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Quetzal
Quetzal
Dossier Quetzal.pngDossier EmptyDossier Quetzal
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Group
Reptiles
Diet
Carnivore
Temperament
Skittish
Release Versions
Steam 218.0
Oct 6, 2015
Xbox One 729.0
Dec 16, 2015
PS 501.0
Dec 6, 2016
Logo Mobile 1.0
May 24, 2018
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Variants
Spawn Command
cheat summon Quetz_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Quetzalcoatlus/Quetz_Character_BP.Quetz_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tek Quetzal
cheat summon BionicQuetz_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Quetzalcoatlus/BionicQuetz_Character_BP.BionicQuetz_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Quetzal
cheat summon BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Quetzalcoatlus/BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned.BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Quetzal (Gauntlet)
cheat summon BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Lunar/BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet.BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Quetzal (Retrieve)
cheat summon BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Lunar/BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve.BionicQuetz_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Quetzal
cheat summon Quetz_Character_BP_Rockwell_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Quetz_Character_BP_Rockwell.Quetz_Character_BP_Rockwell'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Quetzal (Summoned)
cheat summon Quetz_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Quetz_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned.Quetz_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Quetzal (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Quetz_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Quetz_Character_BP_STA.Quetz_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Domestication
Tameable
Rideable
Breedable
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Torpor Immune
X mark No
Taming Method
Knockedout Knockout
Preferred Kibble
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble
Preferred Kibble ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile
Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg)
Preferred Food
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton
Preferred Food ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat
Equipment
Quetz Saddle Quetz Saddle (Level ?)
Unique Skins
Rider Weaponry
X mark No
Data
XP for kill
72 XP
Feces Size
Large Animal Feces Large
Drag Weight
500
Radiation Immune
X mark No
Immobilized By
Can Damage
Thatch Wall Thatch
Greenhouse Wall Greenhouse
Wooden Wall Wood
Reproduction
Egg
Incubation Range
5 - 6 °C / 41 - 43 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 6 °C / 43 °F
Incubation Time
16h 39m 55.199s
Baby Time
13h 13m 39.048s
Juvenile Time
2d 4h 54m 36.19s
Adolescent Time
2d 18h 8m 15.238s
Total Maturation Time
5d 12h 16m 30.476s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat

The Island Topographic Map
Spawning Quetzal The Island

The Center Topographic Map
Spawning Quetzal The Center

Ragnarok Ocean Topographic Map
Spawning Quetzal Ragnarok

Extinction Topographic Map
Spawning Quetzal Extinction

Valguero Topographic Map
Spawning Quetzal Valguero

Crystal Isles Topographic Map
Spawning Quetzal Crystal Isles

Genesis Part 2 Map
Spawning Quetzal Genesis Part 2

Lost Island map
Spawning Quetzal Lost Island

The Island Topographic Map
Spawning Tek Quetzal The Island

The Center Topographic Map
Spawning Tek Quetzal The Center

Ragnarok Ocean Topographic Map
Spawning Tek Quetzal Ragnarok

Extinction Topographic Map
Spawning Tek Quetzal Extinction

Crystal Isles Topographic Map
Spawning Tek Quetzal Crystal Isles

Genesis Part 2 Map
Spawning Tek Quetzal Genesis Part 2

Lost Island map
Spawning Tek Quetzal Lost Island

Genesis Part 2 Map
Spawning R-Quetzal Genesis Part 2

This variant spawns only during an Event

The Island Topographic Map
Spawning Skeletal Quetzal The Island

The Center Topographic Map
Spawning Skeletal Quetzal The Center

Ragnarok Ocean Topographic Map
Spawning Skeletal Quetzal Ragnarok

Extinction Topographic Map
Spawning Skeletal Quetzal Extinction

Valguero Topographic Map
Spawning Skeletal Quetzal Valguero

Crystal Isles Topographic Map
Spawning Skeletal Quetzal Crystal Isles

Genesis Part 2 Map
Spawning Skeletal Quetzal Genesis Part 2

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Quetzalcoatlus (k‬et-sull-ko-at-luss), more commonly known as Quetzal or simply Quetz, is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Basic Info[]

Dossier[]

This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creature.

NoteHelena
“
Species

Quetzalcoatlus conchapicem

Time

Late Cretaceous

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Skittish

Wild

From afar, it's hard to believe that Quetzalcoatlus is one of the largest avians on the island. It shares a similar silhouette with the Pteranodon, and nests near the absolute highest peaks. Upon closer inspection, though, Quetzalcoatlus is an enormous creature of tremendous power. I find it strange that such a large, imposing beast would be so skittish. Unlike other creatures of its size, it is more likely to flee than fight. I suppose the decision to flee from any trouble keeps the species alive on an island with so many dangerous predators. But then how does it eat enough to sustain its massive size?

Domesticated

Tamed Quetzalcoatlus have a very specific role on the island. Too slow to be an efficient local transport, and too weak to be an effective warbird, the tribes I have encountered tend to employ it as a mass carrier. Quetzalcoatlus is primarily used by these masters of the skies to safely carry vast quantities of supplies, creatures and human cargo from one base to another without tiring.

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Behavior[]

The Quetzal is constantly flying and flees if attacked. In casual flight, Quetzal tends to fly somewhat slowly. However, if startled, they can move at surprisingly fast speeds — comparable to that of a pteranodon's sprint — in an attempt to escape. After a few seconds it will resume normal speed.

Appearance[]

Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying animal yet found on the island. A gigantic, long-necked crested pterosaur, it dwarfs the much more common Pteranodon. These creatures are solitary and far-ranging, flying all over the map to roost and feed. They are carnivorous, feeding mainly on fish and small game taken from the ground. In addition, they scavenge.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

This section displays the Quetzal's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Quetzal. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Quetzal will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.

This information can be used to alter the Quetzal's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Quetzal's "wing membrane" magenta.

Quetzal PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Wing Membrane
8
13
14
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
32
33
34
35
Quetzal PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Crest
8
14
19
21
23
25
26
28
30
32
33
Quetzal PaintRegion2
Region 2:
skin
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
29
31
33
34
35
Quetzal PaintRegion3
Region 3:
Freckles
8
14
19
21
23
25
26
28
30
32
33
Quetzal PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Beak
8
13
14
21
22
32
33
34
35
Quetzal PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Body Feathers
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
33
34
35

No image available
Region 0:
Main color
21
28
42
43
49
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55
56
62
63
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65
66
71
77
78
82
92
93
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No image available
Region 1:
Beak
10
11
23
32
39
40
42
43
44
49
50
51
52
55
66
67
74
75
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77
95
100
No image available
Region 2:
Accent color
10
11
23
25
28
30
32
39
40
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49
50
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52
55
66
67
74
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No image available
Region 3:
Accent color
10
11
23
25
28
30
32
39
40
42
43
44
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66
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No image available
Region 4:
Secondary color
21
28
42
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49
50
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56
62
63
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66
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No image available
Region 5:
Tertiary color
21
28
42
43
49
50
51
52
55
56
62
63
64
65
66
71
77
78
82
92
93
99

Tek Quetzal PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Wing Highlights
5
6
8
13
14
23
28
29
30
31
36
49
49
51
53
54
55
Tek Quetzal PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Body Main
5
6
8
13
14
23
28
29
30
31
36
49
49
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Tek Quetzal PaintRegion2
Region 2:
Head and Wings
5
6
8
13
14
23
28
29
30
31
36
49
49
51
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54
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Tek Quetzal PaintRegion3
Region 3:
Joints
5
6
8
13
14
23
28
29
30
31
36
49
49
51
53
54
55
Tek Quetzal PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Underbelly
5
6
8
13
14
23
28
29
30
31
36
49
49
51
53
54
55
Tek Quetzal PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Emissives
7
10
11
12
28
30
36
53

Tek Quetzal (Variant)[]

The Tek Quetzal is a creature that was permanently added to the game in the Extinction Chronicles V event. It is a unique alternate of the original Quetzal, and is purely made of Tek. Unlike the original, they spawn at a 5% rate at a 20% higher level than usual.

Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 1200 +240 +2.16% 0.07 (TBHM: 85%)
Stamina Stamina 800 +40 +5%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 1200 +120 +10% 15%
Weight Weight 800 +16 +5%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 32 +1.28 +1.7% 5.6% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +0% 36.5%
Torpidity Torpidity 1850 +111 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s] 		Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 360 ? ? N/A N/A N/A 7
Swimming 300 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Flying 500 ? ? 1596 950 1296.75 0.185
  • 1These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.
  • 2These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
  • For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.
Attack Values
Melee Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Quetzal bites the target.
16 1200 0 0
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Melee 32
Grab Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Right Mousebutton (PC), L2 Button (PS), LT Button (Xbox One) while in the air, the Quetzal can pick up another creature. Despite a coded melee damage value, this attack does no damage.
80 500 0 0
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Melee 32

Wild Stats Level-up

Type in values of a wild creature to see on which stats it's emphasized. Green values on a high-level creature are very good for breeding. If you have already tamed your creature you can try to recover the breeding stats with an external tool.[1]

Quetzal

The stat-calculator does not work in the mobile-view, see here for alternatives: Apps

Note that after the creature is tamed it gets bonuses on some stats depending on the taming effectiveness. This makes it hard to retrieve the levels on a tamed creature, so this tool is only for wild ones, but gives a first impression, how well the stats are distributed.

Taming[]

Quetzal Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 5 -0 -0 -0 0:09:04
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 10 92 25 13 0:17:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 18 248 66 33 0:30:35
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 12 131 35 18 0:20:25
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 24 366 97 49 0:40:47
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 30 190 50 25 0:25:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 36 602 159 80 1:01:14
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 60 500 132 66 0:52:26
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 72 602 159 80 1:01:14
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 90 778 205 103 1:16:32
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 179 773 204 102 1:16:07
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 185; Slingshot Hits × 76; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 21; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 12; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 9; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 3.4 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:09:04
Quetzal Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 10 45 13 7 0:18:08
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 22 312 90 45 0:37:25
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 40 735 211 106 1:07:58
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 27 430 124 62 0:45:56
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 53 1042 299 150 1:30:03
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 67 583 168 84 0:56:59
Raw Meat Raw Meat 80 1680 482 241 2:16:04
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 133 1404 403 202 1:56:12
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 159 1668 479 240 2:15:13
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 199 2139 614 307 2:49:14
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 397 2133 613 307 2:48:48
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 507; Slingshot Hits × 207; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 57; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 33; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 5.65 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:14:57
Quetzal Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 16 150 45 23 0:29:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 34 580 174 87 0:57:50
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 62 1290 386 193 1:45:20
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 42 784 235 118 1:11:26
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 83 1823 546 273 2:21:01
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 104 1038 311 156 1:28:27
Raw Meat Raw Meat 125 2892 866 433 3:32:36
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 208 2431 728 364 3:01:44
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 249 2879 862 431 3:31:45
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 311 3666 1097 549 4:24:28
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 622 3666 1097 549 4:24:28
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 840; Slingshot Hits × 343; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 94; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 54; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 39; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 20
Torpidity-depletion: 7.37 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:18:59
Quetzal Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 22 281 87 44 0:39:53
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 46 880 271 136 1:18:14
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 84 1887 581 291 2:22:42
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 57 1172 361 181 1:36:57
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 113 2657 818 409 3:11:58
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 142 1544 475 238 2:00:45
Raw Meat Raw Meat 170 4174 1284 642 4:49:07
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 283 3520 1083 542 4:07:15
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 339 4161 1280 640 4:48:16
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 424 5290 1628 814 6:00:33
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 847 5283 1626 813 6:00:08
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1173; Slingshot Hits × 479; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 131; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 75; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 54; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 27
Torpidity-depletion: 8.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:21:55
Quetzal Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 27 399 125 63 0:48:56
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 58 1200 377 189 1:38:39
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 106 2512 789 395 3:00:05
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 72 1583 497 249 2:02:27
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 143 3524 1107 554 4:02:56
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 179 2063 648 324 2:32:13
Raw Meat Raw Meat 215 5501 1728 864 6:05:39
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 358 4650 1460 730 5:12:47
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 429 5488 1723 862 6:04:48
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 536 6954 2184 1092 7:35:47
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1072 6954 2184 1092 7:35:47
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1506; Slingshot Hits × 615; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 168; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 96; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 69; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 35
Torpidity-depletion: 10.36 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:24:13
Quetzal Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 33 556 178 89 0:59:49
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 70 1533 489 245 1:59:03
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 129 3183 1016 508 3:39:09
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 87 2009 641 321 2:27:58
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 173 4415 1409 705 4:53:54
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 217 2612 834 417 3:04:32
Raw Meat Raw Meat 260 6860 2188 1094 7:22:11
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 433 5807 1853 927 6:18:19
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 519 6846 2184 1092 7:21:20
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 649 8668 2765 1383 9:11:53
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1297 8661 2763 1382 9:11:27
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1839; Slingshot Hits × 751; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 205; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 117; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 84; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 42
Torpidity-depletion: 11.74 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:26:07

