diff --git a/Content.Shared/StatusEffectNew/StatusEffectsSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/StatusEffectNew/StatusEffectsSystem.cs
index 7f8eef5102..f1edcfe819 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/StatusEffectNew/StatusEffectsSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/StatusEffectNew/StatusEffectsSystem.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public sealed partial class StatusEffectsSystem : EntitySystem
             _container.EnsureContainer<Container>(ent, StatusEffectContainerComponent.ContainerId);
         // We show the contents of the container to allow status effects to have visible sprites.
         ent.Comp.ActiveStatusEffects.ShowContents = true;
+        ent.Comp.ActiveStatusEffects.OccludesLight = false;
     }
 
     private void OnStatusContainerShutdown(Entity<StatusEffectContainerComponent> ent, ref ComponentShutdown args)
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Alerts/status_effect.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Alerts/status_effect.yml
index abc6735821..5bc29d0c1f 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Alerts/status_effect.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Alerts/status_effect.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@
   id: CP14MagicArmor
   icons:
   - sprite: _CP14/Actions/Spells/meta.rsi
-    state: magic_armor
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+    state: magic_armor
+
+- type: alert
+  id: CP14Glowing
+  icons:
+  - sprite: _CP14/Actions/Spells/light.rsi
+    state: sphere_of_light
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/Actions/Spells/Light/sphere_of_light.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/Actions/Spells/Light/sphere_of_light.yml
index 131407b8e9..a06d0a7aed 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/Actions/Spells/Light/sphere_of_light.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/Actions/Spells/Light/sphere_of_light.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
     - !type:CP14SpellSpawnEntityOnTarget
       spawns:
       - CP14ImpactEffectSphereOfLight
-    - !type:CP14SpellSpawnInHandEntity
-      spawns:
-      - CP14SphereOfLight
+    - !type:CP14SpellApplyStatusEffect
+      statusEffect: CP14StatusEffectGlowing
+      duration: 120
   - type: CP14MagicEffectVerbalAspect
     startSpeech: "Appare in manu tua..."
     endSpeech: "sphaera lucis"
@@ -28,8 +28,15 @@
     icon:
       sprite: _CP14/Actions/Spells/light.rsi
       state: sphere_of_light
-  - type: InstantAction
-    event: !type:CP14DelayedInstantActionEvent
+  - type: TargetAction
+    range: 5
+  - type: EntityTargetAction
+    whitelist:
+      components:
+      - MobState
+      - Item
+      - Anchorable
+    event: !type:CP14DelayedEntityTargetActionEvent
       cooldown: 30
       castDelay: 0.5
       breakOnMove: false
@@ -67,41 +74,4 @@
   components:
   - type: CP14SpellStorage
     spells:
-    - CP14ActionSpellSphereOfLight
-
-- type: entity
-  id: CP14SphereOfLight
-  name: Sphere of light
-  parent: BaseItem
-  description: A lump of bright light in the shape of a sphere.
-  categories: [ ForkFiltered ]
-  components:
-  - type: TimedDespawn
-    lifetime: 120 # 2 min
-  - type: Sprite
-    sprite: _CP14/Effects/Magic/sphere_of_light.rsi
-    noRot: true
-    layers:
-    - state: icon
-      shader: unshaded
-  - type: Item
-    size: Ginormous
-    inhandVisuals:
-      left:
-      - state: inhand-left-unshaded
-        shader: unshaded
-      right:
-      - state: inhand-right-unshaded
-        shader: unshaded
-  - type: LandAtCursor
-  - type: MovementIgnoreGravity
-  - type: PointLight
-    radius: 5.0
-    energy: 1
-    color: "#efedff"
-  - type: Damageable
-  - type: EmitSoundOnLand
-    sound:
-      path: /Audio/Effects/drop.ogg
-      params:
-        volume: -100 #Yes, it's stupid, but it's easier
\ No newline at end of file
+    - CP14ActionSpellSphereOfLight
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/StatusEffects/misc.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/StatusEffects/misc.yml
index c865c66e49..7e4011f40b 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/StatusEffects/misc.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_CP14/Entities/StatusEffects/misc.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,23 @@
     #defence: #TODO When stone armor spell appears, divide responsibilities: magical armor protects against elemental damage, stone armor protects against physical damage.
     #  Cold: 0.5
     #  Heat: 0.5
-    #  Shock: 0.5
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+    #  Shock: 0.5
+
+- type: entity
+  id: CP14StatusEffectGlowing
+  components:
+  - type: StatusEffect
+  - type: StatusEffectAlert
+    alert: CP14Glowing
+  - type: Sprite
+    drawdepth: Effects
+    sprite: _CP14/Effects/Magic/sphere_of_light.rsi
+    offset: 0, 1
+    noRot: true
+    layers:
+    - state: icon
+      shader: unshaded
+  - type: PointLight
+    radius: 5.0
+    energy: 1
+    color: "#efedff"
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