Prime Tips an Ingress Podcast

If you looking for good gear you need to hack level eight portals. If you don't have eight agents in your area to make an L8 portal you can still build level Eight portals using Ada and Jarvis flip cards, a bit of planning and a bit of time. In this episode we explain what a flip bump is and how you can build level eight portals with as few as two agents. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anc...

Most agents will tell you force amps and turrets are worthless gear and recycle or even drop them when they hack one of these rare mods.  In day to day play these two mods may not be of much use, but used in the right way they can build a fortress around a critical portal that is anchoring a BAF or holding a shard.  Find out what turrets and force amps really do and how you can use them...

Probably one of the first mods you ever put on a portal was a shield. The idea is simple - shields protect portals from damage caused by bursters or ultra strikes.  But there is much more to it. Find out how to keep shields on a portal, how to protect the portal after the shields have been stripped away and the best way to attack a heavily shielded portal. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https...

COVID-19 NOTE - Niantic has changed the scanner so a RECHARGE counts as a HACK during the self quarantine many players are experiencing.  So charge once a day to keep that sojourner badge alive! In this episode 23 we listened to the messages Ada broadcasts from level 8 portals.  In this short episode we give equal time to Jarvis as we listen to what he says from a level 8 enlightened por...

The Prime scanner will at times not throw a long link that is clear and should go.  This short episode gives you a walk around for that issue should you ever run into it and tells you how you can speed up your linking with any link you throw. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo | Become a Prime Tips Supporter...

If you turn on the sound and use headsets there is a lot in the soundscape of the scanner that might help you as you play.  In this episode we listen to the messages Ada broadcasts from level 8 portals.  Hopefully I can find a portal and listen to Jarvis in a future episode. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTips...

An TRUE AP generator is designed to do two things - create LOTS of fields and in turn generate a lot of AP.  In February of 2020 the Didact Field Challenge was to create 100, 300 or 800 fields in 10 days.  The AP generator was just the thing.  We will cover all the things you need and how to set up and use an AP generator to make lots of fields in a short amount of time and rack up...

Many agnets will just hit the deploy button 8 times, maybe throw on a mod and run away.  In this episode we look at how and why you may want to place your resonators when you deploy to make a portal harder to attack or more likely to attack. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo | Become a Prime Tips Supporter -...

So you found a tesserae and want to take part of the tesselation event.  What the heck do you do with it?  This episode walks you through the process of submitting a tessarae to the community forum and help the agents around the world put another puzzel piece on the board. The Community Forum Tesselation Discussion - https://community.ingress.com/en/categories/the-tessellation Visit the...

This episode looks at the art of dropping and picking up capsules.  If you ever had a capsule snatched away by an unexpected player we will show you a trick to help you get you capsule fo gear into the hands of the agent you want to have it. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo | Become a Prime Tips Supporter -...

Our second episode about IITC, the unofficial intel tool.  This episode looks at the mobile version and how it can give you door to door directions to any portal. The Story of IITC - https://teletype.in/@iitc-ce/ryddFdnFB | Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo | Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/Pri...

For challenges or getting lots of uniques when you travel you may need a way to find a lot of portals in a small area.  This episode shows you how ti use the mission creator tool to find those target rich environments! Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo | Youtube link for this episode- https://youtu.be/D0viua...

IITC-CE is the unofficial tool to beef up the intel map.  This episode looks at how to set up the newest desktop version of IITC and a few basics like autodrawing. The Story of IITC - https://teletype.in/@iitc-ce/ryddFdnFB | The IITC-CE Home Page - https://iitc.modos189.ru/ | Download the IITC-Button browser add-on (extension) - https://iitc.modos189.ru/download_desktop.html | Visit the Prime...

The 2.35.2 update to the Prime scanner added a long press on portals feature. In this episode we show you a couple of long press tricks that can speed up your Ingress game! Visit the Prime Tips Webpage  - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Video Version  - https://youtu.be/7lFvrY90WSk | Prime Tips YouTube Channel  - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo | Become a Prime Tips Suppo...

Heard of frackers but not sure what they do or how they do it? This episode of Prime Tips will walk you through how to use a fracker and how to start a frenzy of hacking that can net you and maybe your fellow agents hundreds of items in a just a few minutes. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage  - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Video Version  - https://youtu.be/7lFvrY90WSk | Prime Tips...

In the Ingress store you buy things not with real money but with Chaotic Matter Units (CMU or CM). So how do you get Chatoic Matter Units? Well you buy CMU with your credit card from the Ingress store. Confused? In this episode we take you through the process of buying CMU so you can buy other things like frackers and key lockers. We also look at what to do if you do not have Chaotic Matter Units...

Stock Intel Map Web Address - https://intel.ingress.com/intel The Ingress stock intel map is a great tool to see who owns portals, how well charged the resonators are, and what mods are on the portal so you can plan your attacks. It is also a great tool for gathering information about the present global and regional scores, entering passcodes and chatting in comms. If you want to plan out an opera...

Shards are markers that show up over a portal during a global shards event or at an anomaly. Chances are you will not stumble across one in the wild but you probably will see one at an anonmaly. In this episode we talk about what a shard is, how to spot one and most importantly what to do if you do come across one. We also offer you a number of great places to get info about shards and Ingress new...

Mind Units or MU is scoring that comes from making fields. It affects individual stats, badges, regional score and even the global score for both factions. In this episode we look at what MU score is and we take a few guesses on how it REALLY is figured. MU scoring is still a bit of a mystery and that is part of the fun of creating fields and guessing how many mind units you are going to score for...

To advance levels quickly you need to generate Action Points (AP).  One way to do that is making small layered fields.  We will show you how to set up a layered field and how much AP you can generate by making multiple split fields. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage  - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Video Version  - https://youtu.be/3lY_LtYKwrM | Prime Tips YouTube Channel...

Keys are an essential part of Ingress, allowing you to remote charge portals and link to portals.  Most agents collect a lot of keys and eventually they fill up your inventory.  This episode looks at ways to manage lots of keys at one time and how to use key lockers that will allow you to store hundreds of keys and NOT have it count against your 2,000 item inventory limit. Visit the Prim...

Most agents know there are hacks and there are glyph hacks that will get you more gear and eventually the translator badge.  What many may not know about is the command channel that you can use to get a slow glyph sequence, a fast glyph sequence, request a key or request no keys.  We even show you how to stack the commands to ask for a really fast hack with a key. Visit the Prime Tips We...

When your inventory goes over 2000 items you need to get rid of that low lever gear FAST.  We will show you how the Prime inventory system allows you to recycle a few items or hundreds with a few quick taps. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage  - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Video Version  - https://youtu.be/3lY_LtYKwrM | Prime Tips YouTube Channel  - http://bit.ly/Pr...

Using a passcode in Prime is a bit of a challenge because it is buried in the menus. We will help you dig up a wealth of gear by showing you how to redeem passcodes. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage  - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Video Version  - https://youtu.be/3lY_LtYKwrM | Prime Tips YouTube Channel  - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo | Become a Prime Tips Supporter &n...

Many agents are told that "comms are not secure" and they never look at them. For communications comms may not be the best choice but you can scrape a motherload of intel on opposing faction agents and agents on your side in comms if you know how. Visit the Prime Tips Webpage  - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips | Video Version  - https://youtu.be/3lY_LtYKwrM | Prime Tips YouTube Ch...