The FIFA 23 Team of the Year is undoubtedly the crown jewel in the FUT calendar this season. Every single card in the promo is a certified banger. There’s just one minor problem: availability. TOTY players are nearly impossible to acquire due to minuscule pack odds, which bumps their market price up and makes them even more difficult to obtain.
In this volatile environment, FIFA 23 Ultimate Team really needed something to alleviate the building frustration. EA read the room in a timely fashion and gave us another round of the popular Swaps. The new campaign will be put into action via Future Stars items. This guide will answer all possible questions you may have about the FIFA 23 Future Stars Swaps event, including the most important of them all: How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Tokens.
What are FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Tokens and how to use them in FUT?
Swap Tokens are a relatively new mechanic that EA introduced for the first time in FIFA 22. Tokens can be obtained by completing relatively easy tasks across FUT, mostly low-tier SBCs and Objectives. There are rare instances where Tokens are rewarded for other activities, such as logging into your FUT account.
These Swap Tokens can then be traded in for a serious reward. Rewards can be packs, player picks, or specific predetermined players. The quality of the reward corresponds to the number of Tokens you trade for it. The limited amount of Future Stars Swap Tokens means you must think hard before throwing your Tokens at a certain reward. A quick early swoop could deprive you of an opportunity to win another prize later on.
The FIFA 23 Future Stars Swaps campaign will take place between Jan. 30 and Feb. 17, with Swap Tokens being released on a daily basis during that period. The total number of Future Stars Swap Tokens that will be dropped into FUT is 30. As you will see in a moment, spreading these 30 Tokens wisely will be key to walking away with a good catch for your FUT squad.
What are the FIFA 23 Future Stars Swaps rewards?
- Three Future Stars Swap Tokens – Future Stars Team 1 pack, i.e. one random player from Future Stars Team 1
- Five Future Stars Swap Tokens – Base Icon Gianfranco Zola (85 OVR)
- 10 Future Stars Swap Tokens – 84+ x20 pack
- 10 Future Stars Swap Tokens – Player Moments Philippe Coutinho (88 OVR)
- 15 Future Stars Swap Tokens – 87+ Player Pick (one out of five). Choice will be between Winter Wildcards, FUT Centurions, or Future Stars Team 1 players.
- 15 Future Stars Swap Tokens – 85+ x10 pack
- 20 Future Stars Swap Tokens – Mid Icon George Best (90 OVR)
- 25 Future Stars Swap Tokens – two 85+ x10 packs
- 27 Future Stars Swap Tokens – Prime Icon Player Pick (one out of three)
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Tokens in FUT
Each of the 30 Tokens will come with its own unique requirement. Those are usually easy to accomplish and come down more to finding them and completing them in time. That’s why we’re here, to make sure you don’t miss any of the little rascals. We will be updating this guide with the release of each new Future Swaps Swap Token, right up to the final day on Feb. 17. Follow the simple instructions below and you’ll have 30 Tokens to trade by the end of it all.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 1: Jamie Reid
This is the easiest requirement of them all. All you have to do is log into your FUT account before Feb. 17 and this Token will be yours. Though if you wait until the final day, it won’t do you much good.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 2: Chris Kane
This is the first of what will likely be a bunch of TOTY Challenges. TOTY Challenge 1 is essentially an SBC with quite unorthodox yet easy-to-accomplish targets. The team you need to submit must have:
- Players from min. three different nationalities
- Players from min. two different clubs
- Max. five players from the same league
- Min. one Rare item
- Min. 75 OVR squad rating
- Min. 22 chemistry
- Price: approx. 5,000 coins
As you can see, despite TOTY Challenge 1 having a bunch of demands, it ends up costing much less than regular player SBCs. That’s only fair because you don’t get a player for completing it. You will get a Future Stars Swap Token if you solve this SBC until Feb. 6, though, which should be your second. On to the next one.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 3: Danny Rose
Token No. 3 is a little bit tricky because it involves buying packs. It’s not a symbolically priced pack either. The Danny Rose Token is contained within the New Year Cheer pack, which costs 80,000 FUT coins or 500 FIFA points.
That’s a steep price to pay for a single Swap Token. Thankfully, the pack has much more than that on offer. The New Year Cheer FIFA 23 pack contains 10 Gold items, with one guaranteed to have an 85+ OVR player rating. The Future Stars Swap Token comes as a free bonus of sorts.
