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

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:
🔸+Theta Anomaly Medal, +Theta Tokens
🔸+Theta Global Campaign
🔸Shard Singulars
🔸Portal Immunity Instability
🔸+Theta Skirmishes
🔸+Theta Anomalies - Challenges and On-site Events
🔸Premium 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

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

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:
🔸Recharge 100,000 XM
🔸Capture 50 Portals
🔸Deploy 200 Resonators
🔸Upgrade 100 Resonators of other agents
🔸Deploy 10 Portal Powerups (Fireworks, Beacons, Frackers)
🔸Upload 2 Portal Scans
🔸Hack 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)

@IUENG

🔕 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.

@IUENG

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:
🔸 100 +Theta Tokens - 4x C Multi Hack
🔸 200 +Theta Tokens - 3x R Heat Sink
🔸 300 +Theta Tokens - 1x SBUL
🔸 500 +Theta Tokens - 1x Kinetic Capsule
🔸 800 +Theta Tokens - 1x JARVIS Virus + 1x ADA Refactor
🔸 1300 +Theta Tokens - 1x Apex
🔸 2100 +Theta Tokens - 4x Kinetic Capsule
🔸 3400 +Theta Tokens - 4x Portal Fracker
🔸 5500 +Theta Tokens - 20x VR Multi Hack
🔸 8900 +Theta Tokens - 30x VR Portal Shield
🔸 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:
🔸 100 +Theta Tokens - 1x Aegis Shield
🔸 200 +Theta Tokens - 2x VR Portal Shield
🔸 300 +Theta Tokens - 10x L8 Ultra Strike
🔸 500 +Theta Tokens - 30x L8 XMP Burster
🔸 800 +Theta Tokens - 1x JARVIS Virus + 1x ADA Refactor
🔸 1300 +Theta Tokens - 10x Hypercube
🔸 2100 +Theta Tokens - 4x Kinetic Capsule
🔸 3400 +Theta Tokens - 80x L8 XMP Burster
🔸 5500 +Theta Tokens - 100x L8 Resonator
🔸 8900 +Theta Tokens - 30x VR Portal Shield
🔸 14400 +Theta Tokens - 25x Aegis Shield

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

@IUENG

As previously announced by the NIA, Machina appears to be making it's resurgence!

Agents have already tried interacting with the newly infected Machina Portals and found that no relevant difference is immediately observable, but we are monitoring the situation and will advise if anything new surfaces.

@IUENG

Editor's Note: The following represents views expressed by community members and doesn't necessarily reflect the position of everyone in the editorial staff of IUENG. However, these concerns appear to resonate with a significant portion of the Ingress player base.

Part of the Ingress Community voices concerns about the recent Anomaly Badge changes

A Reddit post published a few days ago by community members sRamsli and Dremosdur, in representation of part of the Ingress Community, highlights concerns about Niantic Spatial's changes to the Ingress anomaly badge system. The key issues they highlighted include:

- The removal of recharge rooms from anomaly badge qualification
- The new point-based system allowing badge earning through daily activities rather than actual anomaly participation
- Lack of communication and community consultation before implementing these changes
- Insufficient community representation following the departure of key community managers.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/1jzzxaj/feedback_niantic_spatial_the_new_anomaly_badge

@IUENG

Niantic's Tintino announced an early stop to the current Wayfarer Challenge!

Due to the Wayfarer Community's effort, the backlog queue has reduced significantly, causing many locations around the world to exhaust nominations and edits to review, which, in turn, were the cause of errors and slowness to Wayfarers.

Due to this, the end of the challenge has been pulled back to April 22nd, 2025 @ 5:00 PM PDT, in less than 2.5 hours.

To compensate for this, the individual rewards have been tuned and now, for example, the tick on the OPR Live medal can be obtained with 400 reviews instead of 500.

