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 
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| 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 Edit
| 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 Edit
| 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 |
