diff --git a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
index ce5ff03453..87b2c7dc4d 100644
--- a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
+++ b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
@@ -618,6 +618,17 @@ def error_check_python_modules():
     if hasattr(settings, "CHARACTER_DEFAULT_HOME"):
         raise DeprecationWarning("settings.CHARACTER_DEFAULT_HOME should be renamed to DEFAULT_HOME. " \
                 "See also settings.START_LOCATION (see evennia/settings_default.py).")
+    deprstring = "settings.%s is now merged into settings.TYPECLASS_PATHS. Update your settings file."
+    if hasattr(settings, "OBJECT_TYPECLASS_PATHS"):
+        raise DeprecationWarning(deprstring % "OBJECT_TYPECLASS_PATHS")
+    if hasattr(settings, "SCRIPT_TYPECLASS_PATHS"):
+        raise DeprecationWarning(deprstring % "SCRIPT_TYPECLASS_PATHS")
+    if hasattr(settings, "PLAYER_TYPECLASS_PATHS"):
+        raise DeprecationWarning(deprstring % "PLAYER_TYPECLASS_PATHS")
+    if hasattr(settings, "CHANNEL_TYPECLASS_PATHS"):
+        raise DeprecationWarning(deprstring % "CHANNEL_TYPECLASS_PATHS")
+
+
 
     from evennia.commands import cmdsethandler
     if not cmdsethandler.import_cmdset(settings.CMDSET_UNLOGGEDIN, None): print "Warning: CMDSET_UNLOGGED failed to load!"
diff --git a/evennia/settings_default.py b/evennia/settings_default.py
index b328920998..c132e92838 100644
--- a/evennia/settings_default.py
+++ b/evennia/settings_default.py
@@ -284,13 +284,10 @@ CMDSET_PATHS = ["commands"]
 # Server-side session class used.
 SERVER_SESSION_CLASS = "evennia.server.serversession.ServerSession"
 
-# Base paths for typeclassed object classes. These paths must be
-# defined relatively to Evennia's root directory. They will be searched in
-# order to find relative typeclass paths.
-OBJECT_TYPECLASS_PATHS = ["typeclasses", "evennia.contrib", "evennia.contrib.tutorial_examples"]
-SCRIPT_TYPECLASS_PATHS = ["typeclasses", "evennia.contrib", "evennia.contrib.tutorial_examples"]
-PLAYER_TYPECLASS_PATHS = ["typeclasses", "evennia.contrib", "evennia.contrib.tutorial_examples"]
-CHANNEL_TYPECLASS_PATHS = ["typeclasses", "evennia.contrib", "evennia.contrib.tutorial_examples"]
+# These are paths that will be prefixed to the paths given if the
+# immediately entered path fail to find a typeclass. It allows for
+# shorter input strings. They must either base off the game directory
+# or start from the evennia library.
 TYPECLASS_PATHS = ["typeclasses", "evennia.contrib", "evennia.contrib.tutorial_examples"]
 
 # Typeclass for player objects (linked to a character) (fallback)