Getting Started
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Initial Briefing
Ingress is "a competitive, team-versus-team strategy video game played in the real world."This is what the National Intelligence Agency (NIA...
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How to Move
To move in Ingress, you need to move in the real world. For example, you can walk, cycle, or use an assistive mobility device to collect XM ...
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Understanding the Scanner
Take a brief tour of your Scanner device The power to battle for the fate of humanity is accessible from your phone. When you open the Ingre...
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Leveling Up
Track your Progress as an Ingress AgentAs you compete for control of the future of mankind, you’ll earn ACCESS POINTS (AP) which help unlock...
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What is a Portal?
Explore the world around you by visiting PortalsPortals are physical points of interest in the real world and often manifest themselves as p...
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Hacking Portals
Hack Portals of any color to acquire items such as Resonators, XMP Bursters, and more. While you can hack any Portal, the quality of items y...
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Glyph Hacking
Deciphering Shaper Glyphs While interacting with Portals, Shapers can open a temporary channel to send classified intel to Agents by sh...
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Defending Friendly Portals
Deploying Portal ModsIn addition to Resonators, you also can deploy Mods on Portals. There are various types of Mods with different purposes...
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Attacking Opponent Portals
Opponent Portals are Portals controlled by the opposing Factions. You can neutralize opponent Portals by firing weapons, like XMPs and Ultra...
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Create Links & Control Fields
Acquire Mind Units for your Faction’s dominanceBoth Factions are fighting for control of the fate of humanity. As an Agent of your Faction, ...
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Deploying Resonators & Capturing Portals
Capturing a Portal allows you and members of your Faction to create Control Fields by linking that Portal to other Portals controlled by yo...
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Remotely Recharge Resonators
Having a Portal Key in your inventory allows you to remotely recharge Resonators deployed on that Portal. Portal Keys can be obtained by hac...
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Kinetic Capsules
The Kinetic Capsule is a unique type of Capsule that lets you combine items using kinetic energy charged by exploring certain distances in o...
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What are Research Bounties?
Research Bounties are a set of tasks Agents can complete for items and AP (Action Points) rewards. Tasks involve actions such as hacking Por...
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How do I deploy Drone Mark I?
Through access to the Dronenet, Agents can deploy Drone Mark I to any neutral, friendly, or enemy Portal that is visible on the Scanner’s ma...
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Connect with other Agents
Ingress is a social endeavor and full of diverse communities. Introduce yourself by letting local Agents know you’re interested in connecti...
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Your Agent Profile
In your Agent profile, you can view all of your achievements in the form of Medals, along with your other stats in detail. To view your prof...
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Glossary and Inventory Items
GlossaryAP (Access Points) - Points earned as you accomplish tasks such as claiming Portals, creating Links, and forming Fields.Cool Down Pe...
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Connect with Ingress
Connect with the Ingress team@ingress on Twitter@NianticOfficial on TelegramIngress on Facebook Connect with other Ingress AgentsCOMMNiantic...