Niantic has officially announced the change!

Starting now, friendly hacks will earn 100AP and enemy hacks will earn 200AP!

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/465

Vid: @G0J09

@IUENG

The second Ingress Origins kit is now available for separate purchase! It's themed around the Hulong Transglobal Company and the researcher Victor Kureze. The following items are included in the kit:

🔸2 exclusive biocards with new in-game medals (Hulong and Victor Kureze)
🔸A character biocard with in-game medal (The Candidate)
🔸VR loadout
🔸Battle Beacon card
🔸Limited Edition Hulong Enamel Pin
🔸Exclusive Hulong patch
🔸Collectable Hulong stickers
🔸Foiled envelope

You can order the kit from Niantic Supply for $30 plus shipping.

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We are receiving reports that the NL-1331 portal and it's associated Portal Keys have vanished from the Portal Network. As using a direct link to the portal is not working either, we assume that the portal was deleted, likely on accident.

We'll keep you updated with new developments regarding the Research Vessel and any information Niantic may be releasing regarding it.

@IUENG

UPDATE: The Wayspot was removed from the Niantic Lightship database which caused the portal to disappear from Ingress. Niantic has just restored the Wayspot in Lightship, however due to Ingress only syncing to Lightship once per day, it may take a while before the portal reappears in the game. It is unknown if the keys will survive until then or if they will need to be reissued by Niantic.

@IUENG

NL-1331 is back! The portal has reappeared in Camp Navarro.

The portal keys have not yet returned to the inventories of Players involved, so it's plausible that Niantic could soon provide a passcode which can be redeemed to obtain new keys.

Upvotes on Portal photos have also been reset so that the iconic photo of the van backing into a street sign is no longer the main photo.

You can view the portal via this in-game link and upvote the photos you like.

@IUENG

While the Ingress Community was worried about the fate of the NL-1331 Portal, Thia reported that the Ingress team is aware of, and is working to resolve, the issue with the news items showing up every time the Scanner is restarted.

A workaround to prevent this from happening while a fix is pushed to the Scanners, is to visit the News feed and look at the first news items appearing there.

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/466

@IUENG

After moving the NL-1331 portal to New Zealand for the beginning of its oceanian tour, Niantic has released a passcode which can be redeemed by Agents (up to five times) to receive a key for the moving Portal!

The code is: DRIVERC4RRIESN0XM

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/470

@IUENG

Niantic Supply is now offering free international shipping to select countries on orders over $150. The countries include Japan and countries in the EU, but more countries might be included in the offer as well.

Note that you will still have to pay an import tax as specified by customs during checkout.

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IUENG is proud to introduce the first IUENG WrapUp! This series of articles will be posted at the end of a month to summarize what happened in and around the Ingress universe in the month prior. It'll also highlight SITREPs, events and more, both crossfaction and faction specific!

If you have something you would like to submit for our monthly WrapUp, head over to @IUENG_Submission_bot and send us your report! We'd also love to hear your feedback about the first WrapUp either in the comments or via the bot above.

IUENG WrapUp - April 2023: https://telegra.ph/IUENG-WrapUp---April-2023-05-01

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Niantic has released a new update, Version 2.115.4!

The Ingress team has not released their normal Release Notes, but Agents that have received the update report a new option in the settings regarding Adventure Sync. Players can now decide to enable or disable Adventure Sync for Trekking seperate from the main Adventure Sync feature.

At the moment, it is unknown what exactly the option does, but we assume that disabling this option means that Kinetic Capsules will still advance while the Scanner is closed, however the distance traveled will not be counted for the Trekker medal.

Did you receive the update and can confirm this? Have you noticed anything else? Let us know in the comments!

Ph.: @JiefSourd

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The First Saturday for May 2023 begins tomorrow, today or has already begun, depending on your timezone, and FevGames has posted an update on events that will be held on-site.

Since the on-site events were reintroduced, several portal frackers were activated at the base portal, depending on the number of participants, to allow agents to replenish their inventory after the end of the event. Starting tomorrow, these frackers will be eliminated and a Restock Portal will be activated instead. This Restock Portal can be hacked once for a large number of items. It will be activated 2 1/2 hours after the event start and can be hacked for 30 minutes.

