This weekend the first XM Anomalies of the season are scheduled to be held in Tainan, Taiwan and Valencia, Spain. Sadly both regions have been hit or are about to be hit with major weather events.

Valencia, Spain has been hit with the biggest flood in 30 years, dumping 1 year of rain in just a few days at 491mm, leading to flooding and the death of over 70 people. The Prime minister of Spain has declared three days of mourning, starting tomorrow, which encompasses Fridays Goruck as well as Saturdays main Anomaly event.

Tainan, Taiwan is about to be hit with the so called Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which is expected to make landfall at Taiwan's east coast tomorrow. With heavy rain and strong winds predicted, it is expected to be the largest storm in three decades. Almost the entire island has been given a Sea and Land Typhoon red alert, including Tainan City.

⚠️ At the moment, Niantic has not released any official announcement regarding the events or an eventual postponement/cancellation. If they will go ahead as scheduled, we urge you to take precautions and to follow the guidelines of the region you are traveling to. However you should also take at least mental preparations in case Niantic does postpone/cancel an event.

Valencia news: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/heavy-rains-cause-flash-floods-spains-south-east-2024-10-29/
Tainan news: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-issues-land-warning-ahead-arrival-typhoon-kong-rey-2024-10-29/

@IUENG

Just in time for Halloween, Niantic has enabled orange XM to decorate the streets during the spookiest season of the year! It is currently unknown how long the orange XM will stay.

@IUENG

A new Wayfarer Challenge has started! This time the focus is not on reviewing, but rather on submitting edits to existing Wayspots!

Specifically, the task is to submit edits for noscripts, denoscriptions, locations as well as to submit new pictures to improve the quality of Wayspots.

As with every challenge there are rewards to gain! For Ingress, you can get a lot of items, including a tick for the OPR Live medal for submitting 150 Edits!

The Challenge will run from October 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM UTC to November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM UTC.

Take a look into how the Challenge works and how the rewards are structured here: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/t/global-edits-challenge/56704

@IUENG

Niantic has just announced that all Anomaly events in Valencia this weekend have been canceled due to the flooding.

Niantic is looking into future events in Valencia, but urges Agents to avoid car travels and movement within the city as to not limit the work of emergency services.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-erasedmem-valenciacanceled

@IUENG

The Erased Memories Anomaly in Tainan, Taiwan is currently ongoing!

Agent @markymarkmark sent us some videos from the GORUCK Urban Ops event that was held in the morning before the start of the Anomaly.

Both the Stealth Ops and Urban Ops were captured by the Resistance with the scores of 5-1 and 3-0 respectively!

@IUENG

Having the Anomaly Event already started, some Agents were able to obtain the Erased Memories Anomaly Medal while playing.

Unfortunately, we also received some reports of this Badge not being placed with the other Anomaly Badges once obtained.
Niantic is already aware of the issue and is working on a fix!

Ph: @markymarkmark

@IUENG

The Enlightened have won the Erased Memories Anomaly in Tainan, Taiwan!

Thanks to the report and pictures of Agent @markymarkmark! We hope you had a great time today!

We will post the detailed scores shortly.

@IUENG

Erased Memories - Tainan, Taiwan

Battle Beacons
Raw Score
ENL 930 - 303 RES
Total Points
ENL 70.1 - 22.9 RES

Shards
Raw Score
ENL 8 - 3 RES
Total Points
ENL 67.6 - 25.4 RES

Special Ops
Stealth Ops
ENL 1.2 - 5.8 RES
Urban Ops
ENL 0 - 7 RES
Total Points
ENL 1.2 - 12.8 RES

Covert Cache
ENL 0 - 0 RES (none hacked)

Final Scores
ENL 138.9 - 61.1 RES

Series Scores
ENL 236.3 - 163.7 RES

The Enlightened pass the Resistance and now lead the Erased Memories Anomaly Series. The next opportunity to gain important Series Scores is just around the corner though! The first Bounty Blitz campaign will start in about 6 hours at 17 UTC and will reward Series points to the factions based on how many Bounties are redeemed during the 8 hour window the campaign is active.

Thanks once again to @markymarkmark for the video of the announcements!

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-erasedmem-results

@IUENG

In memory of the many victims of the floods in Valencia, the POCs of Erased Memories Valencia would like to ask you to place a beacon on Saturday, November 2nd, between 2pm and 5pm as part of the period of mourning, and to share a screenshot on your social networks.

Source: https://x.com/ingress/status/1852668043412775264

@IUENG

The first round of the Bounty Blitz has begun! For the next 8 hours, try to complete as many Bounties as possible to gain important Series Points for your faction. Once you have completed two of the five Bounties seen below you can immediately restart the Campaign up to 9 times to complete the set of tasks again.

