Jump clone to an empty clone, buy some cheap frigs and go find out. also practice the MWD cloak trick in highsec a few times before going out there. this video looks decent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5BwkKIS8UQ

In general, travelling in lowsec is not much different to travelling in highsec and it doesn't take long to learn how to keep yourself safe.

Some simple tips:

- Avoid entry systems into lowsec that are close to highsec trade hubs (because they are often camped)

- Make at least 1 safe spot in each system you enter (even a midwarp safe on the way to another gate is good enough initially)

- If a system has a lot of suspects/criminals, don't warp directly to a gate. Warp at range to a celestial first and scan your outgoing gate

- check the in game map stats (pilots in space last 30 min, pod kills last hour, ship kills last hour) if you are unsure of the area and have no scout to jump ahead of you. That will give you some intel about the next system ahead

- check zkillboard for any of the systems on route that the map shows are active. That will give you an idea of how active those systems are being used for pvp

- with the new enlarged grids, make perches off gates while you are warping to them. Ctrl+B and then hit ok when you reach 10,000km off the gate. That will give you an on-grid perch that you can warp to in future to see what is happening on gate

- Gates and Stations provide more protection that celestials and beacons because sentry guns will engage people that attack you if you are not suspect/criminal or an outlaw (sec status < -5). Gates also give you the ability to separate enemies or escape from them by allowing them to agress and then jumping through. Don't be afraid of using gates to your advantage because of those mechanics

- if you regularly use some stations, create instadock and instaundock bookmarks so you can always get in and out safely even if the station is being camped by a fleet

Those are some very simple tips no matter what you are flying. Last one:

- Just fly a T3D and instawarp off any gate anyway. Lots of people will just run away from you, especially if you are in a Svipul, so you will be ok in one.

That last one is just a joke....sort of.

Use something small and fast. Make it cheap because you'll probably lose more at first. Set the map to show kills in the last hour and use that to avoid camps. If there are people in the system warp at a random range to something nearby and D-scan the gate before trying to jump.

I wondering if you have a purpose to go there, or just want to go and look around?

It's a game.

What's worse? Being afraid of lowsec, a non existing space in a videogame ...
... or being ashamed of being afraid of a non existing space in a videogame ?

If the answer is the first one, then I suggest you stop playing immediately.
If the answer is the second, I suggest not acting like a little child.

Either way, I am laughing about a grown up person being afraid of lowsec.


You should be ashamed of yourself.



(how's that for motivation, hm?)

Ok, so some advice:

1. stay away from FW systems. FW has a lot of pvp, but lowsec can be very quiet outside the FW areas. Dotlan is good to check

2. lowsec ratting doesn't need a big ship or bling fit. A Vexor is good enough. A Vexor Navy is awesome. Even destroyers are good enough

3. If you want to mine, then the belt rats aren't really a problem in lowsec. Light drones will kill them. You can use a barge no problem, except that you need to travel from highsec to a quiet lowsec system. The travel will be the risky part. An alternative to a barge is a Venture, or if you want the ease of a covert ops cloak for travel in lowsec, then a Prospect (and double the ore bay and higher yield). In any case, fit for travel if you are using a barge (warp core stabs), refit off a mobile depot and travel at quiet times (eg. close to downtime is ideal).

Eh, Low sec mining isn't worth it, trust me.

And btw, stay farrrrrr away from Tama XD

You can't do that in many systems. Don't worry about it too much, though. Normal safespots are just fine, as long as you keep an eye on your directional scanner.

Lots of bookmarks

A mission. Those will drop bookmarks in really weird places.
Bonus points if you complete the mission.

If you use the stations in low/null, you need to set up a minimum of two bookmarks: one inside the docking ring (distance will read 0), and at least one in line with the station's exit so you instawarp out of camps. This is also important in trade hubs if you carry expensive things around.

ok, you got a point here. But, Eve is quite well documented in the web.

e.g. http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Surviving_Nullsec
or https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Rookie_Lowsec_Survival_Guide

maybe they should reference these ressources somewhere in the NPE or at least mention that there are loads of.

(however, you have to take care because some information is outdated)