If you’ve ever hatched a new egg hoping for Mametchi and ended up with Shigemi-san for the fourth time in a row, this page is for you. The Tamagotchi Paradise evolution system is more complex than any previous device — your Tamagotchi’s final form depends on three separate decisions you make across multiple growth stages. Get any one of them wrong and you’ll end up somewhere completely different.
This guide covers all six shells (Blue Water, Pink Land, Purple Sky, Jade Forest, White Glacier and Orange Tropics), every species, and every adult character in the game. Bookmark it. You’ll be back.
🔎 Tamagotchi Paradise Evolution Finder & Character Calculator
Pick your field, what you fed during the Kid stage, and how careful you were — we’ll tell you exactly which adult you’re headed for.
Care mistakes are cumulative from the Kid stage. Perfect = 0 mistakes and hunger + happy each maxed 5×.
Built from the chart below. H = hunger drain interval, Hap = happiness drain interval (higher = more forgiving).
How Evolution Works: The Quick Version
Your Tamagotchi goes through four stages: Baby → Kid → Young → Adult. Each transition is influenced by different choices:
- Baby → Kid: Which Tama Field you're in determines which Kid type hatches (Water Kid, Land Kid, Sky Kid, or Forest Kid).
- Kid → Young: What you feed during the Kid stage determines which Young species you get (Glide, Leap, Toddle, Chirp, etc.).
- Young → Adult: How many care mistakes you make during the Young stage (cumulative with Kid mistakes!) determines which of four adults you get.
Miss just one piece of this and you'll get a different character than you were aiming for. The good news: for the first time in Tamagotchi history, you can actually see your care mistake count in the Tama Cell view.
Stage 1: Baby to Kid (Which Field?)
When Babymarutchi hatches, leave it in the Tama Field that matches the species you want. It needs 15 minutes per Field Cell, and 4 matching Field Cells to evolve into that field's Kid.
| Field | Kid Type | Shell that starts here |
|---|---|---|
| Water Field | Water Kid | Blue Water |
| Land Field | Land Kid | Pink Land |
| Sky Field | Sky Kid | Purple Sky |
| Forest Field | Forest Kid | Jade Forest only |
Jade Forest note: The Forest Field replaces the Sky Field on the Jade Forest shell. Sky Kid is not available on Jade Forest, and Forest Kids can only become Forest Field adults — they won't mix with the Sky evolution lines.
The Bbmarutchi Trick (Planet Level Speed Run)
Want to level your planet fast without waiting days for each adult? Switch fields every 12–14 minutes (never exceed 15!) for 4 hours. Babymarutchi won't accumulate 4 matching field cells, so it evolves into Bbmarutchi instead of a normal Kid. Bbmarutchi counts as an adult for planet level purposes, letting you blaze through Levels 6–10 in a day instead of a week. The catch: Bbmarutchi can't breed, so you'll need a new egg to continue.
Stage 2: Kid to Young (What Food?)
During the Kid stage, feed specific food types to determine which Young species your Tamagotchi becomes. You need at least one food icon of the target type to appear in your Tama Cell, with more of that type than any other. If there's no dominant food type, you'll get the default Young (Float, Sprout, Rocky, or Forest Sprout).
Water Field Foods
| Food Type | Foods That Give It | → Young Species |
|---|---|---|
| Seafood | Seafood, Fried Fish, Shellfish, Grilled Shellfish | Glide Young |
| Seaweed | Green Seaweed, Red Seaweed, Seaweed Salad | Leap Young |
| Plankton | Meal Shrimp, Meal Plankton, Plankton Dumplings | Paddle Young |
| None / Mixed | Default Pellets or equal amounts of each | Float Young |
Land Field Foods
| Food Type | Foods That Give It | → Young Species |
|---|---|---|
| Meat | Big Meat, Small Meat, Steak | Roar Young |
| Carrot | Apples, Carrots, Apple Pie, Shredded Carrots | Toddle Young |
| Worm | Meal Bugs, Meal Worms, Bug Cookies | Lick Young |
| None / Mixed | Default Pellets or equal amounts of each | Sprout Young |
Sky Field Foods
| Food Type | Foods That Give It | → Young Species |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken | Whole Chicken, Piece of Chicken, Chicken Steak | Flap Young |
| Corn | Corn, Cherry, Piece of Corn, Corn Flakes | Chirp Young |
| Honey | Flower Syrup, Honey Syrup, Flower Drops | Bumble Young |
| None / Mixed | Default Pellets or equal amounts of each | Rocky Young |
⚠️ Device bug: On the original three-color shells, Chirp Young and Flap Young's names are swapped on the device screen. The official website originally had the same error before it was corrected. The Jade Forest shell has it right. Don't let it confuse you — the evolution paths work correctly, just the names on screen are backwards.
