diff --git a/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.Nodes.cs b/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.Nodes.cs
index 70ae7dcf0f..647f31a895 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.Nodes.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/ArtifactSystem.Nodes.cs
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ public sealed partial class ArtifactSystem
 
     private int GetValidNodeId()
     {
-        var id = _random.Next(10000, 100000);
+        var id = _random.Next(100, 1000);
         while (_usedNodeIds.Contains(id))
         {
-            id = _random.Next(10000, 100000);
+            id = _random.Next(100, 1000);
         }
 
         _usedNodeIds.Add(id);