diff --git a/settings.lua b/settings.lua
index ad459ec..523ca3d 100644
--- a/settings.lua
+++ b/settings.lua
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 --
 --  @setting skeleton.lifetime
 --  @settype int
---  @default 300
-cmer_skeleton.lifetime = tonumber(core.settings:get("skeleton.lifetime")) or 300
+--  @default 900 (15 minutes)
+cmer_skeleton.lifetime = tonumber(core.settings:get("skeleton.lifetime")) or 900
 
 --- Spawn rate frequency.
 --
diff --git a/settingtypes.txt b/settingtypes.txt
index ac8afab..7d50d57 100644
--- a/settingtypes.txt
+++ b/settingtypes.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Entity lifespan.
 #
 # type:    int
-# default: 300
-skeleton.lifetime (Lifespan) int 300 1
+# default: 900
+skeleton.lifetime (Lifespan) int 900 1
 
 # Spawn interval in seconds.
 #