Digimon evolution chart: every major evolution line

A Digimon evolution chart maps the six standard stages, Fresh to Mega, and shows which Digimon grows into which. There is no single chart for the whole franchise, because the anime, every game and the card game each use different lines. This page gives you the stage system, then the real charts from Digimon Adventure through Ghost Game, the classic Digimon World branches and the Cyber Sleuth style web, with the medium named for every line.

How to read a Digimon evolution chart

Every chart in this fandom starts with the stage ladder. The English dub renamed the Japanese stages, which is why fan charts often mix the two sets of words.

English stage	Japanese stage	Example	Typical role
Fresh	Baby I	Botamon	Egg hatchling, days old
In-Training	Baby II	Koromon	Blob partner, no real combat
Rookie	Child	Agumon	The standard partner form
Champion	Adult	Greymon	First battle evolution
Ultimate	Perfect	MetalGreymon	Mid-series power jump
Mega	Ultimate	WarGreymon	Final standard stage

The traps sit in the last two rows. The Japanese word “Ultimate” (Kyuukyoku) means Mega, while the English stage called Ultimate matches the Japanese Perfect. If a chart made in Japan says Ultimate next to WarGreymon, it means Mega. Every chart on this site uses the English stage names.

Three extra categories appear on charts for specific series:

• Armor forms, from Digimon Adventure 02, sit roughly at Champion strength and need a Digi-Egg (Digimental).
• Hybrid forms, from Digimon Frontier, are humans spirit evolving and are placed at Champion through Mega strength depending on the Spirit.
• Mode changes such as Imperialdramon Fighter Mode are not new stages. They are the same Digimon in a different configuration.

Attributes matter on most charts too. Each Digimon is Vaccine, Data, Virus or Free, and games like Digimon World 2 and the Digimon TCG care about those labels far more than the anime does. If you want the mechanics behind all this, the basics are covered in our piece on “digimon evolution“, so this chart page focuses on who turns into whom.

Why there is no “all Digimon evolution chart”

Fans ask for one master chart constantly, and it simply cannot exist. Bandai’s official Digimon Reference Book lists many possible evolutions per Digimon, and each medium picks its own.

Take Agumon. In Digimon Adventure (1999) he digivolves through Greymon, MetalGreymon and WarGreymon. In the 1997 Digimon virtual pet, the same Koromon can become Agumon or Betamon, and from Agumon you can reach Greymon, Tyrannomon, Meramon, Devimon or Numemon depending on care. In Digimon World (PlayStation, 1999) the branches change again, and in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (2016) Agumon has multiple Champion options on a web of paths. In Digimon Data Squad (Savers) a completely different Agumon becomes GeoGreymon.

So a working evolution tree is always “Agumon in X”. That rule shapes every table below.

The Digimon Adventure chart: the eight original lines

This is the chart most people picture when they search for a Digimon evolution chart. All of this is from the Digimon Adventure anime (1999), its films, Digimon Adventure tri. (2015 to 2018) and Last Evolution Kizuna (2020). Japanese names are in brackets where they differ.

Partner	In-Training	Rookie	Champion	Ultimate	Mega
Tai	Koromon	Agumon	Greymon	MetalGreymon	WarGreymon
Matt	Tsunomon	Gabumon	Garurumon	WereGarurumon	MetalGarurumon
Sora	Yokomon (Pyocomon)	Biyomon (Piyomon)	Birdramon	Garudamon	Hououmon (Phoenixmon)
Izzy	Motimon	Tentomon	Kabuterimon	MegaKabuterimon (AtlurKabuterimon)	HerculesKabuterimon (HeraklesKabuterimon)
Mimi	Tanemon	Palmon	Togemon	Lillymon	Rosemon
Joe	Bukamon	Gomamon	Ikkakumon	Zudomon	Vikemon
T.K.	Tokomon	Patamon	Angemon	MagnaAngemon (HolyAngemon)	Seraphimon
Kari	Nyaromon	Salamon (Plotmon)	Gatomon (Tailmon)	Angewomon	Magnadramon (Holydramon) / Ophanimon

Only two of these reached Mega in the 1999 series: WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. The other six Megas arrived in the tri. films, with Magnadramon appearing earlier in the 2000 film Our War Game’s sister short and Ophanimon in tri. Gatomon is the odd one out on this chart because she is already a Champion when Kari meets her, so her Rookie form Salamon only appears in flashback and in later series.

