CZRES · Ingress Anomaly Season · 2026
Orion Series
Rules & Scoring Guide
Six 30-minute waves.
Each wave starts with random Rare Battle Beacon
deployments
in the first 5 minutes within the Anomaly Zone. Each beacon has three scoring checkpoints.
Rare Battle Beacon — timing per beacon
0:00–5:00
Deploy
window
+10 min
Countdown
battle starts
+13:00
Check 1
+2 pts
+16:00
Check 2
+3 pts
+19:00
Checkk 3
+4 pts
After deployment a 10-minute countdown begins before
the challenge activates. The active phase lasts 9
minutes with checkpoints every 3 minutes. Times shown are relative to active phase start.
Non-Volatile · 2+3+4 = 9 pts total
Volatile · 6+9+12 = 27 pts total (×3 multiplier)
Each faction's highest score from any single wave determines proportional distribution
of 100 Season Points.
Beacons deployed in the first 5 minutes · Location within Anomaly Zone.
6 Target Portals per
faction
23 Shards per wave
6 Waves · 30 min each
Up to 4 jumps per shard
Wave timing (each wave)
+0:00
Wave start
Shards deploy
+0:10
Jump 1
~+0:15
Jump 2
~every 5 min
~+0:20
Jump 3
~+0:25
Jump 4
~+0:28
De-manifest
Wave 1 deploys at 14:02 local time. Each subsequent
wave starts 30 minutes later. Shards begin jumping at +10
min, then approximately every 5 minutes for up to 4 jumps.
Point Rules — per jump
+1 pt
Awarded to the faction owning the Link for each Shard jump along an eligible
Link,
regardless of destination portal.
+1 pt
Jump along an eligible Link exceeding 499.5 m that lands on an
Anomaly Zone portal. Stacks with the basic jump point.
+5 pts
Awarded to the faction owning a Target Portal for each of the
first four (4) Shards secured on that portal.
The 5th shard onward scores zero.
Target Portal cap: Only the first 4 Shards secured on any given Target
Portal
earn the 5-point bonus. Any additional shards landing on that target after the 4th grant no points —
move them to other targets or keep links alive for basic jump points.
Eligible Links: A Link is eligible for Shard travel only if both
connected Portals are Level 4 or higher. If multiple eligible Links exist at a Shard's
current portal, the Shard may jump along any one of them. A Shard will never jump to a
portal it has already visited.
Final Scoring — Wave Pairs
The highest score from each wave pair is taken per faction and the three pair-best
scores
are summed. 100 Season Points are then distributed proportionally between factions based on final raw
scores, rounded to one decimal place.