Which weapon should I use to knock out an already wounded dino?

[mattj]

I tried to tame a L135 Quetzal yesterday. I shot it 50 times with a 200% crossbow to knock it out. I then gave it 61 Rex kibble (my version still uses old kibble). I can’t explain why, but it didn’t tame. After all the kibble was eaten it was just at 66% tamed.

This Quetzal has woken up and I saw it flying this morning. I think I saw it was a little bloodied still. I didn’t pay attention to it’s health before abandoning it last night.

Since it appears to be lower on health, which weapon should I use to knock it out again? Should I use a 100% longneck to do the least damage per shot? Or should I use 250% crossbows or even a harpoon gun to do the most torpor per shot?

I’m just worried about killing it.

Ill most likely be doing this on 2x on official.

[d1nk]

Quality longneck with shocking darts

[mattj]

Also important, are headshots the best route?

[yekrucifixion187]

27 minutes ago, mattj said:

Also important, are headshots the best route?

Headshots are best on Quetzal.

I highly recommend Dododex. It'll show you how many darts/tranq arrows,  based upon damage of weapon, is needed to KO a tame. 

Quetzal's have a decent HP pool so I'd probably go with the crossbow here.

If you go to Ark wiki it'll show you how much torpor vs damage a crossbow vs longneck does then you can just calculate based on yours.

[BlueberryJackal]

Pretty much all the important things are mentioned.

But its important to watch its torpor. It decreases rapidly with a slow decrease of food.

[TheLastSpartan]

Shotgun