Greymon, Garurumon and the first evolution wave

The early episodes are where most evolution GIFs come from, because each Champion got a full stock-footage sequence on debut. Greymon first evolves in episode 2 against Shellmon. Garurumon debuts in episode 3 against Seadramon on the lake. Birdramon shows up in episode 4 on Mount Mihirashi fighting Meramon. Kabuterimon follows in episode 5, Togemon in episode 6, Ikkakumon in episode 7 and Angemon in episode 13 against Devimon.

Those enemies are worth noting on your own chart. Seadramon, Meramon and Bakemon are all Champions you will later raise yourself in Digimon World, so Adventure doubles as a tour of the Champion roster.

WarGreymon is the Mega the whole franchise is measured against. His Terra Force and the Dramon Killers on his arms (brutal against Dragon-type Digimon like MetalSeadramon) set the template for every “hero Mega” since.

Omnimon and DNA Digivolution

Omnimon (Omegamon) does not sit on a straight line. In the 2000 film Our War Game! (part of Digimon: The Movie in the West), WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon fuse into Omnimon to stop Diaboromon. That is the first DNA Digivolution (Jogress) shown on screen, and it is how most charts draw him: two Megas with arrows meeting.

In the 2020 Digimon Adventure reboot, Omnimon appears in episode 2 through a one-off power surge, which annoyed and delighted old fans in equal measure. In Last Evolution Kizuna, Agumon and Gabumon also gain the Bond of Bravery and Bond of Friendship forms, which charts usually file as alternate Megas.

Digimon Adventure 02: armor forms and Imperialdramon

The 2000 sequel bolted two new mechanics onto the chart: Armor Digivolution through Digi-Eggs, and DNA Digivolution at Champion and Ultimate level. The standard lines first.

Partner	In-Training	Rookie	Champion	Ultimate (DNA)	Mega
Davis	DemiVeemon (Chibimon)	Veemon	ExVeemon (XV-mon)	Paildramon (with Stingmon)	Imperialdramon
Ken	Minomon	Wormmon	Stingmon	Paildramon (with ExVeemon)	Imperialdramon
Yolei	Poromon	Hawkmon	Aquilamon	Silphymon (with Gatomon)	none shown
Cody	Upamon	Armadillomon	Ankylomon	Shakkoumon (with Angemon)	none shown

Veemon’s Fresh form Chibomon (Chicomon) and Wormmon’s Fresh form Leafmon also appear, which makes Veemon one of the few partners whose full six-stage line is on screen in a single series.

Digi-Egg Digivolving forms

Armor forms are what make the 02 chart look so different. Each Digi-Egg carries a Crest, and the result depends on the Digimon using it. These are the forms shown in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime.

Digimon	Digi-Egg of Courage	Digi-Egg of Friendship	Digi-Egg of Love	Digi-Egg of Sincerity	Digi-Egg of Knowledge	Digi-Egg of Reliability	Digi-Egg of Hope	Digi-Egg of Light	Digi-Egg of Miracles
Veemon	Flamedramon	Raidramon (Lighdramon)							Magnamon
Hawkmon			Halsemon	Shurimon
Armadillomon					Digmon	Submarimon
Patamon							Pegasusmon (Pegasmon)
Gatomon								Nefertimon

Magnamon is the exception in power. The Digi-Egg of Miracles produces a Royal Knight that fights at Mega strength, which is why the Digimon TCG and the Cyber Sleuth games treat Magnamon as a Mega rather than an armor Champion. Games like Digimon World 3 and the card game also give every 02 partner every Digi-Egg, so Wormmon and Gatomon have armor forms on paper that never appear in the anime. Keep those off an anime-based chart.

Imperialdramon Dragon, Fighter and Paladin Mode

Paildramon reaches Mega as Imperialdramon Dragon Mode, then shifts into Fighter Mode in the same series. Paladin Mode only appears in the 2001 film Revenge of Diaboromon. Omnimon gives up his power, becoming the Omega Blade that Imperialdramon Fighter Mode wields, and the result is Paladin Mode. On a chart it looks like a second DNA arrow pointing in from Omnimon, which is exactly how most fan trees draw it.

