diff --git a/Content.Server/Damage/Components/ExaminableDamageComponent.cs b/Content.Server/Damage/Components/ExaminableDamageComponent.cs
index 46a86012ad..26e9e40692 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Damage/Components/ExaminableDamageComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Damage/Components/ExaminableDamageComponent.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-using Content.Shared.Damage.Prototypes;
-using Robust.Shared.Serialization.TypeSerializers.Implementations.Custom.Prototype;
+using Content.Shared.Dataset;
+using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
 
 namespace Content.Server.Damage.Components;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     This component shows entity damage severity when it is examined by player.
+/// This component shows entity damage severity when it is examined by player.
 /// </summary>
 [RegisterComponent]
 public sealed partial class ExaminableDamageComponent : Component
 {
-    [DataField("messages", required: true, customTypeSerializer:typeof(PrototypeIdSerializer<ExaminableDamagePrototype>))]
-    public string? MessagesProtoId;
-
-    public ExaminableDamagePrototype? MessagesProto;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// ID of the <see cref="LocalizedDatasetPrototype"/> containing messages to display a different damage levels.
+    /// The first message will be used at 0 damage with the others equally distributed across the range from undamaged to fully damaged.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField]
+    public ProtoId<LocalizedDatasetPrototype>? Messages;
 }
diff --git a/Content.Server/Damage/Systems/ExaminableDamageSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Damage/Systems/ExaminableDamageSystem.cs
index c80e19a53d..155cf08962 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Damage/Systems/ExaminableDamageSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Damage/Systems/ExaminableDamageSystem.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-using System.Linq;
-using Content.Server.Damage.Components;
+using Content.Server.Damage.Components;
 using Content.Server.Destructible;
-using Content.Server.Destructible.Thresholds.Triggers;
 using Content.Shared.Damage;
-using Content.Shared.Damage.Prototypes;
 using Content.Shared.Examine;
 using Content.Shared.Rounding;
 using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
@@ -12,59 +9,42 @@ namespace Content.Server.Damage.Systems;
 
 public sealed class ExaminableDamageSystem : EntitySystem
 {
+    [Dependency] private readonly DestructibleSystem _destructible = default!;
     [Dependency] private readonly IPrototypeManager _prototype = default!;
 
     public override void Initialize()
     {
         base.Initialize();
-        SubscribeLocalEvent<ExaminableDamageComponent, ComponentInit>(OnInit);
         SubscribeLocalEvent<ExaminableDamageComponent, ExaminedEvent>(OnExamine);
     }
 
-    private void OnInit(EntityUid uid, ExaminableDamageComponent component, ComponentInit args)
+    private void OnExamine(Entity<ExaminableDamageComponent> ent, ref ExaminedEvent args)
     {
-        if (component.MessagesProtoId == null)
+        if (!_prototype.TryIndex(ent.Comp.Messages, out var proto) || proto.Values.Count == 0)
             return;
-        component.MessagesProto = _prototype.Index<ExaminableDamagePrototype>(component.MessagesProtoId);
+
+        var percent = GetDamagePercent(ent);
+        var level = ContentHelpers.RoundToNearestLevels(percent, 1, proto.Values.Count - 1);
+        var msg = Loc.GetString(proto.Values[level]);
+        args.PushMarkup(msg, -99);
     }
 
-    private void OnExamine(EntityUid uid, ExaminableDamageComponent component, ExaminedEvent args)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns a value between 0 and 1 representing how damaged the entity is,
+    /// where 0 is undamaged and 1 is fully damaged.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>How damaged the entity is from 0 to 1</returns>
+    private float GetDamagePercent(Entity<ExaminableDamageComponent> ent)
     {
-        if (component.MessagesProto == null)
-            return;
-
-        var messages = component.MessagesProto.Messages;
-        if (messages.Length == 0)
-            return;
-
-        var level = GetDamageLevel(uid, component);
-        var msg = Loc.GetString(messages[level]);
-        args.PushMarkup(msg,-99);
-    }
-
-    private int GetDamageLevel(EntityUid uid, ExaminableDamageComponent? component = null,
-        DamageableComponent? damageable = null, DestructibleComponent? destructible = null)
-    {
-        if (!Resolve(uid, ref component, ref damageable, ref destructible))
-            return 0;
-
-        if (component.MessagesProto == null)
-            return 0;
-
-        var maxLevels = component.MessagesProto.Messages.Length - 1;
-        if (maxLevels <= 0)
-            return 0;
-
-        var trigger = (DamageTrigger?) destructible.Thresholds
-            .LastOrDefault(threshold => threshold.Trigger is DamageTrigger)?.Trigger;
-        if (trigger == null)
+        if (!TryComp<DamageableComponent>(ent, out var damageable))
             return 0;
 
         var damage = damageable.TotalDamage;
-        var damageThreshold = trigger.Damage;
-        var fraction = damageThreshold == 0 ? 0f : (float) damage / damageThreshold;
+        var damageThreshold = _destructible.DestroyedAt(ent);
 
-        var level = ContentHelpers.RoundToNearestLevels(fraction, 1, maxLevels);
-        return level;
+        if (damageThreshold == 0)
+            return 0;
+
+        return (damage / damageThreshold).Float();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Damage/Prototypes/ExaminableDamagePrototype.cs b/Content.Shared/Damage/Prototypes/ExaminableDamagePrototype.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d28412334..0000000000
--- a/Content.Shared/Damage/Prototypes/ExaminableDamagePrototype.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
-
-namespace Content.Shared.Damage.Prototypes;
-
-/// <summary>
-///     Prototype for examinable damage messages.
-/// </summary>
-[Prototype]
-public sealed partial class ExaminableDamagePrototype : IPrototype
-{
-    [IdDataField]
-    public string ID { get; private set; } = default!;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     List of damage messages IDs sorted by severity.
-    ///     First one describes fully intact entity.
-    ///     Last one describes almost destroyed.
-    /// </summary>
-    [DataField("messages")]
-    public string[] Messages = {};
-}
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/examine_messages.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/examine_messages.yml
index 4523998094..91f838a436 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/examine_messages.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/examine_messages.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-- type: examinableDamage
+- type: localizedDataset
   id: WindowMessages
-  messages:
-    - comp-window-damaged-1
-    - comp-window-damaged-2
-    - comp-window-damaged-3
-    - comp-window-damaged-4
-    - comp-window-damaged-5
-    - comp-window-damaged-6
+  values:
+    prefix: comp-window-damaged-
+    count: 6