Global Wayfarer Challenge - Discussion

[NianticThibs]

Hello Explorers,

Get ready for our next Wayfarer Global Review Challenge. For the first time ever, the entire world is your review playground! Forget selected regions – we’re unleashing both Bonus Location hopping AND Home Location hopping, empowering you to explore and review nominations anywhere across the globe during the challenge! Start planning your Wayfarer reviewing plans because the next challenge will only be open for 1 week!

Challenge Dates

• Start - Apr 16, 2025 12:00 PM PDT
• End - Apr 23, 2025 12:00 PM PDT

Where will your location-hopping take you? I cannot wait to share more details soon and hear all about the amazing places you’ll be virtually visiting. Get ready to review the world!

More to come soon!

[ScrawnyMeowth1]

@NianticThibs will this challenge add a tic to the OPR Live badge, now that Ingress is disconnecting from Wayfarer?

[NianticThibs]

Yes, you can expect Ingress rewards as well, including OPR ticks.

[DTrain2002]

My first challenge where I’ll be able to get both PoGo and Ingress rewards? Yes please!

Also hoping this will help get my agreement rating up, as it’s been slow going to get back up to 60%, my goal for this year.

Is a bit of a bummer than it is taking place during a holiday, especially since I don’t know yet what I’m doing for said holiday.

[Royalgeu]

Oh.. Thank you for the news I’ve been waiting for at last!!
Will you announce the compensation-related part later?
It starts tomorrow right away, but it’s a little disappointing that it’s a presentation a day before!

[DTrain2002]

Rewards are usually announced when the challenge starts. It actually starts on April 16th at 1pm Pacific Daylight Time, which is 19:00 UTC on April 16th.

[AliceWonder1511]

For all newer Wayfinder who want to participate:

Please check your wayfarer settings. The toggle for ‘challenges’ must be activated.

[Khatre]

Last useful challenge !

[P1dg3ySlayer]

Can we get some ideas which countries have the biggest backlogs or is it going to be pray and see?

[P1dg3ySlayer]

For Pogo players: Cowboy Hat Caterpie will be the reward. Ingress players: The opportunity to request the removal of all Pogo Wayspots.

[frealafgb]

Oh wow, short notice and across Easter!

I would love to know which areas need the backlog cleared so we could coordinate to help!

[yido]

Love seeing this global challenge so we can help each other clear out as much of the nomination backlog as possible before the separation is done and dusted.

And as @frealafgb already mentioned, an overview of highly impacted areas would have been good to be able to help out as much as possible…

Let’s join together in this challenge and

[schnupto]

Was für eine schöne Osterüberraschung! Danke Tintino!
Ich werde mir auf jeden Fall Zeit dafür nehmen. Eine Challenge wie diese habe ich mir gewünscht.
Ein Ort, den ich bestimmt besuchen werde, ist Nepal und die Himalayaregion im allgemeinen. Ich liebe es dort und bin gespannt, ob ich einige Wayspots entdecken werde, die ich bei früheren Besuchen bewertet habe.

[KaptainSpikey]

Useful to get the queue cleared before the separation of maps. Will be interesting to see which areas come up and which have the most backlog.

Shame it’s so last minute with very little information provided. Surely you could have planned this better?

[SlimboyFat71]

@AliceWonder1511

Please check your wayfarer settings. The toggle for ‘challenges’ must be activated.

Where is this setting?

[JNRAwsome]

Arceus encounter, calling it here.

[AliceWonder1511]

That’s in german, but I think you understand the path:

The toggle is the last set up

[SlimboyFat71]

I was already “On”.

Stupidly, I was looking for the option in these forums…

[Ferrothorn]

Interesting timing for a challenge. Hoping this means everything submitted up to this point is getting one final push to update the map in Ingress before it gets fully disconnected.

[AliceWonder1511]

Don’t worry. Who knows who else had maybe the same question