Rosemon

Rosemon wears a jewel named after the Kabbalah’s sephirah of beauty, and her whole character grows out of that idea. She is a Mega-level, Data-attribute Fairy Digimon called the Queen of Flowers. In the anime she is the Mega form of Mimi’s Palmon and of Yoshino’s Lalamon, and in Digimon Story: Time Stranger you get her by digivolving Lilamon late in the Agent Rank climb.

Who is Rosemon

Rosemon is a Mega-level Fairy Digimon with the Data attribute. She looks like a woman in rose armour carrying a whip and a rapier. Her official title is Queen of Flowers (Kusabana no Joou in Japanese). She is the classic final form for plant and flower lines, which is why two different anime partners, Palmon and Lalamon, both end up as her.

Her personality comes from the Digimon Reference Book: vanity with a sharp edge. She wants beauty that lasts forever and is very self-conscious about how she looks, but she is as strong as any other Mega. That mix of elegance and danger explains how the anime writes her: graceful, a little proud, and very hard to beat once the thorns come out.

Rosemon profile at a glance

The table below collects the core profile data. Where a game or the card game uses a different label, the medium is named.

Field	Value
Level	Mega (Ultimate in Japanese terms)
Attribute	Data
Type	Fairy in Japanese materials and the Digimon Card Game. Pixie in Time Stranger’s English text
Title	Queen of Flowers (Kusabana no Joou)
Signature attacks	Thorn Whip, Roses Rapier, Forbidden Temptation
Main pre-evolutions	Lilamon, Lillymon, Cherrymon, Pumpkinmon (Time Stranger)
Next forms	Rosemon: Burst Mode. Omnimon: Merciful Mode by DNA digivolution (Adventure tri.)
Variant	Rosemon (X-Antibody)
Lateral form	Babamon (Reference Book lore)
Field families	Wind Guardians, Nightmare Soldiers, Jungle Troopers
Time Stranger field guide	#367
Anime partners	Palmon (Mimi Tachikawa), Lalamon (Yoshino Fujieda)

Name and etymology

The Japanese name is ロゼモン, read “Rozemon”. It comes from “rose”, so the English name only drops the Japanese vowel, and the glance box needs no separate Japanese row. “Rose mon” is a common search spelling, but every official English release writes it as one word.

Japan calls her level “Ultimate” (究極体). English releases call it “Mega”, the top standard stage above the Japanese “Perfect” (Ultimate in English). Keep this in mind when you read Japanese card scans or wikis, because “Ultimate” there means Mega.

Field families: Wind Guardians, Nightmare Soldiers, Jungle Troopers

Rosemon belongs to three field families. Wind Guardians is the natural home for plant and fairy Digimon. Jungle Troopers reflects her floral design. Nightmare Soldiers fits her darker, temptress side, which shows up in attacks like Forbidden Temptation. The card game uses the same classification: the Time Stranger box-topper promo, P-222, lists her traits as Fairy/WG (Wind Guardians).

Design and lore: beauty, thorns and the Tiferet

Rosemon’s design tells a story about beauty that bites. The rose motif runs through her headdress, her petal skirt and her weapons, and the thorns are what she fights with.

The Tiferet jewel

The Tiferet sits in the centre of her chest. The Reference Book says it is engraved with the symbol of love and beauty. In Kabbalah, Tiferet is the sephirah of beauty and harmony, a fitting name for a Digimon obsessed with staying beautiful forever. Fandom’s Rosemon entry spells it “Tifaret” and says the jewel gives her lasting power and allure. Both wikis agree on the core idea: the jewel is the source of her power, so her vanity and her strength come from the same place.

That jewel also connects her to Babamon. According to the lore summarised on Fandom and Neoseeker, a Rosemon is believed to become Babamon after a long life, or if its core is cursed or stolen. Digimon World: Digital Card Battle plays with the same idea: a Rosemon in Beginner City is presented as Babamon’s true form.

This lore also explains why the fandom argues over whether Rosemon is “good” or “evil”. She is neither. She is a proud Mega who will hurt anyone who threatens her beauty, and in the anime that pride is aimed at the enemy.