That doesn’t change the fact that this Token is unobtainable without purchasing a pack you might not have necessarily gone for otherwise. The silver lining is that this is supposed to be a bonus Token, not counted toward the standard 30, so you should be able to skip it and still get up to a total of 30 Tokens by Feb. 17. The small risk is there, however, because the New Year Cheer offer expires on Feb. 10.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 4: Matty Smith
We warned you that there will be a bunch of TOTY Challenges along the way, and EA was quick to prove us right. TOTY Challenge 2 has the following requirements:
- Max. four players from the same league
- Min. three players from the same nation
- Max. three players from the same team
- Min. five Rare items
- Min. 65 OVR squad rating
- Min. 25 chemistry
- Price: approx. 3,500 coins
The lower squad rating figures of this squad make it considerably cheaper than the one necessary for TOTY Challenge 1, though at these low ranges, even huge percentage differences mean a couple thousand coins at most. The TOTY Challenge 2 SBC expires on Feb. 7.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 5: Rory Gaffney
Swap Tokens No. 5 and No. 6 are tied together in one big First Owner Fiesta. Gaffney is the one Token you don’t need to sweat over. All you need is to win one match in the FUT Friendly: Homegrown Eleven game mode.
This is a quick reminder that you can only use so-called First Owner items in this mode, that is cards that weren’t bought on the FUT transfer market. This Objective also expires on Feb. 7.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 6: Tobi Sho-Silva
The real grind begins here. The Sho-Silva Token is also part of the First Owner Fiesta Objectives, however, it would take a little more winning to walk out with this prize. You need seven victories in Live FUT Friendly: Homegrown Eleven, which is by far the most difficult task in the Future Stars Swaps circuit so far. As it is technically the same Objective, this one expires on the same date as the Gaffney one, on Feb. 7.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 7: Jin Seong Wook
The latest couple of Tokens are again connected to the same challenge, with one being easier to obtain than the other. Thankfully, the difference isn’t as striking as with the First Owner Fiesta pair.
This time you’ll need to be winning in the Live FUT Friendly: Silver Lounge game mode. Three wins will do for the Jin Seong Wook Swaps Token.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 8: Mohammed Majrashi
The Majrashi Swaps Token doesn’t require additional wins in the Silver Lounge. Three victories are still enough, but you must score eight goals and dish out six assists to complete all of the Objectives for this Token. The good news is that even if you don’t reach those numbers within the three initial wins, you can still beat the Objectives without winning another match.
The deadline for Jin Seong Wook and Mohammed Majrashi’s Swap Tokens is Feb. 8.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 9: Tyrese Sinclair
Tyrese Sinclair’s Token is the second one you have to buy a pack for. This time it’s the Future Stars Cornerstone pack, which will set you back some 75,000 coins. The pack itself contains 11 Rare Gold items, one of which is guaranteed to be 85+ OVR.
Buying the Future Stars Cornerstone pack simply for the Swap Token is a huge investment, but who knows, you might get lucky with that guaranteed 85+. This offer expires on Feb. 10.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 10: Mohammed Al Sahli
The 10th Token is rewarded for completing one of the many Challenge SBCs. The previous ones were TOTY Challenges, Al Sahli’s SBC is the first Future Stars Challenge. Here’s what you have to submit for Future Stars Challenge 1:
- Players from max. four different nations
- Min. five players from the same league
- Max. four players from the same team
- Min. five Rare items
- Min. 65 OVR squad rating
- Min. 16 chemistry
- Price: approx. 3,000 coins
Future Stars Challenge 1 needs to be completed until Feb. 10.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 11: Dan Agyei
The Dan Agyei Future Stars Token is an early reward in the Jesper Lindstrøm FUT Future Stars Academy Objectives. You’ll have to do a series of challenges to obtain the Dane’s 88 OVR item, but the Agyei Token doesn’t require nearly as much effort.
