Field

A Digimon's Field (フィールド Fīrudo, Americanized name: Family) is an overall branching group of Digimon that each one belongs to. There are ten different fields, each with a different theme. Digimon can have more than one field or none. Field represents three things.

First of all, Digimon of the same field are likely to be able to evolve into similar forms, making it slightly easier to construct and group cards together at a glance. In the Digital Monster Card Game, fields are symbolized by a small tile with a two or three letter abreviation, with one large letter in the upper left corner and the other large letter in the lower right corner, sometimes with a third smaller letter immediately next to it. In the Digimon Card Game, fields are represented as specific traits that allow for Digimon to evolve into Digimon of the same field, regardless of other evolution conditions.

Secondly, in some media like Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01, a field can represent the habitat that the Digimon occupies. A Digimon in its own field can get an advantage in the card game.

The Digimon Pendulums are also based on those fields (they are indeed the source of them and were later adapted into the cards), with them introducing the first themed Evolution trees, as opposed to the rather random Evolution trees of the original V-Pets.

The Digital World in which the Digimon Xros Loader Toy is set is inspired by the classical portrayal of the Folder Continent and its different areas, which happens to explain why several Zones are named after certain Fields.

See also: Folder Continent Report

List of Fields

Field	Kanji/Kana	Romanization	Symbol	Description
Nature Spirits	ネイチャースピリッツ	Neichā Supirittsu	NSp	Generic monsters and beasts. Also represents grasslands and canyons.
Deep Savers	ディープセイバーズ	Dīpu Seibāzu	DS	Aquatic or ice-related Digimon. Can represent the ocean or arctic.
Nightmare Soldiers	ナイトメアソルジャーズ	Naitomea Sorujāzu	NSo	Darkness or spirit based Digimon, or Digimon based on traditional "Halloween" monsters like vampires, werewolves, or Japanese youkai and demons. Can represent haunted or cursed areas.
Wind Guardians	ウィンドガーディアンズ	Uindo Gādianzu	WG	Flying, air, or plant based Digimon. Can represent forests and the sky.
Metal Empire	メタルエンパイア	Metaru Enpaia	ME	Machine, cyborg, or other mechanical Digimon. Can represent cities and factories.
Unknown	アンノウン	Announ	UK	Mutant, unusual, or strange Digimon. Can represent junkyards and other strange places.
Dark Area	ダークエリア	Dāku Eria	DA	Villainous, demonic, terrifying, evil Digimon. Can represent the Dark Area of the Digital World.
Virus Busters	ウィルスバスターズ	Wirusu Basutāzu	VB	Heroic or angelic Digimon, often includes main characters from the anime or manga. Can represent the sky or heavens.
Dragon's Roar	ドラゴンズロア	Doragonzu Roa	DR	Draconic, reptile, or fire-related Digimon.
Jungle Troopers	ジャングル・トルーパーズ	Janguru Torūpāzu	JT	Plant or Insect based Digimon.

Groups

Some Fields are informally characterized as groups, with specific members, in the Digimon Reference Book.

In Digimon Adventure and its related media, the Dark Masters lead armies of a specific Field each. Pinochimon leads the Wind Guardians, Mugendramon the Metal Empire, and Piemon the Nightmare Soldiers. Metal Seadramon's army is the Deep Savers, though it is never stated on-screen. In every case, the Field assigned to each Dark Master is the one equivalent to the Digimon Pendulum they debuted in.

Virus Busters

The "Virus Busters" exterminate the spirit of "Evil" possessed even among Vaccines and especially by Viruses, and are Digimon who have the ability to Delete. Revolmon has a deep sense of justice and acts as a "Virus Buster". Though not said to be a Virus Buster, Igamon’s profile reiterates Revolmon as a Virus Buster and says the two are both comrades and rivals. Plotmon, as a Holy-species Digimon, will awaken to its mission as one of the "Virus Busters". Strikedramon aims to become a Virus Buster, whereas Cyberdramon is a lone warrior that is not affiliated with the Virus Busters. Siriusmon is affiliated with the "group of justice, the Virus Busters". Black War Greymon’s creed and principles are the polar opposite of the Virus Buster War Greymon. The Virus Busters War Greymon and Metal Garurumon are explicitly said to fuse to form the Royal Knight, Omegamon.

In contrast, Guardromon’s defensive capabilities have been used by a malicious hacker to protect against the Virus Busters. Imperialdramon: Fighter Mode (Black) prefers targeting Digimon affiliated with the Virus Busters in particular to eliminate them.

As noted in the Folder Continent Report, the "Virus Busters" have no particular habitat and are classified contrary to the ecosystem framework of other fields. Fragments of data thought to be that of Ancient Greymon and Ancient Garurumon were extracted from the "Virus Busters".

Nightmare Soldiers

The "Nightmare Soldiers" are described as a dark army, one that Beelzebumon could stand at the peak of, if it cared to. Murmukusmon is in the ruling class of the "Nightmare Soldiers", with the title of "Count", and it manages thirty legions of demons. Doruguremon has been noted to have the strength to repel an attack from Nightmare Soldiers with a single flap of its wings.

Piemon leads this group in Digimon Adventure, which includes Lady Devimon and an army of Evilmon among its members.

