With the Ingress 3.1.2 update that was released in the middle of December Agents on Android have reported that the Portal Nomination flow is broken. Specifically, once you have entered the Portal Title and press OK, the title automatically clears up and doesn't save and it is impossible to even start typing the Portal Description, breaking the Nomination flow.
A workaround until this is fixed is to use the "Enter" button on your phones keyboard instead of the OK button that most people normally press. This saves the Portal Title as expected and you can continue with the Nomination flow as normal to submit your Portal.
This does not seem to work for everyone and might depend on the keyboard you use. If you have issues with this workaround, try installing a different Keyboard from Google Play such as SwiftKey.
This post is a copy of a recent @IUENG_Extra post, but as quite a few Agents have asked about this issue in our discussion group we feel like it is worth it to post on the main channel as well. If you have seen this post already, apologies about the ping!
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We are also aware of a submission issue on iOS where sometimes the description is accidently copied into the title, overwriting it. Before submitting your nomination, double check that everything looks fine and check your submission email once it arrives. If there is an issue you will still be able to fix it in OPR if you have access.
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A workaround until this is fixed is to use the "Enter" button on your phones keyboard instead of the OK button that most people normally press. This saves the Portal Title as expected and you can continue with the Nomination flow as normal to submit your Portal.
This does not seem to work for everyone and might depend on the keyboard you use. If you have issues with this workaround, try installing a different Keyboard from Google Play such as SwiftKey.
This post is a copy of a recent @IUENG_Extra post, but as quite a few Agents have asked about this issue in our discussion group we feel like it is worth it to post on the main channel as well. If you have seen this post already, apologies about the ping!
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We are also aware of a submission issue on iOS where sometimes the description is accidently copied into the title, overwriting it. Before submitting your nomination, double check that everything looks fine and check your submission email once it arrives. If there is an issue you will still be able to fix it in OPR if you have access.
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Niantic Spatial has released an Incident Report for the network failure last week during which players were not able to log into the Ingress app for several hours. This report, while written in an "in-universe" style, does seem to be an honest post mortem about the blackout. From the document, we can glean the following:
The root cause of the nine-hour outage was a failed automated renewal of an SSL Certificate. The failure occurred because the renewal script still contained hardcoded references to "NianticLabs." In real-world terms, this points to a conflict arising from the game's recent corporate transition: while the game has been spun out to the new "Niantic Spatial," the legacy code still pointed towards the old "Niantic Labs" entity, causing the automated system to reject the update due to the naming mismatch.
The restoration took nearly nine hours because the monitoring systems failed to immediately recognize the severity of the issue. Since active players were not kicked out immediately but only lost access once their sessions naturally timed out, the traffic volume decayed gradually rather than dropping sharply. The automated sensors misinterpreted this as a natural decline in player activity rather than a systemic crash. Compounding this issue was human error; duty officers observed anomalous data early in the event but dismissed it, mistaking the signal for a known, non-critical glitch that was already in the queue.
To prevent a recurrence, Niantic Spatial has implemented several new remediation protocols. These include dedicated alerts specifically for SSL expirations that bypass general traffic sensors, as well as tuned diagnostics capable of detecting "slow decay" connectivity patterns. Furthermore, internal communication protocols have been overhauled to require strict confirmation on alerts, ensuring that staff can no longer dismiss major system anomalies as minor, pre-existing glitches.
(Note that the spelling mistakes in the document are very likely intentional ;) )
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/ingress.com/post/3mbs3ajzylc2m
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The root cause of the nine-hour outage was a failed automated renewal of an SSL Certificate. The failure occurred because the renewal script still contained hardcoded references to "NianticLabs." In real-world terms, this points to a conflict arising from the game's recent corporate transition: while the game has been spun out to the new "Niantic Spatial," the legacy code still pointed towards the old "Niantic Labs" entity, causing the automated system to reject the update due to the naming mismatch.
The restoration took nearly nine hours because the monitoring systems failed to immediately recognize the severity of the issue. Since active players were not kicked out immediately but only lost access once their sessions naturally timed out, the traffic volume decayed gradually rather than dropping sharply. The automated sensors misinterpreted this as a natural decline in player activity rather than a systemic crash. Compounding this issue was human error; duty officers observed anomalous data early in the event but dismissed it, mistaking the signal for a known, non-critical glitch that was already in the queue.
