diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 17a8cae..61fed88 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Date: 29. 12. 2021
     - Reduced visual size of spawners and hives
     - Increased visual size of worms
     - Inverted Hive colors for easier visual identification
+    - Decreased occupied resource pheromone generation by 10x
   Bugfixes:
     - Fixed added check for hives on resource chunks before early building
     - Fixed Hives spawning excessive amounts of entities
diff --git a/libs/PheromoneUtils.lua b/libs/PheromoneUtils.lua
index 5ad25a0..32db47a 100644
--- a/libs/PheromoneUtils.lua
+++ b/libs/PheromoneUtils.lua
@@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ function pheromoneUtils.processStaticPheromone(map, chunk)
         if clear then
             chunk[RESOURCE_PHEROMONE] = pheromone * chunkPathRating
         else
-            chunk[RESOURCE_PHEROMONE] = pheromone * chunkPathRating * 0.1
+            chunk[RESOURCE_PHEROMONE] = pheromone * chunkPathRating * 0.01
         end
     else
         if clear then
             chunk[RESOURCE_PHEROMONE] = chunkResource * chunkPathRating
         else
-            chunk[RESOURCE_PHEROMONE] = chunkResource * chunkPathRating * 0.1
+            chunk[RESOURCE_PHEROMONE] = chunkResource * chunkPathRating * 0.01
         end
     end
 end