Academy Students

An ongoing list of all presently and formerly recruitable Academy Students. Notes will be added about availability. For characters not in the game yet, but otherwise hinted at in-game (or found by dataminers in the game's code), check the Speculation page.

Key:

• No color: Characters that cost normal currency
• Yellow: Characters that cost Shards the first time they were introduced (Premium Characters)

Regular Story Characters

Portrait	Character	Unlock Level	Recruitment Quest
	Iron Man	Level 1	Tutorial
	Wasp	Level 1	Tutorial
	Loki	Level 2	Asgardian Grudge
	Black Widow	Level 2	Mystery Ingredients
	Falcon	Level 4	Get Ready For Takeoff!
	Enchantress	Level 4	Mean Girl
	Captain America	Level 6	Cap's S.H.I.E.L.D., Pt. 4
	Ms. Marvel	Level 10	Freak Out
	Taskmaster	Level 20, or The Runaways Special Event	The Task At Hand
	Ant-Man	Level 20, or Ant-Man and The Wasp Event	Ant-Plan
	Maria Hill	Level 23	Student Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
	Tigra	Level 30	The Claws Are Out
	Hulk	Early Access: 1,495 Shards, or World War Hulk Event	SMASH!
	Crimson Dynamo	Armor Wars Event, Return of A-Force Special Event for 895 Shards, or Back to School Event	Get Crimson Dynamo!
	Hawkeye	Ultron Revolution Special Event, Pet Avengers Event, or Marvel Rising Event	Better Late Than Never, pt. 1
	Thor	Early Access: 1,495 Shards, or Thor: Ragnarok Event	Get Thor!
	Mockingbird	Level 1 Log-In Bonus: Final Day reward	N/A
	Voyager	Level 1 Log-In Bonus: Log in for 6 days	N/A

Premium Characters

Portrait	Character	Unlock method
	Spider-Woman	Premium Character: 250 Shards, or Heroic Map 3
	War Machine	Premium Character: 495 Shards
	Vision	Premium Character: 995 Shards, Ultron Revolution Special Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event, or World War Hulk Event
	Baron Zemo	Premium Character: 995 Shards, or Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Quake	Premium Character: 500 Shards, Inhumans Event, or Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Phil Coulson	Premium Character: 695 Shards
	Peggy Carter	Premium Character: 700 Shards (Price reduces by 100 Shards each day, free on the seventh day), A-Force Event, Legends Assemble Event, Multiverse Special Event, or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Event

