Eve Online Low Sec Mining In The Age of Panic. Alpha + Tech 2. Survival Tips and Skin Giveaway 

with the d-scanning, checking local and aligning beforehand i'm quite confident now venturing out in my venture in low sec without running a loss. Had a few trips and now have amassed 7m worth of omber, something i'd not guess a few days ago after losing 2 ventures because of my lack of knowledge.

Pro tips: Jettison one pice of ore at warp in. Anyone with cloak warping in should get decloaked giving you few extra seconds to react and most importantly starts engagement on your terms. But it's very important to understand that belts and anomalies (same with gas sites) have no acceleration gates. Everyone warping from probe window or r-click menu in system lands at same warp in location. You and your hunters can easily avoid it by using bookmarks. People can land on top of you if they have proper bookmarks set up. But you also can avoid traps on warp in, doing same thing. This can be done as alpha. If didn't already, use all three character slots on your account and put each of them in venture in other parts of LS. When one area of space is to hot, log in with different alt. That way you almost always something to do and won't be sitting in station afk because there is bunch of hunters outside. Insta dock bookmark on station. There is no worse thing than slowboating to dock with hunter going after you. Or with his friend waiting for you near station. I would bounce out of some celestial (it's faster to click warp button than looking up bookmark and warping), then warping at insta dock. When using inst dock bookmarks, set station as autopilot destination, warp to bookmark and when in warp set autopilot on. It will instantly dock as you leave warp, without you spamming dock button and it will do it faster than any human. Gas mining is slow. Do your math. I'm actually quite terrible at math, but many times find mining ore giving more isk/h. Don't forget to compress ore before selling!

Bait Proc, best Proc.

Love the fast paced informative and funny commentary. Great stuff !

iv been finding jaspet and hemorphite asteroids in the first room of the 'Serpentis Lookout' combat sites in hi-sec near dodixie. The second room of the site has alot of Omber but i dont bother mining it. When i saw these i cleared the first room and then brought my mining barge up there and mined 40mil/isk worth of ore in about 1.5 hours with my covetor. If you or someone else completely clear both rooms of the site, the low sec asteroids disappear and only thing left is veldspar so i only clear the first room and then start mining. It's been a really good source of income and could help out some newer people like me with some good isk/hr mining since the hi-sec ore prices have tanked. Love your videos =)

Fantastic vid, loved watching, learned a lot. I felt like an idiot. Made my first toon about 6 years ago, but don't play much. Never once even thought about d-scanning until watching this video. Been super scared of low sec due to a few bad experiences. This has been incredibly educational. I have an Endurance I've been wanting to use more. I'll definitely be getting a feel for this in a few ventures. Thank you for a great video.

Just a bit of clarification here, as you say you've never seen clone soldiers spawn on signature sites - they do. I've personally encountered one on a Jaspet anomaly, and, according to another miner local to that area, it wasn't the first one. Keep 'em coming Mark, awesome work!

Great advice throughout! I live in lowsec and thrive on the unpredictable, never know who might jump into system vibe. I really appreciate the positive attitude you give the game, too. All of it’s gotten me more into PvP and having fun with hunting and baiting as I go about getting things done in lowsec. Always get to know the locals and learn the lay of the land. That really helps in fine tuning your ability to know when something is off and that you’re in danger. IGN: Endgame Crisis

I used to run skiffs in LS before the WCS change. 3WCS allowed you to pick your time to withdraw. In WH 3 WCS was highly important and 4WCS was paramount in Pochven because of the prevalence of hunting T3C with long points and faction scrams/ disrupts. Granted the WCS changes have renewed interest in the expedition frigates. In order to solo hunt gas sites you have to ditch cloak...which makes the Venture more beneficial than Prospect. (Before WCS changes Prospects were king Because of 4WCS. Now the Venture on Paper is 4WCS power and the Prospect is now much more downsides ship than benefits.) The Endurance is actually the really sneaky ship because you have 100% speed move bonus under cloak. Can have mining drones and 300% mining bonus and have the cargo hold of a skiff at 15000m3 and be capable of scanning down anomalies. Right now the Prospect is kind pointless other than Sig bonus and 10000m3. Because it needs a lot of support to make it Efficient or swapping equipment to operate which is rather annoying.

