Quetzal | ARK: Survival Evolved - Dododex

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Stats

BASE STATS

Stat	Base (Lvl 1)	Increase Per Lvl (Wild)	Increase Per Lvl (Tamed)	Rank*
Health	1,200	+240	+2.16%	AVGRanked 39 of 190
Stamina	800	+40	+5%	HIGHRanked 5
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	1,200	+120	+10%	AVGRanked 115
Weight	800	+16	+5%	HIGHRanked 22
Melee Damage	100%	+4%	+1.7%	AVGRanked 62
Movement Speed	100%	—	+0%
Torpor	1,850	+111	—	HIGHRanked 23
Stat Calculator* Rank of the Base Stat of the Quetzal vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.)

ABSOLUTE STATS

32PRIMARY ATTACK %MELEE DAMAGE

MOVEMENT SPEED	BASE	Sprinting (Wild)	Sprinting (Tamed)
Walking	360
Flying	500	1995	1250
Movement Speed: %

RECIPES

Exceptional Kibble

Crafted in Cooking Pot

• Extra Large Egg
  • Aureliax
  • Basilisk
  • Brontosaurus
  • Carcharodontosaurus
  • Dreadnoughtus
  • Giganotosaurus
  • Megachelon
  • Quetzal
  • Rex
  • Therizinosaurus
• Focal Chili
• Rare Flower
• ×10 Mejoberry
• ×5 Fiber
• Water

View Tips 🡕Cook Time30sSpoils In3dQuantity-1+Preferred ByBasilosaurusBrontosaurusFasolasuchusGiganotosaurusKarkinosManagarmrMosasaurusQuetzalRexSpinosaurusTherizinosaurus

Focal Chili

Crafted in Cooking Pot

• ×9 Cooked Meat
• ×5 Citronal
• ×20 Tintoberry
• ×20 Azulberry
• ×20 Amarberry
• ×10 Mejoberry
• Water

View Tips 🡕Cook Time1mSpoils In5hQuantity-1+Effects

• +25% Movement Speed, +100% Crafting Speed

Effect duration15m

Rex Kibble (Old ARK Mobile)

Crafted in Cooking Pot

• Rex Egg
• Longrass
• Prime Meat Jerky
• ×2 Mejoberry
• ×3 Fiber
• Water

View Tips 🡕Cook Time30sSpoils In3dQuantity-1+Preferred ByPlesiosaurQuetzal

Quetzal Kibble (Old ARK Mobile)

Crafted in Cooking Pot

• Quetzal Egg
• ×3 Rockarrot
• ×3 Prime Meat Jerky
• ×100 Mejoberry
• ×120 Fiber
• Water

View Tips 🡕Cook Time30sSpoils In3dQuantity-1+Preferred ByMosasaurusGiganotosaurusDimetrodon

SADDLES

Quetz Saddle

• ×750 Hide
• ×500 Fiber
• ×100 Cementing Paste
• ×85 Silica Pearls

View Tips 🡕Cook Time10sEngram Points44Crafted InSmithyQuantity-1+

Quetz Platform Saddle

• ×620 Hide
• ×400 Fiber
• ×180 Metal Ingot
• ×120 Cementing Paste
• ×220 Silica Pearls

View Tips 🡕Cook Time15sEngram Points80Crafted InSmithyQuantity-1+Saddles List

Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps

All 🥚 Taming & KO 🔧 Utility ⚔️ Encountering 😂 Funny 💡 Everything Else NEW 📖 Stories 🏷️ Name Ideas 5194 points 🥚 Taming & KO Apr 3, 2020 Report

The fun way is to jump off and grapple to your argie and whistle it to attack and since argies are slow it won’t catch up in time so tranq till it goes out also bring parachutes and consider liking so more people will know

1138 points 🥚 Taming & KO Jul 9, 2022 Report

Idk why everyone makes this so complicated with all the grappling stuff all you have to do is,

1. Get or use a tapejara that’s a low level with a couple levels into movement speed

2. Get a rifle or crossbow with either darts or tranqs

3. Find a quetzal and then go to the back of your tapejara and set to attack the quetzal

(Since quetzals have high health and ur using a low level tapejara you can actually leave the tapejara to attack the quetzal, it’ll be fine)

4. Knock It out, not over water, and put whatever you want into it and ban you have a quetzal

Btw, you don’t need to worry about the tapejara’s stamina, it doesn’t decrease while you sit in the back seat

1717 points ⚔️ Encountering Apr 15, 2020 Report

DO NOT CRYOPOD IT WITH A PLATFORM SADDLE IT DESTROYS YOUR WHOLE BASE AND ALL YOU WORK

1264 points 🥚 Taming & KO Jan 17, 2021 Report

Guys this is the ersieht was to tame a quetzal. All you need is a tapejara.

