Providence, Rhode Island is nestled within the New England area of the United States

• Providence (PVD)
• Boston (BOS)

• Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA) offers buses from the Airport to downtown PVD
• Uber/Lyft

• Amtrak offers multiple options throughout the day to get you from Boston to Providence

HOW DO I WALK?!

Alright, seriously, the best options to get around Providence are by either ridesharing apps, catching a ride with an agent that drove into town, walking, or using RIPTA 

The Resistance Hotel block has already, unfortunately, closed, but there are plenty of hotel and alternative lodging methods around town.

Providence is generally a safe city for visitors, with a vibrant cultural scene and community life. However, like all urban areas, it has its challenges, and awareness of one’s surroundings is key. The presence of cultural events, particularly in 2025, adds layers of both opportunity and potential crowd management issues, but these are well-managed by local authorities. For the most up-to-date safety information, consulting local news or travel advisories before your trip is recommended.

Ingress +THETA Anomaly is a FREE city based Ingress event hosted by Niantic and organized for Resistance agents by a local Resistance organizing team.

It’s an incredibly exciting and unique virtual battle that you won’t experience in any other game!

Providence’s Anomaly is part of an anomaly season with other events taking place in Australia, Europe and the Philippines; as per the current anomaly rules, the battle itself will last for 3 hours, from 2 PM to 5 PM local time on the Saturday of 17th May 2025.

But that is just a small part of an action and fun filled weekend, starting with the pre-party on Friday afternoon, featuring GORUCK and NL1331 events, and ending on Sunday afternoon with a Mission Day event; there is much to look forward to!

Each exciting Anomaly battle consists of several gameplay challenges described by Niantic for each Anomaly Season in its rules!

You may find the current rules here: https://ingress.com/news/2025-plustheta

Whilst we do not know the rules for Providence, the current series rules include Battle Beacons and Shard Battles.

Don’t worry if you don’t understand what these mean; sign-up via register.providence.willbe.blue and we will explain everything to you!

We’re excited about your interest in the PVD Anomaly – to register with the Resistance, simply go to register.providence.willbe.blue , fill in your details and wait to get verified…

Upon successful verification, you may join a team and also our Telegram chats 

We’re ready to assist you with any potential issues and can’t wait to see you in Providence.

Whether you are an experienced anomaly veteran or a new agent who is just finding out how Ingress works,  there is a place for you at the Anomaly!

The Resistance organizers are putting a lot of effort to make sure every need is reflected; there are invaluable assignments  for both fast and slow moving or even static teams!

Make sure to let us know your preferred speed and any concerns while signing-up.

Whatever is your desired way of attending, you are a very important agent to us!

No, you don’t need to do any registration with Niantic, you only have to register with us!

To earn the Anomaly medal, you are likely to have to interact with at least five (5) Battle Beacons deployed by NIASection14  account during the Anomaly battle. You can recognize the official Battle Beacons by having an orange ornament around the portals they are deployed on. Following actions are considered an interaction:

• Deploy Resonator
• Upgrade other agent’s resonator
• Attack or Destroy Resonator
• Destroy Portal Mod
• Destroy Link
• Recharge Resonator

Of course! We will be hosting events on both the Friday and Saturday for this anomaly

Find out all the details in our Telegram chats!

Yes, all of these events are CONFIRMED to be happening during the Chemnitz Anomaly weekend!

Mission Day is a friendly, exploration based event, happening for the whole day on Sunday. Its goal is to enjoy and get to know the city by following special, high quality, scanner missions designed by local agents. Completing at least 6 missions will grant you a +1 uptick in the Mission Day medal.

GORUCK consists of 3 separate events happening in Chemnitz throughout the weekend. Completing each of them will earn you an event specific patch and a +1 uptick in the respective scanner medal. Winning challenges in Stealth & Urban also rewards the factions with extra points towards the Anomaly battle.

• Stealth is a heavier faction vs faction competitive event, a mental and physical challenge, happening on Friday evening from 5 PM to midnight.
• Urban is a lighter faction vs faction competitive event, a mental and physical challenge, happening on Saturday morning from 10 AM to 1 PM.
• Operation: Clear Field (OCF) is a friendly, scavenger hunt, event happening on Sunday morning from 10 AM to 2 PM.

Make sure to use the following discount code when placing your order to save 25% off your registration:

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NL1331 Portal will be present in PVD and hacking it will grant you +1 uptick to the NL1331 medal. We are hoping to also see the actual NL van make an appearance, but we currently have no information on any such plans! 

Yes , our team has prepared some incredible swag

We look forward to releasing this on the Providence Anomaly Swagshop!

Absolutely!

You can help out by spreading the word of this event to your local community, encouraging agents to attend.

You can also help attending agents by building farms together or providing them with various items they need, such as the harder to hack AEGIS shields.

Donations to help the cause are also accepted over at the PVD Swag Shop

Of course kids are welcome!

If they want to participate they can either sign up with our registration themselves, or if you are not comfortable with that, you can always tell our Teambuilding and your Team Lead about it.

Please make sure to follow the Ingress Terms and Conditions.

Pets welcome too! Let your Team Lead know about your furry friend later in the run up to the event.