That is also the only time in the original continuity that two separate DNA chains, the Adventure one and the 02 one, merge into a single Digimon.

Digimon Tamers: Guilmon, Biomerge and the Deva lines

Digimon Tamers (2001) replaced DNA Digivolution with Biomerging, where the human tamer fuses with the partner to reach Mega. The standard lines, from the Tamers anime:

Partner	In-Training	Rookie	Champion	Ultimate	Mega
Takato	Gigimon	Guilmon	Growlmon (Growmon)	WarGrowlmon (MegaloGrowmon)	Gallantmon (Dukemon)
Henry	Gummymon	Terriermon	Gargomon (Galgomon)	Rapidmon	MegaGargomon (SaintGalgomon)
Rika	Viximon (Pokomon)	Renamon	Kyubimon	Taomon	Sakuyamon
Ryo	Hopmon	Monodramon	Cyberdramon	Cyberdramon	Justimon
Suzie	Kokomon (Chocomon)	Lopmon	Turuiemon	Antylamon	none shown
Kazu	Kapurimon	Hagurumon	Guardromon	Andromon	none shown
Kenta	Yaamon	Impmon-like line (see below)			MarineAngemon

Impmon is the big off-line case. He skips every stage and warp digivolves straight to Beelzemon under the Deva Caturamon, then later gains Blast Mode. Kenta’s partner MarineAngemon is a Mega from the moment he appears, so he has no on-screen line. Cyberdramon is listed twice because Ryo’s partner stays as Cyberdramon through the Ultimate stage in the anime.

Gallantmon also gets Crimson Mode in the final battle against the D-Reaper, powered by Grani. It is a mode change, so it shares Gallantmon’s spot on the chart.

Leomon is the heartbreak of this series as Jeri’s partner. His Tamers appearance never shows an evolution, but on a wider chart he sits as a Champion with SaberLeomon as the Mega he reached in Digimon Adventure episode 47 territory, after the Digivice power granted him a jump. Games usually route Leomon through Panjyamon (IceLeomon) or GrapLeomon on the way to SaberLeomon instead.

Digimon Frontier: spirit evolution is a different chart

Digimon Frontier (2002) throws out partners. Humans use Spirits to become Digimon, so a Frontier chart lists Human Spirit, Beast Spirit, Fusion and Unified forms rather than Rookie to Mega.

Child	Element	Human Spirit	Beast Spirit	Fusion form	Unified form
Takuya	Flame	Agunimon (Agnimon)	BurningGreymon (Vritramon)	Aldamon (Ardhamon)	EmperorGreymon (KaiserGreymon)
Koji	Light	Lobomon (Wolfmon)	KendoGarurumon (Garmmon)	BeoWolfmon	MagnaGarurumon
Zoe	Wind	Kazemon (Fairimon)	Zephyrmon
J.P.	Thunder	Beetlemon (Blitzmon)	MetalKabuterimon (Bolgmon)
Tommy	Ice	Kumamon (Chackmon)	Korikakumon (Blizzarmon)
Koichi	Darkness	Löwemon	JägerLöwemon (KaiserLeomon)

Susanoomon is the finale form, created when all twenty Spirits combine through Takuya and Koji. Strength-wise Human Spirits fight at Champion level, Beast Spirits at Ultimate, and the Unified forms at Mega, which is how Cyber Sleuth and the TCG rank them.

Digimon Data Squad (Savers): a second Agumon line

Data Squad (2006) reused familiar Rookies with brand-new Champions and Ultimates. Everything here is from the Savers anime.