Evolution line

Rosemon usually evolves from a flower-themed Ultimate: Lilamon in the Lalamon line, Lillymon in the Palmon line, or one of the darker plant Digimon (Cherrymon, Pumpkinmon) in the games. Her standard next form is Rosemon: Burst Mode. In Adventure tri. she also joins a DNA digivolution into Omnimon: Merciful Mode, and in lore she can age into Babamon as a lateral form. Rosemon (X-Antibody) is a variant, not a step on the main line. The details change by medium, so each medium gets its own table below.

Anime evolution line

The anime gives Rosemon two partners and two different routes.

Series	From	Rosemon evolves to	Context
Digimon Data Squad (Savers, 2006-07)	Lilamon (Budmon > Lalamon > Sunflowmon > Lilamon)	Rosemon: Burst Mode	Yoshino Fujieda’s partner
Digimon Adventure tri. (2015-18)	Palmon, by warp-digivolution	Omnimon: Merciful Mode (DNA, with the other Chosen partners)	Mimi Tachikawa’s partner, from Chapter 2 “Determination”

Omnimon: Merciful Mode (DNA digivolution)

Omnimon: Merciful Mode is a group DNA digivolution, not a personal upgrade for Rosemon. In the final Adventure tri. battle against Ordinemon, WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon form Omnimon. HerculesKabuterimon, Phoenixmon, Rosemon, Vikemon, Seraphimon and Magnadramon then merge with Omnimon to create Merciful Mode. That is why Fandom lists it as one of Rosemon’s next forms. The games handle it differently: Digimon ReArise and Digimon New Century build Merciful Mode from WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, and Digimon Links builds it from Omnimon, so Rosemon is not part of the recipe there.

Digimon Story games evolution line

The Digimon Story games give you the widest choice of pre-evolutions, and they are where requirements matter. The full numbers are in the Time Stranger and Cyber Sleuth sections below.

Game	Evolves from	Evolves to
Digimon Story: Time Stranger	Lilamon, Lillymon, Cherrymon, Pumpkinmon	Rosemon: Burst Mode
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth / Hacker’s Memory	Pumpkinmon, Lilamon, Lillymon	Rosemon Burst Mode

Card game evolution line

In the Digimon Card Game, Rosemon is a Lv6 (Mega) card that digivolves from a Lv5 card of her color. The green Classic Collection Rosemon, EX1-042, has a digivolve cost of 3 from a green Lv5. Rosemon: Burst Mode cards sit on top of her. The X-Antibody version, BT15-054, is a separate card from BT-15 Exceed Apocalypse.

Card	Color	Digivolves from	Notes
BT5-057 Rosemon	Green	Green Lv5	Play cost 12, 11000 DP
EX1-042 Rosemon	Green	Green Lv5, cost 3	Play cost 11
BT13-057 Rosemon	Green	Green Lv5	Play cost 11, 11000 DP
BT23-046 Rosemon	Red	Red Lv5	Play cost 11, 11000 DP

Rosemon: Burst Mode

Rosemon: Burst Mode is Rosemon’s powered-up form. It debuted in Digimon Data Squad (Digimon Savers), and Wikimon dates it to 2007. Burst Mode was the Savers era’s answer to “what comes after Mega?” Partner and human push past the limit together. Games such as Digimon World: Next Order still list it at Mega level, so it works as a powered-up Mega rather than a new stage.

Its signature finisher in the anime is Kiss of Breath, which Fandom describes as a blown kiss released as lasers from her lips. In the Digimon Story games it is the end of the line, and in Time Stranger it can only come from evolving a Rosemon.

Rosemon (X-Antibody)

Rosemon (X-Antibody) is part of the X-Antibody family that Bandai introduced in the early 2000s. It is a variant of Rosemon, not a further evolution. In the modern Digimon Card Game it was printed as BT15-054 in BT-15 Exceed Apocalypse. Digimon Masters has a version too, listed as “Rosemon X” on the game’s community wiki.

Lilamon vs Lillymon: which one leads to Rosemon?

Both do, which is why guides seem to disagree. The two names are easy to mix up, so the question keeps coming up on fan forums.

• Lillymon (Lilimon in Japanese) is Palmon’s Ultimate from the original Digimon Adventure. She is the small fairy with a flower on her head.
• Lilamon is the Ultimate in the Lalamon line from Digimon Data Squad, and the one that becomes Yoshino’s Rosemon on screen.