To prevent a recurrence, Niantic Spatial has implemented several new remediation protocols. These include dedicated alerts specifically for SSL expirations that bypass general traffic sensors, as well as tuned diagnostics capable of detecting "slow decay" connectivity patterns. Furthermore, internal communication protocols have been overhauled to require strict confirmation on alerts, ensuring that staff can no longer dismiss major system anomalies as minor, pre-existing glitches.
(Note that the spelling mistakes in the document are very likely intentional ;) )
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/ingress.com/post/3mbs3ajzylc2m
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Niantic updated the news article regarding the +Gamma Season Overview to include the design of the +Gamma Season Medal!
As a reminder, this medal is one of the three you will be able to obtain by attending different events during this season. Specifically, the three tiers of this medals can be unlocked by obtaining +Gamma Tokens:
🔸 500 +Gamma Tokens
🔸 3000 +Gamma Tokens
🔸 7500 +Gamma Tokens
If you need a reminder what you need to do to earn Tokens, you can read our earlier post: https://t.me/IUENG/7269
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As a reminder, this medal is one of the three you will be able to obtain by attending different events during this season. Specifically, the three tiers of this medals can be unlocked by obtaining +Gamma Tokens:
If you need a reminder what you need to do to earn Tokens, you can read our earlier post: https://t.me/IUENG/7269
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So... Someone actually did the math on recursing multiple times in a day
You know how in the Ingress Community we joke about speedrunning recursion? Well, Agent @Gordog went and actually figured out that it's theoretically possible to recurse three times in a single day!
They attempted a different technique to accomplish their feat by throwing links from the inside out of a group of Portals instead of using the classic spine method.
Now here's where it gets wild: with Very Rare Battle Beacons and the right setup, each cycle netted Gordon ~669k AP, which would allow them to complete all 16 Access Levels and wait out the recursion timer in just 15 hours.
But remember when Niantic announced the New Year event doubling the effect of Apex boosts and overlapping with the First Saturday effectively making the bonus 8x AP? That makes reaching L16 and recursing three times in one day mathematically possible. 6am prep and first recurse, 15 beacons, wait out the timer, recurse, another 15 beacons, recurse again before midnight, each Recursion taking roughly 7.5 hours!
Unfortunately, Gordon hit some technical snags and wasn't able to complete the challenge, recursing only twice. Could this be an inspiration source for someone willing to accomplish the impossible at the next possible 8x AP window?
The required inventory for their specific setup was bonkers:
- 30 battle beacons
- 15 APEX boosts
- 300 SoftBank Ultra Links
- 1200 L1 resonators
- 3600 pre-farmed keys (150 of each portals)
- 15 portals to rotate through (because of BB's victory emblem cooldown)
Full writeup with all the field diagrams and AP breakdowns are available on Agent Gordog's blog: https://gordonludlow.com/recurse-twice-in-one-day/
Reddit source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/1q42ca9/i_recursed_twice_yesterday/
Update: It has come to our attention that Agent @Tomxie managed to complete the three recursions in a single day! Check the comments of this post!
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You know how in the Ingress Community we joke about speedrunning recursion? Well, Agent @Gordog went and actually figured out that it's theoretically possible to recurse three times in a single day!
They attempted a different technique to accomplish their feat by throwing links from the inside out of a group of Portals instead of using the classic spine method.
Now here's where it gets wild: with Very Rare Battle Beacons and the right setup, each cycle netted Gordon ~669k AP, which would allow them to complete all 16 Access Levels and wait out the recursion timer in just 15 hours.
But remember when Niantic announced the New Year event doubling the effect of Apex boosts and overlapping with the First Saturday effectively making the bonus 8x AP? That makes reaching L16 and recursing three times in one day mathematically possible. 6am prep and first recurse, 15 beacons, wait out the timer, recurse, another 15 beacons, recurse again before midnight, each Recursion taking roughly 7.5 hours!
Unfortunately, Gordon hit some technical snags and wasn't able to complete the challenge, recursing only twice. Could this be an inspiration source for someone willing to accomplish the impossible at the next possible 8x AP window?
The required inventory for their specific setup was bonkers:
- 30 battle beacons
- 15 APEX boosts
- 300 SoftBank Ultra Links
- 1200 L1 resonators
- 3600 pre-farmed keys (150 of each portals)
- 15 portals to rotate through (because of BB's victory emblem cooldown)
Full writeup with all the field diagrams and AP breakdowns are available on Agent Gordog's blog: https://gordonludlow.com/recurse-twice-in-one-day/
Reddit source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/1q42ca9/i_recursed_twice_yesterday/
Update: It has come to our attention that Agent @Tomxie managed to complete the three recursions in a single day! Check the comments of this post!
