Agents,
The flow of XM, the strategic construction of Control Fields, and the vigilant maintenance of Portal networks are the lifeblood of our struggle. As the Portal Network expands and your operational complexities grow, we recognize the critical need for more sophisticated tools to manage your most vital assets: Portal Keys.
We’re thrilled to announce that in upcoming Scanner releases, we are introducing significant upgrades to your key inventory management system, designed to empower your strategic operations and streamline your engagement with the Portal Network: Key Sorting by Portal Alignment (2.172) and Starred Portals Designation on Keys (coming soon).
Portal Alignment Sorting (2.172)
A new sorting option will be available, allowing you to arrange your Portal Keys based on the current Faction alignment of each Portal in the following sequence: Your own Faction, the other Faction, Machina, and lastly Neutral. Within each Faction group, Portal Keys are further sorted by missing Portal health to facilitate your recharge routine.
Please be aware that this status does NOT update dynamically in real-time and may not always reflect the Portal Network’s immediate, ever-changing battleground. The displayed alignment is based on cached data.
Starred Portals Designation (coming soon)
This intuitive new feature allows you to mark specific Portals as high-priority, ensuring their keys are always easily accessible.
Within your Portal Key inventory and Capsule Key view, you’ll now find a ⭐ star button on individual Portal Keys. Tapping this button will designate that Portal as Starred.
Keys of Starred Portals will be sorted to the top of your inventory Key list and leftmost of your Capsule Key View when the “Sort by Starred” toggle is active. This sort order will apply at the next inventory load.
This “starred” relationship remains on the starred Portal as long as you still have a Key on that Portal. Once you consume your last key for a Starred Portal (e.g., by linking), the Portal will be unstarred. When you obtain a new key for that same Starred Portal, it is not automatically re-marked as starred.
Your Starred Portal designations are stored securely and will persist across game sessions and between your main inventory and Capsule views.
Starred Portal Capacity
All Agents will start with 3 free Starred Portal slots. You can expand this capacity significantly:
- Active C.O.R.E. subscribers will gain 25 Starred Portal slots, plus 1 additional slot per month of subscription, up to a maximum of 50 C.O.R.E. slots. Agents with expired subscriptions will not receive any extra slots.
- Recursion: Agents who have Recursed will gain 5 additional slots per Recursion, up to a maximum of 25 Recursion slots.
The maximum achievable Starred Portal Capacity is therefore 78 slots.
We believe these new key management tools will significantly empower your strategic decisions and operational efficiency within the Portal Network. Streamline your remote recharges, accelerate your fielding operations, and maintain vital Portal links with unprecedented precision.
Adapt, optimize, and dominate, Agents.