With the rhynio now in ark ascended, the pretzel is way easier to tame. You can shoot off of the back of the rhynio so once you find the quetzal you can tranq it and lead it where you want it to go.

Once you knock it out it’s a simple tame

-Gator Tamer

Want to tame one of these? Well, you came to the right place! These guys are pretty hard to tame. (Took me a month to find one) Here is a guild on how to tame one:

What You need to pack:

50 tranq arrows or 30-40 tranq darts

1crossbow or 2 crossbows or 1-2 Longneck rifles

50 raw prime meat or more

200 raw meat

500 narcotics just in case

Grappling hooks

What tames you might need:

Tapejara with its saddle ( 3 seater)

Argy with its saddle

Way number 1 ( I did it this way)

Hop on your argy and look for a quetzal (They usually spawn around the red obelisk near some islands)

Since Quetzals never land, look in the air for one.

Once you found one, Jump from your argy and grapple it. You may want to practice before you try to tame the quetzal. Whistle attack on the quetzal and hit it with tranq ammo. Feed it meat and there you go!

Way 2

To make this way short, do the same this as with the argy but use a tapejara and sit on the extra seats. Tranq it and feed it meat!

Tame locations tend to be near green ob. I did find 3 out by coordinates 43, 54. River near volcano and redwood forest.

Pretty hard to tame, was chasing a level 50 female for about 2 hours and I just gave up. I also only had tranq arrows and did not have a way to make it fly to the ground. I would like a good easy method to tame without making it a pain to do.

On mobile hop on the back of a tape grab your choice of Knocking it out and wistle the tape to attack

Ride on passenger seat on griffin and whistle target on quetzal, then use either tranq darts or bow with toxicant arrows and keep shooting until it’s knocked out, watch out for water though, it will drown.

Best bet is to use a griffon with shocking traq darts, watch what its going to land into before you drop it

And....if you see a Tek 180...tame it immediately no matter what

Get yourself a flyer a net gun, a parachute and yoir weapon to tranq it out(optionally a trap) First get on the flyer and find your quetz then jump off using the parachute and shoot it with the net gun. Then land and build a trap or tranq it out right there

A easy way to tame the Quetz is just by taming a Griffin first and having kibble. Once you tamed the Griffin you can shoot of it even in the air so I just chased it with my Griffin and it got knocked

Just wanna let everyone know, if you are doing the technique where you grapple from a flyer and whistle it to attack the quetz, you will have a lot of trouble hitting your shots so bring LOTS of tranqs

If u play ark on a tablet or phone here is a taming tip: kill a quetz, dont harvest its body. get the implant, go home. build a revival/ taming pen, revive it and tame it at home in a pen.

If using Metal gates Cover the top with roofs as it can fly through the top of the gate somehow

Pls /\ if this helped

Get a tapaja and use a net gun then club it or shoot with tranq then your done up for more tips

Best way to tame in mobile:

Kill in the sky.

Build Revival platform.

Build stone wall & roof around the platform.

Revive Quetzal.

Sleep (it's help food level to zero).

Knock out & give any meat.

Done.

DO NOT attempt to tame these jerks with a tek suit, because they will outrun you, or in this case, outfly you. and when you catch up to them, all of the torpidity you gave it is completely gone thanks to the quetzals unnecessary torpidity decrease speed. this is exactly what i did on my gen 2 world, and i was there for about an hour (it was a level 135 in case you’re curious) i did tame it, but it was very time consuming. the best way to tame them is to bring a friend, use a fast mount, a griffin for example, pick your friend up, fly alongside the quetzal while carrying your friend and pray he/she has good accuracy. if you find this helpful, up this! -J

Having a good farming Quetzal and a good War Quetzal is a game changer! For ur 1st Quetzal I would get a low lvl Quetzal using Tapejaras or Argys and hold someone with the Argys feet to shoot traq darts at the Quetzal. Than use ur low lvl Quetzal to build a trapper to get higher lvl Quetzals!!!

It's 2023. This tips should be updated. Different flyers can be used for diff methods. I only play solo, so to me the best flyers to tame quetzs are ones u can stand on (griffins/wyverns etc). It's too much of a hassle to switch seats & accidentally falling when you can just stand up lol. Also pay attention to the area when taming. The ground could be clear, but these flyers are seen over areas with all types of carnivores. And the faster the worst. The moment of knock you need to fly straight down and start clearing the area. And I mean IMMEDIATELY lol. Find low lvl if you can. Then build a quetz platform to tame higher level quetzs. I've been using the Ember wyvern bc of the aoe/dot.

To the person who said you get a journeyman quetz saddle from the hunt argy pursuit, your right but it can drop anything above primitive I’m pretty sure, so it can give mastercraft or ramshackle for example, just wanted to clarify.

If on ragnorock you can lead to the snow biom and it should be lower to the ground then if you can jump on its back and shoot it like crazy with tranq darts it’ll knock out and you’ll have yourself a quetzal (mine got stuck on a rock)

Tame tapejara. Jump in front seat on the ground. Use " go to this area" button to get air born. Comma on pc I think. I tell mine to chase other fliers. It takes a few tries. Use same button to direct tapejara to quetzal. I used tranc darts. And raw prime meat. Got lucky and killed some carnos next to him when he went down. I was level 90 ish and he was level 7 or 8. Took about 10 darts and maybe 15 minutes with the prime meat. Bring narco and be ready to kill anything around where he lands. He is a game changer. Once you have him tamed make platform saddle and use him to tame more.