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Recursion is Ingress’s prestige mechanic. On an agent’s first trip to level 16, they must unlock badges and earn AP (action points / access points / agent points). After recursing to le…
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The team has revealed more information about the Virtual NL New Year Tour 2026!
Starting now you can rally your local community and post a picture of your Agents alongside a recognizable Portal, as well as a direct link to that Portal (for example https://link.ingress.com/portal/e64e4c42a60842b0803d188c8575d2cb.11). You can post these pictures on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, or the Ingress subreddit using the hashtags #Ingress and #NL1331. Locations where NL-1331 Portals will appear are chosen by "where the community’s signal is strongest."
Agents who locate and hack an NL-1331 Portal during the event should note that these hacks will NOT increase progress on the NL-1331 Meetups medal. However, a small surprise may be included in the hack output. The team also reminds that the locations where the Portals appear might also host a Shard for the upcoming "Shard Investigation" Event on February 8th.
In addition to these local NL-1331 Portals, there are also globally available bonuses:
🔸2X AP will be awarded for all actions.
🔸Up to 26 Kinetic Capsule Programs may be active simultaneously.
🔸Drone’s-Eye View will be unlocked for all Agents, regardless of C.O.R.E. subscription status.
🔸2 Virtual NL-1331 Campaigns will be available globally via the Dispatch interface
---> Both Campaigns will be available for claim/purchase until 2 February at 17:00 UTC, with completion deadline at 9 February at 17:00 UTC.
---> Agents who complete the Premium Campaign will earn a brand-new
The event runs from 23 January at 17:00 UTC to 2 February at 17:00 UTC.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-virtualnl1331
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Starting now you can rally your local community and post a picture of your Agents alongside a recognizable Portal, as well as a direct link to that Portal (for example https://link.ingress.com/portal/e64e4c42a60842b0803d188c8575d2cb.11). You can post these pictures on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, or the Ingress subreddit using the hashtags #Ingress and #NL1331. Locations where NL-1331 Portals will appear are chosen by "where the community’s signal is strongest."
Agents who locate and hack an NL-1331 Portal during the event should note that these hacks will NOT increase progress on the NL-1331 Meetups medal. However, a small surprise may be included in the hack output. The team also reminds that the locations where the Portals appear might also host a Shard for the upcoming "Shard Investigation" Event on February 8th.
In addition to these local NL-1331 Portals, there are also globally available bonuses:
🔸2X AP will be awarded for all actions.
🔸Up to 26 Kinetic Capsule Programs may be active simultaneously.
🔸Drone’s-Eye View will be unlocked for all Agents, regardless of C.O.R.E. subscription status.
🔸2 Virtual NL-1331 Campaigns will be available globally via the Dispatch interface
---> Both Campaigns will be available for claim/purchase until 2 February at 17:00 UTC, with completion deadline at 9 February at 17:00 UTC.
---> Agents who complete the Premium Campaign will earn a brand-new
Virtual NL-1331 2026 medal commemorating the tour.The event runs from 23 January at 17:00 UTC to 2 February at 17:00 UTC.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-virtualnl1331
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Last Night, the Ingress team updated the +Gamma Series Overview blog post to include information about the Badges which will be available for purchase during the Series' timeframe.
The image shows the two Supporter Medals created for +Gamma and the left one will be exclusive to C.O.R.E subscribers.
Niantic also announced that Badges of P.A Chapeau, Yuen Ni, and Tycho medals with an updated 2026 design (which has not been disclosed yet) will be available for purchase.
No information about pricing or the presence of items bundled with these medals has been published as of yet.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma
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The image shows the two Supporter Medals created for +Gamma and the left one will be exclusive to C.O.R.E subscribers.
Niantic also announced that Badges of P.A Chapeau, Yuen Ni, and Tycho medals with an updated 2026 design (which has not been disclosed yet) will be available for purchase.
No information about pricing or the presence of items bundled with these medals has been published as of yet.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma
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Niantic also updated the blog post regarding the Virtual NL-1331 tour specifying that the Shard Investigation Event, involving the same locations where NL-1331 will stop, is not connected to the +Gamma Series Scoring and no +Gamma Tokens will be awarded to participants.
