ARK: Quetzalcoatlus Taming Guide

This is a guide on how to tame a Quetzal in ARK, including taming food, quantity of taming food, and knockout strategy.

Knockout Guide

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

Taming Food

NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR LEVEL 1 ONLY. FOR A LIST OF DIFFERENT LEVELS SEE https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Quetzal?so=search#Preferred_Food
Exceptional Kibble 5x
Raw Mutton 10x
Cooked Lamb Chop 18x
Raw Prime meat 12x
Cooked Prime Meat 24x
Raw Prime Fish Meat 30x
Raw Meat 36x
Cooked Prime Fish Meat 60x
Cooked Meat 72x
Raw Fish Meat 90x
Cooked Fish Meat 179x

[Highlander]

worse way ever . just grablin hook a argent and set it to attack it then shoot. simple and easy