You make a valid point, which many often forget, is that losing is part of the cycle and it's not worth demonizing the player that took you. Obvs, there are quite a few dicks throughout Eve, the key is not becoming one of them by acting all butt hurt when your bright n shiny thing gets vapourised. As ever, a great vid Mark. 👍

I happened upon your channel and wanted to commend you for the videos. Your personality is great, and you deliver detailed and helpful knowledge for all skill levels.

i think i got the curage to finely go mining in low sec after watching this video...thx Dad..ign Gorgas

I didn't go lowsec mining yet. From time to time I go ratting. The minerals I neded atm are found in highsec ore to manufacture the ammo I use and It reduced my spending isk by alot. Soon I'll start manufacturing my own ships and I'll give it a go. Thanks forntye video. Verry informative.

Love a bit of lowsec mining..makes life a lot more interesting BARRY monk

love your videoes! really helping new players out! thanks man

New to the game, did go mine in low sec 2 times now.. let's call it 1-1 ... 1 get away and 1 death, i was just running to the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee and was dead when I came back, i was away for max 25 sec.... I like your videos it's good help. IGN the great kiwi

I wouldn't be human if I wasn't annoyed that I was shot down, and I'm sure I'm angry with the player too. But that goes away, I knew the risk. But mostly, the only pain is the financial loss. Not with a standard venture, but a T2 venture or a mining barge. And yes you are right, the loss of ships of any kind belongs to EVE. But, you have to get used to it first. ^^

Big issue i have had with mining is that after returning to the game i used to be able to fly the Rorqual, Orca and Hulk. However in the intervening years i have been away i needed new skills for all and for the "new" style T2 crystals for the strip miners. Means that each character has between 30 and 50 days worth of training to complete what I used to be able to do :( Totally sucks the big fella there CCP.

Great video, lowsec mining, especially gas huffing, is quite lucrative right now!

I lived in lowsec for a while, mined and ran missions but then a group discovered me and relentlessly camped me. So I moved, not that far away but far enough they didn't follow. As usual, things went well until I was discovered yet again. I fought back, killed a few but then they dropped me with overwhelming force every time I engaged. So I left for Nullsec. That was along time ago but I do miss it sometimes.

Another great vid. I have a couple of ventures stashed next to some quieter low sec pockets in case there is some interesting ore/gas laying about and not too many folks in system. I agree with you that the pvpers make it exciting. Escaping when they land on grid is a buzz. The folks who seem to spend all day sat in a low sec station afk I find a little annoying, but they keep me paying attention. High sec mining can in some ways actually be more dangerous with high sec gankers having fun as players rarely see them coming in time and tend to be in the bigger barges that you cannot get off grid in time. One of our guys in an Orca got taken down by 20 destroyers at the weekend. IGN Spinny Oza.

Good information. My only suggestion would be that in addition to having your warp out preselected, you align with it as well. I noticed that your endurance had to make a maximum 180 degree turn before warping instead of immediately being off the mark you warped out.

Thank you again! If it were not for your videos I would have just gave up on eve online.

Another great guide. Thank you!

i think this video when made veldspar was worth more. its really low right now. even kermite and jaspet are low pre unit. if your unsure of a system take a venture in first. check things out. they are easy to replace. if its worth it go back with a endurance or prospect.or whatever, if its worth it. happy mining.

I've been I hi-sec care-bear for awhile thanks for the vid... IGN Onyx Tribble

Trying to figure out what the new eve is all about. Haven’t logged in ages. Apparently there is free tier now. I am over free skill cap unfortunately steely so can’t even train. And mining barge I have in station is apparently for paid tier only :). So now I need to figure out again what this game is all about. Probably should join some corp and ask people directly. This video is really nice - talks facts no nonsense. I may need to watch some more ;)

so it translates into roughly 2,5x more than what would you get for mining in high sec. Damnit, I rly should start working at overcoming that bloody aversion to LS of mine (actually caught it when sticking my nose into low sec and always getting blasted out by some local macho, who always somehow managed not only to bring a bigger ship, but also somehow was able to find me anywhere I went (even when I hid on a deadspace waypoint)

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Great PvP behavior insights, love it the Ecological point of view. Well Done!

Hi really good videos, do you have a recent fit for this ship? I might of missed it but I don't think you mentioned what are in the rig slots?

Lo Ranai Rotsuda of Qeti, has learned an important lesson from this video. Thanks as always.

Great videos DD. Who are the one to two ppl who keep giving these a thumbs down?! Please check before you click, I think you two hit the wrong button...

