diff --git a/code/modules/xenoarcheaology/finds/finds.dm b/code/modules/xenoarcheaology/finds/finds.dm
index 2dd956bc27e..8f30b0cb15b 100644
--- a/code/modules/xenoarcheaology/finds/finds.dm
+++ b/code/modules/xenoarcheaology/finds/finds.dm
@@ -26,9 +26,32 @@
 /obj/item/strangerock/New(loc, var/inside_item_type = 0)
 	pixel_x = rand(0,16)-8
 	pixel_y = rand(0,8)-8
+	var/d100 = rand(1,100)
 
 	if(inside_item_type)
-		new /obj/item/archaeological_find(src, new_item_type = inside_item_type)
+		switch(d100)
+			if(51 to 100) //standard spawn logic 50% of the time
+				new /obj/item/archaeological_find(src, new_item_type = inside_item_type)
+			if(21 to 50) // 30% chance
+				new /obj/item/research_sample/common(src)
+			if(6 to 20) // 15% chance
+				new /obj/item/research_sample/uncommon(src)
+			if(1 to 5) // 5% chance
+				new /obj/item/research_sample/rare(src)
+			else	//if something went wrong, somehow, generate the usual find
+				new /obj/item/archaeological_find(src, new_item_type = inside_item_type)
+	else	//if this strange rock isn't set to generate a find for whatever reason, create a sample 75% of the time (this shouldn't happen unless the rock is mapped in or adminspawned)
+		switch(d100)
+			if(76 to 100)
+				return
+			if(21 to 75)
+				new /obj/item/research_sample/common(src)
+			if(6 to 20)
+				new /obj/item/research_sample/uncommon(src)
+			if(1 to 5)
+				new /obj/item/research_sample/rare(src)
+			else	//if we somehow glitched
+				return	//do nothing
 
 /obj/item/strangerock/attackby(var/obj/item/I, var/mob/user)
 	if(istype(I, /obj/item/pickaxe/brush))