Meal Shrimp, Meal Plankton and Plankton Dumplings all count as the Plankton food type, which produces Paddle Young in the Water Field. It is the only line that reaches Otototchi.
Where to Get Shrimp and Plankton
All three come from the shop and from Egg Hunts. Despite the different names they are one food type — feeding any mix of them still counts as Plankton.
| Item | Food type | → Young species |
|---|---|---|
| Meal Shrimp | Plankton | Paddle Young |
| Meal Plankton | Plankton | Paddle Young |
| Plankton Dumplings | Plankton | Paddle Young |
What It Does to Your Evolution
Feed plankton as the dominant food during the Kid stage and you get Paddle Young. Care mistakes then decide the adult.
| Care tier | Adult |
|---|---|
| Perfect care | Tachutchi |
| Near-perfect (0–1) | Sharktchi |
| Moderate (2–5) | Ankotchi |
| Heavy neglect (6+) | Otototchi |
When It Matters
Food only steers evolution during the Kid stage. What you feed as a Baby, a Young or an Adult has no effect on which character you get — it only fills the hunger meter. The Kid stage runs 24–28 hours, and that is your whole window.
You need one icon of the target type in your Tama Cell, and more of it than any other type at the moment of evolution. Feed a few, watch for the icon, then switch to cheap default pellets to save Gotchi Points.
Otototchi is worth the neglect run. It debuted as a teen on Tamagotchi Ocean in the 1990s, and Paradise is its first adult form in over 25 years. It is the only heavy-neglect adult anyone deliberately farms.