I have been playing years so lots of skill points but no skill lol Still learning every day, thanks for the tips. Lucy Helios

i've started playing about a week lost my first venture to a group of low sec drones and lost another trying to salvage my venture lol. thats not enough for me to give up and going in wormhole, pop out in -1.0 and mining kermit got some mils and start data hacking, it's failed obviously XD and then out of nowhere some dude with five drones start shooting my Rifter dont know how i got out of that lol doing low sec stuff is fun

Nice explanation and effort to make this video...

Always nice to see your videos about LS, most players are affraid of that space but is just fun and like other mmorpg. Where there is not safe areas. Oscar Jagger

Thanks for this informative video! Already skilled the new mining crystals? How do you like the new changes? Greetings from Austria.

I just looked at the ore prices and HOLY shit its time to find a wormhole into a dead low sec system and just set up shop

I especially enjoy the changes to gas site spawns, been mining it before the changes in their respective lowsec constellations but i huff more frequently now that they spawn here too, remember to leave some gas clouds for us too mate :P ign Dragonon Vaporiso

Low sec mining going well- plenty of anoms to mine. Getting the ore OUT of low sec though, well that’s another matter, especially with the recent changes. Calgar doshu in game name.

IGN Davidius Pratticus. I liked how you showed thwarting that Rat BB in the first run. That was very helpful. I've always run from them, not realizing that as long as you keep moving, they're pretty much toothless.

Why did your orbit get messed up with the prospect? Thanks for the vid.

Whenever I'm mining in dangerous territory, I'm in a venture with 3sec align, So, I just pay attention to what's happening and I can warp out, no problem. -Marakuyo Vimaleshvar

You keep saying that the warp core stabilizer is irrelevant after the changes, but I thought it was multiple warp core stabilizers that are irrelevant, and carrying a single warp core stabilizer is totally relevant. And now they need to be activated manually. What is the explanation for this comment?

Very informative

Man great fucking read on that guy and warping out on time. Blood rush for sure. I don't do LS mining, doing null sec mining in anomalies. Of course, same tactics. I'm very skittish lmao. IGN: Buck Wilde.

Good O'l Dad back again.

How did you get your gas harvester cycle time below 30 seconds?

On the mining side of my gaming, the new WCS won't change my plans. Actually, it is even better. Since the Venture only have 1 low slot, using a WCS gives me 1 more core strenght compared to before the change (4 vs 3). My Skiff is in high-sec and it will remain there: I know it can survive 9 catalysts suicide ganking me in a 0.6 system, but I won't have Concord to save me in low-sec. The Procurer is in low-sec, definitely. For the Procurer, instead of having 2 WCS, I could just have one now + a mining laser upgrade. However, I use the Procurer when I'm alone in the system (so no WCS, and no penalty for drones if rats comes in), and the Venture when there are other people. IGN: Vadania Vokkonen

Seen a ton of gas sies on scan recently when looking for 5/6 deds... might have to dust off the old venture when I'm feeling something a little more laid back. Nice cheap ship for when I inevitably die to that sneaky t3c when I'm watching a video :) ign: Daddy Is-here

Awesome Video! Dad Dex I learned allot in this video about low-sec mining and the Prospect. Can you speed tank WH gas site RATS as well in a Prospect? (IGN: Frank Landell)

Another great video, keep it up. IGN: Odu

Please share with me, what was the bop in the beginning of the video I need the WHOLE bop

I mostly like my mining to be passive and quiet, but occasionally do I visit wormholes to get some gas! Have plans to do the same in lowsec sometime. Got some ore in Pochven once, but getting in and out is just too much of a hassle. IGN Fuzzy Rockets

Thanks for the vid :). -Arvaras Roak Yaken

That was very educational! I haven't done much gas and LS ore mining for some time, and will sure give it another try! What if the ship that wants in to kill you does so uncloaked? You will not have the uncloaking delay working for you and will get locked right away...? Thanks as always! Ign: Djentil

I used to run low-sec sites and have since joined a corp that does wormholes. I miss low-sec....

venture, shooting mode? lol, good luck with that

carebears gonna be mad abt recent stab changes. man i won't miss seeing epithals with 30 gazillion stabs in them. amen. IGN: Bellanalle Maulerant

KarmaFleet is recruiting. I've been in a few alliances, but I've never been in one that invests more into its new players and showing them the ropes.

Thanks for your videos. I have been killed several times in lowsec in both ventures and procurers, but I am learning how to make it work. IGN: Journi Ronuken

Does dropping a can at the warp in decloak a ship.

