How to Get Gas on Arbitrum

Get ETH for gas on Arbitrum instantly. No mainnet bridge fees. Swap USDC to ETH on Arbitrum via Telegram.

Arbitrum uses ETH

Arbitrum is Ethereum's leading Layer 2. Every transaction — swaps, transfers, contract interactions — requires ETH for gas. Gas costs are typically $0.01–0.10 per transaction, much cheaper than mainnet.

Common ways to get ETH on Arbitrum

Bridge from Ethereum mainnet using the official Arbitrum bridge (7-day withdrawal, instant deposit but costs mainnet gas). Use a third-party bridge like Hop or Stargate (faster, still needs gas on source chain). Withdraw from a CEX that supports Arbitrum (Binance, Coinbase).

Faster: fluel

Deposit USDC to fluel from any chain. Type /gas 5 base arbitrum (or from any other chain). Gas arrives on Arbitrum in under 30 seconds. No bridge UI. No gas on the source chain. Just a Telegram command.

Recommended gas amount

$2–5 of ETH covers weeks of normal Arbitrum usage. Heavy DeFi users might want $10–20. The gas is delivered directly to your wallet — not the Fluel wallet — so you can use it immediately with any dApp.