Soothing Balm Quetzal Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 6 21 6 3 0:10:53
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 14 170 45 23 0:23:49
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 28 444 117 59 0:47:34
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 35 239 63 32 0:29:46
Raw Meat Raw Meat 41 700 185 93 1:09:44
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 69 591 156 78 1:00:18
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 82 700 185 93 1:09:44
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 103 906 239 120 1:27:36
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 205 901 238 119 1:27:10
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 2 0 0 0 0:03:38
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 5 0 0 0 0:08:31
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 10 92 25 13 0:17:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 12 14 4 2 0:10:13
Raw Meat Raw Meat 14 170 45 23 0:23:49
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 23 128 34 17 0:20:06
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 28 170 45 23 0:23:49
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 35 239 63 32 0:29:46
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 69 234 62 31 0:29:21
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:42
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:01:43
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 0 0 0 0:03:25
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 3 0 0 0 0:02:38
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 3 0 0 0 0:02:34
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 4 0 0 0 0:03:25
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 7 0 0 0 0:02:59
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:42
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:53
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:26
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 185; Slingshot Hits × 76; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 21; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 12; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 11; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 8; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 9; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 3.4 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:09:04
Soothing Balm Quetzal Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 12 95 28 14 0:21:45
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 31 524 151 76 0:52:44
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 61 1230 353 177 1:43:38
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 76 689 198 99 1:04:38
Raw Meat Raw Meat 91 1939 557 279 2:34:46
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 151 1622 466 233 2:11:56
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 182 1939 557 279 2:34:46
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 227 2469 709 355 3:13:02
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 453 2464 707 354 3:12:37
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 4 0 0 0 0:07:15
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 11 53 15 8 0:18:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 21 288 83 42 0:35:41
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 26 100 29 15 0:22:07
Raw Meat Raw Meat 31 524 151 76 0:52:44
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 51 411 118 59 0:44:34
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 61 512 147 74 0:51:53
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 76 689 198 99 1:04:38
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 151 683 196 98 1:04:13
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 2 0 0 0 0:03:25
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 3 0 0 0 0:05:06
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 3 0 0 0 0:02:34
Raw Meat Raw Meat 4 0 0 0 0:06:49
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 6 0 0 0 0:05:15
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 7 0 0 0 0:05:58
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 8 0 0 0 0:06:49
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 16 0 0 0 0:06:49
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:42
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:53
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:00:52
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 507; Slingshot Hits × 207; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 57; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 33; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 29; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 22; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 5.65 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:14:57
Soothing Balm Quetzal Level 75 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 21 269 82 41 0:38:04
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 56 1144 348 174 1:35:15
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 112 2598 790 395 3:10:16
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 140 1508 458 229 1:59:03
Raw Meat Raw Meat 168 4060 1233 617 4:45:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 280 3431 1042 521 4:04:38
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 336 4060 1233 617 4:45:43
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 420 5153 1566 783 5:57:09
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 839 5147 1564 782 5:56:44
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 7 0 0 0 0:12:42
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 19 180 55 28 0:32:19
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 38 674 205 103 1:04:34
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 47 298 91 46 0:39:58
Raw Meat Raw Meat 56 1144 348 174 1:35:15
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 94 943 287 144 1:22:08
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 112 1144 348 174 1:35:15
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 140 1508 458 229 1:59:03
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 280 1508 458 229 1:59:03
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 2 0 0 0 0:03:25
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 4 0 0 0 0:06:48
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 5 0 0 0 0:04:16
Raw Meat Raw Meat 6 0 0 0 0:10:13
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 10 0 0 0 0:08:45
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 12 0 0 0 0:10:13
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 14 0 0 0 0:11:55
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 28 0 0 0 0:11:55
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:42
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:53
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:00:52
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1007; Slingshot Hits × 411; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 112; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 64; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 56; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 42; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 46; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23
Torpidity-depletion: 8.16 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:20:33
Soothing Balm Quetzal Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 38 705 225 113 1:08:52
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 99 2346 749 375 2:48:23
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 198 5115 1632 816 5:36:22
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 247 3033 968 484 3:30:03
Raw Meat Raw Meat 297 7897 2519 1260 8:25:07
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 494 6685 2133 1067 7:11:36
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 593 7883 2515 1258 8:24:16
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 741 9958 3177 1589 10:30:07
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1482 9958 3177 1589 10:30:07
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 13 0 0 0 0:23:34
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 33 495 158 79 0:56:08
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 66 1419 453 227 1:52:08
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 83 733 234 117 1:10:35
Raw Meat Raw Meat 99 2346 749 375 2:48:23
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 165 1947 621 311 2:24:10
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 198 2346 749 375 2:48:23
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 247 3033 968 484 3:30:03
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 494 3033 968 484 3:30:03
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 2 0 0 0 0:03:38
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 4 0 0 0 0:06:49
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 7 0 0 0 0:11:54
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 9 0 0 0 0:07:40
Raw Meat Raw Meat 10 0 0 0 0:17:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 17 0 0 0 0:14:52
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 20 0 0 0 0:17:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 25 0 0 0 0:21:16
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 50 0 0 0 0:21:16
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:42
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:52
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:01:45
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 2 0 0 0 0:01:43
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 4 0 0 0 0:01:43
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1839; Slingshot Hits × 751; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 205; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 117; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 103; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 77; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 84; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 42
Torpidity-depletion: 11.74 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:26:07
Soothing Balm Quetzal Level 300 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 70 1656 554 277 2:06:52
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 185 4953 1655 828 5:14:38
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 369 10434 3487 1744 10:26:52
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 462 6326 2114 1057 6:32:52
Raw Meat Raw Meat 554 15969 5336 2668 15:42:11
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 923 13586 4540 2270 13:26:25
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1107 15954 5331 2666 15:41:20
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1384 20089 6713 3357 19:36:53
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2768 20089 6713 3357 19:36:53
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 24 193 65 33 0:43:30
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 62 1281 428 214 1:45:27
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 123 3098 1035 518 3:28:58
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 154 1728 578 289 2:10:58
Raw Meat Raw Meat 185 4953 1655 828 5:14:38
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 308 4153 1388 694 4:29:06
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 369 4938 1650 825 5:13:47
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 462 6326 2114 1057 6:32:52
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 923 6318 2112 1056 6:32:26
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 3 0 0 0 0:05:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 7 0 0 0 0:11:55
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 13 0 0 0 0:22:06
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 16 0 0 0 0:13:37
Raw Meat Raw Meat 19 0 0 0 0:32:19
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 31 0 0 0 0:27:06
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 37 0 0 0 0:31:28
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 47 131 44 22 0:39:58
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 93 124 42 21 0:39:33
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:42
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:01:43
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 0 0 0 0:03:25
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 3 0 0 0 0:02:38
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 3 0 0 0 0:02:34
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 4 0 0 0 0:03:25
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 7 0 0 0 0:02:59
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 3504; Slingshot Hits × 1431; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 390; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 223; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 195; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 146; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 159; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 80
Torpidity-depletion: 17.95 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:32:32
Soothing Balm Quetzal Level 450 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 102 2681 918 459 3:04:51
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 271 7672 2625 1313 7:40:54
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 541 15956 5460 2730 15:19:04
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 676 9732 3330 1665 9:34:50
Raw Meat Raw Meat 811 24276 8307 4154 22:59:16
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1351 20680 7076 3538 19:40:20
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1622 24276 8307 4154 22:59:16
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2027 30503 10437 5219 28:43:39
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 4053 30495 10434 5217 28:43:13
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 34 453 155 78 1:01:37
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 91 2137 732 366 2:34:46
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 181 4899 1676 838 5:07:30
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 226 2814 963 482 3:12:11
Raw Meat Raw Meat 271 7672 2625 1313 7:40:54
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 451 6463 2212 1106 6:34:02
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 541 7657 2620 1310 7:40:03
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 676 9732 3330 1665 9:34:50
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1351 9725 3328 1664 9:34:25
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 4 0 0 0 0:07:15
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 10 0 0 0 0:17:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 19 0 0 0 0:32:17
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 23 0 0 0 0:19:34
Raw Meat Raw Meat 28 200 69 35 0:47:38
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 46 66 23 12 0:40:12
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 55 185 64 32 0:46:47
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 68 385 132 66 0:57:50
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 136 385 132 66 0:57:50
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Rex Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:01:49
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 2 0 0 0 0:03:24
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:01:43
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 0 0 0 0:03:25
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 4 0 0 0 0:03:30
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 4 0 0 0 0:03:25
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 5 0 0 0 0:04:16
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 10 0 0 0 0:04:16
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 5169; Slingshot Hits × 2110; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 575; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 329; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 288; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 216; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 234; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 117
Torpidity-depletion: 23.55 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:36:35


Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.

Ingredients for Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble: 1 × Extra Large Egg Extra Large Egg, 5 × Fiber Fiber, 1 × Focal Chili Focal Chili, 10 × Mejoberry Mejoberry, 1 × Rare Flower Rare Flower, 1 × Water Water

Preferred Food[]

  1. Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble
  2. Raw Mutton Raw Mutton
  3. Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat

KO Strategies[]

A wild Quetzal never stops flying, so knocking one unconscious solo is very difficult if you do not already have access to a tamed Quetzal. Naturally, if you already have a first Quetzal, the second is quite easy - see the "Quetzal Cage Strategy" below.

If you don't already have access to a tamed Quetzal, the following strategies may be of use. Be sure not to knock out the Quetzal above water or it could drown.

It should also be noted that Rare Flowers do not work on a Quetzal.

ALT Grappling Strategy

Use the Argy Grappling strategy but instead grapple the Quetzal so you'll hold on to it. DON"T FORGET TO WHISTLE THE MOUNT TO FOLLOW YOU.Bring your taming method and food, parachute(for when you fall). Find a Quetzal, get close to it, dismount and grapple the Quetzal, reel in, and shoot it. Un-grapple and use the parachute. Tame as usual. This method also works for crystal wyverns but the passive way.

50/50 Glitch[]

The 50/50 glitch is a well-known and highly impactful bug that effects the Quetzal. This particular bug makes any startled Quetzal (meaning, one you were about to tame) travel to coordinates 50, 50 on any map. While this path is interrupted by the erratic circling and looping of the Quetzal's typical escape routine, the Quetzal eventually arrives at 50, 50 and will wander around from that area until brought down to tame or scared back again. It will likely not leave the 50, 50 area simply due to its slow, idle flying and tendency to not fly very far in any one direction for a surprising amount of time. This can pose problems for taming: the Island's 50, 50 is especially dangerous with a host of large carnivores (Rexes, Spinos, Terror Birds, and Purlovias, to name a few) crawling around that general area and Ragnarok's 50, 50 is surrounded by a mountainous, frigid area with high, rocky slopes where the Quetzal can get stuck while escaping, thus not reaching the 50, 50 at all. While a slope-stuck Quetzal makes taming a lot easier, when knocked out, it drops significantly down the slope and there might be predators below waiting for an easy meal.

Take careful note of this as you work with the taming strategies for a first Quetzal mentioned below.

Hit and Run[]

Using a Longneck Rifle, Shocking Tranquilizer Darts and a fast flying mount. Wait until a Quetzal flies close to a mountain or to the ground, land and then quickly shoot it with the darts. When it takes off in panic jump back on your mount and follow it, and repeat this process until its gets knocked unconscious. While this is a fairly basic strategy, it can be very time consuming, expensive (Tranquilizer Darts require Simple Rifle Ammo to make, which are the second most expensive ammo in the game to make themselves) and potentially dangerous as you must land nearly immediately in order to keep up with the Quetzal's torpor. In addition to this, you will have little control over where it lands, possibly putting it in the way of predators. Be careful that nothing attacks the Quetzal while it's unconscious.

