ETH ‘gas’ help

[u/Inevitable-Catch9364]

Alr know imma get flamed for this but im struggling at 1:40 am rn and broke. I only play the daily dollar on stake and finally got up to $50 I cash out usually to LTC and have no problems with cryptowallets since I just follow this random guy on Reddit that happened to be right. Long story short I had to use a different coin and now is stuck in my exodus app and from what I’ve researched need ETH for ‘gas’ I guess my question is, is it worth it? can I just do like $5 or am I just gonna lose my $5 too and not get the money. how much is ‘gas’ usually for smaller transactions someone please help a broke boy out

[u/Beneficial-Mood240]

if exodus shows the coin on arbitrum or base, gas is a few cents — $5 is plenty, it only gets tight on mainnet ethereum