What determines the quality of items obtained from a portal hack

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I've noticed that some portals seem to give out way better stuff than others. It seems to me that friendly, high level portals give out the best items when hacked, and enemy, high level portals give out the worst items when hacked. I also think the player level has something to do with it since I'm getting better items than I used to, even though I occasionally got higher level items when I was a lower level player.

Does anyone know for sure what the factors are for determining how good the items are from a hack? Or at least anecdotally know?

Best Answer

As we found out today loot item quality depends on the following things:

  • Portal level - the higher the better
  • Level of the strongest resonator (I believe it determines the maximum item level you can get from the portal, not confirmed)
  • Player level. We made an experiment today L1 and L6 players hacked the same L4.75 portal several times today:
    • L1 player's loot consisted of L1 and L2 resonators and XMP + common shields
    • L6 player's loot mostly consisted of L4 items + several L5 and L6 items + rare and very rare shields.
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