In Cyber Sleuth, Hacker’s Memory and Time Stranger, both can digivolve into Rosemon. Guides only look contradictory because each shows a different “main” route: Game8’s Time Stranger page uses Lilamon, while a Palmon-focused anime page shows Lillymon. In Time Stranger they have different gates. Lilamon needs Agent Rank 5, 880 Max SP and 1260 INT. According to Wikimon, Lillymon needs Agent Rank 5, 960 Max SP and 830 SPI.

Signature attacks

Rosemon fights with two weapons and one charm attack. Thorn Whip and Roses Rapier are her physical moves, and Forbidden Temptation is her special move, a burst of rose petals.

Attack	Also translated as	What it does (per the wikis)
Thorn Whip	Thorn Whipping	A thorned, electrified whip that tames Digimon
Roses Rapier	Rose Spear	Her whip used as a rapier for a piercing strike
Forbidden Temptation		Destroys an opponent’s data in a flurry of rose petals
Kiss of Breath (Burst Mode)		Laser beams released from a blown kiss

Each game reinterprets these moves. In Digimon World 3, Wikimon’s move data classes Thorn Whip as a Thunder-type move, which matches the electrified whip, and Forbidden Temptation as Light/Death-type. Time Stranger turns Thorn Whip into a Plant magic attack and Forbidden Temptation into a hit on every enemy (see the skills table below). Digimon UP gives her Forbidden Temptation as her Active Skill.

Rosemon in Digimon Story: Time Stranger

In Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Rosemon is field guide #367: a Mega, Data-attribute, Pixie-type Digimon with the Medium and Pixie traits and a base personality of Sociable. She cannot be ridden and does not appear in the wild, so you get her by digivolution. Lilamon is the most reliable route, and the full requirement chain is in the table under “How to get Rosemon: Burst Mode”.

How to get Rosemon (Lilamon route)

The Lilamon route is the cleanest because Lilamon’s own key stat is INT, and so is Rosemon’s. Any INT you build for Lilamon still counts toward Rosemon. Wikimon and community field guides place wild Lilamon in Gear Forest, in the Floating Island Plains and Shade Tree Pier area (Present Day). You can also digivolve one from a plant-line Champion.

The other routes work, but they ask for different stats along the way. Lillymon’s own gate uses SPI (830), and Rosemon’s requirements do not include SPI, so a Lillymon route trains a stat you will not need until Burst Mode. Digimon Lines also lists Cherrymon and Pumpkinmon as pre-evolutions. They are fine if you already own one, but Lilamon is the most direct path.

How to get Rosemon: Burst Mode

Evolve a Rosemon once you meet the Agent Rank 8, INT and SPI gates in the table below. Game8 confirms that Burst Mode does not appear in the wild, so you cannot recruit or scan it from a field encounter.

Stage	Agent Rank	Stat requirements
Lilamon	5+	Max SP 880+, INT 1260+
Rosemon	7+	Max SP 2350+, ATK 1290+, INT 1500+
Rosemon: Burst Mode	8+	INT 3170+, SPI 2700+

The numbers show where the real grind is. Rosemon’s natural INT at Lv99 is 1843 and her natural SPI is 1304. Levelling alone leaves you about 1327 INT and about 1396 SPI short of Burst Mode, so you have to raise both through the game’s training and stat-boosting systems as well as hitting Agent Rank 8.

Is Rosemon Burst Mode worth the INT/SPI grind in Time Stranger?

For a long-term team, yes. For a story run, often no. The case for: Burst Mode is the end of the line, it gains Charité, a Light magic attack that ignores Light resistance, and the INT you build for it also powers Rosemon’s magic skills. The case against: Agent Rank 8 comes late, and the gap between Lv99 stats and the requirements is large. A plain high-level Rosemon already covers the matchups below. The sensible plan is to use Rosemon through the main story and push for Burst Mode once Agent Rank 8 is in sight and you are building a post-game team.

Rosemon’s skills in Time Stranger

Rosemon’s kit in Time Stranger is built around two INT-scaling special skills: Thorn Whip for single targets and Forbidden Temptation for crowds. Her learnable attachment skills add buffs and utility rather than more damage.