1-Player Tapejara Strategy[]

For this method all you need is a Tapejara as well as Longneck Rifle with Tranquilizer Darts or a Crossbow with Tranquilizer Arrows (for mobile, toxicant arrows are recommended). Board the drivers seat to fly and find a Quetzal. Once found, find a place to land and board the front seat of the Tapejara Saddle. Once in the front seat you will be able to control the Tapejara with whistle commands allowing you to follow the Quetzal while also using a weapon to knock it out. Here is a video showing how this is done.[2]


On mobile at least, if you are to far from a place to land, a tapejara will not try to land. It also regain stamina if no one is on driver seat. Enabling you to pursue and shoot infinity the Quetzal. (Need conformation for other platform).

2-Player Tapejara Strategy[]

All you need is a tribemate, a Tapejara, and a method of tranquilizing. Put many points into Stamina to maximize the time available before you're forced to land. Make sure you have some Raw Meat on the Tapejara as well. Get your tribemate to mount onto the back part of a Tapejara Saddle and equip your method of tranquilizing (e.g. Longneck Rifle with Tranquilizer Darts or a Crossbow with Tranquilizer Arrows). When you find the Quetzal, fly ahead but still in range and get your tribemate to open fire on it. Once the Quetzal is unconscious, you and your tribemate can protect it, or one of you can bring another dino to protect it, since Quetzals generally spawn in dangerous, rough areas.

Argentavis Solo Tame[]

This method is excellent to tame a low level Quetzal. To solo tame a Quetzal with an Argentavis, you need an Argentavis with a saddle, a Grappling Hook, a Longneck Rifle with Tranquilizer Darts, a Parachute and the taming food. When you find a Quetzal, jump off the Argentavis with the Parachute and quickly grapple at the Argentavis. Pull yourself closer to the Argent. Use the "Attack This Target" whistle (Bound to .) on the Quetzal. The Argentavis will start chasing the Quetzal. Now you can shoot it with your Rifle. When the Argentavis is too close to the Quetzal (so it damages it), use the "Move To" whistle (Bound to ,) on the Quetzal. When it moves further away, use the "Attack This Target" whistle again.

Griffin Solo Tame[]

You can fire a weapon while flying a Griffin and simultaneously move the griffin. This, along with the fact that the Griffin can easily keep up with a sprinting quetzal, has simplified solo taming a Quetzal tremendously as you just have to follow behind it and use a longneck/crossbow. Even when not solo, the Griffin is a good creature to use due to its ability to carry two additional passengers, one on its back and one in its claws, and allowing all three riders to use weapons.

Wyvern Solo Tame[]

Set the Wyvern to follow you and mount it. With the wyvern set to follow, you can stand on its upper back and neck while dismounting in the air, and it will not seek for a spot to land if it is following the player riding it. This allows you to follow a quetzal in the air and fire a longneck/crossbow at your leisure. While the riding area and its neck (even the head, but be careful) can be stood on safely while the wyvern is in flight, death by falling is still a possible danger, so bringing a parachute is recommended.

While other mounts like the tapejara are able to keep up with fleeing quetzals during taming, the wyvern is very easily capable of outpacing the quetzal; combine this with the wyvern's wide turn radius and it can make lining up your shots rather difficult without practice: flying past your target while dismounting to shoot or having to double back because the quetzal itself made a sharp turn is more than likely to happen. While the speed and wide turns can make tranquilizing difficult, that very speed however makes wyverns especially useful in searching for quetzals, as they can cover a large area of the map in a short amount of time; vastly cutting down how long you spend on the hunt.

Once the quetzal is unconscious, the wyvern has another use in being a capable defender: able to hold its own with other large predators that may attempt to kill your tame, but be careful, as the wyvern's attacks can easily hit the quetzal you are trying to protect.

Parachuting[]

Take a stack of Parachutes, a Longneck Rifle with Tranquilizer Darts, and a flying mount set to follow. When you find a Quetzal, fly above it and jump off your mount, activating your parachute on the way down. Hit it with as many shots as you can until it is out of range, then get back on your mount and follow it. If you activate the parachute immediately after jumping, you will fall slowly enough to remount in the air. Repeat the process until the Quetzal is knocked out.

You can make this process easier by bringing a large pack of Dimorphodons. Load up the mount with materials to craft extra parachutes, and load up the Dimorphodons with Narcotics. Set the mount to follow you, set the Dimorphodons to follow the mount, and set all the pets to passive. Once the Quetzal is unconscious, you can use the Dimorphodons to protect it from predators and to hunt for meat to tame it.

Argentavis & Scorpion/Pachy/Titanoboa Strategy[]

  • Using a Scorpion (chance of quetzal death is very high)
Another solo tactic is to use an Argentavis and a very high damage Scorpion for high Torpor. Make sure your Scorpion is set to 'Attack my Target', then using the Argentavis, pick it up and go find a Quetzal. Using a Spyglass, whistle the attack command on the Quetzal and then fly near it, on its right side, making sure your Scorpion gets near its neck; it should attack the Quetzal, stop and wait 10 seconds for the poison to take effect then repeat. Quetzals are faster than Argentavises by default, so sometimes it's easier to wait for it to calm down, which can be around 10 seconds. This method can be very time consuming, especially with higher level Quetzals (a level 16 has ~3400 Torpor) and because of stamina limits.
The Pachys basic attack is weak with only 10 base damage, but its Torpor scales 1:1, so a Pachy with 200% melee would deal ~20 Damage and ~20 Torpor. A level 16 Quetzal has roughly ~3400 Torpor, so you'd have to hit it 170-200 times and that's also 3400 to 4000 damage. Even though Quetzals have very high HP, it's a lot more dangerous method of taming since HP varies, although a lot faster if the Quetzal is tanky enough and your Argentavis can keep up with it.

Quetzal Cage Strategy[]

Since Patch 256, the Quetzal does not regen stamina in the air anymore. If you're the admin of your server (or you're playing in solo) the way to allow the Quetzal to regen when you are on his back is the command (must be used in game) ?AllowFlyingStaminaRecovery=true. Note that the developers have indicated this could be a temporary command. Without this command, you will have more difficulty taming in the air. Force feeding a Quetzal stimberries or custom recipes while in the air can allow it to regen stamina it would have gotten passively in the past, but stimberries aren't very effective individually and so this will require hundreds or thousands of stimberries to keep the Quetzal in the air long enough. It is best to use a custom recipe of stimberries or rare mushrooms made with a high crafting skill.

However, despite the developer's past nerfs to some elements of this method, it's still doable.

A Quetzal can be used to capture and tame a second Quetzal very easily. Build a 3x3x3 box made of doorways and your ceiling of any material on a Quetzal platform. Because is it not actually possible to build a complete cube on top of a Quetzal platform saddle with default configs as they limit how many structures can be on platform saddles, you will need to build a relatively minimal cage shape. Be sure there are no open slots more than one space both wide and tall (that is to say, holes that are three spaces high and one wide still keep wild Quetzals imprisoned within the cage, for example, but 2x2 holes may not). Fly to the wild Quetzal and position it inside the box. Dismount quickly and your tamed Quetzal will immediately stop moving. The wild Quetzal can no longer clip through the walls so it will be trapped. You can now easily position yourself around the wild Quetzal to fire through the slots or doorways at its head (which will most likely be outside the cage) as needed for a few well-placed headshots as the captured Quetzal tries to escape in vain.

Once knocked out, the wild Quetzal will fall onto the platform saddle. Do not move your tamed bird or the wild one will fall through the platform to the ground, which is usually much less safe than taming in the air.

This strategy can be seen in a video.[3] The rest of the tame proceeds as normal, with the added bonus of having less to worry about than the usual tame except for potentially creating a more visible target for enemy players to see than a collapsed Quetzal on the ground would provide.

Grappling Hook Strategy[]

  • This solo method requires an Argentavis and a Grappling Hook (a Parachute is also recommended, but not necessary). Pull out your Grappling Hook and shoot your Argentavis in the chest. Whistle Attack this Target on the Quetz and open up the parachute when in the air. Shoot the Quetzal while the Argentavis chases it. Be sure to use whistle passive when the Argent is near the Quetzal and whistle attack this target on the Quetzal when shot. Once the Quetzal is down, switch to the Grappling Hook and pull yourself towards your Argentavis so you can get down safely.[4] Do not shoot your Argentavis too much by accident! If it falls asleep, you will lose your tame and will most likely fall to your death.
  • As a team, one player can pilot an Argentavis or Quetzal with multiple players dangling by grappling hooks, allowing for more players to shoot at once. Works best with 3+ players and Argy with 600+ carry weight. Note that this can cause the server to lag (due to grappling hook physics), so it is not recommended with more than 7 players.