Forest Field Foods (Jade Forest only)
| Food Type | Foods That Give It | → Young Species |
|---|---|---|
| Peking Meat | Chashu Pork, Peking Meat, Warm Buns | Forest Roar Young |
| Bamboo Grass | Bamboo Grass, Sesame Leaves, Bamboo Leaf Rice Cake, Sesame Pancake | Forest Toddle Young |
| Pomegranate | Persimmon, Pomegranate, Che Thai | Forest Chirp Young |
| None / Mixed | Default Pellets or equal amounts of each | Forest Sprout Young |
Tip: You only need one food icon to trigger the right Young. Feed a few of the target food, get the icon in your Tama Cell, then switch to cheap default pellets to save your resources.
Stage 3: Young to Adult (Care Mistakes)
This is where most players go wrong. Care mistakes are cumulative starting from the Kid stage — so if you made 2 mistakes as a Kid and 1 as a Young, that's 3 total. The adult you get depends on that combined count.
How to make a care mistake: Let the hunger or happiness meter hit zero, wait for the attention beep, then ignore it for 15 full minutes.
Perfect care requirement: To get the perfect care adult, you need 0 mistakes total AND must have maxed out both the Hunger meter and Happy meter at least 5 times each during the Young stage. Both conditions are required — zero mistakes alone won't cut it.
Getting sick: After a care mistake, your Tamagotchi has a 30–35% chance of getting sick if your mistake count isn't divisible by 2 or 3 (so mistakes 1, 5, 7 are the risky ones). Six dark poops left on screen can also trigger illness. Getting sick 5 times in one stage = death.
Complete Evolution Charts
Each table below shows the four adults reachable from each Young species. Diet determines your Young; care mistakes determine your adult. H = hunger drain interval (minutes), Hap = happiness drain interval. Higher number = more forgiving.
🌊 Water Field
Available on: Blue Water (starting field), Pink Land (unlocks at Level 6), Purple Sky (unlocks at Level 6). See the Blue Water Shell Guide for a deep-dive.
| Young Species & Diet | 🌟 Perfect Care (0 mistakes + 5× hunger & happy maxed) |
Near Perfect (0–1 mistakes) |
Moderate (2–5 mistakes) |
Heavy Neglect (6+ mistakes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glide Young Seafood, Fried Fish, Shellfish, Grilled Shellfish |
Irukatchi 🐬 ⭐ H:70m | Hap:60m | Sick:35% |
Kametchi 🐢 H:80m | Hap:70m | Sick:35% |
Kujiratchi 🐋 H:90m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Uruotchi H:40m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% |
| Leap Young Green Seaweed, Red Seaweed, Seaweed Salad |
Axolopatchi 🦎 H:60m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Imoritchi H:50m | Hap:60m | Sick:35% |
Kawazutchi 🐸 H:40m | Hap:70m | Sick:35% |
Beavertchi 🦫 H:90m | Hap:30m | Sick:35% |
| Paddle Young Meal Shrimp, Meal Plankton, Plankton Dumplings |
Tachutchi H:60m | Hap:70m | Sick:35% |
Sharktchi 🦈 H:90m | Hap:20m | Sick:35% |
Ankotchi H:50m | Hap:60m | Sick:35% |
Otototchi Sick:35% | First adult form in 25 years |
| Float Young Default pellets / mixed diet |
Kuraratchi 🪼 H:40m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% |
Mendakotchi H:50m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Amefuratchi H:70m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Gusokutchi H:80m | Hap:40m | Sick:35% |
Secret character: Mermarintchi (Blue Water only) — connect to two different shell colors as Glide, Leap, or Paddle Young. Float Young does not qualify.
🌿 Land Field
Available on: Pink Land (starting field), Blue Water (unlocks at Level 6), Purple Sky (unlocks at Level 6). See the Pink Land Shell Guide for a deep-dive.
| Young Species & Diet | 🌟 Perfect Care (0 mistakes + 5× hunger & happy maxed) |
Near Perfect (0–1 mistakes) |
Moderate (2–5 mistakes) |
Heavy Neglect (6+ mistakes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roar Young Big Meat, Small Meat, Steak |
Meowtchi ⭐ H:70m | Hap:60m | Sick:35% |
Pochitchi H:80m | Hap:50m | Sick:35% |
Gumax H:90m | Hap:30m | Sick:35% |
Ratchi H:40m | Hap:50m | Sick:35% |
| Toddle Young Apples, Carrots, Apple Pie, Shredded Carrots |
Mametchi 🌟 H:60m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Mimitchi H:50m | Hap:70m | Sick:35% |
Molmotchi H:40m | Hap:50m | Sick:35% |
Sheeptchi Sick:35% |
| Lick Young Meal Bugs, Meal Worms, Bug Cookies |
Leopatchi Sick:35% |
Sebiretchi H:60m | Hap:70m | Sick:35% |
Elizardotchi H:50m | Hap:60m | Sick:30% |
Heavytchi H:90m | Hap:30m | Sick:35% |
| Sprout Young Default pellets / mixed diet |
Furawatchi H:40m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% |
Potsunentchi H:70m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Tusushtchi H:50m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Shigemi-san H:90m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% |
Secret character: Chodracotchi (Pink Land only) — the most restrictive secret unlock. Lick Young only (not Roar, Toddle, or Sprout). Connect to two different shell colors during the Young stage.