I've never ran low sec ore sites - but the ISK might be worth it. 🤔

I haven't done a lot of mining in low-sec but I have a lot of experience huffing gas in wormholes, thanks for the tips found them really useful. IGN Stellan Kohlin.

I have yet to truly spend a full amount of time in Low Sec, I've been out there only a handful of times. I've lost a few ventures out there mining. (IGN: Edalon Falcos)

with great risks come great thrills

How are you able to launch 2 drones, everything I try to launch both my drones it says I don't have the bandwidth.

... Haven't really done much low sec mining but with your guidance i'm gonna give it a go!!! "gulp"... "Engage"!!... Korvan Avaron

Is it worth it to do mining.. ever? I’m new to Eve, about 35 days in. Omega for about 30. I have really only done exploration (null-sec) and am growing bored of it. Not to mention I’ve lost 3 asteros yesterday alone (I learned a lot in a short amount of time lol) and I’m growing tired of the gate camps. The problem for me is.. it’s making me billions lol. It’s not really a problem except that it’s so lucrative it kind of makes other parts of the game feel not worth it, like mining. At least not until I have a years worth of skill points invested. For example, in the last 2 days (about 4/5 hours of exploring) I’ve made 750misk. Is this possible with mining any time soon for me? I don’t expect to be amazed by the gameplay of mining but the diversity of gameplay will interest me, especially if the isk stays the same or gets better and one day I can do one thing and the next day another thing without feeling like one is monumentally better than the other. But since the venture is the only option I have for now, should I even bother?

Thanks for another great video, very informative. Being a fairly new player I have not gone to low sec much but your videos are giving me confidence to go out and try more things. I must say it is fun just bouncing around in a venture from belt to belt being hunted. Will try hunting in future when I learn more about it. Ign Falcor Khora

ZeeTech Axial, Doing good in LowSec but I keep getting ganked. Good Luck!

Hi Dad Dex, can you make a video on the new Mining Blitz event that started today please ? What is it and is it worth doing ? thanks in advance o7

Came here for any tips , got a few , ive been playn 1 week and already can get bout 10 to 20 mill isk a hour mining with venture in null sec areas . Im an alpha so dont be scared new guys if i can you can

Haven't considered lowsec mining, cause I'm new. Might buy in cheap and give it a shot. Love the vids. IGN: ChupcaBRUH

Didn't work for me, not sure what I misunderstood, So I bought a venture and travelled to 0.0 space hoping for Crokite, there are no asteroid belts in 0.0 space it seems, i went to lower, still no Asteroids, occasionally I find a small crokite roid surrounded by lots of drones etc which If I wasn't, at that point in a pod I guess I wouldv'e been nuked. So my question is has it changed or how do you find a crokite spot..? thanks, ingame = Roxstar

Remember to align to a pre selected location.

I been ice mining in null andtry to avoid to kill rats since it shows on dotlan and if i can't salvage the wrecks hints that i was there, and might be coming back.

Nice video dude " IGN":Beeoh Le-Duc

There is much good gas huffing in the Kor Azor Region , come by AMI for a good time

nice video, always interesting to see how to make money in lowsec hehe ign wex sm

yeah, you mine and think im doing ok. and then finally you venture out.low sec. and find hemorphite-crokite stc. and you go ive been mining veldspar all this time. you go in..then boom. some guy ganks you. haaaa.fun times. crokite is great for isk profit. if you can find it. so is hemorphite. arkanor is great too. but where that is/ well...good luck. no sec.

Now that the gas Sites are popping up in LS. I have fallen for the draw to huff gas in LS Sites IGN JonReese

"who wants to blue everybody?" Yeah... They call themselves 'Papi'. The giant blue rotten 🍩

Duuuuuude pllleeeaaassseee the scope syndication procurer skin I would eat my own shorts! Ign EsotericRahl I have been doing gas huffing in a small little pocket, I find it to be a bit of a pain to move the gas to Jita to sell.. I need a hauler

Been out to a few low sec mining areas in my venture. Can be a rush still not sure what to move up to after the venture IGN. J H Srar

Nothing Venture'd nothing gained, eh?

oNE NEED FOR MINING SCANNER: HELPS NOT OVER CYCLE YOUR MINING LAZERs oups capitals sorry

I usually try to find alternatives to get low security ores other than in low security space. IGN Voidstrider

Ore mining is somewhat slow for me, but I've been considering taking up gas mining, especially given the 100-something new industry compounds I've found through exploration. IGN: Katriin Vakho