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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.
Stay away from any water sources!
Just an FYI quetz platform saddles are now unlocked at lvl 97 (post patch 257).
Tranq arrows/darts + Griffin ----> The Quetz is yours
(MOBILE)
Travel to Red Obb
Press Tidy Save, one should spawn in. If not desired lvl travel Out of its render zone and press tidy save again.
Repeat until you get the lvl you want
I would recommend grappling on to argy if your solo or having a friend pull while you shoot. If you have a griffin then I would just shoot from it’s back you don’t even need to be in passenger seat
Here's an easy way to tame a quetz:get rare flowers and lots of tranq arrows or darts,get lots of narcotics and make sure u don't miss,aim for headshots,lure quetz into trap with 2-3 behemoth gateways and gates,then start the process,use prime meat,mutton,or superior kibble,and we'll done u have tamed a quetz
Taming quetzal then: *Intense sweating and shooting*
Taming quetzal now: haha net gun go brr
On Ragnarok map they fly low and get stuck on terrain easily. Grab a Griffin and you should be able to solo tame easy.
rhyniognatha and a cross bow will work
When you tame a quetzal it will be easier to find one but for those who doesn't know where quetzal its spawn near the red obelisks at the beach or the water i have 5 quetzal hopes this helps
If you're taming on Gen2, just follow it until it's over a mountain. Net it down at mountain peaks, where danger dinos don't spawn
my quetzal keeps flying to the red woods wtf??
For solo tame grapple your argie then instead of having to mess with attack and passive use the follow my target button and just aim for the quetz this will take a long time but no damage will be done to the quetz by your argie
U really dont need to use hook. U need a tapejara. When u find a quetzal u should change seats and make ur tapejara attack to quetzal by whistle. U will knock it out when tapejara chases it.
Often spawns at the world origin point (0,0) on the island, also around the green obelisk. CAN be chain bola'd although the options for doing this are somewhat sketchy. To solo tame you will either need to goad it into a trap as it flees, use a tapejara and dismount into the second saddle, or ride a paraceretherium or bronto w/ ballista turret attached up the mountain to try and trap it that way. You can also grappling hook onto a slow flyer like argentavis and shoot it with tranqdarts that way!
A method I find easy to solo tame a quetzal is using a desmodus. Tame a desmodus with decent stam and since you can shoot off the back of a desmodus you just chase the quetzal around and shoot it occasionally. The only method that's ever worked reliably for me.
you can get an eerie version of this in mobile singleplayer using
- a tek kibble processor
- an implant of a quetzal (doesn't matter if its chronicled, dead, unclaimed)
-1 eery element
-some kibble
-common sense
step one: get a quetzal implant
-common knowledge, either kill a quetzal, or chronicle a tamed one
step two: get at least 1 eery element, some high quality kibble, and a tek kibble processor
-you can get a tek kibble processor *blueprint* from certain chests in dungeons, if it is one of the primary rewards listed on the "view rewards" tab
-you can get eery element by killing a dungeon boss
-recommended you use kibble from eggs of large creatures, like rex, spino, bronto, theri
-after you have built a tek kibble processor (fairly expensive), put the implant, kibble, and eery element inside it
step 3: save scumming
-this is where common sense kicks in, there is a mechanic of ark mobile singleplayer called "manage save file", you can find it below the button where you play singleplayer mode in the menu
- you can save your progress on one save, and if the tek kibble processor consumes the quetzal implant, restore your save file and try again
-it is a 1% chance of turning the implant into an eerie one, once a menu pops up that says "something erry happened" you now have an eery quetzal implant and you can now revive/recall your quetzal using a revival platform/obelisk
Net projectile+gateway = easy tame
Just hop on any flyer, then jump use parachute, shoot the net then put the gateway wait till the net is gun then shoot it with your tranq or darts
Use desmodus and tranq gun. Easy ko
I've found easiest way is off a Griffin. Can do solo with ease. Just watch where you drop her!