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Everything New in FC 27 Ultimate Team

Every new feature in FC 27 Ultimate Team, from the FUT Gallery to Streamlined SBCs.

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Updated — from EA's FC 27 FUT deep dive and launch update

Everything new in EA SPORTS FC 27 Ultimate Team: the FUT Gallery and Holographic items, Streamlined SBCs with no chemistry or rating puzzle, Evolution Pathways, a Campaign Hub, single-player Live Events, End of Match Rewards with far more coins, Chemistry changes for ICONs and Heroes, and a new Champions qualification. From EA's FUT deep dive and launch update.

The FUT Gallery keeps a record of the player items that pass through your club, even ones you sold or put into an SBC (not loans). You fill Sets by nation, league, club or campaign; each completed Set gets a grade from the items in it, and higher-rated or special items score more. Tags reward particular mixes of items. Grades and your overall Gallery Level earn cosmetics and Gallery Tokens for a token store, which includes a new class of historical items, Hall of FUT.

Holographic items are rarer versions of special items, from Team of the Week 1 on: Regular with an animated foil, or Pristine with a styled name. Same player, same in-match attributes; they are rarer and score more in the Gallery. Base items are now just Bronze, Silver or Gold, with no Common or Rare.

Streamlined SBCs

Most Player and Upgrade SBCs now use a Streamlined format: instead of building a squad around chemistry, positions and a squad rating, you pick eligible items from your club and each adds a score based on its rating and rarity, until you reach the target. You can submit duplicates and come back later with a partial submission. Some SBCs set a minimum rating per item, some set none. Puzzle-style Challenge SBCs keep the traditional format.

Evolutions

Branching Pathways, an Evolution Chain Preview, the PlayStyles Lab back from Season 1, fewer but more deliberate Evolutions, and more Training Camp Evolutions. FC 27 Evolutions explained goes through each one.

Rewards and coins

End of Match Rewards move part of the weekly rewards into coins and Season Points paid after every match in select modes, so you keep earning in your favourite mode after the weekly rewards are done. EA says Rivals and Champions can pay several times the roughly 500-600 coins a match paid in FC 26, Squad Battles pays more too, and more rewards are coins and tradeable packs. Division Rivals rewards differ more between divisions, and Bounties return more often. Event Tokens carry over from FC 26.

Champions and Squad Battles

No more Division 6 requirement: qualification points come from Rivals and Squad Battles, and Champions rewards pay some back. FUT Champions qualification explains the rules.

Squad building changes

  • Chemistry: ICONs keep full chemistry in position and a +1 league link to every league, but their nation link drops from +2 to +1. Heroes' league link drops from +2 to +1 (nation stays +1); Hall of FUT items follow the Heroes' rules.
  • Base ICONs start at 88 OVR.
  • PlayStyle+ cap of three per item (down from five) and smaller attribute upgrades over the year; about five fewer weeks with a Campaign squad.
  • Roles: every special item released this year gets Role++ in every role of its primary and secondary positions.

New ways to play

A Campaign Hub shows everything live in the current campaign in one place. Single-player Live Events add themed matches against AI squads with their own rules, sometimes as a series of stages that get harder, for example a knockout tournament that starts on Semi-Pro and ends on Legendary. On PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Switch 2, the Gallery Hub shows your club and its items around you as 3D objects.

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More on Ultimate Team

  • Champions qualification — How many points you need, and how fast you get them.
  • Evolutions — How Pathways, previews and removing an Evolution work.
  • How to defend — Jockey, tackle and contain now that AI defenders no longer tackle for you.
  • Best camera settings — Each camera setting with the reason to pick it.
  • Dynamic OVR — How form, morale and match fitness move a player's rating.

Frequently asked questions

What is new in FC 27 Ultimate Team?

The FUT Gallery, Holographic items, Streamlined SBCs, Evolution Pathways and Chain Preview, a Campaign Hub, single-player Live Events, End of Match Rewards, Chemistry changes for ICONs and Heroes, and Champions qualification without the Division 6 requirement.

Do SBCs need chemistry in FC 27?

Most Player and Upgrade SBCs use the new Streamlined format, which only asks for a total score from the items you submit. Challenge SBCs keep the traditional format with its requirements.

A record of the player items that pass through your club, organised into Sets you complete and grade for rewards, including Gallery Tokens and Hall of FUT items.

What are Holographic cards in FC 27?

Rarer versions of special items, Regular or Pristine, with the same in-match attributes as the standard item. They score more in the FUT Gallery.

What changed for ICON chemistry in FC 27?

ICONs' nation link drops from +2 to +1; they keep full chemistry in position and +1 to every league. Heroes' league link drops from +2 to +1.