For this month, there is an additional "special surprise" for the Restock Hack! If you're out and about, don't forget about the hack!

Events that are held online will continue unchanged.

Source: https://fevgames.net/may-2023-ingressfs-update/

@IUENG

Agent Ops is returning for Second Sunday! Each Second Sunday, you'll need to complete the Ops that are assigned to you to receive a tick for the medal.

While Agent Ops seems to be returning this Sunday already, Niantic has told us in the Q2 Event Schedule that this and next months Second Sunday still focus on completing 6 missions for the tick. However, starting with July, we can expect diffrent tasks to complete!

@IUENG

Update from Thia: nevermind! Agent Ops is not going to be deployed for this weekend. Thia is working on correcting the news feed in the scanner.

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/473

@IUENG

The Ingress Origin Kit #02 is arriving and Agents have noticed that "The Candidate" is awarding the ADA 2019 medal which was available in the past from the Scanner score and the NL-1331 birthday kits.

Agents are advised to pay close attention and check if they have already received the medal on their profile before redeeming the passcode of the "The Candidate" card. Redeeming the code while you already have the medal will waste the code and it cannot be redeemed again.

The design of the medal is visible in the bottom right of our picture.

Photos: @Khatre
More info: https://www.ingress-cards.com/badges/

@IUENG

This weekend is Echo Anomaly weekend! Just like last month the Store now offers various Loadout that can be bought for items. The following is included:

Echo Action Kit (15,000 CMU (11,99€), up to three times)
🔸135x L8 XMPs
🔸30x L8 Ultra Strikes
🔸50x L8 Resonators
🔸15x L7 Resonators
🔸10x L6 Resonators
🔸10x Hypercubes
🔸10x VR Shields

Echo Support Loadout (15,000 CMU (11,99€), one per Agent)
🔸1x ADA Refactor
🔸1x JARVIS Virus
🔸150x L8 Resonator
🔸50x Hypercube
🔸120x L8 Power Cube
🔸20x Aegis Shield
🔸150x VR Portal Shield

Echo Restock Pack (10,000 CMU (~7,99€ with closest CMU pack), up to five times)
🔸50x L8 XMP Burster
🔸10x L8 Ultra Strike
🔸50x L8 Resonator
🔸30x L8 Power Cube
🔸5x Aegis Shield
🔸5x Rare Portal Shield

In addition to these, there's also a special "Machina Prevention Pack" that contains 100x L1 Resonators and 1 SoftBank Ultra Link for 2,500 CMU (€2,49) and which can be bought five times.

@IUENG

Agent @Breenzy has compared the contents and prices of Anomaly kits between Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Echo Anomaly.

It appears as though the kits were slightly rebalanced, but we'll let you draw your own conclusions on the topic. Feel free to discuss with us in the comments and in our Discussion Group!

@IUENG

We have received reports that some Wayfarers received an email, this month, asking them to share feedback around abuse of Wayfarer

The questions include references to foul practices like Voting Rings & Purposely misplacing Wayspots.

If you were invited to answer please do so, as this involves the Ingress Community directly!
The survey closes on May 17th.

Discussion is ongoing at https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/42953/wayfarer-abuse-survey#latest

Thanks @PkmnTrainerJ for the report!

@IUENG

Niantic has added two new character badges to the in-app store!
The two chosen characters are Carrie Campbell and Enoch Dalby, and both arts follow the same AI-generated style of the latest medals added to the game.

Both of these are sold together with 10 Kinetic Capsules, for 30.800 CMU, about €23.

@IUENG

#Echo Anomaly - Brisbane, Australia

Beacon Battle
Raw Score
ENL 831 - 314 RES
Final Score
ENL 218 - 82 RES

Shard Battle
Raw Score
ENL 52 - 8 RES
Final Score
ENL 210 - 40 RES

Total Score
ENL 428 - 122 RES

🟢 The Enlightened capture the Echo Anomaly in Brisbane!

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

@IUENG

The #Echo Anomaly in Brighton, UK starts now!

The first wave of Battle Beacons should have spawned right about now, and the first four shards should appear shortly after, at 14:04 local.

It's time to move!

@IUENG