Table of Contents
- Anomaly Zone Event: Battle Beacons Procedure & Scoring
- Anomaly Zone Event: Flash Shards Procedure & Scoring
- Stealth Ops & Urban Ops Scoring
- Anomaly Campaign Procedure
- Anomaly Uniques Scoring
Orion Anomaly Sites
Anomaly Event Overview
An Anomaly Event involves the following components:
| Component | When | Where | Season Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stealth Ops | Fri 1700-0000+1 | At cadre’s discretion | 10 |
| Urban Ops | Sat 0900-1300 | At cadre’s discretion | 10 |
| Anomaly Zone Event: Battle Beacons | Sat 1400-1700 | Anomaly Zone | 100 |
| Anomaly Zone Event: Flash Shards | Sat 1400-1700 | Anomaly Zone | 100 |
| Anomaly Campaign | Sat 1400-1700 | Anomaly Zone | 0 |
| Anomaly Uniques | Sat 1400-1700 | Anomaly Zone | 80 |
With that, each Anomaly Site will be worth up to 300 Season Points.
In the event of event/component cancellations, no Season Points will be awarded, i.e. the event/component will have no impact on the Season results.
The Anomaly Zone Portals are chosen by the two Factions and the Ingress team, and will be ornamented 3-4 weeks before the Anomaly.
Agents will earn the Orion Onsite Medal at completing four (4) out of five (5) Bounties in the Anomaly Campaign and claiming the final rewards.
For more information on the Season of Orion and earning the Orion Season medal, please refer to the Season Overview
Anomaly Zone Event: Battle Beacons Procedure & Scoring
A three hour Portal Battle will take place at Anomaly Zone Portals using NIA deployed Rare Battle Beacons.
The Final Score of the Portal Battle will be used to proportionally divide the 100 Season Points available, rounded to one decimal place.
The 3-hour period from 14:00 to 17:00 local time will be divided into 6 waves. In each wave, Rare Battle Beacons will be deployed randomly within the first 5 minutes of the window:
- 14:00 - 14:30: Battle Beacon Wave 1
- 14:30 - 15:00: Battle Beacon Wave 2
- 15:00 - 15:30: Battle Beacon Wave 3
- 15:30 - 16:00: Battle Beacon Wave 4
- 16:00 - 16:30: Battle Beacon Wave 5
- 16:30 - 17:00: Battle Beacon Wave 6
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 that of the non-Volatile ones.
Battle Beacons are scored across three (3) checkpoints, three (3) minutes apart. Each checkpoint contributes a score towards that Battle Beacon’s final score, and the score contribution increases at each checkpoint.
Each non-Volatile Battle Beacon is worth a total of 2+3+4=9 Beacon Points. Category Classification will have no impact. 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 (3+4).
Each Volatile Battle Beacon is worth a total of 6+9+12=27 Beacon Points. Category Classification will have no impact.. 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 (9+12).
The final score for each Faction in the Portal Battle will be its maximum score from any of the Beacon Battle Waves during the Anomaly Period. 100 Season Points will be distributed proportionally between the Factions, based on their final raw score.
As an example, at an Anomaly where the six Beacon Battle Waves result in the following:
| 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: 300 | RES: 100 |
| Wave 6 | ENL: 100 | RES: 350 |
In this example,the maximum Enlightened score of 315 Beacon Points would be paired against the maximum Resistance score of 350 Beacon Points.
These two values (315 and 350) would then be used to proportionally divide the Season Points available for this event among the two Factions, resulting at 47.4 to the Enlightened and 52.6 to the Resistance. These scores are rounded to one decimal place.
Anomaly Zone Event: Flash Shards Procedure & Scoring
The 3-hour period from 14:00 to 17:00 local time will be divided into 6 waves of Shards and Target Portals deployment.
During each wave, 6 Target Portals per Faction and 23 Shards will manifest.
Shards and Target Portals will be scheduled as follows (local time):
- Starting at 14:02, 6 Target Portals for each Faction will manifest at 30 minutes intervals
- Starting at 14:02, batches of 23 Shards will manifest at 30 minutes intervals
- Starting at 14:10, all Shards will begin traveling along eligible Links approximately every 5 minutes.