Skill	Type	SP cost	Power	Target	Extra effect
Thorn Whip	Special skill, Plant magic	280	90	1 enemy	100% accuracy. Recovers SP equal to 30% of damage dealt. Bonus damage to Insect-trait targets
Forbidden Temptation	Special skill	310	60	All enemies	100% accuracy, 5% crit rate. Bonus damage to Humanoid-trait targets

Learnable skills, per Grindosaur:

Skill	Learned at	SP cost
X-Aura	Lv2	105
Shine Burst III	Lv25	190
Attack Reflect	Lv35	25
Power Energy III	Lv45	170

Burst Mode swaps in a new pair of special skills. Aguichant Lèvres costs 370 SP according to Game8. Charité costs 305 SP and is a power-70 Light magic attack that always hits. It cuts the target’s Light resistance by 100% and deals extra damage to Humanoid-trait targets.

Traits: Rosemon, Lilamon and Rosemon: Burst Mode all carry the Medium and Pixie traits. Game8 notes that traits are fixed per species and are revealed by analysing a Digimon in battle, so you cannot change them.

Stats and resistances explained

Rosemon’s stats centre on HP, SP and INT. Her highest offensive stat is INT at 1075, and DEF at 690 is her weakest. Here is the full spread from Grindosaur’s Time Stranger database.

Stat	Lv1 base	Lv99	Gain
HP	1463	2695	+1232
SP	1024	2379	+1355
ATK	820	1353	+533
DEF	690	1419	+729
INT	1075	1843	+768
SPI	800	1304	+504
SPD	785	1318	+533
Total	6657	12311	+5654

Two things stand out. First, INT stays her top offensive stat at every level, so Thorn Whip and Forbidden Temptation do more damage than her physical hits. Second, DEF more than doubles from 690 to 1419 by Lv99, so she starts fragile but becomes reasonably sturdy against physical attacks. SPI grows the least of any stat (+504), which keeps enemy magic as her weak spot.

Her resistances in Time Stranger:

Damage source	Multiplier
Vaccine attribute	0.5x (resists)
Virus attribute	2x (weak)
Plant element	Immune
Fire element	1.5x (weak)
Ice element	1.5x (weak)
Electricity element	0.5x (resists)

The icon bug matters in practice. If you plan around the icon, a Virus boss will hit her harder than you expect, so treat Virus enemies as a hard counter.

Conversion personality odds

When you convert data into a Rosemon, the personality is random but weighted. Sociable is her base personality and the most likely result.

Personality	Chance
Sociable	58.62%
Opportunistic	10.34%
Friendly	10.34%
Other personalities combined	20.70%

If you want a Sociable Rosemon, conversion gives you one more often than not. If you want something else, expect to convert several times or adjust the personality through the game’s other systems.

Best use in your team

Use Rosemon as a magic attacker who also tanks Plant, Electricity and Vaccine damage. Keep her away from Virus bosses and Fire or Ice attackers.

Here is how her skills and resistances fit together:

1. Thorn Whip for sustain. It refunds SP equal to 30% of the damage dealt, so a high-INT Rosemon can keep paying for her 280 SP whip over a long boss fight. It is a Plant attack, though, so use it on targets that do not resist Plant.
2. Forbidden Temptation for crowds. It hits every enemy and does extra damage to Humanoid-trait targets, which makes it her best option for clearing groups.
3. Her defensive niche. She is immune to Plant and takes half damage from Electricity and Vaccine, so she can stay on the field against Plant or Electricity bosses that would wear down other magic users.
4. Utility slots. Attack Reflect costs only 25 SP and suits her improving late-game DEF. X-Aura and Power Energy III round out her support options.

Build the rest of the team around those weaknesses. A partner that resists Fire and Ice, or a Vaccine-attribute teammate that hits Virus enemies hard, covers her gaps. The 1290 ATK gate for Rosemon is a requirement only. Once she has evolved, put your training into INT, because every damaging skill in her kit scales from it.

Appearances

Rosemon has a big footprint for a Digimon who was never a headline Mega in the original series. She has two partner arcs in the anime, major roles in the Digimon Story games, more than a dozen other game appearances, manga roles and a long list of card printings.

Rosemon in the anime

Rosemon has played a key role in two anime productions, with two different partners. If you want to watch along, our guide to watching Digimon on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix and Blu-ray covers where these series stream.