Partner	Rookie	Champion	Ultimate	Mega	Burst Mode
Marcus	Agumon	GeoGreymon	RizeGreymon	ShineGreymon	ShineGreymon Burst Mode
Thomas	Gaomon	Gaogamon	MachGaogamon	MirageGaogamon	MirageGaogamon Burst Mode
Yoshi	Lalamon	Sunflowmon	Lilamon	Rosemon	Rosemon Burst Mode
Keenan	Falcomon	Peckmon	Crowmon (Yatagaramon)	Ravemon	Ravemon Burst Mode

Rosemon appears on two charts, Mimi’s in Adventure and Yoshi’s here, which is a nice reminder that Megas are shared across lines even when the lower stages differ. Agumon’s Data Squad design wears red belts and has a different voice, so most charts label him “Agumon (Savers)” to keep him separate from Tai’s partner.

Digimon Fusion (Xros Wars) and the DigiXros wrinkle

Digimon Fusion (2010) mostly swapped digivolution for DigiXros, which stacks several Digimon onto one base. Shoutmon still has a real line: Shoutmon digivolves to OmniShoutmon (OmegaShoutmon), and the fused Shoutmon X7 and later Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode are DigiXros results, not stages. Gumdramon in the Hunters season digivolves to Arresterdramon. If you are building a chart, give Fusion its own box and do not try to force X2, X3, X4 and X5 onto the Rookie-to-Mega ladder.

Digimon Ghost Game and Beatbreak: the newest lines

Digimon Ghost Game (2021 to 2023) brought back standard digivolution with brand-new partners, and it added branching Champions on a single partner for the first time in a main series.

Partner	Rookie	Champion	Ultimate	Mega
Hiro	Gammamon	BetelGammamon / KausGammamon / WezenGammamon	Canoweissmon	Siriusmon
Ruli	Angoramon	SymbareAngoramon	Lamortmon	Diarbbitmon
Kiyoshiro	Jellymon	TeslaJellymon	Thetismon	Amphimon

Gammamon’s three Champions (fire, wind and earth themed) are the single best example of a “tree” rather than a “line” in anime history. His dark branch, GulusGammamon, leads to Regulusmon and is treated as a corrupted path rather than a stage. The 2025 series covered in our “digimon beatbreak” guide continues the tradition of all-new partner lines, so expect that chart to grow as episodes air.

The classic Digimon World (PlayStation, 1999) evolution chart

For many Western fans the first evolution chart they ever studied was a GameFAQs text guide for Digimon World on the PlayStation. This game uses the virtual pet logic: your Digimon’s stats, weight, care mistakes and battle record decide which evolution fires, and it is checked on a timer rather than triggered by you.

The structure of the chart in Digimon World:

• Fresh: Botamon, Punimon, Poyomon, Yuramon
• In-Training: Koromon, Tsunomon, Tokomon, Tanemon
• Rookie: Agumon, Gabumon, Patamon, Biyomon, Elecmon, Penguinmon, Kunemon, Palmon
• Champion: Greymon, Garurumon, Angemon, Birdramon, Meramon, Seadramon, Leomon, Bakemon, Numemon, Sukamon and more
• Ultimate: MetalGreymon, SkullGreymon, Andromon, Phoenixmon, Megadramon and others

Each Rookie has a handful of Champion targets, and each Champion has its own stat thresholds. The game checks weight within a window of the target’s ideal, a cap on care mistakes, and stat minimums across HP, MP, Offense, Defense, Speed and Brains. Some targets add a battle count or a technique requirement on top. Because thresholds differ for every target, grab the requirement table for the specific Champion you want rather than trusting a generic rule.

Numemon and Sukamon: the failure evolutions

Every Digimon World player has a Numemon story. If your Rookie hits the evolution window without qualifying for any proper Champion, you get Numemon. Sukamon is the other punishment: let your partner poop on the floor instead of using a toilet often enough and it transforms into Sukamon, which happens outside the normal evolution schedule.

Digimon World: Next Order (PS4 and PC 2017, Switch and PC 2023) keeps this whole system, Numemon and Sukamon included, and its charts read almost identically to the 1999 original.

Digimon World 2 evo chart basics

Digimon World 2 (PlayStation, 2000) is a dungeon crawler with a very different chart. Evolution is driven by level and Digivolve Points (DP), and DNA Digivolving two Digimon resets the result to a lower level with a higher level cap. Attributes matter here too: Vaccine beats Virus, Virus beats Data, Data beats Vaccine in combat. The DW2 chart is less about “who becomes whom” and more about chaining DNA combinations to raise the DP ceiling, which is why its guides look like spreadsheets rather than trees.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and the web-style chart

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (PS Vita and PS4, 2016; Complete Edition with Hacker’s Memory on Switch and PC, 2019) is where modern fans learned digivolution. The chart is a web. Most Digimon have two to five targets at each stage, and you can de-digivolve back down to pick another path.

