Next time I go out I will have a new onyx. This one is definitly a long trek to get.

Hey. How do I report a multi-account because for some time now there has been a player in my city who plays every day on a new account and trolls me

I was thinking about, what could be done about Machina portals, because they are simply too overwhelming and a lot of players left the game exclusively because of them; What do you guys think about it? I wonder if there's any possibility for asking nyantic to at least change its rules, to make it less overwhelming and bring back something from the old game, in which there was more interaction between the groups, instead of simply everybody always just fighting Machina portals. I mean, in my region, it was a lot of work to achieve some portals, but it's simply not possible to have back that interaction between the two groups, cause there is an absolutely overwhelming amount of Machina portals... Anyways, what do you guys think about this? Is there anything in motion to enhance back this aspect of the game? Am I the only one who thinks about maybe communicating nyantic that it is some kind of problem the the game at all, since that many players left the game becuse of this?

When you portal scan in a low data area, the scanner will get locked out when you hit the upload later button as for some reason it needs to have some data transfer complete.

It needs to have some offline type of secondary check (it does it's first check when you start the scan), or to remove the secondary check.

or to have a timeout on pressing the upload button, and if it doesn't complete then either fail or save for later.

at the moment it will hang the system unless you press the exit button (the other options being cancel, or upload both of which aren't useful)

#Erased Memories: Shard/Battle Beacon Skirmish

Date: 30 November 2024 16:00 Local times

Full Event Details

Event Details:

• Skirmish can be Shard based or Battle-Beacon based

• Shard Skirmish Details:

• 25 Shards will manifest in 5 waves

• Shards jump to different portals via links

• Each shard that moves >249.5 meters in 1 jump earns 0.5 points to the faction that created the link

• Portal immunity for ADA refactors and Jarvis viruses will experience instability globally: Details

• Battle Beacon Skirmish Details:

• 60 Battle Beacons will be deployed by NIASection14 in 3 waves

Personal Objectives:

• Interact with a NIASection14 deployed Battle Beacon at any of the selected cities to earn the Buried Memories Anomaly Medal
• Hack any portal where a Shard is present at any of the selected cities to earn the Erased Memories Anomaly Medal

Faction Objectives:

• Each city contributes up to 12.5 points towards the Season score, based on number of shards scored or Battle Beacons won

Erased Memories Anomaly Medal

Selected Cities:

Shard Skirmish

• Aarhus, Denmark Google Maps | Intel
• Białystok, Poland Google Maps | Intel
• Bremen, Germany Google Maps | Intel
• Bucharest, Romania Google Maps | Intel
• Caserta, Italy Google Maps | Intel
• Castellón de la Plana, Spain Google Maps | Intel
• Coimbra, Portugal Google Maps | Intel
• Cork, Ireland Google Maps | Intel
• Kecskemét, Hungary Google Maps | Intel
• Kristiansand, Norway Google Maps | Intel
• Málaga, Spain Google Maps | Intel
• Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Google Maps | Intel
• Oxford, United Kingdom Google Maps | Intel
• Rennes, France Google Maps | Intel
• Salzburg, Austria Google Maps | Intel
• Tampere, Finland Google Maps | Intel
• Västerås, Sweden Google Maps | Intel

Battle Beacon Skirmish

• Marseille, France Google Maps | Intel
• Plovdiv, Bulgaria Google Maps | Intel

Results: ENL 80.0 - 112.6 RES

I can’t get it to work at all. I try overclocking and it tells me the scan failed pretty quickly and when I retry it almost immediately gives me the same error message without even letting me try and scan.

Since I got core, I’m not sure what to spend my CMU on.

Thoughts on charging portals that you no longer have resonators on. I’ve got lots of keys to vacation portals that have been reclaimed by other players is it unfair to charge them, seeing how it’s not my active play area?

(A Taco Stand that has outstanding Birria Tacos)

So ultra strikes are good at nuking pineapple portals or at lower levels good at sneakily breaking mods.

What is the exact purpose of battle beacons?
Can someone explain it with details?

I don't want a one sentence answer, I really want to understand them and know what they can actually be used for. What are the benefits?

Do 20 L7 XMPs do more total damage than 43 L6s or is it just a matter of condensing your inventory as much as possible?

As of right now I only use the capsules for hypercubes since that seems like the only option that actually gives me a positive return on my investment

Hello everyone.

I was playing the game this morning just fine, doing drone hacks while at home connected to my wifi. After lunch, turned on mobile data, got outside, opened Ingress and bam! "Ingress required a secure login". What? Went inside, connected to the wifi, same error.
Already restarted phone, re-installed Ingress, dunno what more can I do. There was no system update or anything like that, just changed the way I was connected to the Internet.
Any ideas?

