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πŸ₯ͺ A Toast to Community Manager Thia

The Ingress global community is organizing a beacon lighting worldwide to honor the work of Thia, former Community Manager, who was impacted by the recent layoffs following the restructuring of Niantic into Niantic Spatial.

In celebration of her time supporting the Ingress community, join us on April 1st, all day, by deploying a Toast! Beacon in a tribute to Community Manager Thia!

We invite all of you to share a picture of your scanner and any memories you have on social media with #IngressToast!

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πŸ“– Today, Agents have reported coming into contact with the first media regarding the Buried Memories Anomaly Series.

As always, if you are interested in lore, we are summarizing their content over on @IUENG_Extra.
A big thank you to all Agents who are sharing their discoveries with us!

@IUENG
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Portals around the world are transforming into Couch Portals (hah, get it?)!

Agents are reporting that Portals have their Portal image overwritten by an image of a couch in the respective Portals color randomly upon tapping on a portal. The pictures can be forced by repeatedly opening and closing a portal until they show up, but they don't always show. The original photos are not lost though and can still be seen through the Intel Map as well as the Portal details if there are two or more pictures on a Portal.

With this, Niantic has initiated this year's April Fools, and it remains to be seen if any other changes will be observed over the day. If that is the case we'll update you as soon as possible!

@IUENG
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Big changes are coming to IUENG! Since 2016, we've kept this channel free for Agents worldwide, fostering calm, collected discussions (with absolutely no problems ever). But let’s be realβ€”free is overrated.

In partnership with Viewly Investments, we’re thrilled to announce that our beloved discussion platforms are evolving into a premium experience. Viewly’s expertise in monetizing basic human interaction ensures our communities will remain exclusive, engaging, andβ€”most importantlyβ€”profitable.

For details, check out Viewly’s full announcement attached. Today, April 1st, we’re offering an exclusive demo of these exciting new paywalls. Don’t worryβ€”your past messages will be preserved, for just $4.99/month.

Plus, we’re replacing our human support team with HUMANβ„’ AI Community Manager, Roger (@itsisntremy on Telegram), ensuring our revenue stays on track without pesky β€œhuman errors.”

At IUENG, we believe the best experiences are the ones you keep paying for. Get ready for the futureβ€”one microtransaction at a time.

@IUENG
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Want more ways to spend money? Niantic has just announced a unique opportunity to participate in a limited-time trial run of a brand-new feature: Temporary Couch Portals!

For a small fee of just $99.99 you'll be able to purchase your very own Couch Portal at a location of your choosing, as well as choose one of four Couch colors! During this trial, the portal will become active for 7 days sometime during April after purchase with automatically assigned names.

As per usual, if you believe a portal should be removed, it can be reported in the scanner, and the Ingress team may remove them at any time if they violate any of the terms laid out in the article.

Depending on the feedback of this trial, Niantic will decide if this feature will continue to be offered in the future.

Don't be late and get your own Couch Portal now: https://ingressmerch.myshopify.com/products/temporary-couch-portal

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2025-apr-couchportaltrialrun

⚠ Beware of any news on April 1st...

@IUENG
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Ingress will be separated from Niantic Wayfarer and the Wayfarer map

As part of Scopelys acquisition, Niantic Wayfarer will transition to Scopely in the coming weeks and months. As Ingress is not part of the deal, the game (and Niantic Spatial as a company) will be separated from the program and receive a new system to contribute data.

What this exactly means:
- Until the transition, Agents can continue to use Niantic Wayfarer with their account. New submissions, edits etc. will still be reviewed by the community for the time being, with all changes coming to all current games.
- After the transition, the Niantic Wayfarer map will be split from the new Niantic Spatial map. Contributions by Agents will not sync to the Wayfarer map, and contributions by Scopely players will likewise not affect the Ingress map.
- Niantic Spatial is developing a new map management system to aid in the goal of contributing map data to their database. Agents will need to use that system in the future to contribute to the game.
- While not exactly hashed out yet, the Wayfarer team is working with the Niantic Spatial team to ensure that the OPR Badge progress will be carried over.
- ⚠️ If you have created a Wayfarer account prior to the transition you will continue to have access to Niantic Wayfarer to review contributions and view your history. Remember though that due to the split, any rewards gained or submissions accepted will not be reflected in Ingress.