Series	Years	Partner	Key Rosemon moment
Digimon Data Squad (Savers)	2006-07	Yoshino Fujieda’s Lalamon	Burst Mode, finishing Leopardmon with Kiss of Breath
Digimon Adventure tri.	2015-18	Mimi Tachikawa’s Palmon	First Mega in Chapter 2 “Determination” vs Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode. Joins Omnimon: Merciful Mode in the finale

Digimon Data Squad (Yoshino and Lalamon)

Data Squad is Rosemon’s biggest anime role. Yoshino Fujieda’s partner Lalamon follows the line Budmon > Lalamon > Sunflowmon > Lilamon > Rosemon > Rosemon: Burst Mode. Yoshino is a DATS agent, so Rosemon is a working officer as well as a Mega.

Her best moment is the episode titled “Justice Equals Power!” in English (Japanese episode 43, built around Duftmon, Leopardmon’s Japanese name). The Royal Knight Leopardmon attacks the real world near the Daimon family home on Yggdrasill’s orders. Rosemon and Ravemon, the Mega of Ikuto’s Falcomon, lose the first round, and then both Burst-digivolve. Ravemon: Burst Mode wears Leopardmon down, and Rosemon: Burst Mode finishes him with Kiss of Breath. Later, Rosemon goes Burst Mode again to back up ShineGreymon: Burst Mode and the other DATS Digimon against another Royal Knight, Craniamon.

Two details for dub fans. In the English dub, Burst evolution is triggered with “Charge, DNA Burst Mode!”, in keeping with Data Squad’s idea that a partner evolves when the human charges their DNA through the Digivice. Our guide to how the Digivice works across Digimon explains that mechanic in more detail. Wikimon also notes that Rosemon’s Burst Mode evolution sequence is hand-drawn, unlike the CG sequences for ShineGreymon and MirageGaogamon.

Digimon Adventure tri. (Mimi and Palmon)

Palmon never reached Mega in the original Digimon Adventure or Adventure 02. Adventure tri. fixed that. In Chapter 2, “Determination”, Mimi’s Purity flows into Palmon during the fight with the infected Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode, and Palmon warp-digivolves into Rosemon for the first time. The same battle gives Joe and Gomamon their Mega, Vikemon. In the series finale, Rosemon is one of the six Megas who merge with Omnimon to form Omnimon: Merciful Mode against Ordinemon.

Why Rosemon instead of a brand-new Mega? The films never explain it on screen, but the fit is obvious. Palmon’s line has been plant and flower themed since Togemon and Lillymon, and Rosemon is the established Mega of that theme. Fans who wanted a Mega made just for Palmon got a Digimon who already had a decade of history.

Rosemon in Cyber Sleuth and Hacker’s Memory

Rosemon is in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and its companion game Hacker’s Memory, where she digivolves from Pumpkinmon, Lilamon or Lillymon and can go on to Rosemon Burst Mode. The Complete Edition bundles both games, and the requirements are the same in either campaign.

ABI is a Cyber Sleuth stat that rises when you digivolve and de-digivolve, and it can also be raised with items such as Miracle Meat. A PlayStation Trophies guide gives the formulas: de-digivolving adds 5 + (Level ÷ 5) ABI, while digivolving adds 2 + (Level ÷ 10). One way to build ABI early is to cycle your flower line between Lilamon or Lillymon and its Champion form a few times at a high level. CAM comes from using Digimon in battle and building camaraderie, so keep her in your active party once she evolves.

Cyber Sleuth’s roster is narrower than Time Stranger’s: there is no Cherrymon route, and its gates use level, ABI and CAM instead of Agent Rank. The strategy carries over, though: build INT on the Ultimate, take Rosemon, then work toward Burst Mode in the late game.

Rosemon across the games

This table collects her major game roles with the route and the most useful note for each. The Time Stranger and Cyber Sleuth numbers are in their own sections above.