1) Whisle your Tapejara to follow you

2) Ride you Tapejara and surch for a quetzal

3) When you found a quetzal, go an the back of the Tapejara (dont forget that you have to make the follow whisle on Tapejara, otherwise the will Flyer to the ground)

4) Make the attack whisle while you are on the Tapejata's back, so your tapejara will follow the quetzal.

5) Just shoot the quetzal with tranq darts/arrow and make the passive whisle on the Tapejara when he is too close to the Quetzal.

6) Repeat that till the quetzal gets knocked out and enjoy your quetzal taming.

TIPP: They spawn near the Obelisk and fly trought the whole map after spawning. GOOD LUCK!

2107 points ⚔️ Encountering Oct 14, 2016 Report

Quetz usually spawn at red obelisk, if you don't see one wait a few minutes for t to spawn. If you are looking for a high level kill the lower level one so it another can respawn

1189 points 🔧 Utility Apr 21, 2020 Report

When you get a platform saddle, put a bed on it so you don’t lose it.

2 points 🥚 Taming & KO 9 days ago Report

You can just change seats on ur tapejara and whistle it to attack quetzal and shoot it with tranq darts. Thats the easiest way to tame one.

11 points 🔧 Utility Jan 28, 2026 Report

Plataform saddle can be mobile farming station, with ankys, forjes and wood. Can Also bê used tô trap other quetzals or flying creatures. Can bê used as flying army jet, with tons of ammo and weapons. Or simply a high spot for your tô shoot on whatever is down there. Can bê a mobile bed/respawn point for your. Just, please, dont waste your plataform saddle in a mobile Greenhouse. Please dont.

1161 points 🥚 Taming & KO Jul 15, 2018 Report

If you manage to knock a quetzal out, try starve taming. If you never tried starve taming it’s just leaving a Dino’s hunger go to half way or lower and then you start feeding. I’ve done this many times and it’s very useful taming trick.

896 points 🥚 Taming & KO Nov 27, 2019 Report

Use a tapejara, sit on the passager seat and set it on my target. Then make it fly to the quetz. Shoot the quetz with any sort of tranq ammo. Do this reapetly and you Have knocked quetz👌

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Resources

Gathering Efficiency

Raw Meat★︎3.2Raw Prime Fish Meat★︎2.8Raw Fish Meat★︎2.9Hide★︎2.9Raw Prime Meat★︎2.9Keratin★︎2.6Chitin★︎2.7Pelt★︎2.5Organic Polymer★︎2.5All Gathering RatingsRate This CreatureRatings out of 5. Collected from 0+ Dododex users.

Drops

Raw MeatRaw Prime MeatHide

Quetzal Breeding

5 – 6°C / 41 – 43°Ideal Incubation Temperature5d 12h 16m 30sTotal Time(INCUBATION to Adult) 16h 39m 55sEgg incubation 5d 12h 16m 30sTotal Maturation13h 13m 39sBaby 2d 4h 54m 36sJuvenile 2d 18h 8m 15sAdolescent

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Carryable By

Full ChartPteranodon✖︎Tropeognathus✖︎Tapejara✖︎Griffin✖︎Desmodus✖︎Argentavis✖︎Crystal Wyvern✖︎Wyvern✖︎Quetzal✖︎Gigadesmodus✖︎Rhyniognatha✖︎Aureliax✖︎Human✖︎Megalosaurus✖︎Karkinos✖︎Tusoteuthis✖︎Procoptodon✖︎Kaprosuchus✖︎Gigantopithecus✖︎

Affected By

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Can Damage

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Fits Through

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The Quetzal is a behemoth of a creature with base stats that top the charts (health, stamina, weight, and torpor). The Quetzal's platform saddle make it an excellent choice for a mobile air base or even a caravan for transporting and gathering metal and other supplies on harder to reach areas. While its melee strength isn't as high as some might expect, its health and ability to carry weapons make it suitable to use as a war bird. Its preference for Rex Kibble make it difficult to tame, and even more so difficult to knock out in the air.

What does a Quetzal eat? In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Quetzal eats Exceptional Kibble, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Raw Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, Cooked Meat, Raw Fish Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, and Rex Kibble.

Translations: الكوازال, קצאל, Quetzalcoatl, ケツァルコアトルス, 케찰, Кетцалькоатль, 风神翼龙, 風神翼龍.

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