Heat Sink

As a temporary gameplay change, the Portal cooldown has been reduced from the standard five minutes to 90 seconds. All cooldowns reflect the change.

Heat Sink
Category	Portal Mod
Description	Mod that reduces cooldown time between Portal hacks.
Rarity(s)	Common Rare Very Rare
Introduced	June 2013 (1.28.1)
XM Cost	400 / 800 / 1 000 XM
Recycle Value	40 / 80 / 100 XM

The Heat Sink  is a Portal Mod. Its multiple effects assist agents in hacking the equipped Portal.

Effects of 1 Heat Sink  on Portal

Rarity	Hack Speed	Cooldown
(None)	0%	1:30*
Common	+20%	1:12*
Rare	+50%	0:45*
Very Rare	+70%	0:27*

All Heat Sinks  have the following effects:

• For all Agents: Reduces the Portal's cooldown, for all Agents allowing it to be hacked more frequently (excluding burnout). See the table above.
• For the deploying Agent: Resets the cooldown and burnout timers, so he or she can immediately hack the Portal again.

Rarities

Heat Sinks  are available in Common, Rare, and Very Rare rarities, which affect the cooldown reduction the item bestows. Community studies estimate the drop rates to be 1 in 100, 500, and 5 500 item rolls, respectively.

All Heat Sinks  have 0 Stickiness.

Agents often refer to Heat Sinks  using an abbreviation. 'CHS', 'RHS', and 'VRHS' refer to a Common, Rare, and Very Rare Heat Sink, respectively.

Cooldown Reduction

Rarity	Hack Speed	Cooldown
Common	+20%	1:12*
2 × Common	+28%	1:05*
3 × Common	+35.2%	0:58*
4 × Common	+41.7%	0:52*
Rare	+50%	0:45*
2 × Rare	+62.5%	0:34*
3 × Rare	+71.9%	0:25*
4 × Rare	+78.9%	0:19*
Very Rare	+70%	0:27*
2 × Very Rare	+80.5%	0:18*
3 × Very Rare	+87.3%	0:11*
4 × Very Rare	+91.8%	0:07*

A single Heat Sink  decreases the cooldown time of the equipped Portal, reducing the time before an Agent can hack the Portal again. The effect applies to both allied and enemy Agents. If an Agent's remaining cooldown is less than the new cooldown after a Heat Sink  is applied, the Agent can immediately hack the Portal again.

When multiple Heat Sinks  are attached to the same Portal, the rarest Heat Sink  applies its full effect. Each subsequent Heat Sink's  effect is halved, from highest to lowest rarity. The cumulative effect can be calculated using the following formula:

((1-h)*(1-a/2)*(1-b/2)*(1-c/2))*300

h = Rarest {{Heat Sink}} decrease percentage
a = Second rarest {{Heat Sink}} decrease percentage
b = Third rarest {{Heat Sink}} decrease percentage
c = Fourth rarest {{Heat Sink}} decrease percentage

For an example, a group of Agents deploys 1 Very Rare Heat Sink, 2 Rare Heat Sinks and 1 Common Heat Sink:

((1-0.7)*(1-0.5/2)*(1-0.5/2)*(1-0.2/2))*300 = 45.56 seconds between hacks

Cooldown/Burnout Reset

When an Agent attaches any Heat Sink  to a Portal, regardless of rarity, he or she can immediately hack the Portal again, resetting both the cooldown and burnout. This effect applies only to the Agent who attached the Heat Sink .

The Agent can now hack the Portal a number of times equal to its burnout count (depending on deployed Multi-Hacks ). A new four-hour burnout recovery timer will begin when the Agent completes the next hack on the Portal.

This effect is not cancelled when the mod is destroyed in an enemy attack.

Strategy

The cooldown reduction is most relevant when a large number of Agents have limited time to hack a Portal. This makes Rare and Very Rare Heat Sinks  crucial parts of "Powerhacks", or intensive hacking sessions, where the risk of enemy sabotage is high.

Because cooldown reduction serves only to reduce the total time it takes to burn out the Portal, the effect is irrelevant if Agents have time to spare, if they can use the cooldown time efficiently, or if they can easily return after the burnout period elapses. Deploying a Heat Sink  in these circumstances serves only to waste a mod slot.

The cooldown reset is useful for hacking the same Portal repeatedly in close succession, such as when acquiring Portal Keys .

The burnout reset synergizes well with Multi-Hacks . Because the Multi-Hack's  effects are applied to each burnout/reset cycle, its effect will be multiplied for the Agent who attaches the Heat Sink . To maximize yield, the Multi-Hack  should be applied first, with the Heat Sink  applied only after the Agent has burned the Portal out. Theoretically, an Agent can perform 64 hacks in 2 hours 10 minutes using this method with 1 Very Rare Multi-Hack and 3 Very Rare Heat Sinks.

If an enemy is attacking a Portal, an Agent can continuously attach new Common Heat Sinks as the old ones are destroyed, so as to hack the Portal repeatedly in close succession. In a pinch, an agent can even use a Flip Card to switch the Portal to the opposite side, destroy it, recapture it, and apply fresh Heat Sinks  for additional hacks.

Rare or Very Rare Heat Sinks  attached to high-level enemy Portals are often telltale signs that enemies have gathered to rapidly 'farm' resources. Savvy Agents will disrupt these Powerhacks and stake out the area to deny resources to the opponents.

Trivia

• The maximum cooldown decrease is 91.76% and that is 7 seconds. This can be achieve with 4 Very Rare Heat Sinks.

Usage

An Agent of any level can deploy a Heat Sink  by expending XM depending on the item's rarity.

Heat Sink Rarity	XM Cost
Common	400 XM
Rare	800 XM
Very Rare	1 000 XM

See also: Cooldown

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