Event Characters

Portrait	Character	Unlock method
	A-Bomb	Gamma Attack! Event, Arctic Armor Rescue Mini-Event, Avengers Under Siege! Event
	Red Hulk	Gamma Attack! Event, Arctic Armor Rescue Mini-Event, Avengers Under Siege! Event, Return of A-Force Event, or World War Hulk Event
	Pepper Potts	Women of Power Event, Arctic Armor Rescue Mini-Event, A-Force Event, Armor Wars Event, or Return of A-Force Event
	Nebula	Premium Character: 395 Shards during the Guardians of the Galaxy Event, Guardians Return Mini-Event, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event, or Infinity War Event
	Star-Lord	Guardians of the Galaxy Event, Guardians Return Mini-Event, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event, Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event
	Yondu	Premium Character: 475 Shards during the Guardians of the Galaxy Event, Guardians Return Mini-Event, or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Gamora	Guardians of the Galaxy Event, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Drax	Guardians of the Galaxy Event, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Rocket Raccoon	Guardians of the Galaxy Event, Guardians Return Mini-Event, or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Groot	Guardians of the Galaxy Event, Guardians Return Mini-Event, Avengers Under Siege Event, or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Wonder Man	Premium Character: 495 Shards during the Civil War Event, or Ultron Revolution Special Event
	Black Panther	Civil War Event, Pet Avengers Event, or Black Panther Event
	Spider-Man	Early Access: 995 Shards during the Civil War Event, Spider-Man Event, Spider-Man: Homecoming Event, Infinity War Event
	Agent 13	Civil War Event, or A-Force Event
	Sif	Premium Character: 495 Shards during the Civil War Event, A-Force Event, or Thor: Ragnarok Event
	Crossbones	Civil War Event, Under Siege Crate, or Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Madame Hydra	Civil War Event, A-Force Event, Legends Assemble Event, or Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Winter Soldier	Civil War Event, Avengers Under Siege Event, Multiverse Event, or Pet Avengers Event
	Captain Britain	Premium Character: 495 Shards during the British Invasion Event, or Avengers Under Siege! Event
	Union Jack	British Invasion Event, or Under Siege Event
	Black Knight	British Invasion Event, or Under Siege Event
	Spider-Ham	Premium Character: 495 Shards during the Spider-Man Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Black Cat	Spider-Man Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	The Lizard	Premium Character: 595 Shards during the Spider-Man Event, Spider-Man: Homecoming Event, or Inhumans Event
	Mary Jane	Spider-Man Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Doctor Octopus	Spider-Man Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Green Goblin	Spider-Man Event, Avengers Under Siege Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Spider-Man 2099	Premium Character: 695 Shards during the Spider-Man Event, Multiverse Special Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Spider-Gwen	Spider-Man Event, Spider-Man: Homecoming Event, Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event, or Marvel Rising Event
	Electro	Spider-Man Event, Avengers Under Siege Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Mysterio	Spider-Man Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Miles Morales	Premium Character: 495 Shards during the Spider-Man Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Venom	Spider-Man Event, or Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Squirrel Girl	A.I.M. Attacks! Event, A-Force Event, Inhumans Event, or Marvel Rising Event
	M.O.D.O.K.	A.I.M. Attacks! Event, Legends Assemble Event, Armor Wars Event, or Inhumans Event
	Jessica Jones	Premium Character: 415 Shards during the Daredevil Event, Defenders Event, or Jessica Jones Special Event
	Daredevil	Daredevil Event, Defenders Event, Cloak and Dagger Special Event, or Hell's Kitchen Halloween Special Event
	Elektra	Premium Character: Obtained through Mystical Ninja Crate during the Daredevil Event, Defenders Event, or Hell's Kitchen Halloween Event
	Hellcat	Daredevil Event, Defenders Event, or Jessica Jones Special Event
	Iron Fist	Daredevil Event, Defenders Event, or Hell's Kitchen Halloween Special Event
	Luke Cage	Daredevil Event, Defenders Event, Jessica Jones Special Event, or Luke Cage Event
	Punisher	Daredevil Event, Avengers Under Siege Event, Defenders Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event, or Infinity War Event
	Ghost Rider	Premium Character: 595 Shards during the Avengers Halloween Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event, or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Event
	Misty Knight	Avengers Halloween Event, Defenders Event, or Luke Cage Event
	Moon Knight	Avengers Halloween Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event, Cloak and Dagger Event
	Satana	Avengers Halloween Event, or Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Blade	Avengers Halloween Event, Avengers Under Siege Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event, or Cloak and Dagger Special Event
	Dracula	Avengers Halloween Event, Avengers Under Siege! Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Jack O'Lantern	Avengers Halloween Event, Avengers Under Siege Event, or Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Nico Minoru	Premium Character: 395 Shards during the Marvel's Doctor Strange Event, A-Force Event, or The Runaways Special Event
	Doctor Strange	Marvel's Doctor Strange Event, Ultron Revolution Special Event, or Infinity War Event
	Mordo	Marvel's Doctor Strange Event, or Ultron Revolution Special Event
	The Ancient One	Premium Character: 525 Shards during the Marvel's Doctor Strange Event, or Ultron Revolution Special Event
	Doctor Voodoo	Marvel's Doctor Strange Event, or Inhumans Event
	Wong	Marvel's Doctor Strange Event, or Inhumans Event
	She-Hulk	Premium Character: 545 Shards during the A-Force Event, Defenders Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event, or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Event
	Thor	A-Force Event, Armor Wars Event, Thor: Ragnarok Event, or Warriors Three Special Event
	Singularity	A-Force Event, or Return of A-Force Special Event
	America Chavez	A-Force Event, Armor Wars Event, Inhumans Event, Return of A-Force Special Event, or Marvel Rising Event
	Angela	A-Force Event, Monsters Unleashed Event, Inhumans Event, Thor: Ragnarok Event, Return of A-Force Special Event, or Warriors Three Special Event
	Captain Marvel	A-Force Event, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event, Inhumans Event, Return of A-Force Special Event, Infinity War Event, Cosmic Cataclysm Event, or Marvel Rising Event