Could this be an actual infrastructure test for Shard-related mechanics? Or just a fun way for Agents to interact with Shards without the pressure of the Anomaly Series Score?
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-virtualnl1331
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Could this be an actual infrastructure test for Shard-related mechanics? Or just a fun way for Agents to interact with Shards without the pressure of the Anomaly Series Score?
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-virtualnl1331
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🇩🇪 Ingress Mission Day Lite Worlitz, Germany - March 22nd 2026 💚💙
Agents, the German town of Worlitz awaits you for their Ingress Mission Day Lite at Wörlitz Park! At least six missions will take you right through one of the most important landscape parks in Europe. Wide visual axes, islands, temples, bridges, and historic architecture turn every route into a true experience.
🌸 The weekend is all about spring
On Saturday, the large Spring Awakening takes place. On Sunday, you can complete missions at a relaxed pace, avoiding the crowds of the previous day.
🚂 Special Railway services exclusively for agents are planned between Dessau and Wörlitz, so the whole journey will be part of the event!
🗺 The location is easy to reach by car, train, or via the Elbe Cycle Route.
👣 Organizers advise to plan plan around 1–2 hours for the visit if the whole park
❗️ Swag is in the works,
BioCards and a pin are planned. Join the chats for more info!
This promises to be a truly unique event immersed in nature and celebrating the coming of spring! 🌻
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Agents, the German town of Worlitz awaits you for their Ingress Mission Day Lite at Wörlitz Park! At least six missions will take you right through one of the most important landscape parks in Europe. Wide visual axes, islands, temples, bridges, and historic architecture turn every route into a true experience.
🌸 The weekend is all about spring
On Saturday, the large Spring Awakening takes place. On Sunday, you can complete missions at a relaxed pace, avoiding the crowds of the previous day.
🚂 Special Railway services exclusively for agents are planned between Dessau and Wörlitz, so the whole journey will be part of the event!
BioCards and a pin are planned. Join the chats for more info!
This promises to be a truly unique event immersed in nature and celebrating the coming of spring! 🌻
InfoChat
SocialChat
POCs
🟢 @dremosdur
🔵 @InvestigateXM
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The Ingress team has published the numbers of verified First Saturday participants in January and with them the first score update for the +Gamma Season!
Participants IFS January
ENL 1,754 - 1,712 RES
+Gamma Season points
ENL 175,4 - 171,2 RES
The Enlightened have slightly outnumbered the Resistance during the first IFS event of the season and have earned a small point lead! The next opportunity to earn your Faction valuable points is once again a First Saturday on February 7th, which you can find an event for near you here: ingressfs.com
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-results
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Participants IFS January
ENL 1,754 - 1,712 RES
+Gamma Season points
ENL 175,4 - 171,2 RES
The Enlightened have slightly outnumbered the Resistance during the first IFS event of the season and have earned a small point lead! The next opportunity to earn your Faction valuable points is once again a First Saturday on February 7th, which you can find an event for near you here: ingressfs.com
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-results
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45 NL-1331 Van Portals have appeared around the world! But this is only the first wave, keep posting your community pictures and a Portal Link with the hashtag #NL1331 on Social Media for a chance to be included in next waves!
11 of them are in the EMEA region, 16 in AMER and 18 in APAC.
You can find the full list of the NL-1331 Portals currently online on our Extra channel!
As a reminder, hacking these Portals will not increase your NL-1331 Meetups Badge score, but an additional Dispatch Campaign is included in the hack output! Portals will be online until February 2nd at 17:00 UTC.
Finally, both the free and the premium campaigns tied to this Event have been activated!
Free Campaign
- 7 Assignments
- 3 Bounties per Assignment, complete at least 2 to advance to the following Assignment
- Additional rewards: 6x L8 XMP, 7x Niantic Beacons, 3x Hypercubes, 1x Kinetic Capsule
Premium Campaign
- 1 Assignment
- 5 Bounties, complete at least 4 to complete the Campaign
- Virtual NL-1331 2026 Dispatch Challenge Medal awarded upon completion
- Additional rewards: 1x Apex, 20x Niantic Beacons, 1x Kinetic Capsule, 5x L8 Resonators
- 15.000 CMU
Additional Campaign from hacking an NL-1331 Portal
- 1 Assignment
- 2 Bounties, complete at least 1 to complete the Campaign
- Additional rewards: 3x Niantic Beacons
Both campaigns are available until February 2nd at 17:00 UTC.
