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 |
