Barbamon

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As a Demon Lord Digimon which has the appearance of a long-bearded old man, it is one of the "Seven Great Demon Lords". It resides within the heart of the Dark Area, the den of demons, and manipulates Fallen Angel Digimon to run the whole gamut of evil. It is obsessed with all of the treasure which exists within the Network, so out of avarice, and regardless of the means, it has a cruel personality with a greed that would kill Digimon just for a piece of treasure. It is the foremost and most cunning schemer of the Seven Great Demon Lords, and can easily manipulate the Ultimate Deathmon in addition to Fallen Angel Digimon. Its Special Moves are using its demonic staff "Death Lure" to tempt Digimon into an inescapable living hell, converting them to wickedness, and unleashing all of the Dark Area's evil energies at once as an ultra-high-temperature explosion that burns up everything without a trace (Pandemonium Lost). In addition, even Belial Vamdemon's Special Move "Pandemonium Flame" only releases a small fraction of these energies.
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Attack Techniques

Name Translation Original Romanization Dub Description
Pandemonium Lost [1][N 1]
パンデモニウムロスト Pandemoniumu Rosuto Pandemonium Lost[1] Unleashes all of the Dark Area's evil energies at once as an ultra-high-temperature explosion that burns up everything without a trace.[1]
Death Lure [4]
デスルアー Desu Ruā Death Lure[1][5], Hypnosis
Uses its demonic staff "Death Lure" to tempt Digimon into an inescapable living hell, converting them to wickedness.[1]
Summons ghosts from its wand that attack the enemy.[6]
Greedy Wand [6]
グリーディーワンド Gurīdī Wando
Strikes its enemy with the butt of the Death Lure.[6]
Jigoku no Kaen [4] Hell's Flame 地獄の火炎 N/A Crimson Flame/Dark Inferno Shoots a stream of fire from Death Lure.[6]

Evolution

Evolves From

Evolves To

Appearances

Anime

Digimon Savers

Its silhouette can be briefly seen alongside the other Great Demon Lords during the story of Noguchi Ikuto in episode 36, "Demon Lord Belphemon is Revived".

Manga

Digimon Next

Barbamon is the main antagonist of the manga. Using the premise of humans mistreating Digimon, he is the leader of the Commandments who leads a brutal, self-righteous crusade to remake the Digital World in his own image.

Barbamon from Digimon Next.
Barbamon, revealing he fused with Yggdrasill.

Digimon Chronicle X

Digimon Dreamers

Barbamon is Phelesmon's boss. He first appeared in "Kodou Ritsu", as Phelesmon realized he was about to fade away and begged Barbamon to save him, which caused Barbamon to appear to him. However, he had no intentions of saving his subordinate, and instead decided to rethink their plan to invade Witchelny, as Wizarmon's formidable potential was about to awaken thanks to his encounter with Pulsemon. This meant he couldn't carelessly intervene, thus, he abandoned Phelesmon.

Barbamon's first appearance

Novel

Digimon Chronicle X

Video Games

Digimon Story

Digital Monster: Battle Junction

Digimon Savers: Another Mission

Voice Actor: Japanese Watanabe Hideo | English Paul St. Peter

Barbamon is the boss Digimon and obtainable Digimon in the post-game.

Barbamon from Digimon Savers: Another Mission.

Digimon Pendulum Survive

Digimon Masters

Digimon Story: Lost Evolution

Barbamon is an obtainable Digimon. It can be scanned in Wizard Temple. It evolves from Lucemon: Falldown Mode, and does not evolve further.