Game	How you get Rosemon	Evolves to	Key note
Digimon World: Digital Card Battle	Card		Her debut, 1999. Appears as Babamon’s true form in Beginner City
Digimon World 3	Partner evolution		Fandom lists the route through Angewomon, starting from Renamon or Patamon
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth / Hacker’s Memory	Digivolve Pumpkinmon, Lilamon or Lillymon	Rosemon Burst Mode	Uses the ABI and CAM mechanics
Digimon Story: Time Stranger	Digivolve Lilamon, Lillymon, Cherrymon or Pumpkinmon	Rosemon: Burst Mode	Field guide #367, Agent Rank 7 gate
Digimon World: Next Order	Digivolve Lillymon, LadyDevimon or Meicrackmon Vicious Mode	Rosemon Burst Mode, DNA forms	Nature field Mega
Digimon UP	Raise the Palmon line		Partner Digimon reached at Partner Level 90
Digimon Masters	Evolution line	Burst Mode, Ruin Mode, Black Mutant, X variants	Several alternate versions

Rosemon in other games

Beyond the Digimon Story series, Rosemon has a long game history.

Digimon World 3

Rosemon is in Digimon World 3 (2002). Fandom’s data places her on the Angewomon branch, reached by raising Renamon or Patamon. Her moves follow the game’s element system: Thorn Whip counts as Thunder and Forbidden Temptation as Light/Death, according to Wikimon. So yes, she is in Digimon World 3, and she is one of the Megas you can raise yourself.

Digimon Masters

Digimon Masters gives Rosemon more variants than any other game. The Digital Masters World community wiki lists Rosemon, Rosemon (Burst Mode), Rosemon (Ruin Mode), Rosemon (Black Mutant) and Rosemon X. Ruin Mode and Black Mutant are dark alternate forms made for the game’s progression system, so you will not find them in the anime.

Other appearances

Rosemon also appears across Bandai’s handheld, console and mobile catalogue, plus two of the franchise’s manga. Fandom and Wikimon track the full list. The main entries are below.

Title	Year	Medium	Role
Digimon V-Tamer 01	1998-2003	Manga	Featured Digimon
Digimon World 2	2000	PlayStation game	Digivolution target
Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer	2002	WonderSwan Color game	Roster Digimon
Digimon Next	2005-08	Manga	Featured Digimon
Digimon World DS	2006	Nintendo DS game	Roster Digimon
Digimon World Dawn and Dusk	2007	Nintendo DS game	Roster Digimon
Digimon Story: Lost Evolution	2010	Nintendo DS game	Roster Digimon
Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Blue / Red	2011	Nintendo DS game	Roster Digimon
Digimon World Re:Digitize	2012	PSP game	Roster Digimon
Digimon Adventure	2013	PSP game	Roster Digimon
Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode	2013	Nintendo 3DS game	Roster Digimon
Digimon Links	2016	Mobile game	Collectible Digimon
Digimon World: Next Order	2016	Vita, later PS4, Switch, PC	Raisable Mega, DNA material
Digimon ReArise	2018	Mobile game	Collectible Digimon

Digimon World: Next Order

Next Order treats Rosemon as a Nature-field, Data-attribute Mega. According to Fandom, she digivolves from Lillymon, LadyDevimon or Meicrackmon Vicious Mode, and her DNA results include Imperialdramon Fighter Mode and Rosemon Burst Mode. Grindosaur’s Next Order database lists Crenaspine as the item tied to the Burst Mode digivolution, and names Sakuyamon, Ophanimon, Dianamon, Minervamon and Mastemon among Burst Mode’s DNA partners.

Digimon UP

Digimon UP makes Rosemon the Mega end point of the Palmon partner line, one of the game’s 15 launch partner choices. Game8 lists the route as Yuramon, then Tanemon (Lv5), Palmon (Lv20), Togemon (Lv40), Lillymon (Lv65), and Rosemon once you reach Partner Level 90. Her Active Skill there is Forbidden Temptation, and Grindosaur lists her as Mega, Data, Pixie, matching Time Stranger’s labels. Wikimon’s version notes suggest later updates may change routes, so check the in-game evolution tree after each patch.

Rosemon in the Digimon Card Game

The modern Digimon Card Game has printed Rosemon many times. Most printings are green Lv6 cards, with a red version in BT-23, Burst Mode cards in BT-13 and BT-26, and an X-Antibody card in BT-15. New to the game? Our guide to how the Digimon Card Game works covers digivolution costs and colors.