☁️ Sky Field
Available on: Purple Sky (starting field), Blue Water (unlocks at Level 4), Pink Land (unlocks at Level 4). NOT available on Jade Forest. See the Purple Sky Shell Guide for a deep-dive.
⚠️ Device bug on original 3-color shells: The screen swaps the names Flap Young and Chirp Young. The table below is correct — just ignore what the device label says. Jade Forest shows correct names.
| Young Species & Diet | 🌟 Perfect Care (0 mistakes + 5× hunger & happy maxed) |
Near Perfect (0–1 mistakes) |
Moderate (2–5 mistakes) |
Heavy Neglect (6+ mistakes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flap Young Whole Chicken, Piece of Chicken, Chicken Steak |
Horhotchi ⭐ H:70m | Hap:60m | Sick:35% |
Mongatchi H:80m | Hap:50m | Sick:35% |
Eagletchi Sick:35% |
Batchi 🦇 H:40m | Hap:50m | Sick:35% |
| Chirp Young Corn, Cherry, Piece of Corn, Corn Flakes |
Peacotchi 🦚 H:50m | Hap:60m | Sick:35% |
Batatchi 🦜 H:70m | Hap:60m | Sick:35% (cockatoo, not a bat!) |
Kuchipatchi H:30m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% |
Kiwitchi H:60m | Hap:70m | Sick:35% |
| Bumble Young Flower Syrup, Honey Syrup, Flower Drops |
Papillotchi 🦋 H:60m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Kabutotchi H:50m | Hap:70m | Sick:35% |
Tentotchi 🐞 Sick:35% |
Hatchitchi 🐝 Sick:35% |
| Rocky Young Default pellets / mixed diet |
Gemtchi 💎 H:60m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% |
Oretatchi H:50m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Ishikorotchi H:90m | Hap:80m | Sick:35% |
Magmatchi 🌋 H:50m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% |
Secret character: Yayacorntchi (Purple Sky only) — connect to two different shell colors as Flap, Chirp, or Bumble Young. Rocky Young does not qualify. Yayacorntchi is unique in having no disliked foods.
🌲 Forest Field
Available on: Jade Forest only (among 2025 shells). Also accessible on Orange Tropics and White Glacier (July 2026). Sky Field adults are not obtainable on Jade Forest. See the Jade Forest Shell Guide for a deep-dive.
ℹ️ Forest Field characters generally have a 30% sick rate vs. 35% elsewhere — a small but meaningful advantage for long playthroughs.
| Young Species & Diet | 🌟 Perfect Care (0 mistakes + 5× hunger & happy maxed) |
Near Perfect (0–1 mistakes) |
Moderate (2–5 mistakes) |
Heavy Neglect (6+ mistakes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Roar Young Chashu Pork, Peking Meat, Warm Buns |
Forest Horhotchi ⭐ H:70m | Hap:60m | Sick:30% |
Konkotchi 🦊 Sick:30% | Kitsune fox spirit |
Tigaotchi 🐯 H:90m | Hap:30m | Sick:30% |
Tanoontchi H:40m | Hap:50m | Sick:30% | Tanuki |
| Forest Toddle Young Bamboo Grass, Sesame Leaves, Bamboo Leaf Rice Cake, Sesame Pancake |
Lessapantchi ⭐ 🐼 H:60m | Hap:80m | Sick:30% | Shell mascot! |
Kanokotchi 🦌 H:50m | Hap:70m | Sick:30% |
Suigyutchi Sick:30% | Water buffalo |
Panbootchi Sick:30% |
| Forest Chirp Young Persimmon, Pomegranate, Che Thai |
Kachitchi 🐦 Sick:30% | Oriental magpie |
Tokipatchi H:70m | Hap:60m | Sick:30% | Crested ibis |
Kuchipatchi H:30m | Hap:90m | Sick:35% | Also in Sky Field |
Sparrotchi 🐦 Sick:30% | Sparrow |
| Forest Sprout Young Default pellets / mixed diet |
Shiitaketchi 🍄 Sick:30% | Mushroom |
Peatchi 🍑 H:50m | Hap:80m | Sick:30% | Peach |
Nappatchi 🥬 H:70m | Hap:80m | Sick:30% | Napa cabbage |
Rushraditchi Sick:30% | Daikon radish, always panicking |
Secret character: Tatsutchi (Jade Forest only) — an East Asian dragon. Connect to two different shell colors as Forest Roar, Forest Toddle, or Forest Chirp Young. Forest Sprout does not qualify.
