Hi folks,

Over the course of the next two weeks, starting Jan 7 and ending Jan 17, the Ingress team will be working on updates to the Intel Map. This work will take place from 10:00am - 5:00pm PST on weekdays.

In the meantime, if you notice any unexpected or bug-like behavior apart from 502 server errors (which are the result of a known issue we're actively working on addressing), please reply on this thread with a description of what you're experiencing and details about what device and browser you're using to access Intel Map.

We'll be using this info to continue to improve the Intel Map and eliminate unforeseen issues in our updates.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!

For more details please refer to https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8270/upcoming-maintenance-on-intel-map/p1

Mission Days bring agents together to explore and discover new areas. We look forward to supporting more Mission Days, and have updated the Mission Day Guidelines for 2020 and are now open to applications:

Mission Day Guidelines: http://bit.ly/MissionDay2020Guideline 
2020 Application form: http://bit.ly/MissionDay2020Application 

What’s new:
• No in-app registration 
• No physical check-in
• No need for on-site venue
• Mission submission through application form
• Partnership recommended but not mandatory

If your city is hosting a Hexathlon or Anomaly, we will prioritize applications to support Mission Days for these cities. 

For more information, please see the update in the Ingress forum here: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8361/new-year-new-mission-day-process

We’d like to share confirmed details regarding the upcoming Perpetua Hexathlon on Saturday, February 29th.

You will have 30 minutes to hack the check-in portal to receive your instructions, followed by 90 minutes to complete six individual challenges. Agents who complete all six challenges will receive the Perpetua medal; those who complete the Hexathlon and place in the top 10% in their city for any challenge will also receive the Elite version of the Hexathlon medal. Additionally, any Agents who have earned an Elite Hexathlon medal from the previous Field Test event but do not reach Elite at the Perpetua Hexathlon, your scanner will maintain its Elite medal.

Registration through the in-app ticketing system will open next Thursday, January 16th 9AM PST. Registration will not be limited by site, meaning tickets will not run out.

All sites will be run in local time, using the following schedule:

• 2020-02-29 13:30: Check-in portal active
• 2020-02-29 14:00: Check-in portal inactive
• 2020-02-29 14:00: Hexathlon starts
• 2020-02-29 15:30: Hexathlon ends
• Afterwards: up to your local community!

Individual Challenges:

• Collect at least 6 Media Artifacts
• Make at least 36 successful portal hacks
• Deploy at least 30 Resonators
• Deploy at least 12 Mods
• Gain at least 30 Glyph Points
• Destroy at least 6 Resonators

We will continue to release information about this event as details are confirmed. We appreciate your patience and hope you are looking forward to these events!

For more info, please see the update in the Ingress forum here: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8367/perpetua-hexathlon-event-detail-updates

We are excited to announce that NL-1331X is looking forward to getting back on the road! We have prepared a form to better understand where the community would benefit from having an NL meetup event. The form can be accessed at http://bit.ly/IngressNL1331

Join the conversation on Ingress community forum at: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8547/nl-1331x-is-revved-up-for-2020/p1?new=1

Registration for Perpetua Hexathlon is now open.
Check-in portal and schedule for each cities can be found at https://www.ingress.com/events/

To register, open the Ingress app and access the Events page through the main menu button. Registration will close on February 29th at 1:30PM local time.

EDIT: If you have already registered for Perpetua, the confirmation email you receive will show the 'Event venue:' section is incomplete.
This should show you the event city you registered for and we are working to display the correct information.
Thank you for your patience.

UPDATE: The confirmation email issue has been resolved. It will now show as 'Event location:' followed by the name of the city you registered for.

Calling all artistic agents!
We are down to our last week of submission for the March-May Ingress First Saturday Art Competition. Submit your artwork by Friday, January 24th (11:59pm UTC) for a chance to have your artwork featured in the scanner at an upcoming First Saturday event!

Details regarding this competition can be found on the community forum at:
https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8051/ifs-artwork-competition-mar-may#latest

Thanks for celebrating Ingress First Saturday with us and we look forward to your submission!

