If you don't have one already. And have not yet heard. Have a friend carry you steady. To tranq the big bird.
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.
My friend carries me with his pteranodon and I shoot it with tranquilizer darts lol.
Use grappling hooks to hook your pteranodon and whistle it to attack a quetz and then frank the quetz of the tamed bird is fats enough it works but if it's to strong it can kill the quetz
A solo tame is pretty easy actually. It works best if you have a longneck rifle (for tranq darts) and a crossbow (grappling hook). Grapple to a pteradon or argentavis (I used a pteradon and it worked fine) and set it to attack my target while aiming at the quetzel. Once it gets…
A solo tame is pretty easy actually. It works best if you have a longneck rifle (for tranq darts) and a crossbow (grappling hook). Grapple to a pteradon or argentavis (I used a pteradon and it worked fine) and set it to attack my target while aiming at the quetzel. Once it gets close enough set it to passive and shoot for the head. Repeat until knocked out and make sure you keep it alive and not in danger of being killed my random carnivores.
Whatever you do DO NOT Knock out near or in redwoods mine got eaten by sabers
Use a tapeJara have two people tranq it while you fly the tape
On the center map, when the Quetzal is hit enough times it will ALWAYS eventually fly in-between the two mountains at coordinates 30 55 where you can set up a chain bola catcher thing or something. With an argy, hold a diplocaulus of something that isn't very strong to hit…
On the center map, when the Quetzal is hit enough times it will ALWAYS eventually fly in-between the two mountains at coordinates 30 55 where you can set up a chain bola catcher thing or something. With an argy, hold a diplocaulus of something that isn't very strong to hit the Quetzal to this area so it doesn't die. Good luck.
You just need 2 Friends with a ptero each; mate1 have to grab you, mate2 have to Fly under it and then bug the quetz circa at his Chest zone. Shoot w/ Longneck, put some Narcos in and that's it. Quetz Done!
Cheat summon quetzal_character_bp_c
After you summon it use forcetame
Only works on console
Found by red obilisk (upvote so people know)
People are making it to hard simply kill it get the speciment chip and revive it make sure it personal built and make a little house while it is in sode and then just traq it, it is also safe cause it is in a house so you dont have to worry about other animals/ dinos attacking…
People are making it to hard simply kill it get the speciment chip and revive it make sure it personal built and make a little house while it is in sode and then just traq it, it is also safe cause it is in a house so you dont have to worry about other animals/ dinos attacking it. Easy way to solo tame
Ride a griffin and shoot it in the head
These are incredibly hard to tame I once got a level 150 tape jar and I tried solo taming it and I got it knocked out and then 3 terror birds were there waiting and killed it
You can tame it grappled to a argy, prefer it since u have more freedom than when passenger sitting on a Tapejara. Always bring more tranqs than what Dododex says. Don’t forget to make a parachute just Incase anything bad happens. Learned that the hard way when I forgot to…
You can tame it grappled to a argy, prefer it since u have more freedom than when passenger sitting on a Tapejara. Always bring more tranqs than what Dododex says. Don’t forget to make a parachute just Incase anything bad happens. Learned that the hard way when I forgot to reload the grapple to the crossbow n died
For taming in the air using a trap on a tame quetz: feed your tame quetz stimberries to regenerate stamina. But make sure your tame quetz has plenty of food.
To get a starter Quetzal, set up three behemoth gates front to back with a bit of space between them. Give the one in the front and the one in the back doors and keep on of them closed. Find a Quetzal and eat a rare flower to get it to aggro on you and run into the gates. It…
To get a starter Quetzal, set up three behemoth gates front to back with a bit of space between them. Give the one in the front and the one in the back doors and keep on of them closed. Find a Quetzal and eat a rare flower to get it to aggro on you and run into the gates. It should fly in and get stuck. Then close the open gate and knock it out.
If the quetzal flies into the redwoods, don’t give up on it. Fly above the trees and shoot the quetzal, try to scare it out if you can.
Can easily solo tame on a griffin if your good at first person flying ;)
I tame them solo all the time. On ragnorok get a griffen and pump stam. On the griffen you are able to use a crossbow while flying. It will take practice but can be mastered. Bring fur armor in case it goes in murder snow area along with camp fires or build them there. And hide…
I tame them solo all the time. On ragnorok get a griffen and pump stam. On the griffen you are able to use a crossbow while flying. It will take practice but can be mastered. Bring fur armor in case it goes in murder snow area along with camp fires or build them there. And hide to build spikes around it. Watch out for the wolves too. Good luck.
Just grappling hook onto an argentavis or other bird if you choose, use whistle commands to attack to get close, and passive before your bird attacks it. Shoot some tranqs, repeat. Be patient. Solo tamed several now.