Sharktchi
Water Field · Paddle Species · 0–1 mistakes
Who Is Sharktchi?
A blue shark with a wide grin and prominent fins. Has the fastest hunger drain of all Paddle adults.
Has an intimidating appearance but actually has lots of friends. Everyone is surprised when they get to know it.
Stats
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Hunger drops every | 90 min |
| Happiness drops every | 20 min |
| Sick chance after care mistake | 35% |
Stats marked not yet documented are from characters confirmed to exist in the game but whose exact drain rates have not yet been published on the English community wiki.
How to Get Sharktchi
Step 1 — Get into the Water Field Start on the Blue Water shell, which begins in the Water Field.
Step 2 — Feed the right food during the Kid stage Target food type: Plankton Specific foods: Meal Shrimp, Meal Plankton — from the shop. Plankton Dumplings — cooked.
Feed until you have at least one Plankton icon showing in your Tama Cell. You only need one dominant icon — once it appears, you can switch to cheap Pellets and save resources. The icon stays unless you switch fields (which clears all food icons).
Step 3 — Hit the right care level Requirement: 0 to 1 total care mistakes across the Kid and Young stages.
How care mistakes work in Tamagotchi Paradise: Care mistakes accumulate across both the Kid and Young stages combined — they don’t reset when your Tamagotchi evolves from Kid to Young. So if you made 2 mistakes as a Kid and 1 as a Young, your total is 3.
A care mistake happens when: – Hunger or happiness hits zero and you don’t respond within the grace period – Your Tamagotchi gets sick and you don’t treat it promptly – You ignore the sick animation in the Tama Cell
How to track your mistakes: Zoom all the way into Cell View using the dial. Each spiral icon = one care mistake. Count them.
The sick risk: After certain mistake counts (1, 5, 7…), there’s a 30–35% chance your Tamagotchi gets sick at the next care event. Treat illness immediately from the Cell View or it counts as another mistake.
The maximum is 6 — once you have 6 spiral icons, you’re guaranteed the heavy neglect adult for your species regardless of what happens next.
Important: If you hit exactly 0 mistakes but also maxed both meters 5+ times each, you’ll get the perfect care character (Tachutchi) instead. To reliably get Sharktchi, aim for exactly 1 mistake, or allow 0 mistakes without maxing the meters 5 times.
Full Paddle Species Evolution Line
All four Paddle adults come from Plankton Young, raised in the Water Field on a diet of Plankton foods during the Kid stage. The only variable between these four characters is your total care mistake count.
| Character | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Tachutchi | Perfect care — 0 mistakes + Hunger maxed 5×+ + Happy maxed 5×+ |
| Sharktchi ← you are here | Near-perfect — 0–1 total mistakes |
| Ankotchi | Moderate neglect — 2–5 total mistakes |
| Otototchi | Heavy neglect — 6+ total mistakes |
Key reminder: Care mistakes are cumulative from the Kid stage onward. Two mistakes as a Kid plus one as a Young equals three total — putting you in the 2–5 range.
Checking your count: Zoom into Cell View with the dial. Each spiral icon = one care mistake. Count rice ball icons for hunger maxes and sun icons for happiness maxes.
Fun Facts
One of only two shark-based Tamagotchi characters in the entire franchise’s history. Despite looking like a predator, it’s a social butterfly.
Food Preferences
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Favorite type | Seafood items — Crab, Shrimp, Salmon, Sushi, Grilled Crab, Shrimp Bisque, Salmon Teriyaki, Sashimi Platter |
| Disliked foods | Seaweed items — feeding seaweed triggers rejection |
| Note | Pure predator preference — sharks eat fish, not plants. The seaweed dislike is thematically consistent. |
Personality & Raising Tips
Sharktchi is a heavy-neglect Water Field adult — the result of accumulating 4+ care mistakes during the Young stage. A great white shark with exaggerated fin proportions and a toothy grin, she’s one of the most visually dramatic results in the Blue Water shell. Despite the neglect reputation, she’s actually charming to raise once you have her.
Her 70-minute hunger timer is a step shorter than near-perfect Water adults like Kametchi, but the tradeoff is that you don’t need to do anything special to get her — just not check in for long enough during the Young stage. For players who got her accidentally on their first run, she’s often a beloved first Tamagotchi memory.
For intentional Sharktchi runs: Let care mistakes accumulate to 4+ during Young. You don’t need to completely abandon her — just let the hunger and happiness meters hit zero without responding four or more times. She’ll still be alive and healthy; the care mistakes only affect adult evolution, not the health of the Young stage character.
Personality: Bold, fearless, and always hungry. Sharktchi is a character who charges forward without hesitation. In lore she’s described as a thrill-seeker who explores the deepest trenches of the ocean just because no one else would. She suits players who appreciate chaos energy.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many care mistakes do I need for Sharktchi? 4 or more total across the Kid and Young stages combined. Fewer than 4 gets you better-care Water adults. There’s no upper limit — 10 mistakes and she’ll still appear as long as you kept the character alive.
Can I get Sharktchi on the Pink Land or Purple Sky shells? Only if those shells have the Water Field unlocked via planet leveling. The Water Field isn’t available on those shells at the start — you’ll need to reach Level 4 or 6 (depending on which shell) to unlock it.
Is Sharktchi harder to maintain than other Water adults? Slightly — her 70-minute hunger timer is shorter than the 80–90 minute timers of near-perfect Water adults. But she’s not demanding by the game’s overall standards. Check in 3–4 times a day and she’ll stay happy.
About This Character’s Field
The Water Field is the starting field on the Blue Water shell and unlocks on other shells as you level up your planet (at Level 4 or Level 6 depending on which shell you’re on). Water Field characters have seafood, seaweed, and plankton-based evolution paths, plus the Float Species for no-food-preference players.
For the complete evolution picture across all fields and shells, see the Full Evolution Chart. For detailed mechanics on how care mistakes work, see the Care Mistake Guide. For food sourcing strategies, see the Food Guide.