Available tasks:
🔸Capture any 40 Portals
🔸Create 20 Links
🔸Upload 5 Portal Scans
🔸Earn 20 Overclock Hack Points
🔸Earn 80 Glyph Points

100 Series Points will be distributed to the factions based on the number of bounties completed by Agents!

There is no medal associated with this campaign.

@IUENG

According to the results screen in-game, the Resistance wins the first phase of the Erased Memories Bounty Blitz with the final score of

ENL 47.2 - 52.8 RES.

The series score now stands at

ENL 283.5 - 216.5 RES.

The next event in the Erased Memories Series are the Skirmishes in the AMER Region on November 16th!

@IUENG

Sunday, during an anomaly weekend, is normally dedicated to the Mission Day!

Agent @markymarkmark shared with us his experience of the Mission Day in Tainan, Taiwan. The local administration was involved in the organisation of the whole weekend and, today, a free meat bun was awarded to the Agents who tackled the 6 missions necessary to complete the challenge, courtesy of the Mayor!

An Ingress-themed physical medal was also awarded to Agents!

@IUENG

Niantic has revealed the 19 locations in the AMER region which will host a Skirmish on November 16th @ 1600 local time.

Shard Skirmishes
🇧🇴La Paz, Bolivia
🇧🇷Belém, Brazil
🇧🇷Belo Horizonte, Brazil
🇨🇦Winnipeg, MB, Canada
🇪🇨Guayaquil, Ecuador
🇸🇻San Salvador, El Salvador
🇲🇽Mérida, Mexico
🇺🇸Boise, ID, USA
🇺🇸Orem, UT, USA
🇺🇸Burlington, VT, USA
🇺🇸Eugene, OR, USA
🇺🇸San Antonio, TX, USA
🇺🇸Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Beacon Skirmishes
🇧🇷Fortaleza, Brazil
🇨🇦 Hamilton, ON, Canada
🇨🇦Kamloops, BC, Canada
🇨🇱Talca, Chile
🇨🇴Bogota, Colombia
🇺🇾Montevideo, Uruguay

All of these locations have been ornamented, with one or three purple markings respectively, on the Intel Map.
The Portals on which a Shard or a Battle Beacon will spawn will be marked approximately 48 hours before the start of the Event.

Need a refresher on the rules of Skirmishes? Check out our summary at this link.

@IUENG

Ingress is celebrating their 12th anniversary!

The design of the celebratory medal has been unveiled, and it will be awarded to all Agents who scored at least 1 AP from the day of Ingress' 11th anniversary.

Bronze: Level 3
Silver: Level 9
Gold: Level 13
Platinum: Level 15
Onyx: Level 16 or Recursed

Additionally, from November 8th @ 1700 UTC to November 18th @ 1700 UTC, the following bonuses will be active for all Agents:
🔸2X AP for all actions.
🔸2X hack output of Resonators, Power Cubes from friendly Portals.
🔸2X hack output of XMP, Ultra Strike from enemy Portals.
🔸Drone cooldown reduced to 12 mins.
🔸Kinetic Capsule Program distance reduced from 8km to 2km.
🔸12 Kinetic Capsule Programs can be activated in parallel
🔸Overclock Glyph Hack duration extended to 120 seconds
🔸2X deploy of L8 Resonators
🔸Experimental Weapon Tunings

Finally, three Ingress Origins medals will be made available for purchase in the in-app store, combined with loadout kits! Each kit costs 19,000 CMU.

🔸Hulong Transglobal 2023 (Ingress Origins)
🔸IQTech Research 2023 (Ingress Origins)
🔸Visur Technology Origins 2023

Source: https://ingress.com/news/ingress-year-12/

@IUENG

The Campaign for the 12th anniversary of Ingress has already begun in New Zealand and Australia! The following tasks are available with their rewards below:

🔸 Capture any 12 Portals
- x12 Resonators

🔸 Deploy 12 Resonators
- x12 Resonators

🔸 Create 12 Links
- x12 Resonators

🔸 Create 12 Fields
- x12 Resonators

🔸 Deploy 12 Portal Mods
- x12 Common Portal Shields

🔸 Destroy 12 Resonators
- x12 XMP Bursters

🔸 Destroy 12 Enemy Links
- x12 XMP Bursters

🔸 Destroy 12 Opponent Fields
- x12 XMP Bursters

🔸 Reclaim 12 Machina Portals
- x12 Resonators

🔸 Hack any 12 Portals
- x12 Ultra Strikes

🔸 Earn 12 Glyph Hack Points
- x12 Ultra Strikes

🔸 Recharge Portals with 12,000 XM
- x12 Power Cubes

The Campaign will start at midnight local time. Completing all 12 Bounties will reward you with a special Media, but note that no medal can be gained from this Campaign. You'll be able to restart the Campaign once per day if you have completed all 12 Bounties.