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11 of them are in the EMEA region, 16 in AMER and 18 in APAC.
You can find the full list of the NL-1331 Portals currently online on our Extra channel!
As a reminder, hacking these Portals will not increase your NL-1331 Meetups Badge score, but an additional Dispatch Campaign is included in the hack output! Portals will be online until February 2nd at 17:00 UTC.
Finally, both the free and the premium campaigns tied to this Event have been activated!
Free Campaign
- 7 Assignments
- 3 Bounties per Assignment, complete at least 2 to advance to the following Assignment
- Additional rewards: 6x L8 XMP, 7x Niantic Beacons, 3x Hypercubes, 1x Kinetic Capsule
Premium Campaign
- 1 Assignment
- 5 Bounties, complete at least 4 to complete the Campaign
- Virtual NL-1331 2026 Dispatch Challenge Medal awarded upon completion
- Additional rewards: 1x Apex, 20x Niantic Beacons, 1x Kinetic Capsule, 5x L8 Resonators
- 15.000 CMU
Additional Campaign from hacking an NL-1331 Portal
- 1 Assignment
- 2 Bounties, complete at least 1 to complete the Campaign
- Additional rewards: 3x Niantic Beacons
Both campaigns are available until February 2nd at 17:00 UTC.
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Niantic released the official rules for the +Gamma Anomaly Series Events!
There are some slight changes compared to the previous series. Most notably:
🆕 Anomaly Uniques will be introduced in the new Anomaly Format. 40 Season Points will be distributed based on the average number of Anomaly Unique Hacks recorded per Agent per Faction. The top 10% and bottom 10% of Agents will be excluded.
➕ Each Anomaly site will be worth 300 points, distributed as follows:
- Battle Beacons: 100 Season Points
- Flash Shards: 100 Season Points
- Anomaly Bounty: 40 Season Points
- Anomaly Uniques: 40 Season Points
- Goruck Urban and Stealth Ops: 10 Season Points each
🕓 Battle Beacons will be deployed randomly in the Anomalous Zone, in the first five minutes of each 30-minutes wave.
🥇 An Onsite +Gamma Medal was previously announced for participants to an onsite Anomaly. This medal is obtained by completing all 5 Bounties of the Anomaly Campaign.
🗺 Speaking of Anomaly Campaign, it now counts only 5 Bounties, the first one ("Deploy a Resonator") awarding 3000 +Gamma Tokens. 2000 more +Gamma Tokens can be obtained by completing the bounty and the Campaign itself. the average number of Anomaly Bounties claimed per Agent is still the metric for scoring this challenge.
Everything else, including Portal Immunity Instability and Portals in Recursive State, appears to have not been changed from the +Beta Series.
A detailed summary of Anomaly Rules will be published in the coming days! Stay tuned! 👀
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-anomalysites
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There are some slight changes compared to the previous series. Most notably:
- Battle Beacons: 100 Season Points
- Flash Shards: 100 Season Points
- Anomaly Bounty: 40 Season Points
- Anomaly Uniques: 40 Season Points
- Goruck Urban and Stealth Ops: 10 Season Points each
Everything else, including Portal Immunity Instability and Portals in Recursive State, appears to have not been changed from the +Beta Series.
A detailed summary of Anomaly Rules will be published in the coming days! Stay tuned! 👀
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-anomalysites
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A new feature is now available in the Scanner: the Bounty Pass!
A Bounty Pass can be purchased for CMU and gives you access to 4 additional daily Bounties for a number of days. At the moment, the following durations can be bought in the store:
- 1 Day Bounty Pass (1500 CMU)
- 3 Day Bounty Pass (3500 CMU)
- 7 Day Bounty Pass (7000 CMU)
Additionally, there is a one-time Free 1 Day Bounty Pass available in the store as additional compensation for the server outage late December. You can use this as a test to check if this is something for you! This free Pass is available until the completion of the Operation Polaris event. Note that the Pass ends at midnight, so don't get it if you don't have the time to complete the additional tasks!
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-bounty-pass
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A Bounty Pass can be purchased for CMU and gives you access to 4 additional daily Bounties for a number of days. At the moment, the following durations can be bought in the store:
- 1 Day Bounty Pass (1500 CMU)
- 3 Day Bounty Pass (3500 CMU)
- 7 Day Bounty Pass (7000 CMU)
Additionally, there is a one-time Free 1 Day Bounty Pass available in the store as additional compensation for the server outage late December. You can use this as a test to check if this is something for you! This free Pass is available until the completion of the Operation Polaris event. Note that the Pass ends at midnight, so don't get it if you don't have the time to complete the additional tasks!
