Access Points (sometimes referred to as Action Points and commonly called AP) constitute your “score” in Ingress. Various actions will award you AP. Reaching certain AP thresholds is a requirement for leveling up.
The meter at the top of the main scanner screen displays your progress toward your next level; tapping it briefly displays your progress numerically. Your current AP progress is also displayed on your profile, which you can view by tapping your icon at the upper-left of the scanner screen, as shown above. This will also display your lifetime AP. This information is also displayed for other agents when you view their profiles; to do so, long press their agent name and select “View Player Profile.”
AP for Game Actions
| Action | AP Gain |
|---|---|
| Upgrading another agent’s resonator | 65 AP |
| Destroying a resonator | 75 AP |
| Hacking an enemy portal | 100 AP |
| Deploying a resonator | 125 AP |
| Installing a mod | 125 AP |
| Destroying a link | 187 AP |
| Fully powering a portal (bonus) | 250 AP |
| Creating a link | 313 AP |
| Deploying a portal boost | 500 AP |
| Improved portal photo approved | 500 AP |
| Capturing a portal (bonus) | 675 AP |
| Destroying a control field | 750 AP |
| Portal submission approved | 1,000 AP |
| Creating a control field | 1,250 AP |
| Claiming two research bounties in a day | 2,000 AP |
| Recruiting an agent | 3,000 AP |
| Claiming four research bounties in a day | 5,000 AP |
| Redeeming a passcode | varies |
| Glyph hacking | varies |
| Recharging resonators | 1 AP/100 XM |
History
- 24 January 2013: Upgrading resonators and recharging grant AP. (Previously, they did not.)
- 12 February 2013: Installing mods (only shields at the time) no longer grants AP.
- 29 August 2013: AP granted once again for deploying mods.
- 24 September 2013: The AP progress bar appears at the top of the main scanner screen.
- 4 March 2015: AP is awarded for glyph hacking. (Previously, there was no AP reward.)
- 5 November 2018: Ingress Prime is released. No change to the rules that grant AP, but the AP progress bar was moved to a semi-circular meter around the agent’s icon.
- 10 September 2019: AP progress display changes back to a meter at the top of the scanner screen.
- 15 February 2023: Niantic announces that AP granted for recharging resonators changes to 1 AP per 100 XM charged.
- 8 February 2024: Research bounties released.