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Badges

From version 1.35.1 release on the 12 of September 2013 , under the Agent tab in the ingress app, there is a section dedicated to badges. These are achievements normally with 5 levels to unlock (exception being the founder badge). To unlock each level a certain amount of times a certain must be done (capturing portals, destroying resonators, etc).

The 5 levels are in ascending order (ref:Your Agent profile)

  • Bronze
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Platinum
  • Black (sometimes called Onyx)

If the Bronze level has not been reached the badge will have a locked symbol on it, or for some badges they will not even be shown until you have unlocked them (for example Seer and Recruiter). Each level has the same icon but with a different color scheme.
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Some badges are retroactive, that is, even though they may have been introduced later in the game's history, the stats they are based on started counting when you began playing. Other badges rely on statistics that were only added in later releases of the scanner, and so began counting at other times, usually around the time the badges were introduced. Where possible we've included notes below on how each badge works.

The Seer badge is a particular exception case as it was suspended partway through its history. While there's some hope this restriction will be lifted, as things stand that does not seem likely, and only portal submissions between November 1st 2013 (when the badge went live) and December 31st 2014 (when it was suspended) count toward Seer.

More info on each badge can be found below.

Seer

Discover and successfully submit new Portals

Extra Info - Portals submitted after December 31, 2014 are no longer counted for this badge. However, portals submitted before this date but approved after are still counted. On January 24, 2015, the locked badge was removed from profiles of agents who had not yet reached the bronze tier. Approval of old portal submissions can still unlock the badge for these agents.

seer0.png Locked
seer1.png Bronze - 10
seer2.png Silver - 50
seer3.png Gold - 200
seer4v2.png Platinum - 500
seer5v2.png Black - 5000

Old Versions
seer4.png seer5.png

Connector

Link Portals

connector0.png Locked
connector1.png Bronze - 50
connector2.png Silver - 1000
connector3.png Gold - 5000
connector4v2.png Platinum - 25000
connector5v2.png Black - 100000

Old Versions
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Guardian

Maintain control of a Portal for an extended period of time.

Extra Info - The period is counted in days. so for example for the bronze badge you need to control a portal for 3 days straight. You must be the owner of the portal, and have a resonator deployed on it for it to count. If your resonator gets upgraded or destroyed (without neutralizing the portal), the counter stops, but if you then deploy or upgrade a resonator at the portal, it is resumed and the period where you had no resonators on the portal is counted as well.

guardian0.png Locked
guardian1.png Bronze - 3
guardian2.png Silver - 10
guardian3.png Gold - 20
guardian4v2.png Platinum - 90
guardian5v2.png Black - 150

Old Versions
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Liberator

Capture Portals.

Extra Info - This badge was released later on the 10th of January 2014.

liberator0.png Locked
liberator1.png Bronze - 100
liberator2.png Silver - 1000
liberator3.png Gold - 5000
liberator4v2.png Platinum - 15000
liberator5v2.png Black - 40000

Old Versions
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Pioneer

Capture distinct Portals.

Extra Info - This badge was released later on the 10th of January 2014.
For a portal to count as a distinct portal you cannot have captured it before. Example: you capture portal A. If you later have to recapture portal A, the count will not increase (the first capture of the portal is the one that counts)

pioneer0.png Locked
pioneer1.png Bronze - 20
pioneer2.png Silver - 200
pioneer3.png Gold - 1000
pioneer4v2.png Platinum - 5000
pioneer5v2.png Black - 20000

Old Versions
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Explorer

Visit and hack distinct Portals.

Extra Info - A lot more things than just hacking count as “visiting” a portal. Includes hacking, deploying a resonator or mod, upgrading a resonator, and linking from the portal. Does not include linking to the portal using its key, recharging the portal, attacking the portal, destroying resonators, or even neutralizing the portal. For a portal to count as a distinct portal you cannot have visited it before. Example - you hack portal A. If hack it again the count will not increase (the first visit of the portal is the only one that counts).

explorer0.png Locked
explorer1.png Bronze - 100
explorer2.png Silver - 1000
explorer3.png Gold - 2000
explorer4v2.png Platinum - 10000
explorer5v2.png Black - 30000

Old Versions
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Hacker

Hack Portals

hacker0.png Locked
hacker1.png Bronze - 2000
hacker2.png Silver - 10000
hacker3.png Gold - 30000
hacker4v2.png Platinum - 100000
hacker5v2.png Black - 200000

Old Versions
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Mind Controller

Create Control Fields

mind_controller0.png Locked
mind_controller1.png Bronze - 100
mind_controller2.png Silver - 500
mind_controller3.png Gold - 2000
mind_controller4v2.png Platinum - 10000
mind_controller5v2.png Black - 40000

