diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/MVWorld.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/MVWorld.java
index 5a59f5db..c51ba86e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/MVWorld.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/MVWorld.java
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ public class MVWorld extends SerializationConfig implements MultiverseWorld {
         PROPERTY_ALIASES.put("spawnlocation", "spawn");
         PROPERTY_ALIASES.put("animals", "spawning.animals.spawn");
         PROPERTY_ALIASES.put("monsters", "spawning.monsters.spawn");
+        PROPERTY_ALIASES.put("animalsrate", "spawning.animals.spawnrate");
+        PROPERTY_ALIASES.put("monstersrate", "spawning.monsters.spawnrate");
     }
     /*
      * We have to use setCBWorld(), setPlugin() and initPerms() to prepare this object for use.
@@ -233,6 +235,12 @@ public class MVWorld extends SerializationConfig implements MultiverseWorld {
             } else {
                 allowMonsters = true;
             }
+            if (MVWorld.this.spawning.getAnimalSettings().getSpawnRate() != -1) {
+                world.get().setTicksPerAnimalSpawns(MVWorld.this.spawning.getAnimalSettings().getSpawnRate());
+            }
+            if (MVWorld.this.spawning.getMonsterSettings().getSpawnRate() != -1) {
+                world.get().setTicksPerMonsterSpawns(MVWorld.this.spawning.getMonsterSettings().getSpawnRate());
+            }
             world.get().setSpawnFlags(allowMonsters, allowAnimals);
             plugin.getMVWorldManager().getTheWorldPurger().purgeWorld(MVWorld.this);
             return super.validateChange(property, newValue, oldValue, object);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/configuration/SubSpawnSettings.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/configuration/SubSpawnSettings.java
index d66bd133..8d66d9e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/configuration/SubSpawnSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/configuration/SubSpawnSettings.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public class SubSpawnSettings extends SerializationConfig {
     @Property
     private boolean spawn;
     @Property
+    private int spawnrate;
+    @Property
     private List<String> exceptions;
 
     public SubSpawnSettings() {
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ public class SubSpawnSettings extends SerializationConfig {
     public void setDefaults() {
         spawn = true;
         exceptions = new ArrayList<String>();
+        spawnrate = -1;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -51,9 +54,24 @@ public class SubSpawnSettings extends SerializationConfig {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the exceptions
+     * @return The exceptions
      */
     public List<String> getExceptions() {
         return exceptions;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param The new spawn rate
+     */
+    public void setSpawnRate(int rate) {
+        this.spawnrate = rate;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return The spawn rate
+     */
+    public int getSpawnRate() {
+        return this.spawnrate;
+    }
 }