Field Emblems

Appearances

Anime

Digimon Adventure

In Digimon Adventure and its related media, the Dark Masters lead armies of a specific Field each. Pinochimon leads the Wind Guardians, Mugendramon the Metal Empire, and Piemon the Nightmare Soldiers. Metal Seadramon's army is the Deep Savers, though it is never stated on-screen. In every case, the Field assigned to each Dark Master is the one equivalent to the Digimon Pendulum they debuted in.

Manga

Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01

The V-Tamer Tags are named after the original five Fields (Nature Spirits, Deep Savers, Metal Empire, Nightmare Soldiers, Wind Guardians).

Digimon Liberator

The Deep Savers are a trio of NPCs. Fittingly, they use a Deep Savers deck with cards that have said trait in the Digimon Card Game.

Novel

Digimon Liberator

Oumi Reina plays a Nightmare Soldiers deck with cards that have said trait in the Digimon Card Game. Her Partner Digimon is Pico-chan.

Video Games

Digimon Adventure

In Digimon Adventure and its related media, the Dark Masters lead armies of a specific Field each. Pinochimon leads the Wind Guardians, Mugendramon the Metal Empire, and Piemon the Nightmare Soldiers. Metal Seadramon's army is the Deep Savers, though it is never stated on-screen. In every case, the Field assigned to each Dark Master is the one equivalent to the Digimon Pendulum they debuted in.

Virtual Pets

Digimon Pendulum

The concept of Fields was originally introduced in the Digimon Pendulum. Each Pendulum version bears the name of one of the Fields and contains only Digimon of that specific Field:

• 1.0/1.5: Nature Spirits
• 2.0/2.5: Deep Savers
• 3.0/3.5: Nightmare Soldiers
• 4.0/4.5: Wind Guardians
• 5.0/5.5: Metal Empire
• ZERO: Virus Busters

Digimon Pendulum Progress

Pendulum Progress 1.0 bears the name of the Dragon's Roar Field and contains only Digimon of that specific Field. The other two Pendulum Progress versions are not named after Fields.

Digimon Xros Loader

Some of the Quest Mode Zones are named and themed after certain Fields. These Zones are Deep Savers, Nature Spirits, Dragon's Roar, Wind Guardian, Metal Empire, and Nightmare Soldiers.

Digimon Pendulum Z

Like the original Digimon Pendulum, each Pendulum Z version bears the name of one of the Fields and contains only Digimon of that specific Field:

• Nature Spirits
• Deep Savers
• Nightmare Soldiers

Digimon Pendulum Z II

Like the original Digimon Pendulum, each Pendulum Z II version bears the name of one of the Fields and contains only Digimon of that specific Field:

• Wind Guardians
• Metal Empire
• Virus Busters

Digimon Pendulum COLOR

As the original six Digimon Pendulum COLORs are enhanced remakes of the original Digimon Pendulums of the same number, they each bear the name of one of the Fields and contain only Digimon of that specific Field. The COLORs 7 and 8 are not named after Fields.

TCG

Carddass Digimon Adventure

Cards of the Fields that serve as the armies of the Dark Masters were released in Part 3 - Decisive Battle!! Showdown in Tokyo Arc. In terms of numbering, they immediately follow the Dark Master who leads them. Each have explanations of what type of Digimon form part of said armies.

• Deep Savers: 103. "The Digimon army led by Metal Seadramon, which has the entire stretch of sea under their control. It is a gathering of Digimon who specialise in making use of the sea as their battlefield, and each Digimon excels in carrying out pursuit and ambushes!"
• Wind Guardians: 106: "This Digimon army is filled with peculiar members and led by their boss, Pinochimon; however, loyalty among its members is low due to Pinochimon's selfish ways. Pinochimon's mansion, which towers over the forest, serves as their base of activities."
• Metal Empire: 113: "An army of dark Digimon led by Mugendramon. This powerful mechanised army has several species of Dark Dragon Digimon among its members, and has claimed ruins and factorial areas as their territory!"
• Nightmare Soldiers: 117: "An army of dark Digimon led by Piemon, further details about them are unknown. The Dark Masters and other dark Digimon lie in wait within their hideout, towering over Spiral Mountain's summit!"

Digimon Card Game

For a list of cards with the Nature Spirits trait in the Digimon Card Game, see: Category:List of Cards with the Nature Spirits Trait

For a list of cards with the Deep Savers trait in the Digimon Card Game, see: Category:List of Cards with the Deep Savers Trait

For a list of cards with the Nightmare Soldiers trait in the Digimon Card Game, see: Category:List of Cards with the Nightmare Soldiers Trait

For a list of cards with the Wind Guardians trait in the Digimon Card Game, see: Category:List of Cards with the Wind Guardians Trait

The various Fields exist as traits in the Digimon Card Game. All of them are given to Digimon that were part of said field in their equivalent Digimon Pendulum COLORs, as well as to a few Digimon from the same fields in the equivalent Digimon Pendulum Z and Z II devices.

• Nature Spirits was introduced in EX-07 Digimon Liberator.
• Deep Savers was introduced in EX-08 Chain of Liberation.
• Nightmare Soldiers was also introduced in EX-08 Chain of Liberation. It is the only Field thus far to have a Tamer card that bears its trait, EX11-059 Oumi Reina, introduced in EX-11 Dawn of Liberator.
• Wind Guardians was introduced in BT-21 World Convergence, the only trait thus far to be introduced in a Booster instead of an Extra Booster.
• Metal Empire was introduced in EX-12 Digital World Shambala.
• Virus Busters was also introduced in EX-12 Digital World Shambala.

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