Quick Answer: Summary of Steps

  1. Open Club, Gallery. Every set and its grade thresholds are listed there.
  2. Finish the Starter Set and Gallery Foundations objectives. Easy early tokens.
  3. Grade cheap club sets to S. Use cards you already owned first.
  4. Buy only missing players, grade, then resell. The Gallery remembers them after sale.
  5. Spend tokens in the Gallery Token Store. Hall of FUT players, kits and badges.

Prerequisites & Materials Needed

Required tools & items

  • EA SPORTS FC 27 on console or PC — Ultimate Team unlocked
  • Some coins — for missing players; most are recovered on resale
  • Patience for regrades — sets can be improved all season

Estimated time

  • Preparation: About 5 minutes to plan sets
  • Execution: 10–20 minutes per set

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Open the Gallery and read a set's thresholds

Each grade needs a different total score.

  • Main Menu, Club, Gallery.
  • Pick a set and check the score needed for the next grade.

How you know it worked: You can see the grade bar from D to S.

EA SPORTS FC 27 cover art
Cover art: EA SPORTS

Step 2: Do the Starter Set first

GAMES.GG reports it needs only five eligible Bronze, Silver or Gold players and pays 5 tokens at S.

  • Add five eligible players.
  • Select Confirm Changes.

How you know it worked: Starter Set shows grade S and the token reward.

Step 3: Fill a cheap club set

Small lower-division club sets reach S with inexpensive cards.

  • Use Autocomplete, then swap cards manually to trigger stronger tags.
  • Buy only the missing players.
  • Pro Tip: Autocomplete does not optimise tags; manual swaps can raise the score.

How you know it worked: The projected grade reaches your target.

Step 4: Grade it once at the highest grade you can

Rewards are cumulative, so you lose nothing by skipping lower grades.

  • Confirm the set.
  • Collect the tokens.

How you know it worked: Your Gallery Token balance rises.

Step 5: Resell and repeat

Sold players still count for the Gallery.

  • List tradeable players on the Transfer Market.
  • Move the coins to the next set.
  • Look out for: Each sale loses 5% to tax.

How you know it worked: The set keeps its grade after you sell.

Gallery Tokens are the currency of the FUT Gallery, the collection system that replaced the old Collection Book in EA SPORTS FC 27 Ultimate Team. You cannot buy them; you earn them by grading Gallery Sets, then spend them on Hall of FUT players, kits and badges. This guide explains how the grading works according to EA, then lays out the cheapest order to earn tokens based on community-tracked set data.

How this guide was made: researched with AI assistance from EA Help and community trackers (FUT.GG and GAMES.GG), then edited by Tulasiram Pemmadi. We have not tested it in our own club. EA's rules are marked as official; costs and set lists are community figures that change as new items release.

What EA confirms about the Gallery

Rule

Official answer (EA Help)

Where

Main Menu, Club, Gallery

Grades

D, C, B, A, S, set by the total Item Score

Do players get used up?

No. Unlike SBCs, sets do not remove items from your Club

Sold players

Still count if they passed through your Club

Loan items

Not eligible

Same player in many sets

Allowed

Rewards

Cumulative: jumping to S pays every lower grade too

Evolutions

Do not carry over; the Gallery uses the original item

Gallery Tokens

Earned by grading sets; spent in the Gallery Token Store on Kits, Badges and base Hall of FUT items

From EA's Gallery Sets and rewards guide, checked 30 October 2026.

How a set's score is built

FUT.GG summarises EA's scoring: each item scores by rating and rarity, the sum is the Base Grade, and tags such as First Owner, TOTW, Same League and Golden add a percentage Bonus Grade on top (FUT.GG). FUT.GG lists 196 sets as of 23 October 2026 and estimates up to 3,568 tokens are reachable without First Owner players. GAMES.GG reports First Owner bonuses of +150% (5–9 items), +300% (10–19) and +500% (20+) for Gallery Score (GAMES.GG).