Old Versions
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Builder

Deploy Resonators

builder0.png Locked
builder1.png Bronze - 2000
builder2.png Silver - 10000
builder3.png Gold - 30000
builder4v2.png Platinum - 100000
builder5v2.png Black - 200000

Old Versions
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Purifier

Destroy enemy Resonators

purifier0.png Locked
purifier1.png Bronze - 2000
purifier2.png Silver - 10000
purifier3.png Gold - 30000
purifier4v2.png Platinum - 100000
purifier5v2.png Black - 300000

Old Versions
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Recharger

Recharge Portals with Exotic Matter

recharger0.png Locked
recharger1.png Bronze - 100000
recharger2.png Silver - 1000000
recharger3.png Gold - 3000000
recharger4v2.png Platinum - 10000000
recharger5v2.png Black - 25000000

Old versions
recharger4.png recharger5.png

Trekker

Walk a long distance

Extra Info - Measured in kilometers.

trekker0.png Locked
trekker1.png Bronze - 10
trekker2.png Silver - 100
trekker3.png Gold - 300
trekker4v2.png Platinum - 1000
trekker5v2.png Black - 2500

Old versions

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Engineer

Deploy Mods to upgrade Portals

Extra Info - Mod deploys are counted since December 1st 2014.

engineer0.png Locked
engineer1.png Bronze - 150
engineer2.png Silver - 1500
engineer3.png Gold - 5000
engineer4v2.png Platinum - 20000
engineer5v2.png Black - 50000

Old Versions
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SpecOps

Complete Unique Missions

specops0.png Locked
specops1.png Bronze - 5
specops2.png Silver - 25
specops3.png Gold - 100
specops4v2.png Platinum - 200
specops5v2.png Black - 500

Old Versions
specops4.png specops5.png

Recruiter

Recruit new agents into Ingress and help them.

Extra Info - The recruited agents must reach at least Level 3 for them to count towards this badge.

recruiter0.png Locked
recruiter1.png Bronze - 2
recruiter2.png Silver - 10
recruiter3.png Gold - 25
recruiter4v2.png Platinum - 50
recruiter5v2.png Black - 100

Old Versions
recruiter4.png recruiter5.png

Translator

Master Glyph hacking.

Extra Info - A glyph hack awards points only if all glyphs are drawn correctly — this is independent from the speed bonus. The number of points awarded depends on the number of glyphs:

  • 1 point for 1 glyph
  • 2 points for 2 glyphs
  • 4 points for 3 glyphs
  • 8 points for 4 glyphs
  • 15 points for 5 glyphs

This badge was released on January 30, 2015. Glyph hacks before this date are not included in the score.

translator0.png Locked
translator1.png Bronze - 200
translator2.png Silver - 2000
translator3.png Gold - 6000
translator4v2.png Platinum - 20000
translator5v2.png Black - 50000

Old Versions
translator4.png translator5.png

Illuminator

Capture Mind Units via Control Fields over populated areas

Extra info - This badge is retroactive. MU captured before its release date (26 of February 2015) are also counted.

illuminator0.png Locked
illuminator1.png Bronze - 5000
illuminator2.png Silver - 50000
illuminator3.png Gold - 250000
illuminator4v2.png Platinum - 1000000
illuminator5v2.png Black - 4000000

Old Versions
illuminator4.png illuminator5.png

Sojourner

Hack a portal in consecutive 24 hours period.

Extra Info - Every time you hack a portal, the game checks the amount of time between now and your previous hack. If it is less than 24 hours, the time is added to your counter. If it is more than 24 hours, your counter is reset to zero. It does not matter which portal is hacked: if you hack portal A, wait 23 hours, then hack portal B, the counter increases by 23 hours.

The counter is displayed in days and rounded up. This badge was released on March 6, 2015. Consecutive hacks before this date are not counted. The release of the badge set all counters to zero, and hacking within 24 hours of the badge's release added the time since release to the counter.

sojourner0.png Locked
sojourner1.png Bronze - 15
sojourner2.png Silver - 30
sojourner3.png Gold - 60
sojourner4v2.png Platinum - 180
sojourner5v2.png Black - 360

Old Versions
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Eve

In recognition of recruiting new iPhone Agents.
These are only obtained via passcodes

Extra Info - Attaining this badge required posting pictures of three new Agent recruits to social media, then submitting a form to Niantic for review. Alternately you could create and post recruiting poster ideas and, if a Niantic staffer "liked" your work, you might have attained a code for the badge. Either way, this was only available July 14th to August 10th, 2014, following the iOS release of the Ingress app. Despite the phrasing on the badge description, the recruits could be either Android or iOS users.

