Quetzal Egg

The egg of the Quetzal

The Quetzal Egg is part of ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, and according to the ARK Wiki, Quetzals drop it at random. Its in-game description: "Tremendously nourishing by itself, this egg provides exceptional nutritional value in many cooking recipes." It can be eaten, made into Exceptional Kibble, or used to tame an Oviraptor.

Exceptional Kibble from Quetzal eggs

That kibble tames creatures such as the Giganotosaurus, Tropeognathus, Basilosaurus, Megaraptor, Yi Ling and the Quetzal itself, and anything that eats Basic, Simple, Regular or Superior Kibble can take it too.

Incubating a Quetzal egg

An egg from two mated Quetzals can hatch into a baby Quetzal; the wiki lists Fertilized Quetzal Egg as a variant and gives a hatch time of 16h 39m 55.199s. The egg needs between 5 and 6 °C (41 to 43 °F) and loses health when the temperature leaves that band. An Egg Incubator set to the best temperature cuts the incubation time by up to 20%. A female takes from 18h to 2d before she is able to lay again.

Taking eggs from wild Quetzals

The wiki warns that taking an egg from wild Quetzals can be surprisingly risky. Quetzals are normally skittish, yet grabbing an egg near them turns them hostile, and its attack, stamina, speed and health make an angry one a serious threat. A Pteranodon leveled in speed can outrun one, though it will soon die if it turns to fight back. Quetzals do not enter water, so a nearby water escape lets a player get away, though in many places that may not be an option. A tamed Quetzal or two along as backup makes the trip somewhat safer, but the wiki adds that with tamed Quetzals it is safer still to collect their eggs, which are also easier to find.

Weight, spoiling and maps

An egg weighs 12, and 100 fit in one stack, so a full stack weighs 1200. It spoils after 691200 seconds (192 hours, or 8 days). Our records list 6 maps for it: The Island, Extinction, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok and Valguero.