Argent Grab Strategy[]

Have a Friend hop on a tamed Argentavis, then grab you with it using ALT-Fire. Have your friend fly you around until you find a Quetzal, then shoot it until it falls unconscious.

Chain Bolas[]

Using the Chain Bola from the Ballista Turret will immobilize the Quetzal and bring it to the ground temporarily. Once stuck, the Quetzal can be pelted with Tranquilizer arrows or darts until it begins to move again or is knocked unconscious. If the Ballista is mounted on a tamed quetzal, it can follow the wild one if it runs. Ground-mounted ballistas must be strategically placed to both hit the Quetzal initially and then cover it when it tries to escape.

Snow Owl Strategy[]

By using a high stamina Snow Owl, one may fly directly above and slightly in front of the Quetzal and use the Right-Mouse ability to freeze yourself. By doing this you should collide with the Quetzal and it should freeze and fall to the ground. Your Snow Owl will look frozen but can fly, when you start falling, jump to start flying as not doing so will cause your owl to take fall damage and die. When the Quetzal unfreezes it should walk for a bit and take off after a while, after this it will fly at a low altitude. Rinse and repeat as you see fit. Note- A panicked Quetzal briefly flys faster than the owl. When in pursuit, dive down to pick up speed and pull up towards the Quetzal.

An alternative strategy is to use the ice crash until both hit the ground (frozen creatures do not take fall damage), place some standard dinosaur gates on top of the quetzal in a triangle around the main body and neck while holding the freeze ability on. This traps the quetzal and makes for an easy tame, so tranquilize away. Just hope the quetzal has landed some where safe or it could be lunch for some carnivores.

Revival Platform Strategy[]

Using the Revival Platform on Mobile you can build a cage made out of any material around the Revival Platform. Then go find a quetzal using an Argentavis or Royal Griffin with high stamina. Attack the quetzal and kill it. This may take awhile and you may temporary lose the quetzal because of the low render distance. Once you kill it take the Creature Implant before harvest the body or You cannot get it. Take it to the Revival Platform and Revive it using Ancient Amber Revive it Inside of the cage. Then knock it while it is trapped in the cage.

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Quetzal.

General[]

Due to a Quetzal’s skittish nature, they flee upon being attacked, and never fight back. It is a matter of a fast flying tame and a ranged weapon to put the beast down. However, the Quetzal is so rare and valuable that tribes never even consider killing one. In actuality, there are often battles for their tame, as a Quetzal is an extremely versatile mount that can turn an up-and-coming tribe into a powerhouse. Finding them is a challenge, as they are very rare animals, flying high up in the sky. They rarely approach the ground, so any approaches are airborne assaults.

Strategy[]

To tame, there are many different methods, as seen above in K.O. Strategy. Refer to those notes on how to tame the Quetzal.

Weaponry[]

Using powerful Tranq Darts from a Longneck Rifle is the best way to knock them out of the sky for taming, no matter what method you use. In a PVP battle, use powerful weaponry like turrets to bring an enemy Quetzal down. A concentrated hail of minigun bullets can shred a low-level Quetzal in seconds, aiming for its Crest is counted as headshot.

Dangers[]

Because Quetzals usually are very high up, falling off your mount from these heights would usually mean certain death. A fleeing quetzal might lead you to wild carnivores or into Auto Turret nest on PvP servers

Weakness[]

The crest(or hair) is the weakest spot on the Quetzal which means it's the most effective, but it's hardest to hit. They rarely become stuck in mountains or trees.

Utility[]

The Quetzal can be equipped with a platform saddle similar to the Brontosaurus, Paracer, Plesiosaur, and Mosasaur and then used as a mobile airborne base.

Roles[]

  • Air Base: The Quetzal uses very little stamina when flying and Quetzals make great animals to take on taming trips as you can stay on them for safety and use whatever you choose to build on it to craft or hold whatever materials are needed. (Stamina and Health)
  • Battle Bird: A great tame to take into big battles and raids. The great amount of health and stamina a Quetzal possesses, armed with fellow tribe members and turrets on its platform, can make for great aerial assaults. However, watch out for opposing tribes shooting your Battle Bird with tranqs. (Health (recommended 10,000+), Stamina (recommended 3,000+) and Damage).
  • Caravan Quetzal: With inherently high health, stamina, and carry weight, the Quetzal makes for a reliable "pack-mule" animal. With over 1,500 Stamina, a Quetzal travel across the map and with high health, a Quetzal could potentially take on carnivorous road-blocks. However, as Argentavis have numerous weight reductions for common resources and fly faster, they are generally considered a better option for this role. (Health, Stamina, and Weight)
  • Carrier: Quetzal is capable of carrying medium large creature, and its platform saddle can accommodate even more. Before the release of Cryopod Cryopod, Quetzal has been used to transport massed tames. If allowed on server settings, Quetzal can grab the creature you want to tame, and drop them into a pre-built cage.
  • Gatherer: While not being able to gather most resources by itself, the Quetzal can carry a Therizinosaur Therizinosaur, Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus, or a Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus which a tribe member could then ride while being carried. One flies the bird, while the other one harvests resources. This method can result in large quantities of resources in a few minutes, even faster if points are added into melee (Power Harvesting if using Therizinosaur Therizinosaur). Keep in mind that when using this strategy, the harvester's weight doesn't matter. Only the Quetzal needs enough weight to carry the resources. (Stamina and Weight)
    • Note: This method can't be used for mining stones with a Doedicurus since a Doedicurus can't attack when it's picked up by a Quetzal.
  • Fishing Mount: The Quetzal's long beak is designed to reach down into the water from above and does so, allowing it to harvest substantial amounts of fish. Can also kill wild Sarcos; as long as they can't climb out of the water, they can't attack it. Do not attempt this against a Spino.
  • Hunting Platform: When you dismount, even on a non-platform saddle, you simply stand up on the Quetzal's back, from which you can fire ranged weapons; firearms work best because you don't have to worry about projectile drop at the long ranges involved. Using this tactic is highly dangerous against hostile survivors; it will be much easier for them to shoot the Quetzal than for you to shoot them, and they don't have to kill it. All they have to do is hit it, and it is very likely to throw you from your position on its back as it bucks in surprise and tries to flee, so if you want to shoot at hostile tribes, have a friend fly the Quetzal. Also check for Titanomyrma soldiers, Meganeura, and hostile Dimorphodons before standing up as they can do the same thing. Bring a parachute. Also, the Quetzal is surprisingly useful in a direct fight against wild dinos despite what the dossier says. Moderate DPS is countered by high tanking and knockback; the long beak allows it to fly above many opponents' attacks and still strike downward at them, and the slower speed actually makes it easier to strike at enemies (without overshooting) than other flying mounts... and while it's "slower" than other flying mounts, it's still faster than almost anything on the ground.
  • Multiplayer Transport: With high stamina, a Quetzal with a platform saddle can help other tribemates across the island who have flyers, as they can land on the saddle to regain stamina.
  • Taming Mount: You can grab most Dinos; even for the ones you can't carry, you can build a tame box with the Quetz Platform Saddle. You can also shoot Dinos if another player is carrying it with a mount. Quetzals are especially useful for taming Yutyrannus, as you can safely pick off it's Carnotaurus underlings with long ranged weapons. After the Carnotaurus are delt with, you can then fire your torpitity-damaging ammo of choice at the Yutyrannus at your evelated height, out of the attack range of the Yutyrannus, and any other dangerous creatures that may be in the same area. By doing this, it saves the time and resources of making a trap. This strategy, of course, requires a Quetz Platform saddle.
  • Titanosaur Taming Mount: Because Titanosaurs can only be knocked out with the help of turret weapons, a Quetz with turrets on its platform saddle is the most feasible method of taming them. While Paracers and Brontos can also mount turrets, they can be too slow to keep up with the Titanosaur, and too low to the ground to have turret weapons reliably hit the head. Furthermore, a mount that can't outrun the Titanosaur is at high risk of being killed. However, with standard vanilla settings turrets can no longer be built on platforms.
  • Damage: Despite all the incredible uses of the Quetzal, applying damage with the flyer itself is highly ineffective. What can deliver substantial damage is what survivors do with the Quetzal's carrying ability and platform saddle, as there are many creative ways to do so.