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-bounty-pass
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Ingress Updates [ENG]
A new feature is now available in the Scanner: the Bounty Pass! A Bounty Pass can be purchased for CMU and gives you access to 4 additional daily Bounties for a number of days. At the moment, the following durations can be bought in the store: - 1 Day Bounty…
Update: The entire Bounty Pass feature is time limited at the moment! Once Operation Polaris ends, the Bounty Pass will be disabled and may be brought back in the future based on feedback from Agents.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/s/pMNAiwSPDq
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This morning, Niantic announced the designs of the new P.A. Chapeau 2026 Badges, in the regular and C.O.R.E. Subscriber versions! Alongside them, the OG P.A. Chapeau Medal has been re-released from the archives!
Each of these badges is available for purchase in the in-game store for 30.800 CMU, accompanied by a side of 5x Very Rare Portal Shields (or 5x Aegis Shields with the C.O.R.E. variant).
https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma#iap
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Each of these badges is available for purchase in the in-game store for 30.800 CMU, accompanied by a side of 5x Very Rare Portal Shields (or 5x Aegis Shields with the C.O.R.E. variant).
https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma#iap
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Niantic highlighted the Portals which will be part of the playboxes in the upcoming +Gamma Anomalies of February 28th!
In Lisbon, Portugal, the portal count is 568, in a square measuring roughly 1.8km per side. In Charlotte, NC, USA, we can see 320 portals in an area of roughly 1.7km x 1.5km.
As a reminder, if you are planning on participating in one of these events, make sure to register with your faction to ensure the best organization and strategic planning!
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
🔸 Enlightened | 🔸 Resistance
🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC, USA
🔸 Enlightened | 🔸 Resistance
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In Lisbon, Portugal, the portal count is 568, in a square measuring roughly 1.8km per side. In Charlotte, NC, USA, we can see 320 portals in an area of roughly 1.7km x 1.5km.
As a reminder, if you are planning on participating in one of these events, make sure to register with your faction to ensure the best organization and strategic planning!
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC, USA
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Niantic announced all details for the upcoming Shard Investigation event! This event is indeed a test with new shard mechanics.
The event will take place in 9 locations globally on February 8th from 14:00 to 15:36 local time.
Investigative unit name - Location Chosen - Number of shards per wave
🇨🇳 F - Shenyang, China (ex-Fengtian) - 6
🇱🇰 G - Galle, Sri Lanka - 10
🇱🇻 J - Jelgava, Latvia - 5
🇨🇿 K - Karlovy Vary, Czechia - 7
🇲🇽 M - Mexico City, Mexico - 8
🇮🇩 P - Pare-Pare, Indonesia - 9
🇫🇷 R - Rouen, France - 7
🇨🇱 S - Santiago, Chile - 6
🇨🇦 T - Toronto, Canada - 4
🔸 At the start, multiple NL-1331 portals will spawn at each of these locations.
🔸During the 96 minutes of play, waves of shards will spawn on other portals nearby every 16 minutes, along with VR Battle Beacons on the NL-1331 Portals.
🔸Each Shard will attempt to jump from the origin Portal only once, 11 minutes after spawn.
🔸Score for these events is defined as CI (Containment Integrity), it can be obtained by scoring Battle Beacons checkpoints, or by making the Shards jump on Faction links.
🔸 Battle Beacon Checkpoints
We assume that the checkpoint score will be awarded as CI, however it was not explicitly stated in the article
🔸 Shard linking
Links of 499.5 meters or less: 5 CI
Links of 199.5 meters or less: 5 additional CI
Shard lands on NL-1331 Portal: 3 additional CI
As a reminder, this is a standalone Event! No Medals, NL-1331 Meetup medal ticks, +Gamma Tokens or Series Points will be awarded.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-q1-shardinvestigation
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The event will take place in 9 locations globally on February 8th from 14:00 to 15:36 local time.