Scoring four goals with Danish players on Semi-Pro difficulty or higher in Squad Battles or Division Rivals is all you need to do. Because it’s tied to an unrelated Objective, this Token can technically be obtained as late as March. The Token will, however, be useless by then, so rushing through this challenge sooner rather than later would be a smart move.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 12: Josh March
Swap Tokens No. 12 and No. 13 are prizes for completing Future Stars Challenge 2 and Future Stars Challenge 3, respectively. The requirements for the former, and for acquiring the Josh March Token, are as follows:
- Players from max. two different leagues
- Min. three players from the same team
- Min. 9 Rare items
- Min. 80 OVR squad rating
- Min. 31 chemistry
- Price: approx. 7,500 coins
This SBC has an unusually high squad rating demand, but if you have fodder to fit in with the league and team requirements, it still wouldn’t amount to a lot of coins. Future Stars Challenge 2 expires on Feb. 11.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 13: Cameron Harper
You already know the deal. Harper’s Token is locked behind Future Stars Challenge 3, which demands a squad with these parameters:
- Players from min. four different clubs
- Max. five players from the same nation
- Min. one Rare item
- Min. 75 OVR squad rating
- Min. 23 chemistry
- Price: approx. 4,000 coins
Future Stars Challenge 3 expires on Feb. 12.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 14: Hong Si Hoo
Future Stars Challenge 4 was released immediately after the third one. This new SBC has some quirky requirements, but no min. squad rating, so the price stays within expectations. Here’s the squad you need to complete this challenge:
- Players from min. three different leagues
- Max. five players from the same club
- No Bronze items
- Min. four Gold items
- Min. 24 Chemistry
- Price: approx. 6,000 coins
The Future Stars Challenge 4 SBC expires on Feb. 13.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 15: Stephen Walker
EA is making a habit of tying two Future Stars Swap Tokens to the same Objectives, with one being significantly easier to acquire than the other. The Walker Swaps Token is an early reward in a First Owner Fiesta series of Objectives. You need to only win a single match in the Live FUT Friendly: Homegrown Eleven game mode.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 16: Alexander Ammitzbøll
Where things get hardcore is the Alexander Ammitzbøll Token. You have to go through all of the First Owner Fiesta Objectives to get this Token. In practice, this means winning seven Live FUT Friendly: Homegrown Eleven matches.
Whether the effort is worth it is entirely up to you, but you’ll have to make up your mind before Valentine’s Day, because Feb. 14 is when these Objectives expire.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 17: Guillaume Furrer
Furrer is the first of two Future Stars Swap Tokens awarded for completing the Ricardo RodrÃguez Silver Stars Objectives. Furrer is the easiest of the two Tokens to obtain. You need to win three matches in the Live FUT Friendly: Silver Lounge game mode.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 18: Youssuf Sylla
The other Token to gather from this challenge is Youssuff Sylla. Completing the requirement for Furrer will automatically do the same for one of the Sylla requirements. In addition to winning three Live FUT Friendly: Silver Lounge matches, though, you also have to score eight and assist three goals to get Sylla.
The deadline for completing these Silver Stars Objectives is Feb. 15.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 19: Filip Bundgaard
The Bundgaard Token is hidden within one of the currently active Marquee Matchups SBCs. RB Leipzig vs. Union Berlin is the SBC you’re looking for. These are its parameters:
- Min. one player from Germany
- Players from maximum five different clubs
- Min. two players from the same league
- Min. 71 OVR squad rating
- Min. 14 Chemistry
- Price: approx. 4,200 coins
The Marquee Matchups SBCs, including RB Leipzig vs. Union Berlin, expire on Feb. 16.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 20: Lars Kehl
Future Stars Challenge 5 will net you the Lars Kehl Swaps Token. The squad you need to submit must follow these rules:
- Players from min. three different leagues
- Min. two players from the same league
- Min. five players from the same nation
- Min. two Rare items
- Min. 78 OVR squad rating
- Min. 31 Chemistry
- Price: approx. 8,500 coins
A lot of requirements and a relatively high squad rating almost push this SBC into a five-figure coin investment. That’s a definite step up from what we’re used to so far, but still within reasonable margins. If you deem the SBC worth the investment, you can complete it until Feb. 17.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 21: Al Hassan Touré
This is another Token that doesn’t require much guidance to obtain beyond stating the specifics of the FUT pack it is contained in. The Future Stars Foundations pack will cost you 75,000 coins, for which you will be given 10 Rare Gold items, one of which is guaranteed to be 86+ OVR, and the Touré Swaps Token.
You can purchase this pack, should you choose to do so, until Feb. 17.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 22: Chen Pu
The Chen Pu Swaps Token is technically rewarded for completing an Objective, but not really. That’s because the Objective you have to do is literally an SBC. It’s the first step in the series of Nuno Tavares Future Stars Academy Objectives, which says you have to complete the Future Stars Academy Upgrade SBC once.
This SBC has a single requirement, which is at least a squad rating of 82 OVR. Putting together such a squad will cost you around 13,500 coins. If that seems a bit high for a single Future Stars Swap Token, that’s because it is. There’s a regular reward for completing this SBC too, which is a Player Pick from three 82+ OVR items.
