Are the Tapejaras supposed to fly so high?

[Ravel]

I've been trying to knock out a Tapejara solo using bolas, parachutes, and a ptero or argentavis, and it's been a real pain. I don't believe I've seen a Tapejara on the ground yet. They all get spooked by a random dodo who looked at them the wrong way, and they flew up. Then they wouldn't be caught dead flying at the same altitude as the Pteros, so they flew higher... and never seem to come down.

For reference, I'm playing on The Center and on the island with the blue obelisk, they tend to fly around 1/2 to 2/3 the height of the obelisk. Flying above them and trying to chase them downward doesn't seem to work either as they'll just fly horizontally and slightly vertifally away from you.

Has anyone found a reliable way to get one to land or at least closer to the ground?

[Natjur]

I thought they were like the quetzal and never land, so you have to use the same way you take down quetzal's

[Scanova the Carnotaurus]

Originally posted by Natjur:

I thought they were like the quetzal and never land, so you have to use the same way you take down quetzal's

I can tell you for a fact that they do not stay in the air entirely. The tend to fly near the ground but, when spooked, can fly really high and far.

OP-You're only hope is to catch one already on the ground...idk what to tell yah.

[John the hun]

I've seen one land in the "Grand hills" between the volcano and that other nameless mountain.

[K@#Ø%!]

i saw tapejaras landing for a short period ..

[Pffty]

i've managed to tame two.. one solo... the solo one was on the ground but got spooked as i approached on my petera... chased it until I got it stuck in someone's BE gate... now seen two get "stuck"... first one was on rock but i was too slow to bola it. Anyways, this time... it got stuck on BE gate up high... I bola'd it and tranq'd it while on ground. other tap, it was two of us... one flying quetzal, other on platform. But you mention solo, so wanted to share a possible strategy for you solo. good luck!

[pixelrobot]

they do land, but yeah - i think everyone expected them to be flying from tree to tree instead of fleeing immediately from the redwood biome entirely.

[Panicsferd]

I was able to find one that was landed, but it got spooked too fast and was unable to succesfully launch a bola at it.

and an issue I have is when ever I try to land, my fly mount I use seems to always get attacked by those stupid spiders/bugs and so I have to leave so it doesn't get killed.

[Ravel]

Originally posted by pixelrobot:

they do land, but yeah - i think everyone expected them to be flying from tree to tree instead of fleeing immediately from the redwood biome entirely.

Yeah, I first went over to the redwood island (on the center map) and didn't see a single one even after doing a wild dino refresh, so then I went back to my home island and found 3. However, when i was at the redwood island, I wasn't aware just how high they tend to fly, so maybe they were there but just soaring above the trees.

[ZánÐêr]

Have you tried using a Bola on them?

[Lady Tiamat]

I've seen a few on the ground near the Green tower on the island map but they get spooked really easily and sprint fly if you get too close. :( They are supper fast as well.

[tmora2]

We got two already. One was on the ground and we used bola's to keep him there while we tranqed him. The second one we spotted in the air, about the height that quetzels fly I guess, and tranqed him in the air while hanging from a pterra. Both pretty easy actually. Doing it solo....that would be hard. The Tappy's can turn on a dime though, making it very difficult to stay up with them. So it made for a good challenge to get that one. But that's what we need...more challenges so we welcomed the different strategy of taming.

I'm not sure why all the complaining about the behavior of the Tappy's though. No one said anything about how they would behave so I don't understand where all the complaining about them not staying in the trees or not flying away from the redwoods is coming from. I don't know why anyone would have assumed those things. They are behaving exactly like I would expect a real creature being hunted would.

[Ravel]

Originally posted by ZánÐêr:

Have you tried using a Bola on them?

Yeah, that's what i've tried (since i'm solo i do it while parachuting), but trying to get close enough to bola them, but not so close that they spook, combined with their ability to turn on a dime (as well as parachute 1st-person vision issues) makes them quite hard to hit. Been through about 15 parachutes and probably 45 bolas, but haven't managed to hit one yet.

Originally posted by tmora2:

I'm not sure why all the complaining about the behavior of the Tappy's though. No one said anything about how they would behave so I don't understand where all the complaining about them not staying in the trees or not flying away from the redwoods is coming from. I don't know why anyone would have assumed those things. They are behaving exactly like I would expect a real creature being hunted would.

My issue with how high they fly isn't really a complaint - if that's how they're supposed to behave then that's fine... i just wondered if it was intentional or not because the ones i've seen fly so high that even on max view distance you have to be above the average wild ptero flight height before you can even see them. It just struck me as abnormal enough that it might be a bug or unintended behavior.

If that's intended then i'll just think of them as prehistoric U2s or something :P