26 December 2025

How do Evolutions Work in Ultimate Team for EA Sports FC 26

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Evolutions in Ultimate Team for EA Sports FC 26 are a way to upgrade player cards, either making existing stars even better or turning bronze and silver favorites into 80+ rated monsters. With EVOs in FC 26, players have more freedom to make the teams of their dreams, and many are free. To level up and complete Evolutions, players will have to play games with these cards and complete other objectives, but the effort is more than worth it.

Once a player has an Evolution applied, it becomes untradeable. Be careful using these on expensive cards you may wish to sell. This cannot be undone.

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How Do Evolutions Work In FC 26?

EA Sports FC 26 - Ultimate Team - Browse Evolutions

To find the Evolutions tab, go to Club and then Evolutions to the right of the Squad tab. Players can then browse the currently available EVOs, some of which cost Coins or FC Points, while others are free. New EVOs will be added each week, with more powerful ones appearing as the football season progresses.

EVO Requirements

EA Sports FC 26 - Ultimate Team - Evolutions Eligible Players

Notice that each EVO has a set of player requirements. These may require players’ cards to be:

Beneath a specific rating.
A certain position.
Not a certain position.
Not have too many Playstyles.

By clicking on the EVO, a list of eligible cards will be shown, and users can choose the player they wish to upgrade. They will be able to scroll through each stage of the upgrade, seeing exactly what stats, Playstyles, and positions are added.

There are different expiration dates for when EVOs must be claimed by and when they must be completed. One may need to be claimed within 24 hours, but players then have a week to complete it, for example.

EA Sports FC 26 - Ultimate Team - Start Evolution

Once you’re happy, confirm the EVO, which may involve paying with Coins or FC Points. Nothing will happen to the card yet, however, as objectives need to be completed for the upgrades to occur.

Cards can receive multiple EVOs, but only one at a time.

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Complete Objectives To Level Up An Evolution In FC 26

EA Sports FC 26 - Ultimate Team - Evolutions - Objectives

Once an Evolution is assigned, it’s time to complete the objectives and level up the card. These objectives can be seen under the My Evolutions tab. Objectives can only be completed for Active EVO players, with these slots being filled up automatically. In your squad, players with an Active EVO will have a green circle next to their card.

Most users can only have 2 Active EVOs at once, but Ultimate Edition and EA Pro Play owners can have 3 Active EVOs. This was increased in December 2025.

Usually, these objectives will require the EVO player to feature in Squad Battles matches with a minimum difficulty of Semi Pro or in online Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events. For these, they only have to play a portion of the game, so they can be subbed on or off.

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Squad Battles are fairly quick, with 4-minute halves when compared with something like Rivals. If players only have one Active EVO, then Rush games are another good option.

EVO upgrades must be claimed after each objective is complete. Make sure to check back after each game to claim level-ups and start the next objective.

Some objectives will require multiple games to be played, while others add the condition that games must be won or that the Active EVO must score a set number of goals. Simple EVOs that only slightly improve a player might just have one objective, whereas EVOs that add 15 to a player’s overall will require multiple objectives to be completed.

The best EVOs in FC 26 will also give player cards a new cosmetic look, depending on the current theme.

It’s possible to see these objectives before claiming an EVO by scrolling through the various levels of evolution.

Finding EVOs For A Specific Player In FC 26

EA Sports FC 26 - Ultimate Team - View Available Evolutions

A new feature is that it’s possible to go to your squad and click on a player, and then select View Available Evolutions. This will head over to the Evolutions menu, but only show EVOs that they are eligible for, making the process easier.