Found mine (level 45) at lat 42.7 long 65.8

Spent two (irl) days looking for one on my Singleplayer Island game, was about to throw in the towel and spawn in a wild one to tame then BAM, I got the dopamine hit I was waiting for when I saw that big mother flapping about. Landed my tapejara, loaded up the longneck with darts and set my Tappy to follow and attack, after a length chase shooting darts from the passenger seat brought him down near the swamps, west coast. Solo tame. Finally!!!!!

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!

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!!!

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

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.

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.