X-Factors are special abilities for your pro in NHL 26, that let you step up your game in ways that mere Traits cannot. With one X-Factor and slot available to you at the start, you will have some work to do, in order to unlock additional X-Factors for use in the remaining two slots.
This NHL 26 guide will detail everything you can do to unlock more X-Factors for your pro.
Be A Pro Conversation Response
The Trait: Confidence response plays a critical role in future dialogue options, as it gives you extra points towards unlocking both X-Factors, as well as Traits.
Interview Question Responses
In subsequent interviews, always select the Confident response option. The first question will grant you +2 Trait Points, and the second will gain you +2 X-Factor Points.
Activities
As each day advances, expend energy towards X-Factor Training via the Activities menu. This will slowly earn you the additional X-Factor Points you will need to unlock the remaining X-Factors. Once you have exhausted all of your Energy for the day, switch to the Health sub-menu, and spend as much of your pro’s Health as you can afford in exchange for additional Energy, up to the point he becomes Exhausted.
Carefully Advance Day through the week until the next Energy replenishment, then rinse and repeat. Before you know it, you will have all the X-Factor Points you could possibly need to unlock the X-Factors you really want.
Those are all the ways to maximize your pro’s potential in order to unlock all 28 X-Factors in NHL 26.