Digimon Story: Lost Evolution Gameplay Data - Barbamon
286 - Barbamon
Idle Hit Attack Overworld
Generation Ultimate
Species Devil
Category Devil
Evolution Tree Lucemon FM Tree
Base Stats
Type Strong Element Weak Element HP MP ATK DEF SPD
MP Dark Light 469 563 151 182 108
Acquisition Info
Digimon Location Wizard Temple [Drop: Jyurei Whip, Medicine, Bug Plate - Barbamon, Bug Plate - Lucemon FM W2]
Plate Location
  • Drop: Barbamon (Wizard Temple)
  • Expedition: Level 39-47 Adult Digimon
Hatches from Demon Egg デモンエッグ [Rarity: Uncommon]
  • Matching Requirements: Level 70+ 'Cool' Digimon × ATK 400+ Devil species Digimon
  • Hatch Requirements: Level 30, ATK 290
Evolution Info
Evolution Requirements Level 42, revived Barbamon, ATK 210
Devolves to
  • Lucemon Falldown Mode
    • Level 36, revived Lucemon Falldown Mode, revived Devimon, revived Angemon, Level Cap 60
Evolves to None
Skill Info
Element Skill Type Effect Range MP Learn Lv
Dark Power Dark パワーダーク
  • Shoots a ball of darkness containing great power to attack.
Attack 40 ▯▯▮▮▯ 60 2
Dark Yami no Sasayaki やみのささやき
  • [Confusion] Leads the enemy astray with honeyed words of darkness.
Attack 50 ▯▮▮▮▮ 202 26
Dark Zero-One Crusher 01クラッシャー
  • [Poison] Fires a powerful dark arrow that returns the enemy's data to nothingness.
Attack 70 ▯▯▮▯▯ 96 30
Dark Pandemonium Lost パンデモニウムLS
  • [Poison] Condenses the power of hell's darkness into flames to incinerate the enemy.
Attack 75 ▯▯▮▮▯ 147 34
Trait Info
Traits
  • Assassin's Skill アサシンのうで
    • Sharply increases skill critical rate.
  • Super Rich おおがねもち
    • Sharply increases bits gained from battle.
  • Item Master アイテムマスター
    • Sharply increases item drop rate from battle.
  • Healing Wave いやしのはどう
    • Greatly increases the amount restored by HP-healing skills.
Support Ability
  • Defense UP 5 ぼうぎょUP5
    • Increases DEF of allies in adjacent ranges by 70. (Battle only)
Special Skill None

Digimon Life

Digimon Xros Arena

Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Blue & Red

Barbamon, also known as the "Emperor of Darkness", is the main antagonist of both versions. It establishes the ROG Organization to gather the Digicores needed to revive Armamon, intending to become its wielder and conquer the Digital World. It controls Zeed Millenniumon through an illusion technique and uses its apparent authority to assemble ROG's leaders.

After their rematches with Xros Heart in Crystal Volcano, Barbamon appears as a dark shadow and absorbs the leaders for the qualities represented by their data: Minotaurmon's "Power", Pukumon's "Wisdom", Minervamon's "Agility", Ice Devimon's "Cunning", Archnemon's "Cruelness", and Pharaohmon's "Tenacity". It exploits their ambitions and offers the prospect of becoming stronger through union with it. Their responses differ: Minotaurmon accepts in the hope of being reborn stronger, while Archnemon protests as it is absorbed. The heroes initially mistake the shadow for Zeed Millenniumon.

At Earth Fort, the shadow appears after Xros Heart defeats Zeed Millenniumon, revealing that the two are separate entities. It absorbs the defeated Digimon for its "Hatred" data, completing the collection it needs, and then reveals its true form as Barbamon. It explains that Earth Fort is merely ROG's gathering place: the true seal and the Omega Area where Armamon is to be revived are in Lost Space.

In Blue, Kiriha recognizes Barbamon and realizes that he had been affected by its illusion technique. Barbamon claims that Blue Flare served its purposes by helping activate the Condenser Towers and luring Spadamon and its companions. In Red, Nene attributes the creation of the false Skull Knightmon and Deadly Axemon, as well as the manipulation of herself and Sparrowmon, to Barbamon's illusion technique. Barbamon mocks the group's efforts to recover their companions, treating their suffering as entertainment.

When Kiriha in Blue, or Nene in Red, challenges it, Barbamon immobilizes and expels the General from the LS-tou Zone to prevent further information from reaching Spadamon. It claims to have sent its victim to another Zone, but the destination is not shown. Barbamon also overwhelms Taiki and his companions, forcing them to retreat.

Its Shadow Guard subsequently occupies the Condenser Towers and guards the route to Omega Area. With the tower systems in Emergency Mode, a Protect Field prevents entry to or departure from Sky Fort. Xros Heart must restore the systems to Normal Mode before returning to its base and pursuing Barbamon through the entrance to Lost Space in Sky Garden.

At the System Omega installation, Barbamon loads the collected Digicores to revive Armamon, explaining that the darkness within them is required for the process. It regards the consumption of the weak by the strong as the natural order of the Digital World, presenting its sacrifices as an opportunity to be reborn stronger. When it suggests that Xros Heart could likewise sacrifice unwanted companions, Shoutmon insists that none of them is unwanted. Spadamon also rejects Barbamon's assertion that Weapon Digimon exist to serve the strong, explaining that their purpose is to protect what matters to them.

Barbamon creates two additional versions of itself to fight Xros Heart while it remains at the controls and completes the revival. The copies claim to be both originals and copies, and describe a world filled with identical Barbamon ruled by the one wielding Armamon.

Although Xros Heart defeats the two copies, Armamon awakens. Barbamon orders it to test its strength by cutting down the Zone's Digimon, considering the LS-tou Zone worthless now that it has obtained the legendary weapon. Armamon rejects Barbamon's greed and declares it unworthy to be its master, forcibly transforming it into its Galactic Sword instead. Barbamon is subsequently incorporated into Omega Armamon Burst Mode.