TL;DR: Ingress will be split from Niantic Wayfarer. New Portals and edits will be reviewed by a new tool, and accepted submissions will not be added to Wayfarer (PoGo, Monster Hunter etc.). Likewise, submissions from Wayfarer will not be added to Ingress.

The exact date of the transition is still unknown.

Source: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/important-updates-regarding-wayfarer-and-ingress/83722

@IUENG
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The first changes to Ingress in preparation for the entrance of Niantic Spatial have been announced!

πŸ”ΈLogin with Facebook will be disabled. Agents who use this login method are advised to link a new sign-in platform (Google or Apple) as soon as possible to not lose access to their account.
πŸ”ΈCampfire will be removed. The social will lose integration with Ingress before the end of the month
πŸ”ΈYour Niantic profile will be removed from your Ingress Agent profile. Ingress ceases to be listed as a Niantic game.

The dev team also advises that the regular flow of updates may have some disruption due to the amount of work that needs to be carried out to complete the transition. This work will not impact Ingress Live events (Anomalies, MDs and so on).

Source: https://ingress.com/news/getting-ready-for-niantic-spatial

@IUENG
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🚨 Attention to Agents using Facebook to log into Ingress

While we have already mentioned it in the previous post, we want to make absolutely sure that everyone is aware of the following:

Facebook will be removed as a log in method for Ingress and all related services like the Intel Map and the Mission creator.

If you are currently using Facebook as the only method to log in, you must link either a Google or an Apple account to your Ingress profile as soon as possible. If you don't, you will lose access to your account.

If you are unsure how to link another log in method, you can read through this Support article: https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/faq/418-linking-additional-login-providers-to-your-ingress-account-1600717969/

If you already have a Google or Apple account linked in addition to Facebook, we would still strongly suggest to test if you can log in without Facebook. Any problems need to be fixed before Facebook is removed, so double and triple check that your choosen method is working.

We will update you once Niantic announces when the removal will take place.

If you don't use Facebook to log in or are absolutely sure you have another method linked, you don't have to do anything.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/getting-ready-for-niantic-spatial

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Niantic has released an announcement on both the Ingress scanner and their Telegram channel mentioning reports of a decrease in Machina's activity and Portals returning slowly to neutrality.

At the moment no further info is available, but our Intel map screens are fired up and monitoring the situation!

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/921

@IUENG
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The Ingress Team has highlighted the provisional playboxes for the +Theta XM Anomalies in Manila, Philippines and Providence, RI, USA on May 17th 2025!

The playbox in Manila is roughly 1.6 by 1.0 kilometers wide. In the US, the playbox is about 1.6 kilometers by 800 meters.

If you are planning to participate in one of these events, make sure to sign up to your faction's websites in order to ensure a perfect strategical and logistical organization!

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­Manila, Philippines
πŸ”΅ willbe.blue
🟒 enl.rocks

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈProvidence, RI, USA
πŸ”΅ willbe.blue
🟒 enl.rocks

@IUENG
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The decrease in Machina's activity and diffusion has been proceeding at a steady rate in the previous 5 days.

Agents investigating the matter are speculating that in a few hours the population of Machina Portals will be at zero.
During this last period, Machina has visited many more portals but for less time, and its linking activity was much reduced due to the weakness of newly "infected" Portals.

In the image, you can see the current situation in a big city such as Milan, where the red links have been disappearing rapidly. You can also compare it with the situation on April 5th, in this post.
The latest message appeared on Niantic's Facebook page has teased a 'potential for rapid re-emergence', suggesting that the entity may re-appear stronger in the near future.

We will keep watching the Intel Map and the NIA's communication channels for more hints about this 'new phase' for Machina.

@IUENG
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Niantic has released the rules for the upcoming +Theta Anomaly Series, which will accompany us throughout Q2 2025!

Here are the main attention points for this series:
πŸ”ΈThe +Theta Anomaly Medal will be a 3-tiered one!
πŸ₯‡: 6,000 +Theta Tokens
πŸ₯ˆ: 4,000 +Theta Tokens
πŸ₯‰: 2,000 +Theta Tokens

πŸ”Έ+Theta Tokens can be obtained through Daily Bounties, the Global Campaign, +Theta Skirmishes and a special Anomaly Campaign! An additional campaign will grant rewards throughout Q2 2025 as Agents obtain +Theta Tokens.

