NIA has detected anomalous readings that indicate a 3-Phase Ctrl Anomaly Series:
Phase 1: 15 Jul 2023
- Primary Site: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
- Satellite Site: Bandung, Indonesia
- Satellite Site: Rotenburg a.d. Fulda, Germany
Phase 2: 19 Aug 2023
- Primary Site: Oslo, Norway
- Satellite Site: Songpa, Seoul, South Korea
- Satellite Site: Charleston, WV, USA
Ctrl Connected Ops: Global (Removed @ 10 Jul)
Phase 3: 16 Sep 2023
- Primary Site: Kobe, Japan
- Satellite Site: Reims, France
- Satellite Site: Tacoma, WA, USA
Ctrl Connected Ops: Global (Removed @ 10 Jul)
Ctrl Anomaly Series Scoring
The Faction winning more scoring points from the 9 Anomaly sites and 2 Ctrl Connected Ops (Removed @ 10 Jul) will capture the Ctrl Anomaly.
Each Primary Site will be worth a total of 600 scoring points:
- 300 scoring points from Anomaly Zone Battle Beacons
- 300 scoring points from Anomaly Zone Flash Shards
Each Satellite Site will be worth a total of 200 scoring points:
- 100 scoring points from Anomaly Zone Battle Beacons
- 100 scoring points from Anomaly Zone Flash Shards
Each Ctrl Connected Ops will be worth a total of 200 scoring points. (Removed @ 10 Jul)
NIA Procedure for Anomaly Zone Battle Beacons
The 3-hour period from 14:00 to 17:00 local time will be divided into 7 waves of Rare Battle Beacons across the Anomaly Zone. Please note that these times are approximate and may vary slightly:
- Battle Beacon Wave 1 - 14:00-14:25
- Battle Beacon W2 - 14:25-14:50
- Battle Beacon W3 - 14:50-15:15
- Battle Beacon W4 - 15:15-15:40
- Battle Beacon W5 - 15:40-16:05
- Battle Beacon W6 - 16:05-16:30
- Battle Beacon W7 - 16:30-16:55
Rare Battle Beacons will be deployed by NIASection14. A subset of Anomaly Zone Portals will be activated as Volatile Portals that are high-value targets worth 3X more points.
Anomaly Zone Portals will be ornamented before and during the Anomaly.
Each non-Volatile Battle Beacon is worth a total of 2+3+4=9 Points and is not affected by Category Score. For example, if the Enlightened captures Checkpoint 1 and the Resistance captures Checkpoints 2 and 3 of a non-Volatile Battle Beacon, the battle result will be ENL 2, RES 7.
Each Volatile Battle Beacon is worth a total of 6+9+12=27 Points and is not affected by Category Score. For example, if the Enlightened captures Checkpoint 1 and the Resistance captures Checkpoints 2 and 3 of a Volatile Battle Beacon, the battle result will be ENL 6, RES 21.
The final raw score for each Faction will be its maximum score from any of the Beacon Battle Waves during the Anomaly Period, after any boost or discount applied by the winning Faction of Urban Ops. 100 or 300 scoring points will be distributed proportionally between the Factions, based on their final raw score.
As an example, at an Anomaly where the 7 Beacon Battle Waves result in the following, with the ENL winning Urban Ops and choose to boost the ENL score at Wave 5:
| Wave Number |
Enlightened |
Resistance |
| Wave 1 |
ENL: 250 |
RES: 200 |
| Wave 2 |
ENL: 315 |
RES: 100 |
| Wave 3 |
ENL: 100 |
RES: 250 |
| Wave 4 |
ENL: 100 |
RES: 300 |
| Wave 5 |
ENL: 250 +20% = 300 |
RES: 200 |
| Wave 6 |
ENL: 300 |
RES: 100 |
| Wave 7 |
ENL: 100 |
RES: 350 |
The maximum Enlightened score of 315 Points would be paired against the maximum Resistance score of 350 Points.
The final score pairing would then be ENL: 315 to RES: 350, and for a Satellite site the 100 scoring points distributed to the two Factions would be 47 to the Enlightened and 53 to the Resistance, while for a Primary site the 300 scoring points distributed to the two Factions would be 142 to the Enlightened and 158 to the Resistance.
NIA Procedure for Anomaly Zone Flash Shards
The number of Target Portals per Faction manifesting at 13:59 local time during an Anomaly Zone will depend on the expected XM intensity. In Anomaly Zones with 4 Target Portals per Faction, a total of 20 Shards will appear in batches of 2. Each Shard is worth either 5 scoring points for a Satellite Site or 15 scoring points for a Primary Site. In Anomaly Zones with 10 Target Portals per Faction, a total of 50 Shards will appear in batches of 5. Each Shard is worth either 2 scoring points for a Satellite Site or 6 scoring points for a Primary Site.
