# Is gas mining worth it **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining & Extraction\ **Created:** [May 17, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-gas-mining-worth-it/362951 "2022-05-17T13:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Io\_Koval](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/io_koval/32/282426_2.png) [@Io\_Koval](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Io_Koval)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-gas-mining-worth-it/362951/21 "2022-09-20T17:57:40Z")
> [@Mindahouf\_Davaham](#): > > I’m screwed if I don’t have help there? Wormholes have no local, so I point you to my above post about how to learn to use D-Scan and bookmarks proficiently. That’s how you survive with no help in a wormhole. Like, seriously, your `V` keycap should be worn to a nub after coming back from a trip in J-space. > [@Is gas mining worth it](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-gas-mining-worth-it/362951/2): > > I feel like you’re asking this in response to a comment I made in another thread, so i feel compelled to answer so you’re not disappointed. Yes it can be worth it, but I want to add a major caveat. If you’re new to the game, not comfortable with being in lowsec, scanning and gas skills represent a significant skill-time sink, and the gas scoop costs represent a large portion of your wealth being invested into it, I recommend against it. Why? It is a combination of “don’t fly what you cannot a… ---
**Author:** ![Sampl\_Boirelle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sampl_boirelle/32/350907_2.png) [@Sampl\_Boirelle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sampl_Boirelle)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-gas-mining-worth-it/362951/22 "2022-09-22T02:02:27Z")
Indeed no. It is more effort to stay aware so keep hitting that v key untill you are sick and tired of it and then keep doing it. If you see combat scanners then that is definitly your queue to leave. ---
**Author:** ![Rancorz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rancorz/32/432444_2.png) [@Rancorz](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rancorz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-gas-mining-worth-it/362951/23 "2022-10-10T06:36:04Z")
My 2isk on this is …well…this: Im in a corp, but they are based far away so there is not much gang/fleet activity. So I mostly PI and belt rat… however I love scanning and mining the occasional gas site that shows up in my LS const. I can roll up on a Helix Nebula and if Im a little lucky, can suck it up with my 2nd toon and bag 250M in an hour or so. It is a solo strategy Ive settled in to and it works nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Rancorz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rancorz/32/432444_2.png) [@Rancorz](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rancorz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-gas-mining-worth-it/362951/24 "2022-10-10T06:41:32Z")
My “yeah-but” to this is, I often have an urgent “get what I can and get out” thing going and not leaving anything behind for locals (non corp) folks works to a “scorched earth” kind of play. so T2 scoops/harvesters are a regular option for me ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-gas-mining-worth-it/362951/25 "2023-01-08T06:42:18Z")
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