πŸ”Έ+Theta Skirmishes will take place in EMEA on May 24th, in AMER on May 31st and in APAC on June 7th, with similar rules to the +Alpha seasons. Differences will be analyzed in a separate post.

πŸ”ΈGlobal Shards return! Shard Singulars are a new challenge that will take place during the Series with 16 Shards spawning around the world which will score points when they jump on links! Details to be examined in a separate post.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2025-plustheta

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Machina has lost all its Portals (for now)!

The Now tab in Machinas profile is reporting 0 Portals Owned by our red friend, with about 1800 "Links Active" still shown likely due to a bug. From posts on Social Media by NISP it is clear that this is not the end of Machina and that it'll return soon, likely with new behavior.

Machina profile link: https://link.ingress.com/?link=https://intel.ingress.com/agent/__MACHINA__

@IUENG
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Niantic Spatial has shared more details about the upcoming split and its effects.

Next Tuesday, April 15th at 17:30 UTC, Campfire and the Niantic Profile will be disabled and removed from the game. In addition, new Portal Submission and edits will be paused together with the creation of new Missions and edits to them. This pause will persist until a new system is in place. This will likely be your last chance for a while to affect the game board via submissions, edits and missions!

Additionally, there will be a temporary disabling of creating, linking or unlinking accounts as well as a pause on distance tracking on Thursday, April 17th from 17:30 UTC to 23:30 UTC. During that timeframe you may also experience problems logging in with Apple, however Google should not be effected.

Finally, Facebook will be removed as a log in method starting with Ingress 2.165.1, the version after the next.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/getting-ready-for-niantic-spatial

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The NIA is detecting a "significant resurgence" of Machina activity!
Theories from the NIA predict that Machina will repopulate the Portal Network to the same levels as seen before.

This change comes shortly after the complete disappearance of Machina-controlled Portals from the network.
At this time, Machina still appears to control no portals, meaning that the resurgence of this entity should begin shortly.

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/928

@IUENG
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A new Wayfarer Challenge has been announced, including rewards for Ingress!

Even though new submissions and edits will be turned off today the newest Wayfarer Challenge will still involve reviewing from Agents in exchange for an OPR Live badge tick, and this time the challenge is global! It doesn't matter from where you review the Wayspots during the challenge timeframe for them to count, and you'll also have the opportunity to switch your home and bonus location as often as you'd like.

The Challenge will run from tomorrow, April 16th, 19:00 UTC to April 23rd, 19:00 UTC. The detailed reward structure and how much you'll need to review will be announced later.

Source: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/global-wayfarer-challenge-discussion/85397

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+Theta Anomaly Series Rules Summary

The rules for the upcoming +Theta Anomaly Series were published a few days ago.
We've taken the time to create a summary of the most important points for each of the events which will take place in Q2 2025.

You can find our rules summary on telegraph, at this link.

The guide is divided into small chapters:
πŸ”Έ+Theta Anomaly Medal, +Theta Tokens
πŸ”Έ+Theta Global Campaign
πŸ”ΈShard Singulars
πŸ”ΈPortal Immunity Instability
πŸ”Έ+Theta Skirmishes
πŸ”Έ+Theta Anomalies - Challenges and On-site Events
πŸ”ΈPremium Rewards Campaign and Store Medals

We hope this tool will be useful during this series! If you have any feedback on it, let us know!

@IUENG
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Among the many layoffs that involved many in the former Niantic team, we got news that Alex Stamm, Technical Designer for Ingress has also been let go from the company. He has been the creator (or discoverer?) of many features of the Ingress Scanner, including Overclock, the Dispatch feature and many more. He was also the presenter of Overclock and Lightship VPS at AWE 2023.

(He's been sneakily hiding in our discussion group for quite some time, thinking to be invisible to our powerful systems 😏)

We would like to extend to him our most heartfelt gratitude for his invaluable work for our beloved Scanner, and to all of his colleagues whose adventure in the Ingress Team is coming to an end.

