Federation Suit on Genesis Part 2 makes taming these big guys a breeze. Just fly alongside and aim for the head. Recommend a high damage crossbow or longneck with shocking darts for a quicker knockout. Just be careful about where they land. Everything likes Quetz meat.
Quetzal
The Quetzal is a giant pterosaur and powerful aerial hauler. Its platform saddle can serve as a mobile base for transport and field operations.

How ARK players tame and knock out the Quetzal: what to feed it, what to knock it out with, and how to keep it safe.
So if u r on gen 2 use a bird to hop onto the quiz and tranq from on top. This method did not work on other maps because of the lack of tek armor but with tek feet u can stand on the side of cliffs and the qutzels
Basically tame a low level tap pump nothing but speed
Whistle target at the quetz let the tap bite the quetz while ur shooting tranqs and since tap has very low melee does practically no damage
Get dodo arrows to attract it and knock it out give Rex kibble and I recommend at least 100 narcs
I think there is a bug. I shoot about 80 darts on a lvl 24 Quetzal (I shoot every time I can, so torpor cant go down that much) and the Quetzal was still flying peacefully in the air. And I hit him, I saw the damage
For people on ragnarok or crystal isles use a griffin and shoot off the back of it
Grapple on to its face then just tranq it out. But bring parachutes so u don’t fall to death when it gets knocked out
All your submissions SUCK. Ways to find: go out of render distance from the red ob and tidy save. This resets the quetzal wherever they are. Stay on the obelisk for around 30 seconds, and one is right their. How to tame: kill the quetzal via pteranodon Argentavis or really any…
All your submissions SUCK. Ways to find: go out of render distance from the red ob and tidy save. This resets the quetzal wherever they are. Stay on the obelisk for around 30 seconds, and one is right their. How to tame: kill the quetzal via pteranodon Argentavis or really any flyer. Except griffin. You don’t need a quetzal if you have a griffin. Gather the quetzals implant and then watch ads for a ton of amber, (trust me it doesn’t take too long) and once you have your amber and the quetzals implant simply build a 3 wooden pillar tall trap around the obelisk and cover any holes with either your foundations, pillars, or walls if you need it. Simply revive the quetzal, knock it out, and tame with preferably red kibble because taming it takes forever. And enjoy your new quetzal.
All you need is a Griffin and tranqs because you can shoot off the back of them
On mobile, Quetzals can be found near the obelisks, I like to look near the red obelisk. You may have to look around for a while and maybe do a tidy save
Just tamed lvl 196 from wyvern. Needs some patience as you land one hit at time (you can try 2 longnecks) , but it has one advantage, you can sprint after hit infront of quetz and change his direction as it tries to escape from you. Another option is to use low level slingshot…
Just tamed lvl 196 from wyvern. Needs some patience as you land one hit at time (you can try 2 longnecks) , but it has one advantage, you can sprint after hit infront of quetz and change his direction as it tries to escape from you. Another option is to use low level slingshot to make him flee, for example from water to land. Either way you just fly infront and dismount wyvern to take a shot, you can even walk up his head, it's impossible to fall down. Don't forget to whistle wyvern on follow to stay in air.
ON XBOX/PS/PC:
WITHOUT ANOTHER QUETZAL:
Use a griffin or a tapejara to tame it. With a griffin, control it’s direction of movement and knock it out with tranq darts. With a tapejara, whistle attack target and whistle passive using the corresponding buttons.
WITH…
ON XBOX/PS/PC:
WITHOUT ANOTHER QUETZAL:
Use a griffin or a tapejara to tame it. With a griffin, control it’s direction of movement and knock it out with tranq darts. With a tapejara, whistle attack target and whistle passive using the corresponding buttons.
WITH QUETZAL:
Build a large stone WALL container and fly in front of it head on. Make sure it gets trapped first, then close it off with walls. Knock it out.
ON MOBILE:
Use dodo arrows to shoot it and lead it into behemoth gates. Make large walls and ceilings to block it in. YOU CANNOT USE ANOTHER QUETZAL, the wild one will just glitch through it.
I looked for this for several hours at each obelisk and around mountains i finnaly found it near blue obelisk to tame solo i grappled my argy had it chase it then knocked out with shock darts just make sure your argy doesn't hit it
Of your on mobile and your high enough
Level 1 get a revival platform
2 kill the quetz DO NOT HARVEST TAKE IMPLANT
3 make a trap around revival platform
4 revive the quetz
5 tame it
Official ASA server on 1X dododex was wrong. 150 quetz stood up wild with 1 bite left after using posted narco pots. Deff add like 10 narco pots more. 1.5 HOURS WASTED.
Você pode pegar qualquer voador, chegue perto do quetzal e pule com o paraquedas, atire nele com flechas ou dardos sedativos, chame o seu voador para te buscar e siga o quetzal e repita o processo até ele cair, depois coloque carne em seu inventário.
I think this is only on Nintendo some times they fall out of the sky and you can trap them and tame them
(no tapejara!) what worked for me was to get a friend and a bird with high stamina, i used my argy, get potent and normal tranqs, i dangled my friend above it as he shot down at it. because the quetzal is so slow, it’s easy to keep up and above it, had it in about 5 minutes!
If your playing extinction you can use snow owl and go above a quetzal, do a freeze attack, it will fall and then trap it with gateways.