Card	Set / product	Color	Play cost	DP / rarity
BT5-057 Rosemon	BT-5 Battle of Omni	Green	12	11000 DP, Uncommon
EX1-042 Rosemon	EX-1 Classic Collection	Green	11	Uncommon
BT13-057 Rosemon	BT-13 Versus Royal Knights (reprinted in PB-23)	Green	11	11000 DP
BT23-046 Rosemon	BT-23 Hackers’ Slumber	Red	11	11000 DP, Uncommon
P-222 Rosemon	Box Promotion Pack: Time Stranger		11	Promo, Fairy/WG traits

The Burst Mode and X-Antibody cards:

Card	Set	Collector notes
BT13-060 Rosemon: Burst Mode	BT-13 Versus Royal Knights	Alternate art with a green background exists
BT15-054 Rosemon (X Antibody)	BT-15 Exceed Apocalypse	X-Antibody variant
Rosemon: Burst Mode // Aguichant Levres	BT-26 Timeless Bonds	Special Rare, Alternate Art and Pre-Release Stamped versions

Collector notes

BT-13 is a natural home for Rosemon. Versus Royal Knights is built around Yggdrasill’s knights, the same group whose members Leopardmon and Craniamon fought Rosemon: Burst Mode in Data Squad. The set has both a regular Rosemon (BT13-057) and a Burst Mode (BT13-060). BT13-057 got a second life in March 2026, when it was reprinted in the PB-23 Premium Heroines Set ver.2, a premium product built around the franchise’s heroines and their partners.

BT-26 Timeless Bonds is the newest Burst Mode printing. Its card name, Aguichant Levres, matches the Burst Mode special skill in Time Stranger.

Older commons and uncommons are cheap. In a late-2026 TCGIndex snapshot, the BT23-046 release event foil was trading at around $8.98.

Which version should you pick up? For a green flower deck, BT13-057 is the practical choice because the PB-23 reprint makes it easy to find, and BT13-060 Burst Mode from the same set gives you an upgrade. For a red deck, build around BT23-046, the red printing from Hackers’ Slumber. Collectors chasing a showpiece should look at the BT-26 Special Rare or Alternate Art Burst Mode. Before you take any of these to a Digimon Card Game championship or Evolution Cup, check Bandai’s current official ban and restriction list.

Trivia

These are the facts fans bring up most about Rosemon, from her lore to her odd moments on screen.

• Beauty in the jewel. The chest jewel is a Tiferet, named for the Kabbalah sephirah of beauty. The Reference Book says it is engraved with the symbol of love and beauty.
• Her old age is Babamon. In the lore, a long-lived Rosemon or one with a cursed or stolen core becomes Babamon. Digital Card Battle makes a Rosemon Babamon’s true form.

• Older than her anime fame suggests. Fandom dates her debut to Digimon World: Digital Card Battle in 1999, years before Data Squad or tri. made her a fan favourite.

• Hand-drawn Burst. Rosemon’s Burst Mode evolution sequence in Data Squad is hand-drawn, unlike ShineGreymon’s and MirageGaogamon’s CG sequences.

• Two partners, two Ultimates. Rosemon is the Mega for both Lillymon (Palmon) and Lilamon (Lalamon). That shared final form causes most of the “which Lily evolves into Rosemon?” confusion.

• Part of Merciful Mode. She is one of the six Megas who merge with Omnimon to form Omnimon: Merciful Mode in Adventure tri.

• Fan standing. Rosemon ranks high on community tier lists. The DigiLegend community puts her at A+, which is a fan rating, not an official ranking.

FAQ

What does Rosemon evolve into?

Her standard next form is Rosemon: Burst Mode, which appears in Digimon Data Squad, Cyber Sleuth, Hacker’s Memory, Next Order and Time Stranger. In Adventure tri. she also merges with Omnimon and five other Megas into Omnimon: Merciful Mode through DNA digivolution. In lore she can become Babamon in old age, a lateral form. Rosemon (X-Antibody) is a variant from the X-Antibody family, printed in the modern card game as BT15-054. It is not a step on her normal line.

Is Rosemon in Cyber Sleuth?

Yes. In Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Hacker’s Memory, Rosemon digivolves from Pumpkinmon, Lilamon or Lillymon. Rosemon Burst Mode is her next form there.

How do I get Rosemon in Digimon Story: Time Stranger?

