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 |