- Each wave of Shards may make up to 4 jumps before de-manifesting, if possible based on Link configuration.
- All Shards from a Wave will de-manifest approximately 28 minutes after they first manifest, whether they are on a Target Portal or not. Similarly, all Target Portals from a Wave will de-manifest approximately 28 minutes after they first manifest.
- The final Wave of Shards will manifest at approximately 16:32
- The last Shard Movement will occur at approximately 16:55
- All Shards and Target Portals will de-manifest around 18:00
Points are awarded as follows:
- 1 Point: Awarded to the Faction owning the Link for each Shard jump along an eligible Link, regardless of the destination Portal.
- 1 Point: Awarded to the Faction owning the Link for each Shard jump along an eligible Link exceeding 499.5m and landing on an Anomaly Zone Portal, irrespective of whether it’s a Target Portal.
- 5 Points: Awarded to the Faction to which a Target Portal belongs, for each of the first four (4) Shards secured on that Target Portal, regardless of which Faction controlled the Target Portal at the time of the Shard landing. Any additional Shards secured after the fourth Shard on a given Target Portal are worth zero (0) Points.
As an example, for the Shard journey as detailed below, the Resistance will receive 6 points and the Enlightened will receive 3 points.
- the Shard first jumps across a RES Link of 700m onto a non-Anomaly-Zone-Portal ⇒ 1 points to the RES
- then it jumps across an ENL Link of 400m onto an Anomaly Zone Portal ⇒ 1 point to the ENL
- lastly it jumps across another ENL Link of 501m to land on an empty RES Target Portal ⇒ 2 points to the ENL, 5 points to the RES
- at the last jump opportunity, the Shard stayed on the Target Portal ⇒ no additional points to either Faction
The final raw score for each Faction in the Flash Shard Battle is determined by summing the following:
- The Faction’s highest score from Wave 1 and Wave 2.
- The Faction’s highest score from Wave 3 and Wave 4.
- The Faction’s highest score from Wave 5 and Wave 6.
100 Season Points will be distributed proportionally between the Factions, rounded to one decimal place, based on their final raw scores.
As an example, at an Anomaly where the six Flash Shard Waves result in the following:
| Wave Number | Enlightened | Resistance |
|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | ENL: 21 | RES: 43 |
| Wave 2 | ENL: 101 | RES: 13 |
| Wave 3 | ENL: 51 | RES: 61 |
| Wave 4 | ENL: 33 | RES: 43 |
| Wave 5 | ENL: 51 | RES: 65 |
| Wave 6 | ENL: 29 | RES: 81 |
In this example, the Enlightened scores in Wave 2, Wave 3 and Wave 3 total to 203; the Resistance scores in Wave 1, Wave 3 and Wave 6 total to 185.
These two values (203 and 185) would then be used to proportionally divide the Season Points available for this event among the two Factions, resulting at 52.3 to the Enlightened and 47.7 to the Resistance. These scores are rounded to one decimal place.
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 manifest 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 150 minutes. - In the event that a Shard has not traveled along any Link within the past 150 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, Ingress Ops may return the Shard to a previous location.
Stealth Ops & Urban Ops Scoring
At a Stealth Ops or an Urban Ops, the cadre will run a number of Faction-vs-Faction challenges. Ten (10) Season Points will be allocated proportionally based on the number of challenges each Faction won during the respective Ops. Challenges ended up in a tie will not be taken into point allocation.
Anomaly Campaign Procedure
During the period from 14:00 to 17:10 local time, Agents close to the Anomaly Zone will receive an Anomaly Campaign via their Dispatch system. The Campaign contains 5 Bounties and is not restartable:
- Deploy a Resonator → 3,000 Orion Tokens
- Destroy 30 Resonators → 500 Orion Tokens
- Destroy 60 Resonators → 300 Orion Tokens
- Earn 30 Anomaly Unique Hacks → 500 Orion Tokens
- Earn 60 Anomaly Unique Hacks → 300 Orion Tokens
Completing the entire Campaign will earn an Agent an additional 400 Orion Tokens. The Campaign will expire at 17:10 local time.
