
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
 #define DOOR_CRUSH_DAMAGE 10
 
 // Factor of how fast mob nutrition decreases
-#define	HUNGER_FACTOR 0.15
+#define	HUNGER_FACTOR 0.1
 
 // How many units of reagent are consumed per tick, by default.
-#define  REAGENTS_METABOLISM 0.2
+#define  REAGENTS_METABOLISM 0.4
 
 // By defining the effect multiplier this way, it'll exactly adjust
 // all effects according to how they originally were with the 0.4 metabolism