diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm
index 31406e5329d0..5ba33f807017 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/Embryo.dm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 					affected_mob.pain.apply_pain(PAIN_CHESTBURST_WEAK)
 					affected_mob.visible_message(SPAN_DANGER("[affected_mob] starts shaking uncontrollably!"), \
 												SPAN_DANGER("You feel something moving inside you! You start shaking uncontrollably!"))
-					affected_mob.apply_effect(3, PARALYZE)
+					affected_mob.apply_effect(1, PARALYZE)
 					affected_mob.make_jittery(105)
 					affected_mob.take_limb_damage(1)
 			if(prob(2))
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 					affected_mob.pain.apply_pain(PAIN_CHESTBURST_WEAK)
 					affected_mob.visible_message(SPAN_DANGER("\The [affected_mob] starts shaking uncontrollably!"), \
 												SPAN_DANGER("You feel something moving inside you! You start shaking uncontrollably!"))
-					affected_mob.apply_effect(4, PARALYZE)
+					affected_mob.apply_effect(2, PARALYZE)
 					affected_mob.make_jittery(105)
 					affected_mob.take_limb_damage(1)
 		if(4)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 					affected_mob.pain.apply_pain(PAIN_CHESTBURST_WEAK)
 					affected_mob.visible_message(SPAN_DANGER("[affected_mob] starts shaking uncontrollably!"), \
 												SPAN_DANGER("You feel something moving inside you! You start shaking uncontrollably!"))
-					affected_mob.apply_effect(5, PARALYZE)
+					affected_mob.apply_effect(3, PARALYZE)
 					affected_mob.make_jittery(105)
 					affected_mob.take_limb_damage(1)
 		if(5)