Requirements are a mix of level, individual stats (ATK, DEF, INT, SPD and so on), CAM (camaraderie) and ABI (ability). ABI only rises each time you digivolve or de-digivolve, so the expensive Megas and Ultras demand that you cycle a Digimon through several forms first.

The same web returns in Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory and, in expanded form, in Digimon Story Time Stranger (2025), which pushed the roster past 450 Digimon. If you want the full breakdown of that game, our “digimon story time stranger” overview covers its systems; for a chart, treat it like Cyber Sleuth with a lot more branches.

The original 1997 virtual pet chart

The very first evolution chart belonged to the Digimon virtual pet (Ver.1, 1997), and it is tiny. Fourteen Digimon in total:

• Fresh: Botamon
• In-Training: Koromon
• Rookie: Agumon, Betamon
• Champion: Greymon, Tyrannomon, Devimon, Meramon, Airdramon, Seadramon, Numemon
• Ultimate: MetalGreymon, Mamemon, Monzaemon

Care quality decided everything: training, feeding, sleep and cleaning up decided which Champion you earned, and Numemon was the result of poor care. The Ver.20th re-release in 2017 kept this chart as its base and layered later stages on top, which is why “Ver.20th evolution guide” pages still rank for chart searches today. Anyone chasing the hardware itself will find the collector angle in our “digimon toy” guide.

Lines you will meet in the games and the card game

Some of the most-searched Digimon never had an anime line of their own, or got one only in a film. Here is where their charts come from.

Lunamon

Lunamon debuted in the Digimon Next manga and the DS games Digimon World Dawn and Dusk. Her line is Lunamon to Lekismon to Crescemon to Dianamon, one of the Olympos XII, and that is the path used in the Cyber Sleuth games and on her TCG cards. She is a frequent starter pick in Digimon Story titles because the line stays usable all the way to Mega.

Hackmon

Hackmon shows up in Digimon Adventure tri. as Homeostasis’s agent and warp digivolves to Jesmon, a Royal Knight, in the final film. Outside the anime the Digimon Reference Book and the TCG give him the full ladder: Hackmon to BaoHackmon to SaviorHackmon to Jesmon, with Jesmon GX as a further form in the card game.

Meicoomon

Meicoomon, Meiko’s partner in tri., is listed at Champion level despite being a starting partner. Her line goes Meicoomon to Meicrackmon Vicious Mode to Raguelmon, and Raguelmon fuses with Ophanimon Falldown Mode into Ordinemon in the final two films. It is the only partner chart in the Adventure continuity that ends in a fusion with a corrupted Mega.

Zubamon

Zubamon was introduced for the mobile game Digimon Linkz and the 2016 to 2017 wave of Reference Book entries. His line is Zubamon to Zubaeagermon to Duramon to Durandamon, a sword-themed ladder that ends in a Mega holding the legendary blade. You will find him in Digimon Story titles and the TCG rather than in any anime.

Seadramon, Meramon, Bakemon and the enemy Champions

Seadramon (Data, Sea Animal) is Betamon’s Champion in the virtual pet and a common water pick in Digimon World, leading to MegaSeadramon and MetalSeadramon in most games. Meramon (Data, Flame) comes from Candlemon or Agumon depending on the game and goes to SkullMeramon or BlueMeramon. Bakemon (Virus, Ghost) is a Champion option in Digimon World and typically leads to Phantomon in the games. None of these three show an evolution in the Adventure anime, where they are one-episode threats.

Digimon TCG levels

The Digimon Card Game (2020 onward) prints its own stage numbers: Level 2 for In-Training, Level 3 Rookie, Level 4 Champion, Level 5 Ultimate, Level 6 Mega and Level 7 for the top-end forms like Omnimon Alter-S. You digivolve by stacking a higher-level card on a lower-level card of a matching colour, so the card “chart” is really colour plus level, and named lines only matter for cards with specific digivolution requirements or inherited effects. Our “digimon tcg” explainer walks through why that works; for chart purposes, remember that a card game evolution line and an anime line are two separate things.