Collectibles[]

Resource Efficiency
Chitin Chitin ★★★☆☆
Raw Meat Raw Meat ★★★☆☆
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat ★★★☆☆
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat ★★★☆☆
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat ★★★☆☆
Hide Hide ★★★☆☆
Keratin Keratin ★★★☆☆
Organic Polymer Organic Polymer ★★☆☆☆
Pelt Pelt ★★☆☆☆

Flight[]

Flying a Quetzal uses similar controls to movement on ground level with a few exceptions. Quirks:

  • Will only move forward upon command. With no forward command issued they eventually halt and hover in mid-air. Even while not moving, a Quetzal expends a small bit of stamina just to stay aloft.
  • Feeding Stimberry Stimberry or Stimulant Stimulant to a Quetzal in-flight can allow you to fly for longer periods, but the stamina gain is minor at best and very inefficient. However, if you have a good berry collecting dino, you can collect Stimberries in bulk, then feed it a lot at a time.
    • Prior to 256.0, when using a Quetzal with or without a Platform Saddle, you could simply dismount and wait for the Quetzal to regain its stamina without landing. Now it will not begin to regenerate until it has landed. This can be re-enabled on unofficial servers by adding ?AllowFlyingStaminaRecovery=true to the Command Line
  • Landing is accomplished by pressing the jump key (default Space / A), causing the mount to move to the ground and land, where your Quetzal folds its wings. Now you can dismount by pressing use (default E) as with any other mount or walk on the ground. To start off again, press the jump key (default Space / A). However, the Quetzal sometimes falls when pressing space while high above the ground, as if it had been walked off a ledge[citation needed]. It is therefore advisable to get close to the ground before trying to land.

Note: A tamed Quetzal with no rider will not lose stamina while sprinting to keep up with a player running or riding another dino. - You can use this quirk to carry large amounts of weight quickly with a Quetzal set to follow.

Carrying[]

In PVE the Quetzal is only able to carry wild, personal or tribe-owned creatures.

Carry-able Creatures[]

The Quetzal is capable of carrying the following creatures:


Spotlight[]

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
218.0 Quetzalcoatlus and its Quetz Platform Saddle Quetz Platform Saddle were added to the game.
218.3
  • Quetzal with platform saddle now include the Weight Weight of all creatures and/or players on them.
  • Raised kill zone at the upper world border line, since some survivors would die while mounted on a Quetzal and approaching that kill zone.
  • Added configurable server option to allow/disallow non-allied dinos to stand on a Quetzal's platform saddle
    bFlyerPlatformAllowUnalignedDinoBasing=true.
  • Improved walking on dynamic platforms such as the Quetz Platform Saddle Quetz Platform Saddle.
  • Reduced Quetzal Melee Damage Damage by 33% and Melee Damage Damage scaling by 20%.
  • Fixed warpaint and damage overlays on Quetzal.
  • Quetzal can no longer pick up Alpha Creatures Alpha Creatures.
218.5 Auto Turret Turrets will now target the head of the Quetzal if built structures are covering the body.
218.8 Fixed issue with carried creature's inventory Weight Weight not adding the the flyer's Weight Weight.
219.0 The normal Quetz Saddle Quetz Saddle is added to the game.
222.6 Fixed inability to drop creatures if a player was mounted on the carried creature and dismounted.
223.0 Added the creature "fur" pass to make hair and feathers look better.
231.3
  • Increased Health Health of tamed flyers by 33%.
  • Removed flyer projectile damage multiplier.
231.4
  • Increased non-bullet projectile damage towards flyers by 1.5x.
  • Decreased Health Health of tamed flyers, including the Quetzal, by 30%.
231.8 Fixed issue where you could fall through a Quetzal or other creatures when unboarding them.
232.0 Fix for disappearing Quetzal.
236.6 Fixed fleeing behavior that would cause creatures to head towards the origin (50,50).
238.2 The Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino can now be picked up by the Quetzal.
239.2 Fixed an exploit regarding building structures to armor the Quetzal.
241.1 Fixed critical issue with flyer saddles disappearing and dinos falling through structures on game load.
242.0
  • Auto Turret Turrets and Plant Species X Plant Species X can no longer be placed on platform saddles, including the Quetzal. Any existing turrets on such platforms will no longer fire. This can be toggled off with "?OverrideStructurePlatformPrevention=true".
  • Fixed issue where Quetz Platform Saddle Quetz Platform Saddle could be built on in a way to create floating structures.
242.1 Fixed too high consumption rate of Food Food for Quetzal.
242.3 Fixed another value that was increasing rate of Food consumption. Should now be back to original values.
242.5 Improved Quetzal eating animation
247.999
  • Prevented Metal Spike Wall Spike Walls on all platform saddles.
  • Prevented Quetzal from moving when head is blocked by platform structures, making head armoring ineffective.
  • Prevented floating structures on platform saddles.
247.9991 Improved Quetz Platform Saddle Quetz Platform Saddle flight-blocking traces so flight is less rubber-banding.
249.0 Added Quetzalcoatlus Bone Costume Quetzalcoatlus Bone Costume and Skeletal Quetzal Skeletal Quetzal for the ARK: Fear Evolved 2.
250.0 Platforms now add on 33% instead of 0% inventory Weight Weight and 85% inherent carry weight of creatures and people standing on the Quetzal, overall making entities heavier to carry on the platform.
253.8 Tamed flyers can no longer carry survivors and creatures into the mesh/terrain fix. Will now be uncarried.
254.86 Reduced armor rating effectiveness on Quetzal by 50%.
255.0 Fyers carrying creatures equipped with C4 Charge C4 Charge now move at a fixed slow speed.
256.0 Added the flyer nerf.
  • Flyers can no longer gain Stamina Stamina mid-air, and must eventually land. This can be changed in the server settings with ?AllowFlyingStaminaRecovery=true.
  • Flyers can no longer allocate levels to Movement Speed Movement Speed, nor gain Movement Speed from imprinting.
  • Mounted flyer Movement Speed Speed reduced for all flyers, ranging from a 10%-30% reduction depending on the flyer.
  • 50% decrease to all base Stamina in flyers, excluding the Lymantria Lymantria.
  • Stamina in flyers now regenerate much slower, around 10 seconds across the board.
  • Decreased Quetzal Health Health gain per level.
  • Passenger carry Weight Weight now increased to 100% from the previous 30%.
  • Various other modifications to various stats.
  • New sound effects for the Quetzal.
256.3
  • All flyers excluding Lymantria Lymantria now have a ground attack.
  • Quetzal idle Stamina Stamina consumption rate reduced by 50%.
259.0
  • Fixed issue with Quetz Platform Saddle Quetz Platform Saddle not being able to be painted.
  • Improved landing AI for Quetzal.
  • Fixed an issue where flyers out of stamina would not auto-land and become stuck mid-air.
260.0 Can now fit through Giant Stone Hatchframe Giant Hatchframes.
263.0 Increased the ride distance for flyers to help players in the water to remount.
279.275
  • Fixed a bug which would cause flyers to flee when players when attacking water.
  • Karkinos Karkinos can no longer be grabbed by a Quetzal that is already carrying another Karkinos Karkinos.
  • Improved flyer AI so they no longer circle each other when attacking each other so much.
284.104 Added the Tek Quetzal Tek Quetzal.
  • 5% chance of Quetzal spawns will be Tek.
  • 20% higher wild level.
  • New breeding line.
288.113
  • Improved flyer following when in water.
  • Added Whistle Flyer Land command.
291.100 Plant Species Y Plant Species Y traps no longer snare Quetzal.
303.1 Modified the drag weights of Kaprosuchus Kaprosuchus, Gallimimus Gallimimus, Procoptodon Procoptodon, and Megalosaurus Megalosaurus so they can no longer be carried by Quetzal.
306.41 Genesis: Part 1 Expansion Release Added Malfunctioned Tek Quetzal Malfunctioned Tek Quetzal.
312.65
  • Reduced Quetzal maturation time to approximately 5 and 1/2 days.
  • Flying creatures will now prioritize picking up friendly creatures rather than dismounting friendly riders.
  • Mounting a flyer will no longer instantly cause it to take off.
318.9 Fixed a bug which caused Quetz to be affected by Bear Trap small bear traps.

