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.

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

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.

Field Emblems