Making your own digimon evolution chart

If you are drawing a tree for a wiki, a wallpaper or a Discord, a few conventions keep it readable:

1. One medium per chart. Label it “Digimon Adventure (anime)” or “Digimon World (PS1)” at the top.
2. Use the English stage names and note the Japanese ones once in a key.
3. Draw DNA, Biomerge and DigiXros results with two incoming arrows so they do not look like a normal stage.
4. Put armor forms and mode changes to the side of the stage they match in strength.
5. Mark attribute with a colour if the chart is for a game where attribute matters, such as Digimon World 2 or Next Order.

Where evolution GIFs and chart images come from

The animated sequences people search for are almost always the anime stock footage: Adventure’s spinning data rings, Tamers’ wireframe reveals, Frontier’s fractal code rings, Data Squad’s DNA Charge flashes and Ghost Game’s split-screen cuts. Cyber Sleuth and Time Stranger also have short digivolution animations in the DigiLab that fans clip. Official chart images exist in the Japanese art books and the Digimon Reference Book, and the streaming episodes themselves are the cleanest source for screenshots. If you need to find the episodes, our “digimon hulu” guide lists which services carry each series.

Quick reference: shared Megas across lines

Several Megas sit on more than one chart, which confuses first-time chart makers. Keep these in mind:

Mega	Line 1 (medium)	Line 2 (medium)
Rosemon	Palmon, Digimon Adventure tri.	Lalamon, Digimon Data Squad
Omnimon	WarGreymon + MetalGarurumon, Our War Game!	Shared card in most games as a DNA result
Imperialdramon	Paildramon, Digimon Adventure 02	Various Dragon lines, Cyber Sleuth
SaberLeomon	Leomon, Digimon Adventure	Panjyamon or GrapLeomon routes, Digimon Story games
Seraphimon	Patamon via MagnaAngemon, Adventure tri.	Angemon via MagnaAngemon, Digimon Frontier (Celestial)

The point is simple: a Mega’s identity does not fix its line. The line belongs to the medium.

FAQ

What are the Digimon evolution stages in order?

Fresh, In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate and Mega in the English stage names. Japanese sources call them Baby I, Baby II, Child, Adult, Perfect and Ultimate, which is why “Ultimate” means different things depending on where the chart was made.

Is there one chart for every Digimon?

No. Bandai’s Reference Book lists multiple possible evolutions per Digimon, and each anime, game and the card game chooses its own. The closest thing to an all Digimon evolution chart is a game’s internal web, such as the Cyber Sleuth or Time Stranger digivolution menu, and even those differ from the anime.

How does Agumon become WarGreymon?

In Digimon Adventure it is Agumon to Greymon to MetalGreymon to WarGreymon, with Koromon and Botamon before Agumon. In the Digimon Story games you must meet level, stat and ABI requirements at each step, and MetalGreymon is only one of several Ultimate options on the way.

Why does my Digimon keep becoming Numemon in Digimon World?

Numemon is the default Champion in Digimon World when your Rookie reaches the evolution check without meeting any real Champion’s stat, weight and care mistake requirements. Train earlier, keep weight close to the target and avoid care mistakes. Sukamon is a separate penalty for letting your partner poop on the floor too often.

Is Omnimon a Mega or something higher?

Omnimon is a Mega. He is formed by DNA Digivolution of WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon in the 2000 film Our War Game! and sits at the top of the standard ladder. Games and the TCG sometimes place later forms like Omnimon Alter-S or Omnimon Merciful Mode at a Level 7 or “Ultra” slot above him, but those are extra tiers added by that medium.

What is the difference between a digivolution chart and an evolution tree?

Nothing in content. “Digivolution” is the English dub term, “evolution” is the Japanese term, and “chart” versus “tree” just describes whether the page is a table or a branching diagram. Searches for digimon digivolve chart, digivolution tree and evolution chart all point at the same kind of data, and the only thing that changes the answer is which anime or game you are asking about.