Notes/Trivia[]

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Quetzal, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

  • The Dossier was revealed on 06/17/15 on Steam.[5]
  • Quetzalcoatlus conchapicem roughly translates to "Feathered lizard god that carries fish". This is a reference both to its name's origin as an Aztec god and to its in-game usage as a carrier as well as its diet of fish.
  • As of patch 303.1, the Kaprosuchus Kaprosuchus, Gallimimus Gallimimus, Procoptodon Procoptodon, and Megalosaurus Megalosaurus can't be picked by the Quetzal anymore.
  • The Quetzal was the first flying tame to have a Quetz Platform Saddle Platform Saddle.
  • Surprisingly, the Skeletal Quetzal Skeletal Quetzal can have its Movement Speed Movement Speed pumped regardless of the Flyer Nerf.
  • In the real world, Quetzalcoatlus was one of the largest known flying animals of all time, with estimates sometimes as large as 15 meters(50 ft) though more recent estimates place its wingspan at around 10–11 meters (33–36 ft).[6]
    • Other members of the family which the Quetzalocatlus belongs to, Azhdarchidae, may have had members even larger than the Quetzal.
  • It can carry up to 40 structures on its Platform Saddle (including windows, doors etc.).
    • A real Quetzal would have been unable to hold such structures on its back as it posture was rather upright compared to Arks Quetzal's slouching posture. The platform saddle and other structures would have also been to heavy for a real Quetzal to walk with, let alone fly with.
  • Unlike the Argentavis Argentavis or Pteranodon Pteranodon, the Quetzal cannot angle upwards or downwards (most likely because structures can go on its back).
  • In real life, Quetzalcoatlus probably spent most of its life walking on land, hunting like a giant stork. It probably attacked every animal it could swallow. It was even big enough to gulp down a whole grown man.
  • Often attempts to travel to 50 latitude - 50 longitude (on both Center and Island maps) when you attempt to knock it out. This should have been fixed in 236.6 but it still seems the case. This is known as the 50, 50 glitch, mentioned above.
  • Several Quetzals can be located around the green obelisk and above the lake in Valguero.
  • It seems to be most commonly seen near the Red Obelisk.
  • On valguero the tek version can also appear with the same rarity and places as the normal version

Gallery[]

  • Quetzal with platform at Night

    Quetzal with platform at Night

  • ASIG Size Comparison

    ASIG Size Comparison

  • Tek Quetzal

    Tek Quetzal

  • A Quetzal flying over Valguero's Chalk Hills

    A Quetzal flying over Valguero's Chalk Hills

References[]

  1. ↑ ARK Smart Breeding
  2. ↑ Quetzal-taming with a Tapejara
  3. ↑ Quetzal Cage Strategy
  4. ↑ Solo Quetz Tame with Grappling Hook
  5. ↑ Jat (17 June 2015). "Introducing the Quetzalcoatlus!". Announcements. ARK: Survival Evolved Steam Community. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus
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  22. Archaeopteryx
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  34. Bloodstalker
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  37. Broodmother Lysrix
  38. Bulbdog
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  40. Bunny Dodo
  41. Bunny Oviraptor
  42. Carbonemys
  43. Carnotaurus
  44. Castoroides
  45. Chalicotherium
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  47. Cnidaria
  48. Coelacanth
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  50. Corrupted Master Controller
  51. Crystal Wyvern
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  53. Daeodon
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  55. Defense Unit
  56. Deinonychus
  57. Desert Titan
  58. Desert Titan Flock
  59. Dilophosaur
  60. Dimetrodon
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  62. Diplocaulus
  63. Diplodocus
  64. Dire Bear
  65. Dire Polar Bear
  66. Direwolf
  67. Direwolf Ghost
  68. Diseased Leech
  69. Dodo
  70. Dodo Wyvern
  71. DodoRex
  72. Doedicurus
  73. Dragon
  74. Dung Beetle
  75. Dunkleosteus
  76. Electrophorus
  77. Elemental Reaper King
  78. Ember Crystal Wyvern
  79. Enforcer
  80. Enraged Corrupted Rex
  81. Enraged Triceratops
  82. Equus
  83. Eurypterid
  84. Featherlight
  85. Ferox
  86. Ferox (Large)
  87. Fire Wyvern
  88. Forest Titan
  89. Forest Wyvern
  90. Gacha
  91. GachaClaus
  92. Gallimimus
  93. Gasbags
  94. Giant Bee
  95. Giant Queen Bee
  96. Giant Worker Bee
  97. Giganotosaurus
  98. Gigantopithecus
  99. Glowbug
  100. Glowtail
  101. Golden Striped Megalodon
  102. Griffin
  103. Hesperornis
  104. Human
  105. Hyaenodon
  106. Ice Golem
  107. Ice Titan
  108. Ice Wyvern
  109. Iceworm Male
  110. Iceworm Queen
  111. Ichthyornis
  112. Ichthyosaurus
  113. Iguanodon
  114. Insect Swarm
  115. Jerboa
  116. Jug Bug
  117. Kairuku
  118. Kaprosuchus
  119. Karkinos
  120. Kentrosaurus
  121. King Titan
  122. Lamprey
  123. Lava Elemental
  124. Leech
  125. Leedsichthys
  126. Lightning Wyvern
  127. Liopleurodon
  128. Lymantria
  129. Lystrosaurus
  130. Maewing
  131. Magmasaur
  132. Mammoth
  133. Managarmr
  134. Manta
  135. Manticore
  136. Mantis
  137. Mantis Ghost
  138. Mega Mek
  139. Megachelon
  140. Megalania
  141. Megaloceros
  142. Megalodon
  143. Megalosaurus
  144. Meganeura
  145. Megapithecus
  146. Megatherium
  147. Mek
  148. Mesopithecus
  149. Microraptor
  150. Moeder, Master of the Ocean
  151. Morellatops
  152. Mosasaurus
  153. Moschops
  154. Nameless
  155. Noglin
  156. Oil Jug Bug
  157. Onyc
  158. Otter
  159. Overseer
  160. Oviraptor
  161. Ovis
  162. Pachy
  163. Pachyrhinosaurus
  164. Paraceratherium
  165. Parakeet Fish School
  166. Parasaur
  167. Party Dodo
  168. Pegomastax
  169. Pelagornis
  170. Phiomia
  171. Phoenix
  172. Piranha
  173. Plesiosaur
  174. Polar Bear
  175. Polar Purlovia
  176. Poison Wyvern
  177. Procoptodon
  178. Pteranodon
  179. Pulmonoscorpius
  180. Purlovia
  181. Quetzal
  182. Raptor
  183. Ravager
  184. Reaper
  185. Reaper King
  186. Reaper Prince
  187. Reaper Queen
  188. Rex
  189. Rex Ghost
  190. Rock Drake
  191. Rock Elemental
  192. Rockwell
  193. Roll Rat
  194. Rubble Golem
  195. Sabertooth
  196. Sabertooth Salmon
  197. Sarco
  198. Scout
  199. Seeker
  200. Shadowmane
  201. Shinehorn
  202. Skeletal Bronto
  203. Skeletal Carnotaurus
  204. Skeletal Giganotosaurus
  205. Skeletal Jerboa
  206. Skeletal Quetzal
  207. Skeletal Raptor
  208. Skeletal Rex
  209. Skeletal Stego
  210. Skeletal Trike
  211. Snow Owl
  212. Snow Owl Ghost
  213. Spino
  214. Spirit Dire Bear
  215. Spirit Direwolf
  216. Stegosaurus
  217. Subterranean Reaper King
  218. Summoner
  219. Super Turkey
  220. Surface Reaper King
  221. Surface Reaper King Ghost
  222. Tapejara
  223. Tek Parasaur
  224. Tek Quetzal
  225. Tek Raptor
  226. Tek Rex
  227. Tek Stegosaurus
  228. Tek Stryder
  229. Tek Triceratops
  230. Terror Bird
  231. Therizinosaur
  232. Thorny Dragon
  233. Thylacoleo
  234. Titanoboa
  235. Titanomyrma
  236. Titanomyrma Drone
  237. Titanomyrma Soldier
  238. Titanosaur
  239. Triceratops
  240. Trilobite
  241. Troodon
  242. Tropeognathus
  243. Tropical Crystal Wyvern
  244. Tusoteuthis
  245. Unicorn
  246. Velonasaur
  247. Voidwyrm
  248. Vulture
  249. Water Jug Bug
  250. Woolly Rhino
  251. Wyvern
  252. Yeti
  253. Yutyrannus
  254. Zombie Fire Wyvern
  255. Zombie Lightning Wyvern
  256. Zombie Poison Wyvern
  257. Zombie Wyvern
  258. Zomdodo