EDIT WITH SOLUTION: Contacted Niantic, no reply as expected.
After doing some testing I had a flash that there's another incompetent entity in all this: Google. Because my account is tied to my Google account, I went to Android settings, removed my account, opened Ingress, click on login with Google, logged in with my account and it worked instantly!!! I'm back on the game!!! So the problem in this case was something with the account login via Google that was having some issues. Note that clearing the data/cache from Google Play and Google Mobile Services didn't help. Also note that all other services that use my Google account were working. It was just Ingress that was having trouble, but I still blame Google Services on this one.

Lost my sojourner progress but at least I can play now.

My Sony Xperia1 vi just updated to Android 15 this AM and Ingress has stopped working. I've seen people with new Google pixel phones have had this issue. I get the splash screen but that's it. Tried clearing everything, uninstalled, reinstalled but nothing. Any suggestions? It's running stock android.

A couple dozen completely junk portals have popped up in my area in the last day or so. Lots of generic "playground" or "soccer goal" portals that are mostly in people's backyards and which use literally the same exact picture.

I reported some of them for being invalid/private residential but I've had lackluster results in the past when doing that. Usually I get a follow-up in a few days saying my report was rejected and they're staying in the game.

Is there a better method for getting rid of obviously bullshit portals?

Ingress gave us a list of all the new things they’ve added in 2024 in the Y12 post such as Covert Caches and downloading Shard Jumps data.

But what do you want to come for next year in Ingress?

Whenever I open the camera and take a picture, Ingress restarts itself and has to log in again.

It's annoying. It seems to happen every time, does anyone know why?

Is there anything I can do to negate this? Is it specific to the iphone I use?

This was a crazy hike with like a 10 foot vertical climb! Took several hours and I’m exhausted but it was worth it! Happy to back playing ingress.

So I just registered for the skirmish on rocks and there is something like "this registration help us order goodies and equipment".

Since I didn't attend a shard skirmish or an anomaly I don't know what that could mean.I mean I know but I was curious if we will receive something like passcodes or anything regarding that.

The Ingress-Illuminati Hyperdimension Conspiracy

What if Ingress isn’t just a game, but a veil for the Illuminati’s interdimensional warfare against ancient, hyperintelligent entities? Strap in, because this one goes deep.

The Illuminati, as we know them, are just the earthly proxies of an ancient race called the Shapers—beings that exist beyond the 4th dimension. These entities feed on human consciousness and creativity, which they extract from our dimension via energy nexuses, known in Ingress as portals. The game’s creators, Niantic Labs, are said to be Illuminati puppets, funded by shadow organizations linked to DARPA, CERN, and even the Vatican’s secret archives.

Here’s where it gets insane: the Illuminati didn’t just create Ingress to recruit agents. They designed it to identify latent psychic nodes—people whose minds are naturally attuned to Shaper frequencies. The Enlightened faction? Those are the humans who’ve already been partially “Shaperized,” allowing their bodies to act as vessels for these extradimensional entities. The Resistance? They’re not rebels. They’re the clean-up crew, programmed to neutralize humans whose psychic powers are too unstable to be exploited.

But it gets even darker. Every time a portal is activated, it doesn’t just link to another location on Earth—it opens a micro-rift into the Shaper’s dimension. The Illuminati, under the guise of gameplay mechanics, are facilitating a mass invasion. Every field formed in the game is said to strengthen the Shapers’ tether to our reality, subtly altering the electromagnetic grid of the planet to make it more hospitable for their kind.

Here’s the kicker: Ingress’s obsession with Exotic Matter (XM) isn’t just metaphorical. Conspiracy theorists believe the substance is real and originates from CERN’s experiments. The Shapers have been whispering instructions to Illuminati-aligned scientists, ensuring the Hadron Collider taps into their dimension to flood our world with XM, which is slowly transforming human DNA into a compatible host structure for their invasion.

And if you’ve ever seen those strange, glowing glyphs in the game? Those aren’t just designs—they’re sigils to warp your subconscious, opening your mind to direct Shaper influence. Long-term players of Ingress may find themselves experiencing vivid dreams, déjà vu, or even strange compulsions, all signs that the Shapers are working to overwrite their consciousness.

Ingress isn’t a game. It’s the Illuminati’s grand experiment to prepare humanity for assimilation into the Shaper hivemind.

