# Is there a reason t1 freigthers cost 3.5 bil? **URL:** \ **Category:** Market Discussions\ **Created:** [January 29, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756 "2022-01-29T22:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saladinae](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/saladinae/32/415712_2.png) [@Saladinae](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Saladinae)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/1 "2022-01-29T22:45:38Z")
I remember these being around 1.4 bil a year ago. I’d rather plex for a jump freighter if I’m going to plex at all. Why on earth would I fly a 3.5 bil killmail through high sec? You can’t isk tank a t1 freighter that’s 3.5 bil. ---
**Author:** ![leavwiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/leavwiz/32/235353_2.png) [@leavwiz](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/leavwiz)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/2 "2022-01-29T22:55:06Z")
yes CCP dramatically changed industry in a way that makes any capital ship highly complicated to build and with transaction fees impacting more than a dozen steps along the way. 3.5 seems a tad high, but build costs are right at 3 atm. ---
**Author:** ![Jin\_Endares](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jin_endares/32/413291_2.png) [@Jin\_Endares](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jin_Endares)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/3 "2022-01-29T23:55:21Z")
Where are you seeing a T1 freighter (e.g. Badger, Tayra) commonly listed for 3.5bil?? ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/4 "2022-01-30T00:11:35Z")
those aren’t really considered freighters… they are more talking about like Charon etc. ---
**Author:** ![ANormalPie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anormalpie/32/292137_2.png) [@ANormalPie](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/ANormalPie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/5 "2022-01-30T01:40:56Z")
Well then be careful, only fly a freighter if your are lazy to go back twice. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Trump](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dark_lord_trump/32/411482_2.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Trump](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dark_Lord_Trump)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/6 "2022-01-30T04:18:31Z")
Welcome to Scarcity 2.0 ---
**Author:** ![Cherry\_Crush\_MaFannyOot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cherry_crush_mafannyoot/32/276742_2.png) [@Cherry\_Crush\_MaFannyOot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cherry_Crush_MaFannyOot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/7 "2022-01-31T12:53:24Z")
What if I told you that gank ships and their fits also went up in price perportionally? ---
**Author:** ![Aida\_Aragon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aida_aragon/32/298293_2.png) [@Aida\_Aragon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aida_Aragon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/8 "2022-01-31T23:23:12Z")
> [@Cherry\_Crush\_MaFannyOot](#): > > What if I told you that gank ships and their fits also went _down_ in price perportionally? FTFY , industry changes saw mineral costs for destroyers lowered . ---
**Author:** ![Cutecumber\_Roll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cutecumber_roll/32/409102_2.png) [@Cutecumber\_Roll](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cutecumber_Roll)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/10 "2022-02-01T07:14:47Z")
but T2 guns are much more expensive. the hull price was never the main cost ---
**Author:** ![Aida\_Aragon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aida_aragon/32/298293_2.png) [@Aida\_Aragon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aida_Aragon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/11 "2022-02-01T15:52:07Z")
My apologies must have missed that as we were talking about hull prices ---
**Author:** ![ANormalPie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anormalpie/32/292137_2.png) [@ANormalPie](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/ANormalPie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/12 "2022-02-02T13:41:28Z")
The Gila jumped to 300 mil from 100 mil. Which is a massive increase and could be harder for ded hunters to buy another Gila if they lose it. ---
**Author:** ![Pedro\_Yurgin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pedro_yurgin/32/361653_2.png) [@Pedro\_Yurgin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pedro_Yurgin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/13 "2022-02-13T05:33:22Z")
They aren’t done yet! They are killing compression soon; combine that with the added PI in blueprints and now the mining loss while mining, these prices are going to continue to increase. ---
**Author:** ![Saladinae](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/saladinae/32/415712_2.png) [@Saladinae](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Saladinae)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/14 "2022-02-19T07:49:56Z")
I’m glad I got my old PoS sticks + compression array still setup. The legacy PoS actually saved me from quite a few hardships with all these changes over the last few years. ---
**Author:** ![Saladinae](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/saladinae/32/415712_2.png) [@Saladinae](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Saladinae)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/15 "2022-02-19T07:50:48Z")
But the tier 1 guns went down. I just donated 100 tier 1 catalysts to Queen Aiko Danuja. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-reason-t1-freigthers-cost-3-5-bil/347756/16 "2022-05-20T07:51:25Z")
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