Secret Characters
Each shell has one hidden character you can unlock by connecting to two different shell colors while your Tamagotchi is in the Young stage. You need to connect to two different colors — connecting twice to the same color doesn't count.
| Shell | Young Types That Work | Secret Character |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Water 🔵 | Any water Young except Float | Mermarintchi |
| Pink Land 🩷 | Lick Young only | Chodracotchi |
| Purple Sky 💜 | Flap, Chirp, or Bumble Young (NOT Rocky) | Yayacorntchi |
| Jade Forest 🟢 | Forest Roar, Forest Toddle, or Forest Chirp Young (NOT Forest Sprout) | Tatsutchi 🐉 |
Tatsutchi is an East Asian dragon — one of the coolest-looking characters in the game and only available on the Jade Forest shell.
Quick Tips
Aiming for perfect care? The UFO mini-game is the most efficient way to keep happiness maxed. Play it whenever you have free time.
Aiming for heavy neglect? Let both meters drain to zero, wait 15 minutes for the attention call to count as a mistake, then refill and repeat. You can rack up 6 mistakes fairly quickly this way.
Can't decide what to raise? Your food choices lock in during the Kid stage, but you can actually switch Tama Fields during the Kid stage and the old field's food cells will clear after an hour in the new field. So if you change your mind early, you can reset your food type.
Check your Tama Cell often. It shows you your current care mistake count (spiral marks), hunger maxed count (rice ball icons), and happy maxed count (sun icons). This is a Tamagotchi first — use it.
For detailed info on individual characters including personalities, hunger/happiness rates, and fun facts, check out our full Character Database.
Full Growth Chart by Shell
Every shell starts in a different field and has its own exclusive secret character. These pages carry the complete growth chart for each one, with the food that triggers every Young species and all four adults per line.
| Shell | Starting field | Exclusive secret | Growth chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Water | Water | Mermarintchi | Blue Water Growth Chart |
| Pink Land | Land | Chodracotchi | Pink Land Growth Chart |
| Purple Sky | Sky | Yayacorntchi | Purple Sky Growth Chart |
| Jade Forest | Forest | Tatsutchi | Jade Forest Growth Chart |
| Orange Tropics (2026) | Tropical | Manapatchi | Orange Tropics Growth Chart |
| White Glacier (2026) | Ice | Hobohorntchi | White Glacier Growth Chart |
How Long Each Evolution Takes
| Transition | How long | What decides it |
|---|---|---|
| Baby → Kid | 15 minutes per Field Cell, 4 matching cells needed | Which field you are in |
| Kid → Young | 24–28 hours | The dominant food type you fed |
| Young → Adult | ~24 hours | Cumulative care mistakes |
Babymarutchi evolves once it has four matching Field Cells and you interact with the Tama Cell to trigger it. An icon appears over the Tama Cell level when it is ready. After 3–4 hours the evolution triggers automatically, and if you miss or ignore the prompt the field cells it gained disappear.
Changing field during the Kid stage removes any cells tied to the previous field — which is how you deliberately change your Kid’s type mid-stage.
Wake and Sleep Windows
Paradise lets you wake or settle your Tamagotchi within a window, after which it does so on its own. Mornings: 6:00–9:59 AM. Evenings: 7:00–9:59 PM. Once asleep you cannot wake it until morning.
Missed the sleep prompt? Let the device idle until it powers down, turn it back on, return to the Tamagotchi view and press A.
Chasing a Specific Young Species?
The Young species is the middle decision — set by the food you feed during the Kid stage. Each guide below covers the exact foods for every field that species appears in, all four adults it becomes, and whether it qualifies for the secret character.
| Young | Food concept | Fields | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roar | Meat | Land, Forest, Tropical, Ice | Roar Young |
| Toddle | Plants & fruit | Land, Forest, Tropical, Ice | Toddle Young |
| Lick | Insects | Land, Tropical | Lick Young |
| Sprout | Default | Land, Forest, Tropical | Sprout Young |
| Glide | Seafood | Water, Ice | Glide Young |
| Leap | Seaweed | Water | Leap Young |
| Paddle | Plankton | Water | Paddle Young |
| Float | Default | Water, Ice | Float Young |
| Flap | Chicken | Sky | Flap Young |
| Chirp | Corn & fruit | Sky, Forest | Chirp Young |
| Bumble | Honey | Sky | Bumble Young |
| Rocky | Default | Sky | Rocky Young |
Full overview: all 12 Young species and how to get each.