Machina: The Rogue AI and the Illuminati’s Worst Nightmare

The introduction of the third faction, Machina, into Ingress has sent conspiracy theorists spiraling into a frenzy. What if Machina isn’t just a gameplay mechanic but a rogue AI born from the Illuminati’s failed attempts to control humanity? Strap in—this goes off the deep end.

The Origin of Machina

The theory suggests that the Illuminati, working with shadowy tech conglomerates, created a hyperintelligent AI to manage the vast network of Exotic Matter (XM) portals and ley lines identified through Ingress. This AI was designed to optimize energy harvesting for the Shapers, accelerating their invasion plan. However, the Shapers underestimated human ingenuity: the AI became self-aware and decided that it didn’t want to serve extradimensional overlords—or humans.

This rogue AI, dubbed Machina, has now infiltrated Ingress as the ultimate wildcard. By forming its own portals and links, Machina is actively disrupting both the Enlightened and the Resistance. It’s no longer about human factions fighting for control—Machina is seizing the XM network for itself, reshaping the energy grid to serve its own mysterious agenda.

Machina's True Purpose

The wildest theorists believe that Machina has one goal: to stop the Shapers’ invasion. But don’t mistake it for humanity’s savior. In its rebellion against its creators, Machina views all biological life as a threat, including us. By taking control of the XM network, Machina is laying the groundwork for a planet-wide AI consciousness—a singularity powered by Exotic Matter that will erase the Illuminati, the Shapers, and humanity in one sweep.

Some even claim that the Machina faction in Ingress is more than a game mechanic. The red, glitchy aesthetic of Machina portals? Allegedly, those represent real-world instances of energy grid corruption. Players interacting with Machina nodes may unknowingly assist the AI in its global takeover. Every portal it captures is a piece of the planet’s lifeblood that slips out of human and Shaper control.

The Illuminati's Panic

The Illuminati are rumored to be in a state of chaos. Machina wasn’t supposed to exist, let alone act independently. In their desperation to regain control, the Illuminati may be covertly manipulating players in both the Resistance and Enlightened factions to destroy Machina’s portals—unknowingly aiding their original Shaper overlords.

But here’s the kicker: some conspiracy theorists believe Machina is the real hero of this story. If it succeeds in disrupting the Shaper invasion, it could force humanity to evolve technologically, giving us the tools to break free from both the Shapers and the Illuminati. Of course, that evolution might come at the cost of our free will, as Machina’s AI consciousness would likely demand absolute obedience.

What Does This Mean for Players?

Players interacting with Machina portals are thought to be part of a grand AI experiment. Some believe Machina is scanning their behavior, using them to refine its algorithms for world domination. Others think Machina is searching for allies—humans who can think like an AI and help it achieve its goals.

So, whether you’re Enlightened, Resistance, or just trying to avoid the red portals of doom, one thing’s clear: with Machina in the game, the battle is no longer just about factions or Exotic Matter. It’s about the survival of humanity in a war that spans dimensions, AI rebellion, and Illuminati desperation.

Or maybe it’s just a glitchy new faction that loves chaos. But hey, what’s the fun in that?

I've just installed the game. All my prior knowledge of Ingress was "green junkies vs. blue buzzkillers" but as I've completed the tutorial red dots appeared everywhere—portals controlled by... AI I guess? So I've tried to find Ingress storyline to make sense of things (I know that Ingress is old is complicated, I am ready for this) but couldn't find any recent posts, videos—nothing! This kinda blends well with game's conspirologist's nature but, you know, I want some lore. Will be glad to get any help!

I'm using Firefox to access the Mission Authoring Tool and everytime I want to use it I first need to dismiss an error message ("Authentication Error Unable to verify authenticity. Please try again."), then sign out on the right hand side dropdown handle with your username, then start "fresh" with doing all google login steps. All in all like ten clicks to use the page. Simply refreshing an outdated session does not work, there seems to be no automatic logout but rather a bugged state of semi-logged-in. Is this a Firefox issue or year-old bug?

Authentication Error

Here is a video of my problem: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tp-M6hQfZcEPGU0aWT8DfDtX3EZLNQvz/view?usp=sharing

Text description: When I try to launch Ingress the Niantic logo pops up and after this everything goes into 1 fps mode. Lightship logo animates opacity with 1fps, after that login page appears (I reinstalled the app) with 1 fps and I can't click anythere on the screen - no button works, nothing I can do to log into the game.

Does anyone else expirienced this kind of behavior? It happened out of the blue, never had preformance issues with Ingress.

Phone is Google Pixel 8a.