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      • Gas Harvesting Guide

      Author: Fr0zenmn

      Basics

      Gas harvesting means collecting gas clouds at gas sites with Gas Cloud Harvesters. It has relatively low skill and ship requirements, can provide good income per hour, requires a modest ship investment, and lets you choose when to work. That makes it useful for newer players in the early and mid stages of progression. Gas sites respawn slowly and appear in only a limited number of systems, so gas harvesting alone is not a realistic long-term plan. As a supplement to other income sources, however, it can be profitable.

      There is no single required ship. Any ship with turret hardpoints can fit up to five Gas Cloud Harvesters, except for ships dedicated to resource harvesting. Gas clouds are bulky, though, so mining frigates and Tech II mining frigates are generally recommended for their cost, flexibility, and safety.

      Some special Fullerite gas clouds in Vale of the Silent are subject to specific alliance rules. Those rules apply only in Vale of the Silent; gas harvesting in Pure Blind and Fade is not affected.

      Skills and fittings

      Core skill: Gas Cloud Harvesting

      Each level lets you use one additional harvester, up to a maximum of five. At level V, you can use Tech II harvesters, but they cause gas loss, so they are not recommended.

      Minimum: ■■□□□

      Recommended: ■■□□□

      Basic skill: Mining Frigate

      Each level grants bonuses to Tech I mining frigates. Level V unlocks the Tech II mining frigate skill; train that skill to fly Tech II mining frigates.

      Minimum: ■■□□□

      Recommended: ■■■■■

      Additional recommendation: Cloaking

      This skill lets ships such as the Prospect use a Tech II Covert Ops Cloaking Device. Unlike a regular cloaking device, it does not reduce the ship's speed while cloaked, and the ship can warp while cloaked.

      Ship fittings

      Basic Tech I Venture fit ("Little Yellow")

      Advanced Tech I Prospect fit

      Choosing a site

      Gas sites appear only in certain systems as level 2 or 3 cosmic signatures. Level 4 signatures are gas-themed relic sites and do not contain harvestable gas. Scan the signature with a probe ship; once scan strength reaches 100%, the gas site will appear and you can warp to it to harvest.

      How to harvest

      A site usually contains two or three gas clouds (depending on the gas type), spread 50–100 km apart. Lock a cloud after moving within range, then activate your harvesters. After the initial lock and activation, harvesting continues until the ship's ore hold (on a mining ship) or cargohold (on other ships) is full.

      Plan your session and return to a structure to unload before or soon after the hold fills to improve overall efficiency. You can sell harvested gas to players who buy gas or use the corporation buyback channel (see the Pure Blind Community Guide). Income varies by gas type, typically from 20M to 200M ISK.

      Last edited by Cowell (10.14, 22:57).