The first five (5) Shards secured on a Faction's Target Portal will be scored in full for that Faction, regardless of which Faction controlled the Portal at the time of the Shard landing. Any additional Shards secured after the fifth Shard on a given Target Portal are scored at zero (0) scoring points.
Shards and Target Portals will be scheduled as follows (local time):
- At 13:59, all Target Portals will materialize
- Starting at 14:06, batches of Shards will materialize at 15 minutes intervals
- Starting at 14:09, all Shards will begin traveling along eligible Links approximately every 10 minutes. Note: there may be extra Shard Movements inserted by the winning Faction of Stealth Ops
- The last Shard Movement will occur at approximately 16:59
- All Shards and Target Portals will dematerialize around 18:00
Shard Behavior Pattern
- Shards will look like this:
- Enlightened Target Portals will look like this:
- Resistance Target Portals will look like this:
- Both Shards and Target Portals will only materialize on identified Anomaly Zone Portals; however, Shards can travel along Links to any Portal.
- Target Portals and Shards may spawn anywhere within the Anomaly Zone
- Shards will only travel along Links connecting two Portals of L4 or higher.
- If multiple viable Links exist, a Shard may travel on any one of those Links. If multiple Shards are present on a Portal, they may each travel along different Links. Shards will not return or backtrack to a Portal they were previously located on within the past 25 minutes.
- In the event that a Shard has not traveled along any Link within the past 25 minutes, it may randomly teleport to a nearby Portal at the next Movement Window.
- Shards will stop traveling and will remain locked once they reach a Target Portal, regardless of any change in Faction ownership of the Target Portal.
- If a Shard movement is found to have been the result of actions by a rogue Agent, NIA Ops may return the Shard to a previous location.
NIA Procedure for Ctrl Connected Ops
The following list of ten (10) Agent Ops will be made available to every Ingress Agent from 00:00 to 23:59 local time at Phase 2 and Phase 3:
M1 - Capture 1k MUF1 - Create 1 Control FieldM2 - Capture 50k MUF2 - Create 50 Control FieldsM3 - Capture 150k MUF3 - Create 150 Control FieldsM4 - Capture 500k MUF4 - Create 500 Control FieldsM5 - Capture 1.5mil MUF5 - Create 1,500 Control Fields
Each Agent completing each Agent Ops in the list above earns their Faction 1 raw point. 200 scoring points will be distributed proportionally between the Factions, based on their total raw point.
Faction Change of Individual Agent
Raw points earned by each individual Agent will go to the Faction they align to at the end of each Ctrl Connected Ops.
For example, an Enlightened Agent earned 9 raw points by completing 9 Agent Ops in the list in Phase 2. Subsequently in Phase 3, they earned 4 raw points before changing from Enlightened to Resistance, and earned another 3 raw points before Phase 3 ended. In Phase 3, all 7 raw points this Agent earned will be aligned to the Resistance. However, the 9 raw points they earned in Phase 2 still belong to the Enlightened.
Note: completing Ctrl Connected Ops only does NOT earn an Agent any Anomaly medal. Please refer to the section below for obtaining the Ctrl Anomaly medal. (Removed @ 10 Jul)
Ctrl Anomaly Series medal
Any Agent who has interacted with 5 or more NIASection14-deployed Battle Beacons to Ctrl Anomaly Zones will earn the in-app Ctrl medal. Agents are considered interacting with a Battle Beacon if they:
- Deploy or Upgrade Resonator (note: upgrading one’s own Resonators does not count)
- Attack or Destroy Resonator
- Destroy Portal Mod
- Destroy Link
- Recharge Resonator (note: this includes Remote Recharge)
This medal will be awarded after an Agent has reached 5 qualifying Battle Beacon interactions. Agents who have already earned the in-app Ctrl medal in an earlier event phase or site will not receive a second Ctrl medal.
An Ctrl Agent Stat will be added to your Agent Profile for the duration of the Ctrl Anomaly Series to help you monitor your individual progress.
Linking under Fields
Links shorter than 8km in length can be created under Fields during the following periods:
- from Friday, 14 Jul 2023 1700 UTC to Monday, 17 Jul 2023 1700 UTC
- from Friday, 18 Aug 2023 1700 UTC to Monday, 21 Aug 2023 1700 UTC
- from Friday, 15 Sep 2023 1700 UTC to Monday, 18 Sep 2023 1700 UTC
