diff --git a/src/overworld.c b/src/overworld.c
index 8bcbc17aaa..ce68cfbd89 100644
--- a/src/overworld.c
+++ b/src/overworld.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ static void OverworldBasic(void)
     UpdatePaletteFade();
     UpdateTilesetAnimations();
     DoScheduledBgTilemapCopiesToVram();
-    if (!(gPaletteFade.active || (timeCounter++ % 60))) {
+    if (!(gPaletteFade.active || (timeCounter++ % 3600))) {
       struct TimeBlendSettings cachedBlend = {
         .time0 = currentTimeBlend.time0,
         .time1 = currentTimeBlend.time1,