Thank you for having made Ingress more than just a game! We wish you good luck on your next adventures, and hope to see you on the field!

@IUENG
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The +Theta Global Campaign has begun in the easternmost time zones of the world!

At 00:00 local time of April 19th, the Campaign will begin in your time zone as well and will run until May 11th, 23:59 local time.
Here is the list of tasks that are available for this challenge:
πŸ”ΈRecharge 100,000 XM
πŸ”ΈCapture 50 Portals
πŸ”ΈDeploy 200 Resonators
πŸ”ΈUpgrade 100 Resonators of other agents
πŸ”ΈDeploy 10 Portal Powerups (Fireworks, Beacons, Frackers)
πŸ”ΈUpload 2 Portal Scans
πŸ”ΈHack 80 Keys

1000 +Theta Tokens can be obtained by completing all 7 tasks, 100 Tokens per Bounty plus 300 Tokens when the assignment is completed. They can be repeated up to a maximum of three times.
200 Season Points will be distributed between Enlightened and Resistance based on the total number of Bounties claimed by their members!

The +Theta Season has officially kicked off!

IUENG's +Theta Guide
+Theta Global Challenge Rules (ingress.com)

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Ingress Updates [ENG]
The +Theta Global Campaign has begun in the easternmost time zones of the world! At 00:00 local time of April 19th, the Campaign will begin in your time zone as well and will run until May 11th, 23:59 local time. Here is the list of tasks that are available…
πŸ”• Update:

Thanks to the Ingress team we can now see the +Theta Tokens that you'll get as a reward for Bounties. We can therefore now confirm that each Bounty awards you with 100 Tokens as well as an additional 300 Tokens after at least 5 Bounties are completed and the Assignment is claimed.

Haven't done your Daily Bounties yet? The rewards for them have been changed to the +Theta Tokens globally, replacing the usual item rewards. If it's still Friday for you that means you can get a small head start of 60 Tokens if you manage to complete every Daily Bounty today.

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The +Theta Rewards Campaign was also enabled in-game!

This campaign will reward Agents with some in-game items based on how many +Theta Tokens they collect during the series!

Here are the rewards for this Campaign:
πŸ”Έ 100 +Theta Tokens - 4x C Multi Hack
πŸ”Έ 200 +Theta Tokens - 3x R Heat Sink
πŸ”Έ 300 +Theta Tokens - 1x SBUL
πŸ”Έ 500 +Theta Tokens - 1x Kinetic Capsule
πŸ”Έ 800 +Theta Tokens - 1x JARVIS Virus + 1x ADA Refactor
πŸ”Έ 1300 +Theta Tokens - 1x Apex
πŸ”Έ 2100 +Theta Tokens - 4x Kinetic Capsule
πŸ”Έ 3400 +Theta Tokens - 4x Portal Fracker
πŸ”Έ 5500 +Theta Tokens - 20x VR Multi Hack
πŸ”Έ 8900 +Theta Tokens - 30x VR Portal Shield
πŸ”Έ 14400 +Theta Tokens - 25x Aegis Shield

Additionally, the Campaign can be upgraded to the "premium" tier at the cost of 30.800 CMU, which unlocks the following extra rewards:
πŸ”Έ 100 +Theta Tokens - 1x Aegis Shield
πŸ”Έ 200 +Theta Tokens - 2x VR Portal Shield
πŸ”Έ 300 +Theta Tokens - 10x L8 Ultra Strike
πŸ”Έ 500 +Theta Tokens - 30x L8 XMP Burster
πŸ”Έ 800 +Theta Tokens - 1x JARVIS Virus + 1x ADA Refactor
πŸ”Έ 1300 +Theta Tokens - 10x Hypercube
πŸ”Έ 2100 +Theta Tokens - 4x Kinetic Capsule
πŸ”Έ 3400 +Theta Tokens - 80x L8 XMP Burster
πŸ”Έ 5500 +Theta Tokens - 100x L8 Resonator
πŸ”Έ 8900 +Theta Tokens - 30x VR Portal Shield
πŸ”Έ 14400 +Theta Tokens - 25x Aegis Shield

Agents are currently sharing screeshots of the Rewards Campaign in our Discussion Group!

@IUENG
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