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How to scan a portal for Overclock

A Wayspot needs to be VPS activated in the Niantic Lightship platform to appear as a Overclock activated Portal. If you haven't gotten any activated Portals around you, here is what needs to be done:

🔸You will need to scan the Portal multiple times. For a location to be eligible for VPS activation, it must have at least 10 quality scans uploaded that pass minimum quality checks as determined by the Lightship server, and the time difference between the oldest and newest scans at the location must be at least 5 hours.

In the picture above, you can see recommendations on how to move around diffrent types of Portals.

🔸It is highly recommended to create more than just 10 Portal scans. Once the Lightship server tries to activate a Wayspot, it'll check the quality of the scans. Depending on how well a Wayspot was scanned, Lightship will categorise it on how well it can be localised (determine the location of the phone via the camera feed):

- Failed: not enough Scans to create 3D model or other issue
- Fair: Wayspots with minimum required scans or a majority of scans in one type of lighting
- Good: Wayspots with several scans in all types of lighting

Only Wayspot that were categorised as "Good" will become an Overclock activated Portal!

🔸At the moment, a Wayspot can only start the VPS activation process by developers of the Lightship platform or the Wayfarer Ambassadors via the beta of the Wayfarer app. Unless you know one of them a Wayspot can not be activated by players at this time.

That being said, the Wayfarer app is slated to release in the coming months for players as well which can then be used to start the activation process.

🔸Once a Wayspot has been VPS activated and was categorised as "Good", it might take a few days to activate the Portal in Ingress as the status is only synced once daily with Lightship.

@IUENG
Attention all Ingress Agents!

We have received an urgent message from an anonymous source who claims to be close to Niantic. The informant, who claims to have managed to acquire a tiny string from a file stored in the NIA HQ databank, has asked for help from all Agents due to the message being encrypted and said that they need the help of Agents to try and decrypt it. Here is the message:

cnfgrova/D09cQQxG

The anonymous messenger, has stated to IUENG that the only additional info they were able to recover from the leaked string, was some communication metadata, which read: A -> N.

Let us know in the comments if your research proves to be fruitful! Good luck!

@IUENG
Just like last year, June 14th is World Blood Donor Day! It is once again the perfect time to roll up your sleeve and donate some of that red gold in your body.

Need a little incentive? The folks of the #RedFaction are sending out a special embroidered patch for giving blood! Simply take a photo of yourself with your Ingress agent IGN somewhere in the picture while 'raising a sleeve' (donating a pint of the dark red stuff). Post the picture to Social Media and fill out the form on the website! There is no time limit for receiving the patch, donating blood does not have to be done on June 14th specifically and can instead be done all year round!

Can't donate blood? Agent @CtrlAltFck has created and shared files for a mission banner! You can use these to create a new banner to support the community as well.

Website: https://redfactionagent.wixsite.com/my-site
Mission files: https://redfactionagent.wixsite.com/my-site/missions

@IUENG
One of our Field Reporters is donating platelets as we speak! A platelet donation is much like a blood donation except that the platelets are seperated from your blood which is then going back into the body.

This type of donation takes longer (about an hour after being hooked up), but is just as important as donating blood! Our Field Reporter will be able to use the next hour to relax, read or hear music.

@IUENG
On July 15th a new Anomaly series will start: CTRL!

One of the sites for the first round is Rotenburg an der Fulda, a small village. As it doesn't have enough natural portals, Niantic recently added 146 temporary portals to the village to be used during the anomaly.

These temporary portals have a CTRL marketing image as their portal image! Thanks to that, we now know how the CTRL anomaly medal will look like as well as this anomalies slogan: "Join your faction. Take Ctrl."

You can check out the first of these temporary portals in the scanner via this link.

Niantic has yet to officially announce the Q3 event schedule as well as the rules for CTRL.

@IUENG
Agent @MrChics and Niantic have collaborated to create some apparel designs for the upcoming CTRL Anomaly in Santa Cruz, Bolivia!

The first products of the IngressXMrChics series, T-shirts ($28) and Hoodies ($43), are available for purchase and pickup in Santa Cruz. Shipping may be an option, but you need to contact @MrChics before paying to coordinate.
We're also told that Niantic will make these items available on Amazon soon™ and more products from this series will be published later on!

If you are indeed interested, fill in this form and follow all instructions written therein.

Many thanks to MrChics for continuing to come up with such wonderful ideas for the Ingress community! Keep up the great work!

@IUENG
The third and last round of the Echo Anomaly starts this Saturday! Once the weekend starts, three character medals will be on sale together with a Loadout of various items.

The top right medal, Vic Kureze 2023, is brand new and will be on sale for the first time. Once again Niantic seemed to have used an AI generated image for the design of this medal.

The left and bottom medal, Klue 2023 and K 2023 respectively, have been on sale via the Superposition Anomaly kits from Munich last year.