Digivolve Lilamon (or Lillymon, Cherrymon or Pumpkinmon) once you have Agent Rank 7+, Max SP 2350+, ATK 1290+ and INT 1500+. The Lilamon route is the easiest, because Lilamon itself needs Agent Rank 5, 880 Max SP and 1260 INT, and that INT carries over toward Rosemon.

How do I get Rosemon: Burst Mode in Time Stranger?

Evolve a Rosemon once you reach Agent Rank 8 with at least 3170 INT and 2700 SPI. It does not appear in the wild. Both stats are far above Rosemon’s natural Lv99 values (1843 INT, 1304 SPI), so plan for extra training.

What are Rosemon’s skills in Time Stranger?

Her special skills are Thorn Whip (280 SP, power 90, single-target Plant magic that refunds SP equal to 30% of the damage) and Forbidden Temptation (310 SP, power 60, hits all enemies). She learns X-Aura, Shine Burst III, Attack Reflect and Power Energy III as she levels. Burst Mode switches to Aguichant Lèvres and Charité.

Is Rosemon in Digimon UP?

Yes. She is the Mega form of the Palmon partner line, reached at Partner Level 90 after Lillymon, according to Game8. Her Active Skill is Forbidden Temptation.

Is Rosemon Mimi’s Palmon’s Mega?

Yes, in Digimon Adventure tri. Palmon first becomes Rosemon in tri. Chapter 2, “Determination”. Palmon never reached Mega in the original 1999 series.

Who is Rosemon’s partner in Digimon Data Squad?

Yoshino Fujieda. Her partner Lalamon digivolves Budmon > Lalamon > Sunflowmon > Lilamon > Rosemon > Rosemon: Burst Mode.

Is Rosemon in Digimon World 3?

Yes. Fandom places her on the Angewomon branch, starting from Renamon or Patamon. Her moves use DW3’s element system, with Thorn Whip as Thunder and Forbidden Temptation as Light/Death.

What are Rosemon’s attacks?

Thorn Whip, Roses Rapier and Forbidden Temptation. As Rosemon: Burst Mode she adds Kiss of Breath, the move that finished Leopardmon in Data Squad.

Is Rosemon a Vaccine, Data or Virus Digimon?

Data. In Time Stranger that means she takes half damage from Vaccine attacks and double damage from Virus attacks.

What Rosemon cards are in the Digimon Card Game?

The main Rosemon printings are:

• BT5-057 (green, cost 12)
• EX1-042 (green, cost 11)
• BT13-057 (green, cost 11, reprinted in PB-23)
• BT23-046 (red, cost 11)
• P-222 (Time Stranger box promo)

The special versions are Rosemon: Burst Mode as BT13-060 and as Rosemon: Burst Mode // Aguichant Levres in BT-26 Timeless Bonds, and Rosemon (X Antibody) as BT15-054.

Does Lillymon or Lilamon evolve into Rosemon, and why do the guides disagree?

Both do in the Digimon Story games. Lillymon is Palmon’s Ultimate and Lilamon is Lalamon’s, so anime-based guides show one and game guides often show the other. In Time Stranger, Lilamon is gated by INT and Lillymon by SPI.

Why did Palmon get Rosemon in tri. instead of a new Mega?

The films never give a reason on screen. Rosemon was already the established Mega for flower-themed lines, and Palmon’s line had been plant-based since Togemon. Using an existing Mega kept the line consistent and gave Mimi her first Mega in time for the franchise’s anniversary.

Where should you start if you want to use Rosemon now?

In Time Stranger, raise a Lilamon from Gear Forest and put everything into INT. It is the one stat that matters at every stage up to Burst Mode, and it powers both Thorn Whip and Forbidden Temptation. For cards, the PB-23 reprint of BT13-057 is the cheapest starting point, and the BT-26 Burst Mode is the current showpiece.

Article notes

JQ

Written by Jasper Quinlan

Jasper Quinlan covers the Digimon Card Game and toys for Digimon Generation, from booster set lists and ban list updates to Vital Bracelet and figure release announcements. He checks every card text, rarity and release date against Bandai's official card list, rule documents and product pages so readers can plan decks and collections with confidence.

• Fact-checked by Noelle Fairbanks against the sources listed below before publication.
• Published November 13, 2026

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