	Lucky	Premium Character: 777 Shards during the Ultron Revolution Special Event, or Pet Avengers Event
	Kate Bishop	Ultron Revolution Special Event, or Armor Wars Event
	Viv	Ultron Revolution Special Event
	Jocasta	Ultron Revolution Special Event, Armor Wars Event, or Heroic Map 5
	Ultron	Ultron Revolution Special Event, or Armor Wars Event
	Stinger	Premium Character: 525 Shards during the Young Avengers Mini-Event, Pet Avengers Event, or Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Hulkling	Young Avengers Mini-Event or The Runaways Special Event
	Wiccan	Young Avengers Mini-Event
	Amadeus Cho	Premium Character: 525 Shards during the Monsters Unleashed Event, or Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Moon Girl	Monsters Unleashed Event, or Inhumans Event
	Elsa Bloodstone	Monsters Unleashed Event
	Orrgo	Monsters Unleashed Event, Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Hercules	Monsters Unleashed Event
	Devil Dinosaur	Monsters Unleashed Event, Multiverse Special Event, or Back to School Event
	Hank Pym	Premium Character: 595 Shards during the Legends Assemble Event, Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event, or Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Odin	Legends Assemble Event, Thor: Ragnarok Event, Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event, or Warriors Three Special Event
	Frigga	Legends Assemble Event, or Thor: Ragnarok Event
	J.A.R.V.I.S.	Legends Assemble Event
	Leader	Legends Assemble Event
	Nick Fury	Legends Assemble Event, Defenders Event, or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Event
	Nova	Premium Character: 545 Shards during the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event, or Cosmic Cataclysm Event
	Mantis	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Collector	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Adam Warlock	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event
	Cosmo the Spacedog	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event, Pet Avengers Event, or Cosmic Cataclysm Event
	Lil' Groot	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event, or Pet Avengers Event
	Beta Ray Bill	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Event, Thor: Ragnarok Event, Cosmic Cataclysm Event, or Warriors Three Special Eventod
	Bucky Barnes	Premium Character: 595 Shards during the Multiverse Special Event, Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event, or Avengers Academy 2.0 Heroic Map 2
	Captain America 2099	Multiverse Special Event
	Thor Noir	Multiverse Special Event
	Longbow	Multiverse Special Event
	Ghost Rider 2099	Multiverse Special Event
	Keeper Murdock	Multiverse Special Event
	Agent Venom	Premium Character: 545 Shards during the Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Spider-Girl	Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Silver Sable	Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	J. Jonah Jameson	Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Silk	Spider-Man: Homecoming Event
	Ironheart	Premium Character: 545 Shards during the Armor Wars Event, or Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event
	Iron Lad	Armor Wars Event, or Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event
	Whiplash	Armor Wars Event
	Yellowjacket	Armor Wars Event, Pet Avengers Event, or Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Claire Temple	Premium Character: 545 Shards during the Defenders Event
	Foggy Nelson	Defenders Event
	Stick	Defenders Event
	Colleen Wing	Defenders Event or Hell's Kitchen Halloween Event
	Medusa	Inhumans Event
	Lockjaw	Premium Character: 745 Shards during the Inhumans Event, Pet Avengers Event, or Marvel Rising Event
	Gorgon	Inhumans Event
	Triton	Premium Character: 495 Shards during the Inhumans Event
	Karnak	Inhumans Event
	Crystal	Inhumans Event or Back to School Event
	Auran	Inhumans Event
	Black Bolt	Inhumans Event or Back to School Event
	Hit-Monkey	Premium Character: 795 shards during the Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Dum-Dum Dugan	Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Jasper Sitwell	Avengers Halloween 2017 Event, or Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event
	Vampire by Night	Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Werewolf by Night	Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Man-Thing	Avengers Halloween 2017 Event
	Valkyrie	Premium Character: 445 Shards, Thor: Ragnarok Event, Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event, Black Panther Event, or Warriors Three Special Event
	Grandmaster	Thor: Ragnarok Event
	Ares	Thor: Ragnarok Event
	Korg	Thor: Ragnarok Event
	Miek	Thor: Ragnarok Event
	Heimdall	Thor: Ragnarok Event, or Best of 2017 Retrospective Mini-Event
	Hairball	Pet Avengers Event
	Howard the Duck	Premium Character: 545 Shards during the Pet Avengers Event
	Firebird	Pet Avengers Event
	Redwing	Pet Avengers Event
	Zabu	Pet Avengers Event
	Throg	Pet Avengers Event
	Red She-Hulk	Premium Character: 595 Shards during the Return of A-Force Special Event
	A.I.M. Scientist	Return of A-Force Special Event
	Iron Legion Robot	Return of A-Force Special Event
	Chitauri Soldier	Return of A-Force Special Event
	Newscaster Supreme	Return of A-Force Special Event
	Okoye	Black Panther Event
	Shuri	Black Panther Event
	Skaar	World War Hulk Event
	Rick Jones	Premium Character: 745 shards during the World War Hulk Event, or Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	The Hood	Jessica Jones Special Event
	Teen Groot	Infinity War Event
	Scarlet Witch	Infinity War Event
	Killmonger	Infinity War Event
	Thane	Infinity War Event
	Dagger	Cloak and Dagger Special Event
	Cloak	Cloak and Dagger Special Event
	Nightshade	Luke Cage Event
	Hope van Dyne	Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Goliath	Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Ghost	Ant-Man and The Wasp Event
	Mar-Vell	Cosmic Cataclysm Event
	Noh-Varr	Cosmic Cataclysm Event
	Hyperion	Cosmic Cataclysm Event
	Melinda May	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Event
	Leo Fitz	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Event
	Jemma Simmons	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Event
	Nadia Pym	Back to School Event
	Mandarin	Back to School Event
	Inferno	Marvel Rising Event
	Patriot	Marvel Rising Event
	Speed	Marvel Rising Event
	White Tiger	Hell's Kitchen Halloween Event
	Madame Masque	Hell's Kitchen Halloween Event
	Bullseye	Hell's Kitchen Halloween Event
	Hogun	Warriors Three Special Event
	Volstagg	Warriors Three Special Event
	Fandral	Warriors Three Special Event
	Molly Hayes	The Runaways Special Event
	Karolina Dean	The Runaways Special Event
	Old Lace	The Runaways Special Event

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