diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/mob.dm b/code/__DEFINES/mob.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..414b471db32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/mob.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+//Values for the m_intent variable
+#define M_INTENT_RUN "run"
+#define M_INTENT_WALK "walk"
diff --git a/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm b/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm
index 158946ced27..e31c55334e7 100644
--- a/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm
+++ b/code/_onclick/hud/screen_objects.dm
@@ -270,15 +270,15 @@
 				var/mob/living/carbon/C = usr
 				if(C.legcuffed)
 					to_chat(C, "<span class='notice'>You are legcuffed! You cannot run until you get [C.legcuffed] removed!</span>")
-					C.m_intent = "walk"	//Just incase
+					C.m_intent = M_INTENT_WALK	//Just incase
 					C.hud_used.move_intent.icon_state = "walking"
 					return 1
 				switch(usr.m_intent)
-					if("run")
-						usr.m_intent = "walk"
+					if(M_INTENT_RUN)
+						usr.m_intent = M_INTENT_WALK
 						usr.hud_used.move_intent.icon_state = "walking"
-					if("walk")
-						usr.m_intent = "run"
+					if(M_INTENT_WALK)
+						usr.m_intent = M_INTENT_RUN
 						usr.hud_used.move_intent.icon_state = "running"
 				if(istype(usr,/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid))
 					usr.update_icons()
diff --git a/html/changelogs/unid-casuals.yml b/html/changelogs/unid-casuals.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c0a03ded99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/unid-casuals.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: Unid
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes: 
+- tweak: "The Hive: moving on 'walk' intent will prevent you from stepping into the supermatter lake, unless you're blind."
diff --git a/maps/RandomZLevels/hive.dm b/maps/RandomZLevels/hive.dm
index 391b6f97139..a47ca97453e 100644
--- a/maps/RandomZLevels/hive.dm
+++ b/maps/RandomZLevels/hive.dm
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
 	play_sound = 'sound/ambience/spookymaint2.ogg'
 
 /obj/effect/narration/hive/lake
-	msg = "The first thing you see as you enter this room is the massive supermatter lake on its bottom. It constantly sizzles and sparks as dust specks collide with it. If you're going to walk on these catwalks hanging from the ceiling, you better be careful - a single misstep, and you'll be pulled down into the lake faster than you'd be able to react."
+	msg = {"The first thing you see as you enter this room is the massive supermatter lake on its bottom. It constantly sizzles and sparks as dust specks collide with it. If you're going to walk on these catwalks hanging from the ceiling, you better be careful - a single misstep, and you'll be pulled down into the lake faster than you'd be able to do anything.<br>
+	<i>Switch to <b>"walk"</b> intent to move carefully.</i><br>"}
 
 /obj/effect/narration/hive/cloning_hallway
 	msg = "You notice that the surface of the floors and walls around you becomes more and more porous, and more... alive. You must be approaching the cloning chamber."
@@ -391,6 +392,18 @@
 	light_range = 3
 	light_power = 1
 
+/turf/unsimulated/wall/supermatter/no_spread/lake/Bumped(atom/AM)
+	if(isliving(AM))
+		var/mob/living/L = AM
+		//Being on walk intent prevents you from instant death
+
+		//Exceptions: you're blind, you're getting thrown, or you're incapacitated (stunned)
+		if(!L.incapacitated() && !L.throwing && !L.is_blind() && (L.m_intent == M_INTENT_WALK))
+			to_chat(L, "<span class='notice'>You avoid stepping into \the [src].</span>")
+			return
+
+	return ..()
+
 /turf/unsimulated/wall/supermatter/no_spread/lake/Consume(atom/A)
 	var/datum/map_element/away_mission/hive/hive
 	if(istype(map_element, /datum/map_element/away_mission/hive))
diff --git a/vgstation13.dme b/vgstation13.dme
index 3bb731446be..ed9fe6fd300 100644
--- a/vgstation13.dme
+++ b/vgstation13.dme
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "code\__DEFINES\component_signals.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\disease2.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\hydro.dm"
+#include "code\__DEFINES\mob.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\pai_software.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\spell_flags.dm"
 #include "code\__DEFINES\turfs.dm"