Anomaly Uniques Scoring
The 80 Season Points will be awarded based on the average number of Anomaly Unique Hacks recorded per Agent per Faction.
Only Agents who obtain at least one Anomaly Unique Hack during the 14:00–17:00 window are eligible for this calculation. To determine the Faction average, the top 10% and bottom 10% of eligible Agents will be excluded.
The 80 Season Points will be distributed pro rata based on these trimmed averages, rounded to one decimal place.
Anomaly Unique Hack
To earn an “Anomaly Unique Hack”, an Agent must Hack a Portal that is part of the Anomaly Zone between 14:00 and 17:00. Each Portal will only increment the “Anomaly Unique Hack” count once, except when it is in a hidden Recursive State.
Portals in Recursive State
Between 14:00 and 17:00, certain Anomaly Zone Portals may enter a “Recursive State” for the duration of an entire Wave. There will be no visual indicator of this state. Each Agent who successfully hacks a Portal in a Recursive State will receive a one-time “Anomaly Unique Hack” bonus ranging from 10 to 50 increments. While an Agent can only receive this bonus once per Portal per Recursive instance, other Agents remain eligible to earn it from that same Portal within the same Wave window. Agents can earn multiple bonuses from different Portals that enter a Recursive State throughout the Anomaly.
Portal Immunity Instability Details
During Anomaly weekends, Immunity Periods for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will experience instability.
Immunity Period instability will affect all Portals, globally, during the time period it is active.
On Anomaly days, the instability will begin approximately one hour prior to the beginning of Anomaly Battle Beacons activities at the first site of the day, and will end approximately one hour after the conclusion of Anomaly Battle Beacons activities at the last site of the day.
During the instability windows identified above, Immunity Period will vary between a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 55 minutes, rounded to a whole minute (eg. 7 minutes and 0 seconds). The Current Immunity Period will be modified, globally, approximately every 30 minutes. As soon as the Current Immunity Period is modified, it will affect all Portals, regardless of what the Immunity Period was when they were last flipped.
When a Portal flip is attempted using a Jarvis Virus or ADA Refactor, the time of the last flip (eg. 10 minutes and 5 seconds ago) will be compared to the Current Immunity Period (e.g. 20 minutes and 00 seconds). The Current Immunity Period may be different from the Immunity Period when the last flip was performed. Only the Current Immunity Period and the time of the last flip are used to calculate whether a Portal flip is successful. ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will be expended during both failed and successful flip attempts, as usual.
The Immunity Periods for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will always be equivalent during the instability windows.
Neither Faction will be aware of the time or duration of changes in Immunity in advance, and no mechanic will exist to allow a Faction advance knowledge of this information (eg. media, passcode, dead-drop intel or special Ops reward).
A list of all Immunity Period changes, both the time at which the change was made, and the duration it was changed to, will be published following the conclusion of a day’s events. A hash of that list will be published in advance.
Portal Immunity
Portal Immunity for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will experience instability globally during Anomaly windows. See section “Portal Immunity Instability” for more details.
