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With double AP for linking and fielding, a lot of people are talking about doing field generators for extra AP. Here are some infographics about using battle beacons to maximize your AP. Note that the AP totals in the graphics are based on normal AP for linking and fielding. You'll get almost twice as much AP this week.
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Niantic has announced the details of the Courier challenge. Earn AP between August 20-30 to get a new tiered badge, and also get an extra 888 AP when you visit new unique portals.
Niantic has added 15-minute drone cooldown as a feature of the event. Infographic updated.
Busy day for Niantic event updates. Now for September Second Sunday, complete any 6 missions on September 12 in your local timezone to get credit toward your Mission Day Badge.
Don't forget agents, this weekend is the Second Sunday. For September, get credit toward your Mission Day badge by doing any 6 missions on Sunday in your local time zone. Stay tuned for more details on the second half of the Optima Kinetic Capsule Challenge coming later in the month.
Details have emerged for part 2 of the Optima Kinetic Challenge. Starting this Friday September 17 through Monday September 27, all Kinetic Capsule programs started during the event will only require 2km of walking, and each one completed counts toward the Optima badge.

Your score for the event includes the capsules completed in part 1 this past March as well as those completed during part 2.
Niantic has announced the event schedule for the rest of 2021. On tap are events for Halloween, the Ingress 9-year anniversary, and New Years. Details in our event calendar.

Niantic also confirmed that Second Sunday Mission Days for the rest of the year (at least) will award Mission Day credit for any 6 missions.
The #IngressYear9 event has started. Here is your infographic with all the event details. Double AP, double deploy L8 resonators, 9 minute drone cool down and more. Happy Birthday Ingress!
Niantic has unveiled details and a medal design for the New Years 2022 event. 22 minute drone cooldown, 220 AP for each new portal visit, reduced Kinetic Capsule distance, and double AP for deploying frackers, beacons, fireworks, and battle beacons. Plus store bonuses every day. All of this is outlined in a handy infographic. Full details at https://bit.ly/ING-NY2022-EN.
Niantic has released more detailed information about the Rare Battle Beacons, and the graphic has now been updated to reflect new information.
Niantic has released the event schedule for the first quarter of 2022. It looks like there will be Battle Beacon events each month, Second Sunday will be moving to a new badge starting in February, and a lore-based event is coming late March.

Full details: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17664/january-march-2022-events-schedule-the-kureze-effect
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Niantic has released details on the Kureze Effect event. The event will span 3 phases in January, February, and March and include both Niantic-deployed battle beacons in select cities and agent-deployed battle beacons anywhere.

It's a faction-vs-faction challenge, and individual agents who meet the participation threshold will earn a badge. These infographics describe both what it takes to earn the badge and what it takes to secure a win for your faction.

Full details on the forum: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17846/kureze-effect-the-formation-phase-1
It’s been a minute since I’ve done a video, but this seemed like the right time to do it.

Ingress Insights: The Kureze Effect
https://youtu.be/y3RKJaZF1_A
Niantic has released some additional FAQs on the Kureze Effect event. It seems our guesses on what counts for participation based on previous testing may not be accurate.

See this revised infographic which matches the FAQ, or read the FAQ directly at: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17975/kureze-effect-the-formation-phase-1-faqs/