The Loadouts will cost 30 800 CMU (approx. 24€) each. It is currently unknown which items exactly will be included in the Loadout although chances are high that they'll contain 10 Rare Kinetic Capsules just like the last two rounds.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules/

@IUENG
Niantic has released a new update, Version 2.118.1! No new features seem to be included, but various bug fixes and improvements have been added, such as an updated Adventure Sync settings menu and a fix for showing Agents Portals that they have already captured via the Adventure Sync: Nearby feature.

The last bug fix mentioned concerns the speed bonus for Overclock which was, until now, always 100% if all glyphs were entered correctly. This now follows the same logic as normal glyph hacks meaning that the faster an Agent completes Overclock the more items they will receive.

It is unclear whether this bug fix will negatively impact the output of items though the wording does not state it was a visual bug, so it's possible that this is a nerf to the item output of overclocked portals. Niantic has yet to comment on adjusting the time of overclocked portals, leaving the feature currently just as a risky way to save time on four hacks.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2-118-1-release-notes/

@IUENG
The Echo Anomaly in Ueda, Nagano prefecture, Japan starts now!

The third and last phase of the Echo Anomaly series has finally begun! We are thrilled to discover which faction will be the one to claim victory in this series and which will seek to reverse the outcome in the next one.

Good luck, Agents! It's time to move!

@IUENG
#Echo Anomaly - Ueda, Nagano, Japan

Beacon Battle
Raw Score
ENL 1269 - 689 RES
Final Score
ENL 65 - 35 RES

Shard Battle
Raw Score
ENL 11 - 6 RES
Final Score
ENL 55 - 30 RES

Total Score
ENL 120 - 65 RES

🟢 The Enlightened capture the Echo Anomaly in Ueda!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules/

@IUENG
The #Echo Anomaly in Athens, Greece has begun!

The Resistance has obtained victories in both the GORUCK Stealth Ops (3 - 4) and GORUCK Urban Ops (0 - 4) challenges and are looking strong at this site.
The Enlightened only need a handful of points to win the Anomaly series.

Our eyes are stuck to the Intel screen: which Faction is going to be the winner?

@IUENG
Now that the final results for Athens have been published, IUENG is able to announce that

🟢 The Enlightened have mathematically won the #Echo Anomaly Series!

The series score after Athens is:
ENL 1671 - 864 RES
which means that the gap is now irrecoverable with one satellite site remaining!

Congratulations to the Enlightened for the win and props to the Resistance for the valiant fight throughout the series!
Stay tuned for updates about the Anomaly Event in Winnipeg, Canada and the total score for the third phase of the #Echo Anomaly!

@IUENG
#Echo Anomaly - Athens, Greece

Beacon Battle
Raw Score
ENL 610 - 502 RES
Final Score
ENL 165 - 135 RES

Shard Battle
Raw Score
ENL 35 - 19 RES
Final Score
ENL 135 - 80 RES

Total Score
ENL 300 - 215 RES

🟢 The Enlightened capture the Echo Anomaly in Athens and the #Echo Anomaly Series!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules/

@IUENG
Relaying a message from the Orga Team of the Santa Cruz CTRL Anomaly!

"🩸Recurse to the Red Faction - Donate Blood and save lives!

If you plan on visiting Santa Cruz and attending the CTRL Anomaly, you have the chance to earn a special Patch!

Starting now until July 15th, you can donate blood in your city, take a picture of the process and send it to @FelliniElGato via Telegram. Hurry up, this is a limited edition #RedFactionAgent patch.

There are only about 14 remaining.🏃🏻"

Many thanks to Agent @EduJSK50 for reporting the news!

@IUENG
The #Echo Anomaly in Winnipeg, Canada starts now!

The final chapter of the #Echo Anomaly Series is upon us. Agents, it's the moment to bring your Faction to the top!
Give it all and earn your after-party drinks!!

@IUENG
#Echo Anomaly - Winnipeg, Canada

Beacon Battle
Raw Score
ENL 277 - 117 RES
Final Score
ENL 70 - 30 RES

Shard Battle
Raw Score
ENL 20 - 0 RES
Final Score
ENL 95 - 0 RES

Total Score
ENL 165 - 30 RES

🟢 The Enlightened capture the Echo Anomaly in Winnipeg!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/echo-rules/

@IUENG
Agents are reporting that the first Ingress Passcodes as rewards for the Wayfarer Challenge are being sent to Agents via email!

This means that the 5th tier of rewards has been reached, and Wayfarers managed to review over 90.000 candidates, reaching the astonishing milestone of 112.000 candidates reviewed!

In the email, you will also find your own ranking in the challenge. Have you reached a high position? Let us know in the comments!