| Date | Component | Immunity Instability Hash |
|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2026 | Sydney, NSW, Australia & Prague, Czechia | to be released |
| 30 May 2026 | Kure City, Hiroshima Pref, Japan & Jersey City, New Jersey, USA | to be released |
| 20 Jun 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland & Lima, Peru | to be released |
Additional Anomaly Site on-site events
| Site | On-site events | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney, NSW, Australia | Fri, 15 May 2026 to Sun, 17 May 2026 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 15 May 2026 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 17 May 2026 all day | Ingress Mission Day (TBC) | Mission Location TBD | |
| Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Prague, Czechia | Fri, 15 May 2026 to Sun, 17 May 2026 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 15 May 2026 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 17 May 2026 all day | Ingress Mission Day (TBC) | Mission Location TBD | |
| Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Kure City, Hiroshima Pref, Japan | Fri, 29 May 2026 to Sun, 31 May 2026 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 29 May 2026 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 30 May 2026 09:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 31 May 2026 all day | Ingress Mission Day (TBC) | Mission Location TBD | |
| Sun, 31 May 2026 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Jersey City, New Jersey, USA | Fri, 29 May 2026 to Sun, 31 May 2026 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 29 May 2026 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 30 May 2026 09:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 31 May 2026 all day | Ingress Mission Day (TBC) | Mission Location TBD | |
| Sun, 31 May 2026 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Geneva, Switzerland | Fri, 19 Jun 2026 to Sun, 21 Jun 2026 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 21 Jun 2026 all day | Ingress Mission Day (TBC) | Mission Location TBD | |
| Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Lima, Peru | Fri, 19 Jun 2026 to Sun, 21 Jun 2026 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 21 Jun 2026 all day | Ingress Mission Day (TBC) | Mission Location TBD | |
| Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
What is the mobile research lab NL-1331X (Portal)
The first successful hack of the NL-1331 Portal during the announced time range will immediately earn one increment on the “NL-1331 Meetups” medal.
What is NIA TKO Stealth Ops
Ticketed events hosted by GORUCK, consist of competitive physicality challenges. Agents successfully completing this event on-site will earn one (1) increment on the “Stealth Ops” medal within one (1) week of the event..
In proportion to challenges each Faction wins during Stealth Ops, the two Factions will share ten (10) Season Points. In the rare event of all challenges ending up in a tie, each Faction will receive 3.5 Season Points.
Example of Stealth Ops challenges:
- Fixed-leg relay race of various endurance exercises
- Team loads / Casualty Carry
- Trivia question contest
- The GORUCK Spearhead logo field-art contest
- Portal capture race within designated area
- Glyph sequence formation
What is NIA TKO Urban Ops
Ticketed events hosted by GORUCK, consist of competitive physicality challenges. Agents successfully completing this event on-site will earn one (1) increment on the “Urban Ops” medal within one (1) week of the event..
In proportion to challenges each Faction wins during Urban Ops, the two Factions will share ten (10) Season Points. In the rare event of all challenges ending up in a tie, each Faction will receive 3.5 Season Points.
Example of Urban Ops challenges:
- Fixed-leg relay race of various endurance exercises
- Team loads / Casualty Carry
- Trivia question contest
- Glyph sequence formation
What is Operation Clear Field
Ticketed service-themed scavenger hunt with competitive Ingress exploration, hosted by GORUCK. Agents successfully completing this event on-site will earn one (1) increment on the “Operation Clear Field” medal.
What is Ingress Mission Day
Registration-free, verification-free, and ticket-free. Complete six (6) or more “MD 2026: <City Name>” Mission Day missions from 00:00 to 23:59 to earn one (1) increment on the “Mission Day” medal. The Mission Day medal increment is automatic after completing six (6) of such missions. You can use the “NIA” mission filter to view nearby official missions.
In the event that Mission Day missions are live in advance, Agents may attempt these missions but will not earn any Mission Day medal increment. To earn the increment, Agents will have to complete or re-complete 6 of such missions during Sunday.
Join your Faction at an Anomaly Site
Sign up with your Faction’s Team Leads at each site for collaborated gameplay and more info:
| Weekend | Location | ENL Contacts | RES Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2026 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Link | Link |
| 16 May 2026 | Prague, Czechia | Link | Link |
| 30 May 2026 | Kure City, Hiroshima Pref, Japan | Link | Link |
| 30 May 2026 | Jersey City, New Jersey, USA | Link | Link |
| 20 Jun 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland | Link | Link |
| 20 Jun 2026 | Lima, Peru | Link TBD | Link |
PSA: If you are leading your local Faction community at an upcoming Anomaly site in 2026 and have not yet contacted the Ingress team, please complete this form. Alternatively, you may speak with an Ingress Vanguard or any Agent who has previously liaised with the Ingress team to receive a referral to a team member.