I didn't realize telegram was going to cut off the preamble so much - this is what it should say:

For the past few years, I’ve done my best to keep NotNiantic mostly positive—highlighting the good, staying informative, and cheering on the team for keeping Ingress alive through tough times.

But after yet another event rollout derailed by timezone chaos… I’m wondering if it’s time to shift gears a bit.

In light of Niantic [Spatial]'s continued inability to get details right, should NotNiantic:

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Sounds like a lot of you want the snark, so here's a snarky infographic (snarkographic?) to help you out with this and future Ingress events.

That event infographic you're waiting for? It's almost done, but I'm waiting to finalize it until the event goes live and the full bounty list is known.

The event was supposed to go live hours ago, but we're still running on Niantic Spatial Standard Time™. Apparently Niantic forgot that both New Zealand AND Australia exist this time.

Will post the guide as soon as the exotic matter stabilizes and the Shapers stop interfering with Niantic's servers. Stay tuned, agents!

As promised, Delta Reso Campaign infographic. Thanks as usual to @itzwindyyy for sharing the screenshots.

Trying to figure out if you're still on track to earn the highest tier of the +Delta anomaly medal?

Tired of guessing whether your daily bounties and reso taps will get you across the finish line?

I vibe-coded a web tool that does the math for you. It’s rough, it’s functional, and it might even be accurate.

Check it out and let me know what you think:

https://notnianticlabs.com/event_token_calculator/

The +Beta anomaly season is upon us, which means it's infographic time. Earn tokens toward the +Beta anomaly medal by completing daily bounties, attending XM anomaly sites, or participating in the new +Beta Buildup Battles and +Beta Shard Storm.

Note that in this series, achieving the gold tier without attending an XM anomaly site will be very difficult.

Full details: https://ingress.com/news/2025-plusbeta

Are you wondering if you still have a chance to unlock that next tier of the +Beta anomaly medal?

Here's an updated event calculator to answer that question. Input how many tokens you have so far, and tell it how many beacons you expect to interact with during the Buildup Battles, what category you expect to earn on average, and whether you anticipate being able to interact with a shard or two, and it will tell you how close you can get with the remaining daily bounty tokens available:

https://notnianticlabs.com/event_token_calculator/

EDIT: Niantic has substitute redux challenges for most of these. New infographic coming with the relevant details but in the mean time enjoy the trip down memory lane.

Ready to replay some old challenges for a chance at wings? See details at https://ingress.com/news/2025-globalopredux

Forgot what those challenges were? Me too. But here are links to the old posts with infographics:

Cryptic Memories: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NotNianticUpdates/131

Buried Memories: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NotNianticUpdates/142

Shared Memories: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NotNianticUpdates/156

Erased Memories: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NotNianticUpdates/177

+Alpha: no infographic but it was based around deploying and destroying mods

Which past challenges will you replay? Redux 2025 gives you the opportunity to earn missing challenge badges or add wings if you already earned silver.

Here's all you need to know in a single infographic, or head over to https://ingress.com/news/2025-globalopredux for the official explanation.

Updated 9 Dec to include corrected Erased Memories task 7

The Redux campaigns just started, but there's also a brand new campaign right around the corner. Winter Solstice 2025 brings you a free opportunity to earn a new 2-tiered badge and event bonuses including more AP for capturing portals and shortened drone cooldown. See the infographic for more, or view full details at https://ingress.com/news/2025-wintersolstice

Working on multiple Ingress challenges at once?
I built a NotNiantic Challenge Overlap Helper that tells you:

✔ what you still need
✔ where campaigns overlap
✔ how many actions remain
✔ and which tasks you’ve already crushed

Basically: fewer wasted actions, more efficient XM usage.
Use it here → https://notnianticlabs.com/event_overlap

The +Gamma Season is underway, and Niantic Spatial has now revealed the design of one of the three medals that can be earned this quarter. Expect this graphic to be updated as more is revealed.

See https://ingress.com/news/2026-plusgamma for official info