Cheap sets that reach S grade (community data)

Set

Tokens if graded to S (cumulative)

Starter Set

5

Frosinone

28

Birmingham City

28

Málaga CF

28

Rayo Vallecano

38

Villarreal CF

38

VfB Stuttgart

38

From GAMES.GG's guide (updated 1 October 2026). It estimates about 500 tokens from cheap club sets for roughly 50,000–60,000 coins, much of it recovered by reselling. Set thresholds move during the season.

What tokens buy (Season 1 store, community data)

Hall of FUT player

Tokens

Alexandre Pato, Hulk

750

Doumbia, Balotelli, David Luiz, Valencia, Walcott

500

Guarín, Florenzi

400

McGeady, Layún

300

EA says the store changes during the season, so check in game before you save towards a player.

Tokens vs Gallery Level

They are separate. Tokens come from grades; Gallery Level comes from total Gallery Score and pays milestone rewards every five levels (GAMES.GG lists a Holographic Base Hero pick at level 10). Large league sets are poor for tokens early but good for Gallery Score once you own many First Owner items.

Gallery tags that raise a set's score

Tag

Bonus reported

Notes

First Owner

+150% / +300% / +500% (5–9 / 10–19 / 20+ items)

Packed, objective, SBC or reward items

Holographic

+8% / +12% / +20% (2–3 / 4–5 / 6+ items)

Rarer versions of special items

Heroic

+8% / +12% / +20%

Same thresholds as Holographic

TOTW

+4% (3–5), +8% (6–9), +15% (10+)

Team of the Week items

Same Club, League or Nation

Smaller bonuses

Stack with the others

Bonus values from GAMES.GG and FUT.GG; EA has not published a full tag table. A cheaper First Owner card that pushes a set over a tag threshold can beat a pricier market card, so check the projected total before you confirm.

Gallery Level milestones (community data)

Level

Reported reward

5

Squad Foundations Jesús Corona (84)

10

1 of 5 Holographic Base Hero pick

15

1 of 5 Holographic Base Icon pick

20

1 of 5 88+ Holographic Base Hero pick

25

1 of 5 92+ Holographic Base Icon pick

As listed by GAMES.GG. Levels come from Gallery Score, not tokens, so the token farming above and the level grind are best run side by side.

Platforms, price and India (checked 30 October 2026)

Store

US

UK

Eurozone

India

Steam (Standard)

$69.99

£59.99

€69.99

₹3,999

Steam prices from the Steam store. GAMES.GG reports the Gallery cannot be managed in the Web App or Companion App, and FUT.GG says the 3D Gallery Hub is limited to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2. Transfer Market coins and the 5% tax work the same in India as everywhere else; no real-money purchase is needed for tokens.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Using Loan items They do not count.
  • Evolving players for the Gallery Evolution upgrades do not carry over.
  • Chasing big league sets for tokens early They cost far more coins per token.
  • Grading D, then C, then B separately Rewards are cumulative; grade once at the highest reachable grade.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get Gallery Tokens in FC 27?

By grading Gallery Sets in Ultimate Team. Higher grades pay more, and rewards are cumulative.

Can you buy Gallery Tokens?

No. EA describes them as rewards for grading Gallery Sets.

Do sold players count for the Gallery?

Yes. If an eligible player passed through your Club, it still counts after you sell it.

What can you buy with Gallery Tokens?

Kits, Badges and base Hall of FUT items in the Gallery Token Store.

Can I grade Gallery Sets in the Web App?

GAMES.GG reports you cannot; use the console or PC game.

Sources & verification

Sources last verified on . This article covers published information, not hands-on testing.

About the Author

Tulasiram Pemmadi · Owner and editor

Tulasiram Pemmadi is the owner and editor of NextPlayIntel, which operates from India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He sets the site's editorial policy and publishes its gaming news, GTA guides, explainers and hardware reference pages. Articles are researched and written with AI assistance and fact-checked against the linked sources. Unless a page says otherwise, guides summarise published information and are not hands-on tests.