All details are available at the original source: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/thats-a-wrap-the-global-wayfarer-review-challenge-is-ending-ahead-of-schedule/88861

@IUENG

Niantic has released Update 2.165.1 into the App Stores.

With this update, the team is preparing to move from Niantic to Niantic Spatial, which also includes the removal of Facebook as a login method.

If you haven't yet linked a Google or Apple account as a login method, do not update Ingress and link one now. This is your last chance to do so, if you keep your Ingress account linked to Facebook only you are at risk of losing your account permanently. We once again invite you to check if your Google and Apple account actually work when trying to log in. If you're unsure how to link another login method, you can read through this post: https://t.me/IUENG/7086

If you already have linked either Google or Apple as a login method and you're confident that you can log in via these methods then you are good to go and can update.

@IUENG

On the hunt for Ingress contributions - Who still has them?

Some Wayfarer Ambassadors have noticed that their contributions from Ingress which were submitted before the cutoff a while back did not yet get decided on, even despite the challenge.

Do you still have something open that you submitted through Ingress? Is your submission stuck in NIA voting? Then let your nearest Wayfarer Ambassador such as @Kawin240 or @Tehstone know! Don't take too long though, as no one really knows when the line will be drawn and the final Ingress sync will happen.

@IUENG

Niantic has ornamented the cities that will host a +Theta Skirmish in the EMEA Region on May 24th, 2025!

Shard Skirmishes
🇫🇮 Lahti, Finland
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
🇸🇪 Uppsala, Sweden
🇳🇴 Drammen, Norway
🇩🇰 Randers, Denmark
🇷🇸 Belgrade, Serbia
🇫🇷 Orléans, France
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow, Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff, Wales
🇵🇹 Braga, Portugal

Beacon Skirmishes
🇪🇪 Tartu, Estonia
🇵🇱 Lublin, Poland
🇪🇸 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

In the remaining two regions, AMER and APAC, 32 Shard Singulars will spawn on the same day. Locations will be revealed on May 21st.

A summary of the rules for Skirmishes and Shard Singulars is available at this link!

More info: https://ingress.com/news/2025-plustheta-skirmishsites

@IUENG

🍄 Blue and Green Mushroom Field Art in Warsaw!

Agents from both Factions in Warsaw joined forces once again to create yet another masterpiece composed of Links and Fields!

The art piece depicts a mushroom, and the inspiration for this design comes from Pikmin Bloom, which some of the Agents who were involved in the operation are fans of.

Many thanks to these Agents for sharing their efforts with us! Congratulations on another wonderful work of art!

🟢 Angiemangie, akapitow
🔵 beithie, rum505, Bulaka85, Antynick, boRedPandaa

@IUENG

Niantic has ornamented the cities that will host a +Theta Skirmish in the AMER Region on May 31st, 2025!

Shard Skirmishes
🇧🇷Brasilia, Brazil
🇧🇴Santa Cruz, Bolivia
🇨🇦Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
🇨🇱Concepción, Chile
🇨🇴Medellin, Colombia
🇬🇹Guatemala City, Guatemala
🇲🇽Mexico City, Mexico
🇵🇪Chiclayo, Peru
🇵🇪Arequipa, Peru
🇺🇸Tempe, AZ, USA
🇺🇸Gainesville, FL, USA
🇺🇸Minneapolis, MN, USA
🇺🇸Spokane, WA, USA

In the remaining two regions, EMEA and APAC, 32 Shard Singulars will spawn on the same day. Locations will be revealed on May 28th.

A summary of the rules for Skirmishes and Shard Singulars is available at this link!

More info: https://ingress.com/news/2025-plustheta-skirmishsites

@IUENG

Ingress Mission Day, First Saturday and Second Sunday
🇺🇸 Augusta, GA, USA - June 7th and 8th, 2025

Agents! The Ingress Community in the state of Georgia is thrilled to invite you to Augusta for an unforgettable Ingress Weekend on June 7th and 8th!
As you navigate the historic streets of Georgia's second-oldest city, the scenic Savannah River will create a stunning backdrop for your missions as it flows through the heart of the city.
Downtown's historic Broad Street is the meeting point between centuries-old architecture and modern art and culture.