Investigative unit name - Location Chosen - Number of shards per wave
🇨🇳 F - Shenyang, China (ex-Fengtian) - 6
🇱🇰 G - Galle, Sri Lanka - 10
🇱🇻 J - Jelgava, Latvia - 5
🇨🇿 K - Karlovy Vary, Czechia - 7
🇲🇽 M - Mexico City, Mexico - 8
🇮🇩 P - Pare-Pare, Indonesia - 9
🇫🇷 R - Rouen, France - 7
🇨🇱 S - Santiago, Chile - 6
🇨🇦 T - Toronto, Canada - 4
🔸During the 96 minutes of play, waves of shards will spawn on other portals nearby every 16 minutes, along with VR Battle Beacons on the NL-1331 Portals.
🔸Each Shard will attempt to jump from the origin Portal only once, 11 minutes after spawn.
🔸Score for these events is defined as CI (Containment Integrity), it can be obtained by scoring Battle Beacons checkpoints, or by making the Shards jump on Faction links.
We assume that the checkpoint score will be awarded as CI, however it was not explicitly stated in the article
Links of 499.5 meters or less: 5 CI
Links of 199.5 meters or less: 5 additional CI
Shard lands on NL-1331 Portal: 3 additional CI
As a reminder, this is a standalone Event! No Medals, NL-1331 Meetup medal ticks, +Gamma Tokens or Series Points will be awarded.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-q1-shardinvestigation
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Niantic announced a new Global Operation valuable for the +Gamma Season!
The event runs from February 13th @ 17:00 UTC to February 23rd 2026 @ 17:00 UTC and appears as a 3‑page Campaign in Dispatch. Each completed Assignment grants the next +Gamma Global Op medal tier and up to 7,000 total Tokens toward the +Gamma Season medal.
Agents will be able to gain +Gamma Link Points by performing the following actions:
🔸Deploying a Resonator: 2 Points
🔸Creating a Link: 4 Points
🔸Destroying a Resonator: 1 Point
🔸Destroying a Link: 2 Points
🔸Bonus Points for each Unique Portal which is origin/destination of a Link.
ADA/JARVIS flips, Battle Beacon destroys, and Machina destroys do not count towards destructions.
The details on bonus points are available in the source article, we will explain them in the following article.
+Gamma Global Op Medal Tiers
🔸 1,000 all‑time +Gamma Link Points
🔸 2,000 all‑time +Gamma Link Points
🔸 10,000 all‑time +Gamma Link Points
Finally, 1,000 Season Points are distributed between Factions in proportion to all +Gamma Link Points earned by their Agents, with official results published on the Ingress news site within a week after the Operation.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-globalop
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The event runs from February 13th @ 17:00 UTC to February 23rd 2026 @ 17:00 UTC and appears as a 3‑page Campaign in Dispatch. Each completed Assignment grants the next +Gamma Global Op medal tier and up to 7,000 total Tokens toward the +Gamma Season medal.
Agents will be able to gain +Gamma Link Points by performing the following actions:
🔸Deploying a Resonator: 2 Points
🔸Creating a Link: 4 Points
🔸Destroying a Resonator: 1 Point
🔸Destroying a Link: 2 Points
🔸Bonus Points for each Unique Portal which is origin/destination of a Link.
ADA/JARVIS flips, Battle Beacon destroys, and Machina destroys do not count towards destructions.
The details on bonus points are available in the source article, we will explain them in the following article.
+Gamma Global Op Medal Tiers
Finally, 1,000 Season Points are distributed between Factions in proportion to all +Gamma Link Points earned by their Agents, with official results published on the Ingress news site within a week after the Operation.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-globalop
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+Gamma Global Op: Bonus Link Points explained!
We get it, the explanation of the bonuses for this Global Op can be a bit daunting, so we'll try our best to summarize it a bit 😅
Agents can earn Bonus Points tied to the state of the origin and destination Portals when links are created.
- Up to 25 Bonus Points from each Unique Portal over the whole 10‑day Operation can be obtained. Once at 25, that Portal no longer gives further Bonuses.
- The reward depends only on that Portal’s current Level and number of unique Resonator owners (more unique owners and lower level yield more points; L1 with 8 owners gives the max 25).
- The calculated Bonus is then granted to all eligible unique Resonator owners on that Portal (plus the Portal Owner if they are not already among them), but simply being the Link creator does not itself grant Bonus.
- Origin and destination Portals are evaluated independently, and ADA/JARVIS resonators never count as owners for the calculation.
If you have questions, ask here in the comments! The community is ready to help 😊
UPDATE: The team has clarified that upgrading Resonators (both your own and others) will NOT count as a Resonator deployment and will therefore not award you any points for the +Gamma Global Challenge.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-globalop
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We get it, the explanation of the bonuses for this Global Op can be a bit daunting, so we'll try our best to summarize it a bit 😅
Agents can earn Bonus Points tied to the state of the origin and destination Portals when links are created.