@IUENG

Niantic has released Update 2.154.0 on the App Stores!

The Release Notes are quite short, only mentioning various fixes and improvements for Shards.

@IUENG

The policy for Faction Changes has been changed!

Until recently, it was possible to request a one-time Faction Change via the Ingress Support which would reset your account to 0 AP and clear all your items to give you the opportunity to choose your faction again.

This policy has now been changed and it is no longer possible to request a Faction Change via the support. Going forward, the only way to change your faction after your initial choice is to reach Level 16 and to Recurse, which will give you the option to choose your faction again. If you're recruiting a new Agent, make sure that they pick the right faction!

@IUENG

Niantic has announced an impromptu Shard Event in Meiji Park, Tokyo and Laguna Main Beach Park, California scheduled for December 7th!

This Event will run from 1600 to 1730 local time and will see various members of the NIA attending to investigate this "phenomenon of unknown origin and potential". Multiple waves of Shards will spawn during this time with Agents trying to capture them on the Target Portal(s) of their faction.

While the event is a competition between the two factions, the result will not impact the Erased Memories series or its scores and will therefore also not award the Erased Memories Anomaly medal or any other medal created just for the event.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-impromptushard

@IUENG

The cities that will hold a Erased Memories Skirmish in the APAC region have been ornamented! You can expect Skirmishes in the following cities on November 23, 16:00 to 17:40 local time:

Shard Skirmishes
🇦🇺 North Wollongong, NSW, Australia
🇦🇺 Perth, Australia
🇮🇩 Parepare, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
🇲🇾 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
🇲🇾 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
🇹🇭 Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri, Thailand
🇵🇭 Naga, Camarines Sur, Philippines
🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea
🇯🇵 Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
🇯🇵 Toyama, Japan
🇯🇵 Fukushima, Japan
🇱🇰 Matara, Sri Lanka
🇮🇳 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Beacon Skirmishes
🇳🇿 Dunedin, New Zealand
🇮🇩 Manado City, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
🇮🇩 Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
🇹🇼 Taiwan, Keelung City
🇯🇵 Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
🇯🇵 Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

The reveal of the EMEA locations for the Skirmishes has been brought forward due to the cancellation of the Valencia Anomaly and is expected to happen today as well! The Ornaments are predicted to light up at 16:00 local time, so keep an eye out if you are planning to attend one!

Rules: https://ingress.com/news/2024-erasedmem#skirmish-intro

@IUENG

As promised, Niantic also highlighted the cities that will host an Erased Memories Skirmish in the EMEA region on November 30th starting at 16:00 local time!

Shard Skirmishes
🇦🇹 Salzburg, Austria
🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark
🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland
🇫🇷 Rennes, France
🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany
🇭🇺 Kecskemét, Hungary
🇮🇹 Caserta, Italy
🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Norway
🇵🇱 Białystok, Poland
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
🇪🇸 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
🇪🇸 Malaga, Spain
🇸🇪 Västerås, Sweden
🇵🇹 Coimbra, Portugal
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oxford, England
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle upon Tyne, England
🇮🇪 Cork, Ireland

Beacon Skirmishes
🇫🇷 Marseille, France
🇧🇬 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

With these last cities published, we now have the full picture for Skirmishes in the Erased Memories Anomaly Series.
🌏APAC sites
🌎AMER sites
🌍EMEA sites

Need a refresher on the rules of Skirmishes? Check out our summary at this link.

@IUENG

Niantic has opened the applications for the 2025 Mission Days! There are different application forms and deadline per quarter with the Q1 applications closing at the end of this month.

Q1: January - March
Application: https://forms.gle/nsXiUSVWHoeZkww26
Deadline to apply: 25 November
Targeting Q1 Mission Day schedule announcement in December*

Q2: April - June
Application: https://forms.gle/hHDJB6uNqN37CQCeA
Deadline to apply: 2 December
Targeting Q2 Mission Day schedule announcement in January*

Q3: July - September
Application: https://forms.gle/pKCQAw6iJwfWZf1M6
Deadline to apply: 3 March
Targeting Q3 Mission Day schedule announcement in April*

Q4: October - December
Application: https://forms.gle/56NvFtNhMmtpQBbt5
Deadline to apply: 2 June
Targeting Q4 Mission Day schedule announcement in July*

*Subject to change

Before you apply, make sure to read through the Mission Day guidelines here: https://bit.ly/ING_MD_2024-EN

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2025-mission-day

@IUENG