diff --git a/Content.Server/Humanoid/Components/HumanoidComponent.cs b/Content.Server/Humanoid/Components/HumanoidComponent.cs
index 062613d117..e3a6b1c90a 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Humanoid/Components/HumanoidComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Humanoid/Components/HumanoidComponent.cs
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ public sealed class HumanoidComponent : SharedHumanoidComponent
 
     // Couldn't these be somewhere else?
     [ViewVariables] public Gender Gender = default!;
-    [ViewVariables] public int Age = HumanoidCharacterProfile.MinimumAge;
+    [ViewVariables] public int Age = 18;
 }
diff --git a/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidSystem.cs
index 40eb8529c4..0cd90643f1 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Humanoid/Systems/HumanoidSystem.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public sealed partial class HumanoidSystem : SharedHumanoidSystem
     {
         var identity = Identity.Entity(component.Owner, EntityManager);
         var species = GetSpeciesRepresentation(component.Species).ToLower();
-        var age = GetAgeRepresentation(component.Age);
+        var age = GetAgeRepresentation(component.Species, component.Age);
 
         args.PushText(Loc.GetString("humanoid-appearance-component-examine", ("user", identity), ("age", age), ("species", species)));
     }
@@ -498,14 +498,23 @@ public sealed partial class HumanoidSystem : SharedHumanoidSystem
         }
     }
 
-    public string GetAgeRepresentation(int age)
+    public string GetAgeRepresentation(string species, int age)
     {
-        return age switch
+        _prototypeManager.TryIndex<SpeciesPrototype>(species, out var speciesPrototype);
+
+        if (speciesPrototype == null)
         {
-            <= 30 => Loc.GetString("identity-age-young"),
-            > 30 and <= 60 => Loc.GetString("identity-age-middle-aged"),
-            > 60 => Loc.GetString("identity-age-old")
-        };
+            Logger.Error("Tried to get age representation of species that couldn't be indexed: " + species);
+            return Loc.GetString("identity-age-young");
+        }
+
+        if (age < speciesPrototype.YoungAge)
+            return Loc.GetString("identity-age-young");
+
+        if (age < speciesPrototype.OldAge)
+            Loc.GetString("identity-age-middle-aged");
+
+        return Loc.GetString("identity-age-old");
     }
 
     private void EnsureDefaultMarkings(EntityUid uid, HumanoidComponent? humanoid)
diff --git a/Content.Server/IdentityManagement/IdentitySystem.cs b/Content.Server/IdentityManagement/IdentitySystem.cs
index 42e12944d5..54480db51b 100644
--- a/Content.Server/IdentityManagement/IdentitySystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/IdentityManagement/IdentitySystem.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class IdentitySystem : SharedIdentitySystem
         InventoryComponent? inventory=null,
         HumanoidComponent? appearance=null)
     {
-        int age = HumanoidCharacterProfile.MinimumAge;
+        int age = 18;
         Gender gender = Gender.Epicene;
 
         // Always use their actual age and gender, since that can't really be changed by an ID.
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Prototypes/SpeciesPrototype.cs b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Prototypes/SpeciesPrototype.cs
index 7b36f9c30e..fe6fe5b3fd 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Prototypes/SpeciesPrototype.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/Prototypes/SpeciesPrototype.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,31 @@ public sealed class SpeciesPrototype : IPrototype
 
     [DataField("sexes")]
     public List<Sex> Sexes { get; } = new List<Sex>(){ Sex.Male, Sex.Female };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Characters younger than this are too young to be hired by Nanotrasen.
+    /// <summary>
+    [DataField("minAge")]
+    public int MinAge = 18;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Characters younger than this appear young.
+    /// <summary>
+    [DataField("youngAge")]
+    public int YoungAge = 30;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Characters older than this appear old. Characters in between young and old age appear middle aged.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField("oldAge")]
+    public int OldAge = 60;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Characters cannot be older than this. Only used for restrictions...
+    ///     although imagine if ghosts could age people WYCI...
+    /// <summary>
+    [DataField("maxAge")]
+    public int MaxAge = 120;
 }
 
 public enum SpeciesNaming : byte
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Preferences/HumanoidCharacterProfile.cs b/Content.Shared/Preferences/HumanoidCharacterProfile.cs
index 157b464385..a7867e06c0 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Preferences/HumanoidCharacterProfile.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Preferences/HumanoidCharacterProfile.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Preferences
     [Serializable, NetSerializable]
     public sealed class HumanoidCharacterProfile : ICharacterProfile
     {
-        public const int MinimumAge = 18;
-        public const int MaximumAge = 120;
         public const int MaxNameLength = 32;
         public const int MaxDescLength = 512;
 
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Preferences
                 "John Doe",
                 "",
                 SharedHumanoidSystem.DefaultSpecies,
-                MinimumAge,
+                18,
                 Sex.Male,
                 Gender.Male,
                 HumanoidCharacterAppearance.Default(),
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Preferences
                 "John Doe",
                 "",
                 species,
-                MinimumAge,
+                18,
                 Sex.Male,
                 Gender.Male,
                 HumanoidCharacterAppearance.DefaultWithSpecies(species),
@@ -172,15 +170,16 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Preferences
             var random = IoCManager.Resolve<IRobustRandom>();
 
             var sex = Sex.Unsexed;
+            var age = 18;
             if (prototypeManager.TryIndex<SpeciesPrototype>(species, out var speciesPrototype))
             {
                 sex = random.Pick(speciesPrototype.Sexes);
+                age = random.Next(speciesPrototype.MinAge, speciesPrototype.OldAge); // people don't look and keep making 119 year old characters with zero rp, cap it at middle aged
             }
 
             var gender = sex == Sex.Male ? Gender.Male : Gender.Female;
 
             var name = GetName(species, gender);
-            var age = random.Next(MinimumAge, MaximumAge);
 
             return new HumanoidCharacterProfile(name, "", species, age, sex, gender, HumanoidCharacterAppearance.Random(species, sex), ClothingPreference.Jumpsuit, BackpackPreference.Backpack,
                 new Dictionary<string, JobPriority>
@@ -354,8 +353,6 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Preferences
 
         public void EnsureValid()
         {
-            var age = Math.Clamp(Age, MinimumAge, MaximumAge);
-
             var prototypeManager = IoCManager.Resolve<IPrototypeManager>();
 
             prototypeManager.TryIndex<SpeciesPrototype>(Species, out var speciesPrototype);
@@ -368,13 +365,15 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Preferences
                 _ => Sex.Male // Invalid enum values.
             };
 
-            // ensure the species can be that sex
+            // ensure the species can be that sex and their age fits the founds
+            var age = Age;
             if (speciesPrototype != null)
             {
                 if (!speciesPrototype.Sexes.Contains(sex))
                 {
                     sex = speciesPrototype.Sexes[0];
                 }
+                age = Math.Clamp(Age, speciesPrototype.MinAge, speciesPrototype.MaxAge);
             }
 
             var gender = Gender switch