Ph: @Ninjaburger

@IUENG
Playboxes for the upcoming first phase of the #CTRL Anomaly, which will be played on July 15th, have been highlighted by Niantic on the Intel Map!

The cities involved in this phase are:
🇮🇩 Bandung, Indonesia (Top left)
🇩🇪 Rotenburg an der Fulda, Germany (top right)
🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (bottom left)

If you plan to participate in the Anomaly, make sure you register with your Faction in advance to ensure the correct strategic organization of the Event!

ENL: enl.rocks
RES: willbe.blue

@IUENG
Niantic has released the rules for the #CTRL Anomalies, which will take place on July 15, August 19, and September 16!

Each Primary location is worth a total of 600 points, while each Satellite location is worth 200 points. These two totals will be split evenly between Battle Beacons and Flash Shards Challenges.

Agents from around the world will be able to support their faction on August 19 and September 16 through the Agent Ops feature! This will distribute 200 more points in Phase 2 and 3.

Anomaly Zone Battle Beacons
🔸 7 Battle Beacon waves in 3 hours, one every 25 minutes.
🔸 Each Battle Beacon is worth 2+3+4 = 9 points, based on checkpoints won.
🔸 Battle category does not affect the score.
🔸Volatile Battle Beacons are worth 3x the base points.
The maximum score for each faction from any of the Battle Beacon waves during the Anomaly Period is their raw score. The 100 or 300 points are divided in proportion to the raw score.

Flash Shards Challenges
🔸20 Shards in groups of 2 and 4 target portals OR 50 Shards in groups of 5 and 10 target portals, depending on "XM intensity"
🔸Shards jump via L4+ links every 10 minutes
🔸A new batch of shards is generated every 15 minutes
🔸Each shard is worth 2 points at Satellite sites and 6 points at Primary sites
The first five shards secured on a faction's target portal are counted, regardless of which faction controls the target portal at that time. Any additional shards after the fifth on the same target portal scores 0 points.

CTRL Connected Ops
On the Saturday of the second and third phase, each agent will be assigned 10 ops (tasks/quests) to complete between 00:00 and 23:59 local time, which are:

M1 - Capture 1k MU
F1 - Create 1 control field
M2 - Capture 50k MU
F2 - Create 50 control fields
M3 - Capture 150k MU
F3 - Create 150 control fields
M4 - Capture 500k MU
F4 - Create 500 control fields
M5 - Capture 1.5M MU
F5 - Create 1,500 control fields

Each Op completed counts as one raw point for your faction. The 200 score points are distributed in proportion to the faction's raw points achieved.

⚠ Completing one or more Ops does not count towards the Anomaly Medal! You still have to fulfill the requirements, which are as follows.

🎖 Ctrl Medal
Interact with at least 5 Battle Beacons in the Anomaly Zone to earn the medal. Valid actions are:
- Deploy or upgrade resonators (not your own).
- Attack or destroy resonators
- Destroy portal mods
- Destroy links
- Recharge resonators (even remotely).

⚠Completing one or more ops does not count towards the anomaly medal!

Links under fields
On any anomaly weekend, from Friday at 1700 UTC to Monday at 1700 UTC, links less than 8 km long can be created under field.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/ctrl-rules

@IUENG
You'll soon be required to have passed the Wayfarer test before you can submit new Portal nominations!

If you have reached Level 10 and have not done so yet, head over to wayfarer.nianticlabs.com to go through the onboarding and to complete the test.

If you have already passed the Wayfarer test in the past, no action is needed. Already submitted Portal nominations are also not affected.

With this change, Ingress will use the same mechanic as Pokemon Go where new submissions are also locked behind completing the Wayfarer test. That being said, unlike PoGo, it seems like only Portal nominations are affected by this change. Requests for Portal edits are not affected at this time.

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/496

@IUENG
Agent @M1chaeI has released an alpha version of a project that'll improve your bannering experience that can be found at https://www.openbanners.org!

Meet OpenBanners, an open-source front-end that uses Bannergress's API. On the home page, you can select a banner that's close to you, and it will guide you through the banner in a similar way to the Bannergress Overlay. In addition, you will be able to see the path of the current and the next mission on the map, as well as your location and the direction you are facing. This way you can e.g. predict if it's smart to cross that street or to remain on the same side. The website has several use cases:

For iOS, it's way easier to get to the next mission than using a telegram bot or scrolling the mission list.

For regular Android phones, tablets and foldables, you can open your browser and Ingress in split-screen and see where the banner is taking you.

Please try it out for your next banner, and let @M1chaeI know what you think of it. The website is still in active development.

The info/releases channel can be found here: https://t.me/+WPn_iHMThoQ2NGQ0
Share your feedback in the OpenBanners feedback group here: https://t.me/+mVOe8rPqLvI4NWE0
The project: https://www.openbanners.org

@IUENG