EA Sports has announced thatIcon Swaps will soon be available for the popularUltimate Team mode in the football simulatorEA FC 26. Icon Swaps will begin on Friday, 30 January.
Icon Swaps are a welcome return and have sparked huge excitement among Ultimate Team fans. With this promotion, players will be able to unlock specific Icons in exchange for tokens, which can be earned by completing objectives, completing SBCs, or purchased directly from the Ultimate Team store.
Each individual Icon will require a specific number of tokens to be redeemed. Tokens can only be redeemed during that specific Icon Swaps release and cannot be used in any future Icon Swaps events.
Tokens will be released throughout the entire Icon Swaps promotion. Once you have collected a sufficient number of tokens, you will need to choose which Icons to unlock based on how many tokens you have earned.
Which Icons Are Available in Icon Swaps?
Confirmed Icons for this release include some of football’s all-time greats:
- Gianluigi Buffon – former Italy goalkeeper
- Ronaldo “Il Fenomeno” – former Brazil striker
- Eric Cantona – former France striker
- Rio Ferdinand – former England defender
Icons are not the only rewards available during the Icon Swaps promotion. As an alternative to the cards listed above, players will also be able to redeem Ultimate Team store packs.
In this article, in addition to consulting the full list of rewards, you will also find a guide on how to redeem every single token released by the Canadian software house during the promotion, ensuring you don’t miss out on a single one.
If you’re a fan of Ultimate Team, we recommend checking out our guide on how to unlock the transfer market in the Web App and Companion App.
We also suggest taking a look at the prediction for the Marquee Matchups, so you can buy in advance the cards you’ll need to complete the SBCs that Electronic Arts will release on Thursday, 15 January.
In addition, the Future Stars Team 1 has already been leaked, with the full list of players available at the following link.
Icon Swaps Program
20 Tokens will become available in-game through two drops, with 10 Tokens releasing on 30 January and a further 10 Tokens on 20 February.
Challenges to earn the Tokens will be live for 3 weeks, between 30 January – 20 February for the first batch of 10 Tokens, and between 20 February – 13 March for the second batch of 10 Tokens.
Trade-in Squad Building Challenges are used to redeem Tokens in exchange for Player Items, Packs, or Evolutions, and will remain live for an extra week.
TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE
There will be a number of returning challenges that require you to use a First-Owner starting XI including themed Squad Battles challenges using World Class difficulty, and One League or One Nation Live Events which require either a single league or single nation squad.
| Tokens | Reward |
| 19 | Ronaldo Icon 93 OVR |
| 17 | 93+ Campaign Icon Pick |
| 14 | Cantona Icon 92 OVR |
| 12 | 92+ Campaign Icon Pick |
| 11 | Ferdinand Icon 92 OVR |
| 11 | 91+ Campaign Icon Pick |
| 10 | 90+ Campaign Icon Pick |
| 9 | Buffon Icon 91 OVR |
| 9 | 89+ Campaign Icon Pick |
| 7 | Stoichkov Icon 91 OVR |
| 6 | 86+ x25 Pack |
| 5 | Zambrotta Icon 90 OVR |
| 3 | Xabi Alonso Icon 89 OVR |
| 3 | 85+ x15 Pack |
| 2 | 84+ x20 Pack |
| 1 | 82+ x25 Pack |
Icon Swaps Tokens – Soon Available Live Update 0/25
- First Fatier Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: LALIGA
- Second Buch Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: Premier League
- Third Walsh Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: Bundesliga
- 4th Oné Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: Ligue 1
- 5th Burnete Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: UT Champions in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 6th De Vlieger Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Silvers in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 7th Fle Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Les Blues in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 8th Duru Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Selecao in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 9th Siren Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: Premiere Class in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 10th De Meyer Token – EXP: 20 February
- Obtainable by completing: One Club Wonders in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 11th Mendicino Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: Italy
- 12th Jourde Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: France
- 13th Maamma Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: Spain
- 14th Haidara Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: Icon Swaps: England
- 15th Palumbo Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: UT Champions in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 16th Nyakossi Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: Silvers in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 17th Belhadj Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: ROSHN Saudi League in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 18th Delpupo Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: WSL in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 19th Blair Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: Liga F in Icon Swaps Objectives
- 20th Svierot Token – EXP: 13 March
- Obtainable by completing: One Club Wonders in Icon Swaps Objectives
Best Reward Combinations to Choose in Icon Swaps
Picking the right rewards can be the key to either landing standout players to boost your squad or grabbing valuable packs that give you a better shot at the game’s top footballers:
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Stay tuned to our pages, many useful guides are coming that will make your gaming experience fun both in the Division Rivals and in the Champions Weekend League.
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