Reduce Avatar Progress

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Is there any way to reduce the avatar progress on a regular basis? I've had 2 missions that reduced it by one pip, but they seemed to be fairly random and part of a dark event. Now I get 3 missions with dark events at a time and none have a reduction.

Best Answer

The progression of the avatar project is "collected" in the "alien facility" sites which look like this on the global map:

alien facility

When you successfully attack such a facility, the aliens lose the progress from that facility and they have to build a new one in a different region. As you can see by the red square below it, the facility in this screenshot has only collected one point yet, so it is not yet a priority. But before you can attack a facility, you have to establish contact with the local resistance of the region. This isn't done with the region of this facility yet, so I should better do that soon so I can take out that facility quickly when the aliens get close to completion.

The facility in the pacific ocean which you see as soon as you become aware of the avatar project can not be attacked (yet!). It represents any project progress which is not bound to a specific facility.

Avatar progress can also be reduced by events which will happen when you progress in the "Alien Blacksite" and "Codex" story arcs.