Barbamon from Super Xros Wars Blue.
Barbamon from Super Xros Wars Red.
Barbamon, Armamon and Xros Heart in Super Xros Wars.
Barbamon appearing in the "The Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins ~The Schemer of Gold Chapter~" event from Digimon Collectors.

Digimon Collectors

Digimon World Re:Digitize

Barbamon is only obtainable as a collectible card. Its card is part of the Seven Great Demon Lords (七大魔王 Nanadaimaou) set.

Digimon Crusader

Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode

Barbamon is Orgemon's boss and one of the Seven Great Demon Lords. After being beaten in battle by Taiga, Orgemon returned to Barbamon, who was extremely angry at its failure. Orgemon promised it'd succeed next time but Barbamon had no intentions of giving it another chance and attacked Orgemon, who kept begging for a second chance. Barbamon decided to allow it, though it knew Orgemon had no chance against Taiga so it ordered it to attack the other aptitude user, Shinomiya Rina, instead. To do so, Barbamon gave Orgemon an item for said second aptitude user. Orgemon then left. Demon then appeared and laughed at Barbamon's scheming.

After Taiga defeated Vitium Ultimate, Barbamon showed itself on a monitor of the Digitower from its rooftop. It welcomed the humans to Hell, where they'd stay for a while because they were nuisances while it took over the Digital World. It awaited for Vitium's destruction to start its ambition. Mikagura Mirei explained to the rest that Barbamon was one of the most powerful beings in the Digital World and one of the Seven Great Demon Lords. Nicolai Petrov soon found out that Barbamon had powered down the elevator, so they were stuck in the control room of the Digitower.

Lilithmon wanted to stop Barbamon's plan as it threatened the balance of powers, but she was killed by Taiga and Rina before she could do so.

On the 80th floor of the Digitower, Taiga and Nico found Beelzebumon trying to stop Barbamon. However, the latter easily blocked his shots. Beelzebumon told Taiga he ran into Barbamon by chance, and was angry at how Barbamon would torture Digimon in a prison. Beelzebumon wanted to take care of Barbamon himself but couldn't do it, so he asked Taiga to catch him off-guard. However, even Digimaru and Beelzebumon fighting together weren't enough to do so, so Taiga and Nico went back to the 70th floor to find a weapon in the cells. Said weapon turns out to be the Digicore of Lucemon, who Barbamon tortured to death, which took Barbamon down and forced it to retreat.

As Taiga and Rina rose to the 100th floor, Barbamon defeated Lucemon: Falldown Mode. He called him foolish for getting trapped, getting injured, and having its mind and dignity trampled upon, all of which Barbamon did to him. With Lucemon fainted, Barbamon told him to rest as he'd take care of his tainted mind by infusing it with "that" and evolve him into an eternal killing machine. Taiga and Rina then arrived, which Barbamon thanked them for, then told them to give him the power of the other Demon Lords they collected. Barbamon explained to Rina that it was the app Orgemon gave her that collected the Demon Lord powers. Rina realized she was a fool. which Barbamon agreed with, then added he diverted some of that power through a backdoor to open up a huge distortion, and he'd now infuse the power of the Seven Great Demon Lords into Lucemon and let him loose into the Real World. Rina refused to give him the power, which was in her Digivice. Rina ordered V.V. to fight, even if it meant pushing her body to its limits, because they couldn't allow Barbamon to succeed, so Rina makes V.V. evolve into Ulforce V-dramon. While barbamon could just take the power, he decides to have some fun first, and wondered how the screams of humans were different from those of Digimon, which he could test on his current enemies. Digimaru and V.V. manage to defeat Barbamon, which surprises him but makes no difference as he starts taking Rina's Demon Lord powers anyways, which it plans to use to turn a fallen angel into a demon - Falldown Mode to Satan Mode. However, before he can give the power to Lucemon, Demon shows up and stops him, mocking him for failing at the last moment. Barbamon is confused as Demon should be sealed in the Dark Area, but Demon had seen through his schemes, even wondering why Barbamon bothered to use the idiotic Orgemon, who was now wandering in the Dark Area as Demon took his application and modified it, so Barbamon only got half of the Demon Lords' powers while the other half flowed into Demon, which let him return to life, even if he wasn't at full strength. Barbamon refused to let his despair and ambition be taken by Demon and ordered him to give them back, only to die.

Barbamon is the main antagonist in the Scheme of the Demon Lords chapter (策謀の魔王篇 Sakubō no Maō-hen), though not the final boss as his plan is hijacked by Demon and ultimately Lucemon. It is also an obtainable Digimon which is evolved from Death Meramon or Vamdemon. It can also be obtained as a collectible card. Its card is part of the Seven Great Demon Lords (七大魔王 Nanadaimaou) set.