This city hosts the first family home of the Godfather of soul music, James Brown! Join the groove with the local community on the iconic Riverwalk, or immerse yourself in Augusta’s arts scene by visiting the Morris Museum of Art and the Augusta Museum of History!

Whether Enlightened or Resistance, join the local Ingress Community for two days of Ingress Events! The city will host an Ingress First Saturday on the same day as the Mission Day. Additionally, the Ingress Second Sunday tasks can be completed on the following day!

Telegram Chat

POCs
🟢@concord192
🔵@MadAlyice

@IUENG

Several hours ago, Niantic lit the ornaments on the playboxes for the upcoming +Theta Anomalies in Chemnitz, Germany and Perth, Australia! The Events will be held on June 14th, 2025.

The playbox in Australia is roughly 1.5 by 1.2 km wide and counts 294 portals. The playbox in Germany is bigger at 2 by 2 km at its widest points and counts 533 portals.

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!

🇩🇪 Chemnitz, Germany
🔵 willbe.blue
🟢 enl.rocks

🇦🇺 Perth, Australia
🔵 willbe.blue
🟢 enl.rocks

+Theta Series Rules Summary

@IUENG

The remaining badges that will be available on the in-app store have been revealed on the Ingress Blog! In this picture you can see all the available medals.
Each of these will cost 30.800 CMU but will be available in different moments throughout the +Theta Series; in order from left to right, top to bottom:

1) +Theta Supporter
2) +Theta C.O.R.E Supporter - Exclusive to C.O.R.E. Subscribers
From May 30th at 1100 UTC to June 30th at 2359 UTC

3) Ben Jackland 2025
From April 18th at 1100 UTC to May 5th at 1100 UTC

4) ADA 2025 (RES)
5) ADA 2025 (Neutral)
6) Niantic Archive: ADA 2017
From May 16th at 1100 UTC to June 2nd at 1100 UTC

7) Roland Jarvis 2025 (ENL)
8) Roland Jarvis 2025 (Neutral)
9) Niantic Archive: Roland Jarvis 2018
From June 13th at 1100 UTC to June 30th at 2359 UTC

All medals will be available for purchase also from June 16th at 2359 UTC to June 30 at 2359 UTC

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

@IUENG

The +Theta Global Campaign has officially concluded!

The percentage distribution of Bounties completed by Agents of each Faction just prior to the end was
ENL 49.49% - 50.51% RES
resulting in a final score of
ENL 99 - 101 RES!

🔵 The first challenge of the +Theta Series ends with a slim margin in favour of the Resistance.

The next major event in this Series is the XM Anomaly in Manila, Philippines and Providence, RI, USA in the weekend of May 17th!

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

@IUENG

Niantic has ornamented the cities that will host a +Theta Skirmish in the APAC Region on June 7th, 2025!

Shard Skirmishes
🇦🇺 Adelaide, Australia
🇰🇷 Busan, Korea
🇯🇵 Asahikawa, Japan
🇯🇵 Morioka, Japan
🇯🇵 Matsuyama, Japan
🇯🇵 Kumamoto, Japan
🇹🇼 Hualien, Taiwan
🇹🇼 Taichung, Taiwan
🇮🇩 Malang, Indonesia
🇻🇳 Hanoi, Vietnam
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, India
🇮🇳 Malad, India

Beacon Skirmishes
🇯🇵 Utsunomiya, Japan

In the remaining two regions, EMEA and AMER, 32 Shard Singulars will spawn on the same day. Locations will be revealed on June 4th.

A summary of the rules for Skirmishes and Shard Singulars is available at this link!

More info: https://ingress.com/news/2025-plustheta-skirmishsites

@IUENG