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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a quetzal? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a quetzal.
Tame a argy with enough stamina & movement speed and pick up a team mate and he can easy shot him down
Have a friend pick you up in the claws of your bird (preferably a argy) and shoot it from there.
Best quetzal cage I've found is made of gates. Just need a 3x3 base, four normal gates in a square (leave small gaps between them, and optionally a pillar with a ceiling. Just drive until the quetzal is between the gates and stop/hop off yours - it will be unable to flee if its body is inside the gates and you're free to knock it out or kill it if it doesn't meet your standards.
Farming them near red obelisk is ideal for me, if you don't like the level of the one you trapped you can kill it and another will spawn almost immediately.
This is a good mount to overpower your tribe. You are able to hover above gigas and shoot tranx without it touching you. You can build turrets and a whole base on the quetz. Go to the red obelisk to get one. This Dino will make you OP!!!
Solo tame for your first low lvl Quetz. Pick a tamed Scorpion(high melee is better) up that's set to agressive with an argi that has good speed and fly it close enough to the Quetz,let it attack, count to 10 and repeat
Knocking out your first quetzal and you don't have a quetzal to help? Have a tribemember hold you with a pteranodon and fly in front and above the quetzal and have the person being held tranq it repeat until down
I'd suggest using the argy-grappling hook method for a solo quetz tame. If you have a tribe to help you, use the pick-up-friend-with-a-bird method and let them shoot at it. With both methods, however, try to avoid going into any redwood forests, as the quetzals can be hard to find from within the trees. Also, if you think you're close to knocking it out, make sure it isn't near water.
This app really helps! I have been wanting to know how to tame things that eat kibble! And know that I know how to make it, TAMING IS A SLICE OF PIZZA!!! XD
Start off by taming low lvl quetz, then put a platform on it. Have buddy fly low lvl quetz with u on platform, along the side of it while u shot it. Make sure to tranq within 10 to 15 sec. Or torpor wI'll deplete.
Buy a low level quetz off an alpha make a catcher*, go to red on and kill low levels till you get 140+ with good health role. Make a platform saddle and build is so ramps block the bottom, put mini gun on the back and pump movement speed. = dragon assassin. You won't have to worry about scorched earth trolls anymore lol.
Have a ptrenadon with high whight and stamina
Kill all low level quetzals you can find while a buddy hangs out around Craig's Island. Flying out towards the nearby blood red lake and then back allows the new wild Quetzals to spawn in. Two spawn in at the same time, if you only see one then there is another wild quetzal that you haven't killed yet.
Try luring it in a cave so it gets stuck
If you are near a mountain or place of high elevation shooting the quetz so it runs into the direction of a wall or pillar of some kind is ideal. After it hits the wall hover above the bird and block it from flying up. Hop off your bird and begin shooting. I have used this to solo tame lvl 55 quetz a few times.
Dont waste tranqs. Wait about 5 seconds between each shot for maximum effectiveness. Raw prime meat taming is possible but level 20 or lower is recommended unless you have a large amount of time. Aim for head\neck area, and be careful not to put it down over water or in dangerous\ hars to relocate areas.
Take several grappling hooks and a bunch of tranq darts.then fly after it with a bird jump off the bird and grappling hook to it!
If you have a quetz already dont worry if you have other people just look online to build a quetz trap you need a platform on it and i like to use wood. At this very moment im taming one by myself just make sure you have enough food and water and all the supplies you will need.
For taming I recommend having friend on the back seat of a Tapejara saddle with your preferred way of knocking out animals. Be sure you are careful where you knock this animal out. You don't want to knock it out into the water!
We have found that the best way to tame a quetz is to trap it with another quetz. On a quetz platform saddle, it must be 3 walls high, with some ceilings to keep it in, and some open spaces on the sides, but walls to keep it in as well. Leave the back open and fly in front of the quetz. Let the quetz fly into the trap(the front-middle of the platform must be open so the head can go through far enough). Once the quetz is in, DO NOT MOVE, or it will go right through the trap. Put walls in the middle of the back of the catcher to trap it in, and tranq it. Once it's down, you can tame it in the air, or just move a little and it'll drop out to the ground and you can put spikes around it to tame it where it fell.
Those looking to take a Quetzal get a Tapejara grab a buddy put the Tapejara Infront of the Quetzals head with the Tapejara butt on the head of it. Make sure your buddy is sitting in the backseat so they could fire off! Preferred used tranq darts to get it down faster.