diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/game_options.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/game_options.dm
index 5a18ccdb4cfd..743f9be9fec0 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/game_options.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/game_options.dm
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@
 
 /datum/config_entry/number/embryo_burst_timer
 	min_val = 1
-	config_entry_value = 7.5 MINUTES
+	config_entry_value = 450
 	integer = TRUE
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm
index a74983a8fd8f..c4aff7628b7f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@
 
 /obj/item/alien_embryo/proc/process_growth()
 	var/datum/hive_status/hive = GLOB.hive_datum[hivenumber]
-	//The total time the person is hugged divided by stages until burst
-	var/per_stage_hugged_time = CONFIG_GET(number/embryo_burst_timer)/5
+	/// The total time the person is hugged divided by stages until burst
+	var/per_stage_hugged_time = CONFIG_GET(number/embryo_burst_timer) / 5
 	//Low temperature seriously hampers larva growth (as in, way below livable), so does stasis
 	if(!hive.hardcore) // Cannot progress if the hive has entered hardcore mode.
 		if(affected_mob.in_stasis || affected_mob.bodytemperature < 170)
 			if(stage < 5)
 				counter += 0.33 * hive.larva_gestation_multiplier
-			else if(stage == 4)
+			if(stage == 4) // Stasis affects late-stage less
 				counter += 0.11 * hive.larva_gestation_multiplier
 		else if(HAS_TRAIT(affected_mob, TRAIT_NESTED)) //Hosts who are nested in resin nests provide an ideal setting, larva grows faster
 			counter += 1.5 * hive.larva_gestation_multiplier //Currently twice as much, can be changed
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/xeno_defines.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/xeno_defines.dm
index 8b25cf07d14b..63fbb4f2d86d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/xeno_defines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/xeno_defines.dm
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 
 	var/datum/mutator_set/hive_mutators/mutators = new
 	var/tier_slot_multiplier = 1
-	var/larva_gestation_multiplier = 1
+	var/larva_gestation_multiplier = 2
 	var/bonus_larva_spawn_chance = 1
 	var/hijack_burrowed_surge = FALSE //at hijack, start spawning lots of burrowed
 	/// how many burrowed is going to spawn during larva surge
diff --git a/config/example/config.txt b/config/example/config.txt
index d3861cb7e5a5..d877080868d3 100644
--- a/config/example/config.txt
+++ b/config/example/config.txt
@@ -240,5 +240,5 @@ GAMEMODE_ROUNDS_NEEDED 5
 ## Default gamemode to auto-switch back to after a round has concluded
 GAMEMODE_DEFAULT extended
 
-## How long the mob will take to chestburst in seconds
+## How long the mob will take to chestburst, seconds
 #EMBRYO_BURST_TIMER 450