What is a Battle Beacon?The Battle Beacon creates a mini-Anomaly over the Portal to which it’s deployed, allowing Agents in range to practice and test their battle skills. Once a Battle Beacon is deployed, a Scoreboard will appear over the target Portal indicating points scored by each Faction across a 15-minute Battle. At the end of the 15-minute battle, the Hack output of the target Portal will be boosted for 10 minutes and the Battle beacon will transform into Enlightened, Resistance, or Neutral Ground beacon to indicate the winning Faction. How can I get a Battle Beacon?The Battle Beacon is a premium item that’s available within the in-app Store. Agents who have a minimum of 40 Million AP can purchase this item, however, any player can participate in a battle once a Battle Beacon is Deployed. 1 Battle Beacon costs 5000 MU. Learn more about purchasing premium items. How do I deploy a Battle Beacon? To deploy a Battle Beacon, follows these steps:
When you deploy a Battle Beacon, a COMM message is sent out to nearby Agents, including the Agent who owns the Portal, as well as all Agents with Resonators or Mods on the Portal. Battle Beacons can be deployed on Resistance, Enlightened or Neutral Portals. However, they can’t be deployed on Portals where Beacons are active, with the exceptions of Fireworks Beacons and Frackers. 1000XM will be consumed for each Battle Beacon that is deployed. 
What does the Battle started by a Battle Beacon involve?During the battle, your objective is to control the Target Portal across 5 Checkpoints. Checkpoints occur at 3-minute intervals with the following escalating point values: 1-2-2-3-4. The maximum achievable point value for the battle is 12 points. The Faction with the most points at the end of the battle successfully captures the Target Portal.At each Checkpoint, scores will be awarded to the Faction owning the target Portal, and its alignment will be reversed. This reverse in Portal alignment is imperative and not limited by reverse immunity imposed by ADA Refactor or Jarvis Virus. Yet, this reverse will not impose any reverse immunity like ADA Refactor and Jarvis Virus do.After the battle, the Beacon will change to an Enlightened Victory, Resistance Victory, or Neutral Ground emblem for 4 hours to reflect the outcome of the battle, and a second COMM message will announce the final results.Based on total Agent activity from deploying and destroying Resonators and Portal Mods during the battle, Hack Output will be boosted for both Factions from 1.25x up to 2.5x for 10 minutes after the battle’s resolution. Note: If the Battle ends in a tie, the Battle Beacon will change to the Neutral Ground Beacon. How many players can participate in a Battle Beacon Battle? Any Agent within physical proximity of the Portal where the Battle Beacon deployed can participate in the battle.As always, we encourage players to follow local health and safety guidelines (such as wearing masks and keeping at least six feet of distance from other people). What happens if other Agents don’t participate in a Battle Beacon Battle? If other Agents don’t participate in the battle, you can still battle on the Portal. The Battle will still proceed with the Checkpoint countdown even if there is no Agent activity; the Battle Beacon won’t pause due to inactivity. However, the final hack output will be based on overall activity. Agents who did not participate will also be able to benefit from the increased hack output after the battle has concluded. The hack output will be the same across all Agents and Faction, regardless of the amount of actions taken by an individual Agent during battle. Why can’t I see the Battle Beacon in the in-app Store? The Battle Beacon is currently available to Agents who have a minimum of 40 Million AP. However, there are no level restrictions for participating in the Battle once the Beacon is deployed.
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