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ARK: Survival Evolved Companion

Quetzal


Stats
BASE STATS
Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
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![]() Health | 1,200 | +240 | +2.16% | HIGH Ranked 26 of 147 |
![]() Stamina | 800 | +40 | +5% | HIGH Ranked 6 |
![]() Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10% | |
![]() Food | 1,200 | +120 | +10% | AVG Ranked 100 |
![]() Weight | 800 | +16 | +5% | HIGH Ranked 18 |
![]() Melee Damage | 100% | +4% | +1.7% | AVG Ranked 58 |
![]() Movement Speed | 100% | — | +0% | |
![]() Torpor | 1,850 | +111 | — | HIGH Ranked 14 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Quetzal vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.) |
ABSOLUTE STATS
MOVEMENT SPEED | BASE | Sprinting (Wild) | Sprinting (Tamed) |
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Walking | 360 | ||
Flying | 500 | 1995 | 1250 |
Movement Speed: % |
RECIPES
Exceptional Kibble

- Extra Large Egg
- Focal Chili
- Rare Flower
- ×10 Mejoberry
- ×5 Fiber
- Waterskin
Focal Chili

- ×9 Cooked Meat
- ×5 Citronal
- ×20 Tintoberry
- ×20 Azulberry
- ×20 Amarberry
- ×10 Mejoberry
- Waterskin
- +25% Movement Speed
- +100% Crafting Speed
- Effect duration
- 15m
Rex Kibble (MOBILE)

- Rex Egg
- Longrass
- Prime Meat Jerky
- ×2 Mejoberry
- ×3 Fiber
- Waterskin
Quetzal Kibble (MOBILE)

- Quetzal Egg
- ×3 Rockarrot
- ×3 Prime Meat Jerky
- ×100 Mejoberry
- ×120 Fiber
- Waterskin
SADDLES
Quetz Saddle
- ×750 Hide
- ×500 Fiber
- ×100 Cementing Paste
- ×85 Silica Pearls
Quetz Platform Saddle
- ×620 Hide
- ×400 Fiber
- ×180 Metal Ingot
- ×120 Cementing Paste
- ×220 Silica Pearls
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
God damn these things need to touch grass
The fun way is to jump off and grapple to your argie and whistle it to attack and since argies are slow it won’t catch up in time so tranq till it goes out also bring parachutes and consider liking so more people will know
Idk why everyone makes this so complicated with all the grappling stuff all you have to do is,
1. Get or use a tapejara that’s a low level with a couple levels into movement speed
2. Get a rifle or crossbow with either darts or tranqs
3. Find a quetzal and then go to the back of your tapejara and set to attack the quetzal
(Since quetzals have high health and ur using a low level tapejara you can actually leave the tapejara to attack the quetzal, it’ll be fine)
4. Knock It out, not over water, and put whatever you want into it and ban you have a quetzal
Btw, you don’t need to worry about the tapejara’s stamina, it doesn’t decrease while you sit in the back seat
If you drop a quetzal due to knockout, and it lands next to a giga...just know, the quetzal belong to the giga. Now you get to watch your would be quetzal get eaten by a giga. Now you can go home and cry.
Guys this is the ersieht was to tame a quetzal. All you need is a tapejara.
1) Whisle your Tapejara to follow you
2) Ride you Tapejara and surch for a quetzal
3) When you found a quetzal, go an the back of the Tapejara (dont forget that you have to make the follow whisle on Tapejara, otherwise the will Flyer to the ground)
4) Make the attack whisle while you are on the Tapejata's back, so your tapejara will follow the quetzal.
5) Just shoot the quetzal with tranq darts/arrow and make the passive whisle on the Tapejara when he is too close to the Quetzal.
6) Repeat that till the quetzal gets knocked out and enjoy your quetzal taming.
TIPP: They spawn near the Obelisk and fly trought the whole map after spawning. GOOD LUCK!
You can either use three tactics:
1: if u have an argy level it's speed up to 120+ and grapple
2: sit on the passenger seat and shoot it darts until knocked
3: the easiest way is getting a griffin since u can use weapons on em
Use a balm and rex kibble, exceptional kibble or mutton for taming and bring bio toxins
Quetz usually spawn at red obelisk, if you don't see one wait a few minutes for t to spawn. If you are looking for a high level kill the lower level one so it another can respawn
Tamed it with cooked fish meat and missed my girlfriend's birthday and our wedding.
DO NOT CRYOPOD IT WITH A PLATFORM SADDLE IT DESTROYS YOUR WHOLE BASE AND ALL YOU WORK
Net it, tranq it, find and kill an ovis, then come back to find it was killed by a compy
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The Quetzal is a behemoth of a creature with base stats that top the charts (health, stamina, weight, and torpor). The Quetzal's platform saddle make it an excellent choice for a mobile air base or even a caravan for transporting and gathering metal and other supplies on harder to reach areas. While its melee strength isn't as high as some might expect, its health and ability to carry weapons make it suitable to use as a war bird. Its preference for Rex Kibble make it difficult to tame, and even more so difficult to knock out in the air.
What does a Quetzal eat? In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Quetzal eats Exceptional Kibble, Rex Kibble, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Raw Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, Cooked Meat, Raw Fish Meat, and Cooked Fish Meat.
Translations: الكوازال, קצאל, Quetzalcoatl, ケツァルコアトルス, 케찰, Кетцалькоатль, 风神翼龙.