- Up to 25 Bonus Points from each Unique Portal over the whole 10‑day Operation can be obtained. Once at 25, that Portal no longer gives further Bonuses.
- The reward depends only on that Portal’s current Level and number of unique Resonator owners (more unique owners and lower level yield more points; L1 with 8 owners gives the max 25).
- The calculated Bonus is then granted to all eligible unique Resonator owners on that Portal (plus the Portal Owner if they are not already among them), but simply being the Link creator does not itself grant Bonus.
- Origin and destination Portals are evaluated independently, and ADA/JARVIS resonators never count as owners for the calculation.
If you have questions, ask here in the comments! The community is ready to help 😊
UPDATE: The team has clarified that upgrading Resonators (both your own and others) will NOT count as a Resonator deployment and will therefore not award you any points for the +Gamma Global Challenge.
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma-globalop
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About a week ahead of the 5 year anniversary of the release C.O.R.E., the "Pentacore" medal is now rolling out to Agents that have subscribed for at least 60 months! To see if you are eligible for this badge, check your All-Time stats under "Subscription" and see if your "Months Subscribed" stat is at 60 or higher.
If you should be eligible but haven't received the badge yet, do give it a day or so to make sure the automated system pushing out the badge has time to go through all Agents. If you still haven't received your badge in 24 hours and are certain that you have subscribed for 60 months or more, then you can open a support ticket in the Scanner.
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If you should be eligible but haven't received the badge yet, do give it a day or so to make sure the automated system pushing out the badge has time to go through all Agents. If you still haven't received your badge in 24 hours and are certain that you have subscribed for 60 months or more, then you can open a support ticket in the Scanner.
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The Valentine’s Day 2026 event details have been revealed!
From 10 February 2026 (Tue) 17:00 UTC to 27 February 2026 (Fri) 17:00 UTC, two Dispatch Campaigns will be available in the Scanner:
Free Campaign: Valentine’s 2022 Redux
The Valentine's 2022 medal returns in a free Redux Campaign! If you didn't purchase the medal when it was available 4 years ago you will now be able to get it by completing this Campaign. If you already own the medal then you will earn Recursion Wings for it instead.
The Campaign Details are as follows:
Premium Campaign: Valentine’s 2026 (15,000 CMU)
A new Valentine’s 2026 Medal will be made available via a new Premium Campaign. For 15,000 CMU you will get access to a Campaign with a single Assignment of which you have to complete 4 out of 5 Bounties to earn the new Medal!
The Campaign Details are as follows:
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-valentines
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From 10 February 2026 (Tue) 17:00 UTC to 27 February 2026 (Fri) 17:00 UTC, two Dispatch Campaigns will be available in the Scanner:
Free Campaign: Valentine’s 2022 Redux
The Valentine's 2022 medal returns in a free Redux Campaign! If you didn't purchase the medal when it was available 4 years ago you will now be able to get it by completing this Campaign. If you already own the medal then you will earn Recursion Wings for it instead.
The Campaign Details are as follows:
For all Assignments: Complete 2 Bounties out of 3 to advance
Assignment 1/5
-Hack 15 times
-Deploy 24 Resonators
-Capture 4 Portals
Assignment 2/5
-Hack and obtain 10 Portal Keys
-Earn 60 Glyph Hack Points
-Create 12 Links
Assignment 3/5
-Capture 500 Mind Units
-Destroy 5 Opponent Links
-Create 10 Control Fields
Assignment 4/5
-Create 50 Links
-Deploy 100 Resonators
-Earn 80 Glyph Hack Points
Assignment 5/5
-Create 100 Links
-Capture 300 Mind Units
-Recharge 75000 XM
Premium Campaign: Valentine’s 2026 (15,000 CMU)
A new Valentine’s 2026 Medal will be made available via a new Premium Campaign. For 15,000 CMU you will get access to a Campaign with a single Assignment of which you have to complete 4 out of 5 Bounties to earn the new Medal!
The Campaign Details are as follows:
Assignment 1/1
Complete 4 out of 5 Bounties to complete the Campaign
-Create 20 Links
-Deploy 20 Mods
-Deploy 20 Resonators
-Capture 20 Portals
-Create 20 Fields
Source: https://ingress.com/news/2026-valentines
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