Italics denote creatures that have not yet been released! See also Gallery of Dossiers.
Dinosaurs
Allosaurus  •  Amargasaurus  •  Ankylosaurus  •  Baryonyx  •  Brontosaurus  •  Carnotaurus  •  Compy  •  Deinonychus  •  Dilophosaur  •  Diplodocus  •  Gallimimus  •  Giganotosaurus  •  Iguanodon  •  Kentrosaurus  •  Megalosaurus  •  Microraptor  •  Oviraptor  •  Pachycephalosaurus  •  Pachyrhinosaurus  •  Parasaur  •  Raptor  •  Rex  •  Spino  •  Stegosaurus  •  Therizinosaur  •  Titanosaur  •  Triceratops  •  Troodon  •  Yutyrannus
Mammals and Synapsids
Andrewsarchus  •  Basilosaurus  •  Castoroides  •  Chalicotherium  •  Daeodon  •  Dimetrodon  •  Dinopithecus  •  Dire Bear (Polar, Dire Polar, Spirit)  •  Direwolf (Spirit)  •  Doedicurus  •  Equus  •  Gigantopithecus  •  Hyaenodon  •  Human  •  Jerboa  •  Lystrosaurus  •  Mammoth  •  Megaloceros  •  Megatherium  •  Mesopithecus  •  Moschops  •  Onyc  •  Otter  •  Ovis  •  Paraceratherium  •  Phiomia  •  Procoptodon  •  Purlovia (Polar)  •  Roll Rat  •  Sabertooth  •  Thylacoleo  •  Woolly Rhino
Reptiles and Amphibians
Beelzebufo  •  Carbonemys  •  Dimorphodon  •  Diplocaulus  •  Ichthyosaurus  •  Kaprosuchus  •  Liopleurodon  •  Megalania  •  Mosasaurus  •  Plesiosaur  •  Pteranodon  •  Quetzal  •  Sarco  •  Sinomacrops  •  Tapejara  •  Thorny Dragon  •  Titanoboa  •  Tropeognathus
Birds
Archaeopteryx  •  Argentavis  •  Dodo  •  Hesperornis  •  Ichthyornis  •  Kairuku  •  Pelagornis  •  Snow Owl  •  Terror Bird  •  Vulture
Fish
Anglerfish  •  Coelacanth  •  Dunkleosteus  •  Electrophorus  •  Lamprey  •  Leedsichthys  •  Manta  •  Megalodon (Golden Striped)  •  Piranha  •  Sabertooth Salmon
Invertebrates
Achatina  •  Ammonite  •  Araneo  •  Arthropluera  •  Cnidaria  •  Dung Beetle  •  Eurypterid  •  Gasbags  •  Giant Bee (Queen, Worker)  •  Glowbug  •  Jug Bug (Oil, Water)  •  Leech (Diseased)  •  Lymantria  •  Mantis  •  Meganeura  •  Pulmonoscorpius  •  Titanomyrma (Drone, Soldier)  •  Trilobite  •  Tusoteuthis
Fantasy Creatures
Astrocetus  •  Astrodelphis  •  Basilisk  •  Bloodstalker  •  Bulbdog  •  Chalk Golem  •  Crystal Wyvern (Blood, Ember, Tropical)  •  Deathworm  •  Desert Titan Flock  •  Eel Minion  •  Featherlight  •  Ferox (Large)  •  Gacha  •  Glowtail  •  Griffin  •  Ice Golem  •  Iceworm Male  •  Insect Swarm  •  Karkinos  •  Lava Elemental  •  Macrophage  •  Maewing  •  Magmasaur  •  Managarmr  •  Megachelon  •  Morellatops  •  Nameless  •  Noglin  •  Parakeet Fish School  •  Phoenix  •  Ravager  •  Reaper (Elemental, King, Prince, Queen, Subterranean, Surface)  •  Rock Drake  •  Rock Elemental  •  Rubble Golem  •  Seeker  •  Shadowmane  •  Shinehorn  •  Summoner  •  Unicorn  •  Velonasaur  •  Voidwyrm  •  Wyvern (Fire, Forest, Ice, Lightning, Poison)
Mechanical Creatures
Attack Drone  •  Defense Unit  •  Enforcer  •  Exo-mek  •  Mek (Mega)  •  Scout  •  Tek Stryder
Aberrant Creatures
Abberant Coelacanth  •  Aberrant Achatina  •  Aberrant Anglerfish  •  Aberrant Ankylosaurus  •  Aberrant Araneo  •  Aberrant Arthropluera  •  Aberrant Baryonyx  •  Aberrant Beelzebufo  •  Aberrant Carbonemys  •  Aberrant Carnotaurus  •  Aberrant Cnidaria  •  Aberrant Dimetrodon  •  Aberrant Dimorphodon  •  Aberrant Diplocaulus  •  Aberrant Diplodocus  •  Aberrant Dire Bear  •  Aberrant Dodo  •  Aberrant Doedicurus  •  Aberrant Dung Beetle  •  Aberrant Electrophorus  •  Aberrant Equus  •  Aberrant Gigantopithecus  •  Aberrant Iguanodon  •  Aberrant Lystrosaurus  •  Aberrant Manta  •  Aberrant Megalania  •  Aberrant Megalosaurus  •  Aberrant Meganeura  •  Aberrant Moschops  •  Aberrant Otter  •  Aberrant Ovis  •  Aberrant Paraceratherium  •  Aberrant Parasaur  •  Aberrant Piranha  •  Aberrant Pulmonoscorpius  •  Aberrant Purlovia  •  Aberrant Raptor  •  Aberrant Salmon  •  Aberrant Sarco  •  Aberrant Spino  •  Aberrant Stegosaurus  •  Aberrant Titanoboa  •  Aberrant Triceratops  •  Aberrant Trilobite
Tek Creatures
Corrupted and Enraged Creatures
R-Creatures
R-Allosaurus  •  R-Brontosaurus  •  R-Carbonemys  •  R-Carnotaurus  •  R-Daeodon  •  R-Dilophosaur  •  R-Dire Bear  •  R-Direwolf  •  R-Equus  •  R-Gasbags  •  R-Giganotosaurus  •  R-Megatherium  •  R-Parasaur  •  R-Procoptodon  •  R-Quetzal  •  R-Reaper King  •  R-Reaper Queen  •  R-Snow Owl  •  R-Thylacoleo  •  R-Velonasaur
VR Creatures
VR Allosaurus  •  VR Araneo  •  VR Argentavis  •  VR Astrodelphis  •  VR Bloodstalker  •  VR Carnotaurus  •  VR Chalicotherium  •  VR Dilophosaur  •  VR Dimorphodon  •  VR Enforcer  •  VR Ferox  •  VR Kaprosuchus  •  VR Karkinos  •  VR Lymantria  •  VR Mantis  •  VR Megalania  •  VR Megatherium  •  VR Onyc  •  VR Pachy  •  VR Pulmonoscorpius  •  VR Parasaur  •  VR Raptor  •  VR Ravager  •  VR Rex  •  VR Shadowmane  •  VR Stegosaurus  •  VR Tapejara  •  VR Terror Bird  •  VR Titanoboa  •  VR Triceratops  •  VR Velonasaur
X-Creatures
X-Allosaurus  •  X-Ankylosaurus  •  X-Argentavis  •  X-Basilosaurus  •  X-Dunkleosteus  •  X-Ichthyosaurus  •  X-Megalodon  •  X-Mosasaurus  •  X-Otter  •  X-Paraceratherium  •  X-Parasaur  •  X-Raptor  •  X-Rex  •  X-Rock Elemental  •  X-Sabertooth  •  X-Sabertooth Salmon  •  X-Spino  •  X-Tapejara  •  X-Triceratops  •  X-Woolly Rhino  •  X-Yutyrannus
Malfunctioned Tek Creatures
Alpha Creatures
Brute Creatures
Event Creatures
Bosses and Titans

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