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*You will need a ship that has enough high slot turrets. | *You will need a ship that has enough high slot turrets. | ||
*Unlike other mining, gas cloud mining can not be performed in any type of exhumer. (They can not mount high slot turrets.) | *Unlike other mining, gas cloud mining can not be performed in any type of exhumer. (They can not mount high slot turrets.) | ||
*You will also need at least one Gas Cloud Harvester. You can only mount one harvester per trained skill level, and each one uses a turret slot. A battlecruiser works nicely for this, or a cruiser with 5 turret slots such as a Thorax. The Venture frigate | *You will also need at least one Gas Cloud Harvester. You can only mount one harvester per trained skill level, and each one uses a turret slot. A battlecruiser works nicely for this, or a cruiser with 5 turret slots such as a Thorax. The Venture frigate seems to be the standard hull used for gas cloud mining as of 2013. | ||
*Unlike regular mining, there are no gas equivalents to the Mining Laser Upgrade. | *Unlike regular mining, there are no gas equivalents to the Mining Laser Upgrade. | ||
*You'll probably want to fit some cargohold expanders as well -- gas is bulky. | *You'll probably want to fit some cargohold expanders as well -- gas is bulky. | ||
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*To be able to target a gas cloud you need it selected to display on your overview. | *To be able to target a gas cloud you need it selected to display on your overview. | ||
*To do this, right click the overview, select open overview settings, select the filter tab, open the celestials folder, and check the Harvestable Clouds box. | *To do this, right click the overview, select open overview settings, select the filter tab, open the celestials folder, and check the Harvestable Clouds box. | ||
*Find a harvestable cloud. | *Find a harvestable cloud. | ||
*Move within 1500m of the harvestable cloud (the range of a Gas Cloud Harvester module). | *Move within 1500m of the harvestable cloud (the range of a Gas Cloud Harvester module). | ||
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*With a Gas Cloud Harvester 1 you will receive 10m3 (1 unit) of gas per 30 seconds (1 cycle). T2 harvesters are faster, yielding 20 m3 every 40 seconds. | *With a Gas Cloud Harvester 1 you will receive 10m3 (1 unit) of gas per 30 seconds (1 cycle). T2 harvesters are faster, yielding 20 m3 every 40 seconds. | ||
*At 10m3 each it does not take a lot of gas to fill most ships' cargo holds. | *At 10m3 each it does not take a lot of gas to fill most ships' cargo holds. | ||
*Unfortunately, High sec gas does not sell well or for much ISK | *Unfortunately, High sec gas does not sell well or for much ISK, but null sec gas is more profitable. | ||
*Gas from wormhole sites can be very profitable. | *Gas from wormhole sites can be very profitable. | ||
=Uses= | =Uses= | ||
*Gas from gas cloud sites is used in the manufacture of [[Boosters]]. | *Gas from gas cloud sites is used in the manufacture of [[Boosters]]. | ||
*Gas from [[wormholes]] is not used in booster production but instead is used in [[Tech_3_Production|T3 manufacturing]]. This can be extremely profitable. | *Gas of the Fullerite variety from [[wormholes]] is not used in booster production but instead is used in [[Tech_3_Production|T3 manufacturing]]. This can be extremely profitable. | ||
*Gas from high/ low sec exploration sites is of the Mykoserocin variety. These produce the basic synth boosters. | *Gas from high / low sec exploration sites is of the Mykoserocin variety. These produce the basic synth boosters. | ||
*Synth boosters are NOT illegal and have no possible side effects. | *Synth boosters are NOT illegal and have no possible side effects. | ||
*Other gases from low and null sec make higher grades of boosters that are illegal and have "possible" side effects. | *Other gases from low and null sec make higher grades of boosters that are illegal and have "possible" side effects. | ||
*On these boosters you are guaranteed the good effect, but there are 4 "possible" bad side effects. (You may get none, you may get all 4; there is a percentage chance for each side effect, modified by various skills.) | *On these boosters you are guaranteed the good effect, but there are 4 "possible" bad side effects. (You may get none, you may get all 4; there is a percentage chance for each side effect, modified by various skills.) | ||
==Gas Types== | |||
*Mykoserocin - High sec | |||
*Cytoserocin - Low sec and null sec | |||
*Fullerite - Wormholes | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Scanning:Scan_Results#Gas_Sites|Exploration sites : Gas Sites]] | *[[Scanning:Scan_Results#Gas_Sites|Exploration sites : Gas Sites]] | ||
*[[Boosters]] | *[[Boosters]] | ||
==External Links== | |||
*[https://www.fuzzwork.co.uk/ore/gas.html?region=10000002 Fuzzwork - The Forge Gas prices] - measured in isk / Venture load. | |||
*(Special Thanks to Artemeo for finding a ladar site in high sec, that allowed the pictures on this page.) | *(Special Thanks to Artemeo for finding a ladar site in high sec, that allowed the pictures on this page.) | ||