We’ve made an update on Perpetua Hexathlon’s medal distribution.
Get the latest details at: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8725/perpetual-hexathlon-medal-distribution-update/p1?new=1

We're excited to share that GORUCK is looking forward to bringing Ruck the Box to Hexathlon cities on Sunday, March 1st!
In Ruck the Box, as a team your challenge is to complete at least 10km of walking with 10-20 lbs (4.5kg-9kg) of weight in your backpack within 3 hours of a predetermined time.

Teams who successfully accomplish the challenge will receive a Ruck the Box patch, with an exclusive patch to the team that put in the most distance. There is no in-app medal for this event.

Add an extra challenge to your Mission Day with Ruck the Box!
More details regarding the event, pricing, and registration will be announced by GORUCK.

ICYMI: GORUCK has opened up the request form for Ruck the Box at Hexathlon cities.

You can access their form at https://forms.gle/pD8VsdcT4z1ME2nn6 which also contains additional information about the event.

Note that Ruck the Box is organized and ran by GORUCK; for any questions regarding the event please contact the GORUCK representative directly.

The vintage Akira Tsukasa medal (originally released in 2016) will be available on the in-app Store for one week from Fri, Jan 31 19:00 UTC to Fri, Feb 7 19:00 UTC.

#Didact Field Challenge.
Start: 02.14.20 19:00 UTC.
End: 02.24.20 19:00 UTC.
More details incoming.

Starting Valentine's Day, Feb 14 at 19:00 UTC to Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC, a global challenge will be issued to all Ingress agents to defeat Nemesis associate, Didact. This month, there are two global challenge goal tiers:

* BASE: 5,500,000 control fields established
* STRETCH: 8,000,000 control fields established

During the global challenge window, the portal network will experience a temporary fluctuation in the following drop rates:

* 2X drop rate of ADA Refactor
* 2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus

An access point exploit has also been detected in the Ingress scanner app. The origins of this AP exploit are unknown at this time, but it appears to be designed to counterbalance the focus on new fields created by agents:

* 2X AP for resonator destroyed
* 2X AP for link destroyed
* 2X AP for field destroyed

A Didact Field Challenge medal will be awarded to agents who accomplish the following milestones during the global challenge window:

* Bronze: 100 fields created
* Silver: 300 fields created
* Gold: 800 fields created

Agents can also track their progress via a Didact: Control Fields Created stat on their agent profiles.

Successfully defeating Didact by meeting either the BASE or STRETCH goals by Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC will result in the continuation of the following modifications:

* BASE: 2X drop rate of ADA Refactor; 2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus continues to Mar 2 at 19:00 UTC
* STRETCH: 2X drop rate of ADA Refactor; 2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus; 2X AP for resonator destroyed; 2X AP for link destroyed; 2X AP for field destroyed continues to Mar 2 at 19:00 UTC

Failure to defeat Didact will result in the temporary drop rate and AP exploit ending on Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC upon termination of the global challenge. Please note that failing to secure the global challenge will not affect Didact medal achievements already awarded to agents during the challenge window.

Lastly, please continue to share situation reports during the global challenge window with the #Didact hashtag, and we will reshare agent SITREPs from @Ingress social channels. Status updates with progress towards the global challenge BASE and STRETCH goals will be posted daily in the community forum starting Mon, Feb 17.

Good luck, agents. We are all counting on you.

https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9174/didact-field-challenge-feb-14-24-2020

We're aware of the temporary server issues and working to resolve them. Thank you for your patience.

This issue should now be resolved. If you're still experiencing server issues, please let us know in the community forums at https://community.ingress.com/en

#Didact SITREP: Field creation (and destruction) has surged in the first 48 hours of the Didact global challenge, with agents taking advantage of this first weekend to establish an aggressive start.

Read more at https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps

#Didact SITREP 17-FEB: A trendline has emerged based on the first 72 hours of agent stats, and agents are expected to defeat Didact and exceed the BASE target of 5.5M control fields on or around 19-FEB.

Read more at https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps

We’re excited to announce the winners of the Ingress First Saturday Artwork Competition for the upcoming months of March, April, and May.

The agents you'll be seeing artwork from in the next few months are:

March: illtacco from Perugia, Italy
April: ZZH621 from Qingdao, China
May: puppyzwolle from Nijverdal, Netherlands

Each artwork will not be revealed until its First Saturday, so we encourage you all to find an event near you (https://www.ingress.com/events/) in order to see it and get it in your scanner.