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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.
Use a packyrhino to lure it back to your base for maximum protection
A level 1 took about 14 tranq darts. Our method of tranqing involved two people one grappled to an argent and the other chasing the bird.
If it's your first quetz get a tapejara with loads of stamina! Makes downing this beast much easier. I got the first quetz on my official ps4 server lastnight with a different tribe flying there tapejara and me shooting, without him I couldn't of done it lol
Be prepared to be scared constantly while taming one in a quetz trap. They move around and it is frightening to say the least.
Don't die
Ive heard/saw on youtube that you can just jump off your argentavis or any other of your tamed flying dinosaurs and land on the wing of thw wild quetzel. make sure your bird is following you to. You can then just shoot it in the head till it knocks out. Make sure you have a parachute with you just in case you miss the bird.
Currently this patch the quetzals are spawning alot at Red ob and if you have a wyvern you can clear the map then go to red and just kill and repeat til high level spawns by just killing it and flying away for a few seconds
1 or 2 will spawn depending hope long to stay out of render
If you already have a quetz with a platform, build a trap on the platform. 2 thatch foundation with 1 thatch ceiling around each edge (should have a 3x3 tile floor), then build thatch door frames and build them 2 high on every other tile on each edge except for the back. Have 4 thatch doorframes and at least 6 thatch ceilings ready. You will fly in front of the Wild quetz and let it fly into the box, once it's in the box, dismount and place the doorframes on the rear edge behind the quetz, then place the ceilings on all your doorframes and in the centre on the ceiling square. You can now knock it out and it cannot escape.
If you're trying to tame it by yourself tame a scorpion and put it on aggressive then pick it up with a arge and fly right behind the quetzal
Quetzal usually spawn by red on so if you could set up a bola turret by there you can chase it to the person on the bola and they can take it down after that unload your life of trans into it until it k.o.
I have found higher levels without having to wait and kill at blue and green oblisks.
Have 2 crossbows one with hooks and one with tranq arrows just alternate between them then you sould get it (of shot in head for better life)
Like that. Big bird can carry dinos also can make base on their back lol.
For taiming a quez u could use are scorpian and a argy and also if u already have a quez u can make a box for the platform saddle and u can trap it and knock it out.
Have a friend pick you up with an argy or use a grappling hook for solo tame and use tranq darts or tranq arrows and follow the quetzal till it's knocked out.
Don't drop your friend while following him 😀
If you don't own a quetzal or a tapejara already. This will be tricky. I suggest asking for some help on your server. However, if you do own a quetzal and want another one, here's some tips. You need to build a trap on your current quetzal's platform saddle. It needs to be 3 high and 3 long. You can use thatch. Make it 3 wide/long using thatch foundations. Make it 3 high using thatch door frames. Then add thatch ceilings. Leave where you're siting open. Don't cover that with door frames just yet. When you're flying at the quetzal make sure you're going at it head first. Once it's flying in place in your trap stand up and put the thatch door frames behind where you're sitting, connecting it to the foundations to the ceilings. Then start tranqing wait every 10 seconds while shooting it so you don't kill it. Good luck.
Put a ballista on a mobile base and chain bola it then knock it out. This way you won't have to worry about it running
If you already have a quetz you can build a Contraption on the back of the quetz platform saddle. If you do not have a quest already and easy it is to use the tapejara, other than that use a ptera or a argy and follow it everywhere and tranq it down make sure you have spikes and narcotics ready, fast torpor!
Solo taming on servers is hard because of rubberbarding (lag) so it's idea to get another person to help rather than the grappling techique