The two combined prizes make this a much more appealing deal. It’s also one you have plenty of time to complete because it doesn’t expire until March 11.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 23: Raphael Assibey-Mensah
The 23rd Future Stars Swaps Token is much more clear about it being an SBC. It’s another Future Stars Challenge, No. 6 overall, and these are its requirements:
- Players from min. four different nations
- Players from max. five different clubs
- Max. four players from the same league
- Min. one Rare item
- Min. 75 OVR squad rating
- Min. 22 Chemistry
The Future Stars Challenge 6 SBC expires on Feb. 18.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 24: Robert Street
Back-to-back Challenge SBCs mean we can skip straight to the gist of it. The Robert Street Swaps Token will be yours if you submit the following squad for Future Stars Challenge 7:
- Players from min. four different clubs
- Min. one Rare item
- No Bronze items
- Min. 13 Chemistry
- Price: approx. 6,000 coins
The Future Stars Challenge 7 SBC expires on Feb. 19.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 25: Josh Umerah
The Josh Umerah Swaps Token brings some variety to the sea of Future Stars Challenge SBCs that’s been flooding the Swaps Token scene lately. The Umerah Token is also inserted into Future Stars Academy Objectives, only this time it isn’t a trick. You really need to complete Objectives here.
The task at hand is to score four goals using Italian players in Squad Battles on at least semi-pro difficulty, or alternatively do the same in Division Rivals. This is part of the Nicoló Rovella Future Stars Academy Objectives, and completing it will also earn you an 82 OVR version of the Italian midfielder.
These Objectives can be completed by March 13. We’ll follow up with a reminder that you can’t spend Future Stars Swap Tokens that late into the FUT season, so you’d be doing yourself a favor if you don’t wait until the last second.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 26: Iván Romero
You didn’t think we’d go two days in a row without a Future Stars Challenge, right? The eighth such SBC has been released and it will grant you the Romero Swaps Token, as long as you submit the following squad:
- Players from max. five different nations
- Max. four players from the same team
- Min. five Rare items
- Min. 65 OVR squad rating
- Min. 25 Chemistry
- Price: approx. 4,000 coins
The Future Stars Challenge 8 SBC expires on Feb. 20.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 27: Jelle Duin
We’re moving away from Squad Building Challenges and back to Objectives for the Duin Swaps Token. First Owner Fiesta is the format and you need to win a single match in the Live FUT Friendly: Homegrown Eleven mode to earn the Duin Token.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 28: Patrick Wood
The Patrick Wood Swaps Token is also obtainable through the same First Owner Fiesta Objectives tree, however he’s rewarded at the highest tier. What this means is that you’ll have to play and win seven matches in Live FUT Friendly: Homegrown Eleven before receiving the Wood Token.
The deadline for completing the Objectives for the Duin Swaps Token and the Wood Swaps Token is the same, Feb. 21.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 29: Richard O’Donnell
The O’Donnell Swaps Token is given to players who complete the first task of the Zakaria Aboukhlal Silver Stars Objectives. Said task is to win three matches in the Live FUT Friendly: Silver Lounge game mode.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 30: Jonathan Grounds
The second Future Stars Swap Token contained within the Aboukhlal Objectives is that of Jonathan Grounds. You must complete the entire set of Objectives to get both Aboukhlal’s 74 OVR Silver card and the Grounds Swaps Token. These Silver Stars Objectives include winning three matches, scoring eight goals and assisting six goals in Live FUT Friendly: Silver Lounge.
The Aboukhlal Objectives, and by association the O’Donnell Token and the Grounds Token, expire on Feb. 22.
How to get FIFA 23 Future Stars Swap Token No. 31: Grégoire Coudert
The Coudert Swaps Token can be found within the Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Werder Bremen Marquee Matchups SBC. The requirements for completing this Squad Building Challenge are:
- Min. one player from Germany
- Players from min. two different nations
- Max. five players from the same team
- Min. 72 OVR squad rating
- Min. 14 Chemistry
- Price: approx. 4,000 coins
The Coudert Future Stars Swap Token can be obtained until Feb. 23.
Keeping up with our FIFA 23 Future Stars Swaps tracker will ease the process of obtaining the Tokens, but remember that you also have to spend them before Feb. 17 or you’ll end up with a beautiful collection of useless FUT items.
