The Egg Hunt is your primary source of field-specific foods — the ones you need to hit the right Young species during the Kid stage. It’s also partially random, which frustrates players who feel like they have no control over the outcome. You have more control than you think. This guide covers how the Egg Hunt works, what actually affects your results, and how to run it efficiently every day.
What Is the Egg Hunt?
The Egg Hunt sends your Tamagotchi (and optionally others) to a volcano or spring in the current field to collect eggs. Those eggs hatch into food items specific to that field’s food types — exactly what you need to influence your Kid’s evolution path.
Each Tamagotchi can only participate in one Egg Hunt per day, and no hunts are possible after 7 PM. This makes it a morning or afternoon activity — plan accordingly.
How to Start an Egg Hunt
- In Field View, open the field menu
- Select Egg Hunt
- Choose up to 3 Tamagotchi for your party
- Send them off and wait for results
Your party can include:
– Your current active Tamagotchi
– Up to 3 previously raised Tamagotchi still living in your field (released adults)
– Shirotamas — white filler Tamagotchi that fill empty party slots if you don’t have enough raised ones
What Actually Affects Your Results
This is the part most guides skip. Two specific factors influence how many eggs you get:
Factor 1: Is your current active Tamagotchi in the party?
Including your current Tamagotchi gives you significantly more eggs than a party of released adults and Shirotamas alone. Always include your active Tamagotchi in the party if you want a good haul.
Factor 2: How full is your active Tamagotchi’s happiness?
This one matters a lot. A Tamagotchi with full happiness in the party gives you the best egg counts. A Tamagotchi with zero happiness gives you fewer eggs — or possibly no eggs at all — and risks a ghost appearing in front of your party instead.
The maximum possible yield is 9 eggs per hunt. To have the best chance of hitting that maximum:
– Include your active Tamagotchi
– Make sure their happiness is completely full before sending them
With both conditions met, you have roughly a 10% chance of getting 9 eggs. Most runs will give you somewhere between 3 and 7, with higher happiness consistently pushing that number up.
Running Multiple Hunts Per Day
You can actually run up to three separate Egg Hunts per day if you have enough Tamagotchi available. Here’s how:
- If your field has 4 released adults (the maximum the field holds), pick 3 of them for Hunt 1
- Use the remaining released adult plus Shirotamas for Hunt 2
- Use your current active Tamagotchi plus Shirotamas for Hunt 3
This requires a fairly full field of previously raised Tamagotchi, so it’s more relevant once you’ve been playing for a while. Early in the game, one hunt per day with your active Tamagotchi included is the standard approach.
What Foods Drop From Each Field
The Egg Hunt drops field-specific foods that you can’t always buy directly from the shop. Here’s what to expect by field:
Water Field Drops
- Seafood, Shellfish (→ Glide Young / Seafood diet)
- Green Seaweed, Red Seaweed (→ Leap Young / Seaweed diet)
Land Field Drops
- Apple, Carrot (→ Toddle Young / Carrot diet)
- Meal Bugs, Meal Worms (→ Lick Young / Worm diet)
Sky Field Drops
- Corn, Cherry (→ Chirp Young / Corn diet)
- Flower Syrup, Honey Syrup (→ Bumble Young / Honey diet)
Forest Field Drops (Jade Forest only)
- Chashu Pork (→ Forest Roar Young / Peking Meat diet)
- Bamboo Grass, Sesame Leaves (→ Forest Toddle Young / Bamboo Grass diet)
- Persimmon, Pomegranate (→ Forest Chirp Young / Pomegranate diet)
Some food types — particularly Meat (Land) and Plankton (Water) — are primarily shop purchases rather than Egg Hunt drops. Check the Food Guide for the full breakdown of where to get each food type.
Cooking the Eggs You Collect
The foods you get from Egg Hunts can be fed directly to your Tamagotchi, but they can also be used as ingredients for cooked meals that give more food points per feeding. Cooking unlocks at a certain Planet Level and is accessed through Shop → Repas in Lab Mode.
Cooked versions of Egg Hunt foods:
– Fried Fish, Grilled Shellfish (from Seafood Egg Hunt drops)
– Seaweed Salad (from Seaweed drops)
– Apple Pie, Shredded Carrots (from Apple/Carrot drops)
– Corn Flakes, Cherry Pie (from Corn/Cherry drops)
– Flower Drops (from Flower Syrup/Honey Syrup drops)
– Bamboo Leaf Rice Cake, Sesame Pancake (from Jade Forest drops)
If you have a surplus of Egg Hunt food and cooking is unlocked, turning raw ingredients into meals stretches your supply further.
Egg Hunt Tips
Run it first thing in the morning. The 7 PM cutoff means you can’t save it for the evening. Make the Egg Hunt part of your morning routine alongside feeding and playing the UFO game.
Max happiness before you send them. Play a UFO game or two before triggering the Egg Hunt to top off your active Tamagotchi’s happiness. The difference in egg yield between full and empty happiness is meaningful over time.
Don’t stress the RNG. Even at optimal conditions you only have a 10% chance of the maximum 9 eggs. Most days you’ll get a solid 4–6. Over a week of consistent hunting, your food stockpile builds up reliably regardless of individual run variance.
Stock up before a planned Kid stage. If you’re about to hatch a new egg and know which food type you’re targeting, do a few days of Egg Hunts beforehand so you have plenty of the right food ready when the Kid stage begins. You don’t want to be scrambling for Bamboo Grass or Honey Syrup mid-evolution window.
Shirotamas are free filler. If your field is sparse and you don’t have 3 released adults to form a full party, Shirotamas fill the slots at no cost. They contribute less than your active Tamagotchi but are better than nothing for slightly improving egg counts.
Quick Reference
| Factor | Effect |
|---|---|
| Active Tamagotchi in party | Significantly more eggs |
| Active Tamagotchi happiness full | Maximum egg yield potential |
| Active Tamagotchi happiness zero | Fewer/no eggs, risk of ghost |
| Maximum eggs per hunt | 9 |
| Chance of max eggs (optimal conditions) | ~10% |
| Hunt cutoff time | 7 PM |
| Hunts per day per Tamagotchi | 1 |
| Maximum hunts per day (full field) | 3 |
The foods you collect from Egg Hunts feed directly into your evolution path. Head to the Food Guide to see exactly which foods unlock which Young species — and to the Evolution Chart to plan which character you’re working toward.