All animal locations and favorite foods in Heartopia

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Published Feb 13, 2026, 5:09 PM EST

Feed these critters their favorite foods to increase your bond with them

A human sits next to a trough full of fish with otters in Heartopia

In Heartopia, there are wild animals found around the island who you can befriend, as long as you feed them. Each animal has its own trough to be filled with its favorite food, but finding the troughs at first can be somewhat annoying, as they're pretty spaced out. If you want to win over the hearts of the animals (and get some free loot for doing so), you'll want to make sure to feed them every day.

Below we explain what animals do in Heartopia, where to find the animal troughs, and what the animal's favorite foods are.

What do animals do in Heartopia?

There are eight animals scattered around the map in Heartopia with each congregating around their respective trough (more on that below). If you feed the animals every day, you'll increase your bond with them, which you can check via the "Animal" menu. As you level up your bond, the animals will leave you gifts more frequently, you'll unlock more interactions with them, and they may even visit your home. (Though yes, the alpaca will spit in your home. Gross.)

Upgrading your bond with each animal will also unlock special decorations, like little figurines and puzzles. You can also earn Wishing Stars from ranking up your relationship with the animals, so there's no harm in filling up those troughs every day.

Where to find animal troughs in Heartopia

A map in Heartopia showing where to find the eight animal troughs around the island

The troughs are spread out, but you can make a lap around the island on your vehicle to hit them all fairly quickly. The animals are in the following locations:

Panda: Southern Forest
Capybara: Western Onsen Mountain
Bunny: Western Suburbs
Fox: Central Flower Field
Sea Otter: Central Fishing Village
Ferret: North-western housing area
Sika Deer: Central Forest
Alpaca: Southern Flower Field (close to Fishing Village border)

Once you find the animal trough for the first time, you can track its location via the "Animal" menu screen.

Each animal's favorite food in Heartopia

All the animals can be fed a bunch of different foods, but there will be three they prefer the most. Each animal can also eat the "universal animal food" bought from the pet shop. Here's a list of foods that we can confirm that animals love, as well as foods we know they can be fed. We'll update this as we discover more foods that the animals love.

Animal

Favorite food(s)

Other foods

Panda	Corn, apples, bamboo	Weeds, carrots, raspberries, meat, eggs
Capybara	Raspberries, tomatoes	Weeds, carrots, strawberries, corn, apples, blueberries, branche
Bunny	Weeds, carrots, strawberries	Apples, blueberries, raspberries, branches
Fox	Meat, largemouth bass	Carrots, strawberries, corn, apples, blueberries, raspberries, assorted fish, assorted insects, eggs
Sea Otter	Oriental shrimp	Corn, assorted fish, meat, eggs
Ferret	Eggs	Corn, assorted fish, assorted insects, meat
Sika Deer	Branches, lettuce	Weeds, tomatoes, carrots, strawberries, apples, blueberries, raspberries
Alpaca	Wheat, pineapples, blueberries	Weeds, carrots, strawberries, apples, raspberries, branches