Barbamon on the Digitower's rooftop
Barbamon facing Digimaru and Beelzebumon
Barbamon facing Digimaru and V.V.

Digimon Fortune

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth

Voice Actor: Japanese Satoh Masaharu

Digimon Soul Chaser

Digimon World -next 0rder-

Digimon Linkz

Digimon World -next 0rder- International Edition

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker's Memory

Digimon ReArise

Digimon RPG

Digimon New Century

Digimon: Source Code

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

Barbamon is the first copy created by the Akashic Records that fights Yuki Dan/Yuki Kanan in "The Final Battle over the Natural Order", alongside an Infermon and a Skull Greymon. The Agent is joined by Gekomon for the fight, as well as the Orgemon/Fugamon/Hyougamon trio that switch between themselves each round. Defeating Barbamon ends the fight, Infermon and Skull Greymon get replaced at the end of the round if they're deleted. The affinities of all enemy Digimon are identical to their playable counterparts.

  • Barbamon can use Guard Break, Hell Crusher III, Pandemonium Lost, and Death Lure. If its HP is low enough, it uses Character Reverse.
  • Infermon can use normal attacks and Hell's Grenade.
  • Skull Greymon can use Oblivion Bird.


Barbamon is also an obtainable Digimon. It evolves from Skull Satamon or Shawujinmon.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Gameplay Data - Barbamon
391 - Barbamon
Dot Model
Generation Ultimate
Attribute Virus
Type Demon Lord
Genes Seven Great Demon Lords, Medium, Demon
Base Personality Enlightened
DigiRide No
Matchup Info
Attribute Matchup
  • Weak (2x): Vaccine
  • Resist (0.5x): Data
Element Matchup
  • Very Weak (2x): Light
  • Weak (1.5x): Water
  • Resist (0.5x): Fire
  • Block (0x): Dark
Location/Evolution Info
Locations Found -
Evolution Requirements Agent Rank 7 or higher, 1060 Max SP or greater, 2290 INT or greater.
Devolves to
  • Skull Satamon - Enlightened
    • This Digimon has been discovered, or
    • Your Digimon's personality matches this Digimon's base personality.
  • Shawujinmon - Friendly
    • This Digimon has been discovered, or
    • Your Digimon's personality matches this Digimon's base personality.
Evolves to -
Skill Info
Special Skills
  • Pandemonium Lost パンデモニウムロスト - 305 SP
    • [Target: All enemies] Performs Dark magic attack at power 70.
    • Increased damage to targets with God gene.
  • Death Lure デスルアー - 55 SP
    • [Target: 1 enemy] 100% chance of 30% reduction to SPI for 3 turns.
    • 80% chance to apply Chaos.
Learnable Attachment Skills
  • Lv. 2: Nightmare III ナイトメアⅢ - 140 SP
    • [Target: 1 enemy] Performs Dark magic attack at power 75.
    • 95% ACU.
  • Lv. 25: Attack Reflect アタックリフレクト - 25 SP
    • [Target: User] 100% chance to apply Reflect Physical.
  • Lv. 35: Character Reverse キャラクターリバース - 15 SP
    • [Target: 1 enemy or ally] 100% chance to apply Reverse.
  • Lv. 45: Void Ray III ヴォイドレイⅢ - 205 SP
    • [Target: All enemies] Performs Null magic attack at power 45.
    • 90% ACU. 10% CRT Rate.

Virtual Pets

D-Spirit 2

Digivice iC 20X

Evolves from Blossomon, Megalo Growmon, Shawujinmon, Tyilinmon, or Yatagaramon.

DigiWindow

Digimon Xros Loader

Digimon Fusion Loader

Barbamon is a playable DigiCard.

Digital Monster Ver.20th

Digimon Pendulum Ver.20th

Digital Monster X

TCG

Hyper Colosseum

Bo-1068
Bo-1091
Bo-1133

Card Game Alpha
Battle Terminal
Digimon Jintrix
Digimon Card Game


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Virtual Pets

D-Spirit 2 Digivice iC Digimon Xros Loader Digital Monster Ver.20th

Additional Information

References Notes
  1. ↑ Pandemonium Lost is also a pun on the epic poem Paradise Lost, by John Milton.
  2. ↑ [EX4-072 Digital Translator] no longer applies to this Digimon as of May 29, 2026, as an errata has changed the text of the card to only apply to Dukemon, Sakuyamon, and Saint Galgomon. This means this evolution was only possible between December 23, 2023 (the release of EX-04 Alternative Being) and May 28, 2026.