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Verified

Given to players that have verified their account through text message (SMS).

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Founder

In recognition of valiant contributions during the early days of Ingress.

Extra Info - On the 14th of December 2013, this badge was given to all players that were level 5 or higher at the time.
When the badge came out the number 1337 was seen below the description (leet). After a few days that was removed.

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Innovator

In recognition of your contributions during Ingress Year Two.

Extra Info - Given to all players who on the 15th of November 2014 were at least a certain level. Unlike Founder, this badge does count towards the level requirements, which caused some agents to level up when the badges were given out on November 17. This badge does not update as you level, it was a one-time award.

innovator0.png Locked
innovator1.png Bronze - 3
innovator2.png Silver - 9
innovator3.png Gold - 11
innovator4.png Platinum - 13
innovator5.png Black - 15

Vanguard

In recognition of your contributions during Ingress Year Three.

Extra Info - Given to all players who on the 1st of December 2015 were at least a certain level. Unlike Founder, this badge does count towards the level requirements. This badge does not update as you level, it was a one-time award.

vanguard0.png Locked
vanguard1.png Bronze - 3
vanguard2.png Silver - 9
vanguard3.png Gold - 13
vanguard4.png Platinum - 15
vanguard5.png Black - 16

Recursion

Given to players that have actively participated in the Recursion anomaly events.
These are only obtained via passcodes

Extra Info - Despite the wording in the “passcode confirmed” screen (“Gold Recursion Medal”), this badge does not count towards any level requirements. Later event-specific badges are listed as Bronze in the “passcode confirmed” screen, presumably to avoid this confusion since no levels require bronze badges.

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Interitus

Given to players that have actively participated in the Interitus anomaly events.
These are only obtained via passcodes

interitusbadge.png

Initio

Given to players that have actively participated in some selected Interitus anomaly events, or purchased T-shirts that supported disaster recovery in Ishinomaki.
These are only obtained via passcodes

initiobadge.png initiobadge2.jpg


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Helios

Given to players that have actively participated in Helios anomaly events.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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Darsana

Given to players that have actively participated in Darsana anomaly events.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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証人 (Shōnin)

Given to players that have actively participated in Shōnin anomaly events.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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Persepolis

Given to players that have actively participated in Persepolis anomaly events.
persepolis.png persepolislogo.png

Abaddon

Given to players that have actively participated in Abaddon anomaly events.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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Obsidian

Given to players that have actively participated in Abaddon anomaly events.

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Aegis Nova

Given to players that have actively participated in Aegis Nova anomaly events.

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Via Lux

Given to players that have actively participated in Via Lux anomaly events.

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Via Noir

Given to players that have actively participated in Via Noir anomaly events.

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Magnus

Given to players that have actively participated in Magnus anomaly events.

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Oliver Lynton-Wolfe

Aided XM Researcher and Engineer Dr. Oliver Lynton-Wolfe.
These are only obtained via passcodes

Extra Info - Passcodes were given out to agents who completed a specific mission at Darsana Barcelona.

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Hank Johnson

Aided Explorer and XM Researcher Hank Johnson.
These are only obtained via passcodes

Extra Info - Hank Johnson gave out passcodes to agents who visited him at the portal Leibniz Tempel during the registration at Shōnin Hanover. A mission leading from the registration site to the portal was available, but not required to obtain the passcode.

hank_badge.png

Stella Vyctory

Aided Endgame researcher Stella V. and chose a Line.
These are only obtained via passcodes at Shōnin Pasadena, or by participating in the website Endgame - Ancient Societies

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Susanna Moyer

Aided Ingress Report's investigative journalist Susanna Moyer.
These are only obtained via passcodes

Extra Info - Passcodes were given out to agents who completed a specific mission at Shōnin Pasadena (first badge) and Obsidian Rio (second).

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NL-1331

Studied experimental NIA mobile XM research station NL-1331.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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Edgar Allan Wright

Aided Operation Essex founder Edgar Allan Wright.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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Klue

Aided the informant Klue.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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ADA

Aided the artificial intelligence ADA.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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P. A. Chapeau (aka H. Richard Loeb)

Aided truth seeker and Niantic investigator P. A. Chapeau.
These are only obtained via passcodes

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Mission Day

In recognition of contributions during Mission Day
Obtained via passcode redemption at Mission Day in Linz, Austria on the 25th of April 2015.

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GORUCK

Extra Info - These will be given to agents who sign up for and complete the missions at a special events. See the original announcement post for more info.

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