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This article is about the unit in Age of Empires IV. For other uses, see Camel Rider.

Highly mobile and durable melee unit effective against all cavalry.
Age of Empires IV description

The Camel Rider is a unique light melee cavalry unit available to the Abbasid Dynasty in Age of Empires IV. It can be trained at the Stable starting in the Castle Age. It possesses an aura that reduces the damage of nearby enemy Cavalry units by 20%.

The Camel Rider is also available to the Byzantines as a mercenary unit.

Abilities[]

  • AoE4 CamelUnease Camel Unease (passive): Enemy horse-riding cavalry within a 5-tile radius deal 20% less damage.
  • AoE4 CamelSupportEnhancement Camel Support (passive, requires unlock): Allied infantry units within a 5-tile radius receive +2 melee and ranged armor.

Tactics[]

Camel Riders are among the strongest individual units available, although their power comes at a high cost and slow train time. Compared to the Lancer, a Camel Rider has more hit points, and when fully upgraded has similar melee armor and a higher speed. Despite their faster Rate of Fire, their overall base DPS is still notably less than that of a Lancer, though still above a Man-at-Arms. They also do not possess a charge attack. Camel Riders also benefit from being light cavalry, meaning they do not take extra damage from Crossbowmen.

Camel Riders specialize in taking down cavalry, against whom they take less damage and deal significant bonus damage. When upgraded, they have the ability to outrun any unit besides the Horseman, Ghazi Raider, and Yuan Raider. Even though their Camel Unease ability does not apply to elephants, Camel Riders can still perform well against Tower Elephants, but War Elephants remain a significant threat due to their bonus against cavalry.

While Spearman can be considered a counter, Camel Riders have significant speed to avoid engagements, and can be paired with Camel Archers or upgraded Composite Bows Archers who have an attack bonus against Spearmen. Enemy Archers can also be dangerous if massed, since while the Camel Rider does have some ranged armor when upgraded, it is not as high as that of a Lancer or Horseman. This can be compensated by pairing camel units with Horsemen or Mangonels. However, if facing lower amounts of Archers, Camel Riders on their own make a respectable counter to the common Archer/Lancer pairing.

For tactics applying to all units with the Camel Unease debuff, see Camel Unease.

Unit comparison[]

AoE4 Horseman Horseman AoE4 RegularCamelRider Camel Rider AoE4 Knight Knight
Cost 100 food, 20 wood 160 food, 30 wood, 30 gold 140 food, 100 gold
Training Time 22.5 s 35 s 35 s
Attack 9 (Regular)
11 (Veteran)
13 (Elite)
---
14 (Regular)
16 (Elite)
19 (Early)
24 (Regular)
29 (Elite)
Other attack properties Attack bonus vs ranged:
+9 (Regular)
+11 (Veteran)
+13 (Elite)

Attack bonus vs siege: +10
Attack bonus vs cavalry:
---
+14 (Regular)
+16 (Elite)

Attack bonus vs siege: +10
Charge attack:
+10 (Early)
+12 (Regular)
+14 (Elite)
Rate of Fire 1.75 seconds 1.1235 seconds 1.5 seconds
Hit points 125 (Regular)
155 (Veteran)
180 (Elite)
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270 (Regular)
320 (Elite)
190 (Early)
230 (Regular)
270 (Elite)
Melee armor 0 0 3 (Early)
4 (Regular)
5 (Elite)
Ranged armor 2 (Regular)
3 (Veteran)
4 (Elite)
0 3 (Early)
4 (Regular)
5 (Elite)
Movement speed 1.875 tiles/s 1.625 tiles/s
1.87 with Camel Handling
1.63 tiles/s

Further statistics[]

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Horse-riding cavalry, Crossbowmen
Weak vs. Spearmen
Conditional matchups Archers
Technologies
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points AoE4 Biology Biology (+30%)
Attack AoE4 Bloomery Bloomery (+1)
AoE4 Decarbonization Decarbonization (+1)
AoE4 DamascusSteel Damascus Steel (+1)
Armor AoE4 FittedLeatherwork Fitted Leatherwork (+1 melee)
AoE4 InsulatedHelm Insulated Helm (+1 melee)
AoE4 MasterSmiths Master Smiths (+1 melee)
AoE4 CamelRiderShields Camel Rider Shields (+3 melee)
AoE4 CamelRiderBarding Camel Rider Barding (+2 melee/ranged)
AoE4 IronUndermesh Iron Undermesh (+1 ranged)
AoE4 WedgeRivets Wedge Rivets (+1 ranged)
AoE4 AngledSurfaces Angled Surfaces (+1 ranged)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 CamelHandling Camel Handling (+15%)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryAcademy Military Academy (+33%)
Ability AoE4 CamelSupport Camel Support (+2 melee/ranged armor to nearby infantry)
Aura and ability enhancements
Creation speed AoE4 GoldenAgeTier3 Golden Age Tier 3 (+20%)

Mercenary Camel Rider[]

The Byzantines can purchase Mercenary Camel Riders with Olive Oil from the Mercenary House after researching the Silk Road Mercenary and Veteran Contracts. Once unlocked, they can train automatically from the Golden Horn Tower. In addition to the generic upgrades, they benefit from the following Byzantine unique bonuses:

Upgrades
AoE2DE icon HP Regen Regeneration AoE4 Triumph Triumph (+2 hp/s while active)
AoE4 PilgrimFlask Pilgrim Flask (25 hp/s for 6 seconds, requires Cistern of the First Hill)
Attack AoE4 Triumph Triumph (+4 while active)
AoE4 ImprovedTorch Improved Torch (+25% torch attack, requires Trapezites)
Armor AoE4 ForeignEngineeringCompany Foreign Engineering Company (+5 melee, +3 ranged, grants Camel Rider Shields and Camel Rider Barding)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 SpeedEnhancement Naval Deployment (+50% speed for 12 seconds after unloading from a Transport Ship)
AoE4 Triumph Triumph (+10% while active)
AoE4 ForeignEngineeringCompany Foreign Engineering Company (+15%, grants Camel Handling)
Creation speed AoE4 InfluenceBuff AoE4 Conscriptio Conscriptio Influence (+20% per Cistern water level)
AoE4 TradePost Trade Post (+50%)
Ability AoE4 ForeignEngineeringCompany Foreign Engineering Company (Grants Camel Support ability)

Dialogue lines[]

Main article: /Dialogue lines

Changelog[]

  • Originally, the elite upgrade took 90 seconds. With update 8324, it takes 60 seconds.
  • Originally, Camel Riders dealt +10 bonus torch damage vs siege. With patch 11009, it was increased to +20. With Season Two Update 17718, Camel Riders attack siege engines with their melee attack which was granted +10 bonus damage vs siege.
  • Originally, Camel Riders had 9 attack and +18 bonus attack vs. cavalry, while Elite Camel Riders had 10 attack and +20 bonus attack vs. cavalry. With the Season One Update, Camel Riders have 14 attack and +14 bonus attack vs. cavalry, while Elite Camel Riders have 16 attack and +16 bonus attack vs. cavalry.
  • Originally, Camel Riders cost 180 food, 60 gold. With the Season Five update, they cost 160 food, 30 wood, 30 gold. With patch 11.1.1201, they cost 130 food, 45 wood, 45 gold.
  • Originally, Mercenary Camel Riders received gold from the Expilatores upgrade when killing Villagers. This was changed with the Season Seven Update.

Trivia[]

  • Dialogue files suggest that in an early development build, the Abbasid Dynasty could create Camel Riders in the Feudal Age.

Gallery[]

Units in Age of Empires IV
Common/Generic
Miscellaneous AoE4 GenericVillager Villager · AoE4 Trader Trader · AoE4 FishingBoat Fishing Boat · AoE4 TradeShip Trade Ship · AoE4 TransportShip Transport Ship · AoE4 Monk Monk/Imam/Shaman · AoE4 Leader Monarch
Melee infantry AoE4 Spearman Spearman · AoE4 ManAtArms Man-at-Arms
Ranged infantry AoE4 Archer Archer · AoE4 Crossbowman Crossbowman · AoE4 Handcannoneer Handcannoneer
Melee cavalry AoE4 Scout Scout · AoE4 Horseman Horseman · AoE4 Knight Lancer/Knight
Siege AoE4 SiegeTower Siege Tower · AoE4 BatteringRam Battering Ram · AoE4 Springald Springald · AoE4 Mangonel Mangonel · AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet · AoE4 Bombard Bombard · AoE4 Ribauldequin Ribauldequin · AoE4 Culverin Culverin
Military ship AoE4 ArcherShip Archer ship: Dhow, Galley, Hunting Canoe, Junk, Light Junk, Lodya Galley
AoE4 SpringaldShip Springald ship: Baghlah, Hulk, Lodya Attack Ship, War Canoe, War Cog, War Junk
AoE4 IncendiaryShip Incendiary ship: Demolition Ship, Explosive Dhow, Explosive Junk, Lodya Demolition Ship
AoE4 Warship Warship: Baochuan, Carrack, Xebec
Cheat AoE4 PhotonMan Photon Man
Unique
Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 CamelRider Camel Rider · AoE4 CamelArcher Camel Archer · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam
Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids AoE4 Atabeg Atabeg · AoE4 BedouinSkirmisher Bedouin Skirmisher · AoE4 BedouinSwordsman Bedouin Swordsman · AoE4 CamelLancer Camel Lancer · AoE4 Dervish Dervish · AoE4 DesertRaider Desert Raider · AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam · AoE4 TowerOfTheSultan Tower of the Sultan
Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines AoE4 Cataphract Cataphract · AoE4 VarangianGuard Varangian Guard · AoE4 Cheirosiphon Cheirosiphon · AoE4 Limitanei Limitanei · AoE4 Dromon Dromon
Chinese AoE4 Chinese AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 FireLancer Fire Lancer · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Monk Scholar · AoE4 WarElephant War Elephant · AoE4 TowerElephant Tower Elephant · AoE4 SultansEliteTowerElephant Sultan's Elite Tower Elephant · AoE4 GhaziRaider Ghazi Raider
English AoE4 English AoE4 Longbowman Longbowman · AoE4 King King · AoE4 WynguardRanger Wynguard Ranger · AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
French AoE4 French AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire AoE4 Monk Prelate · AoE4 Landsknecht Landsknecht
Japanese AoE4 Japanese AoE4 Warship Atakebune · AoE4 BuddhistMonk Buddhist Monk · AoE4 KatanaBannerman Katana Bannerman · AoE4 MountedSamurai Mounted Samurai · AoE4 OnnaBugeisha Onna-Bugeisha · AoE4 OnnaMusha Onna-Musha · AoE4 Ozutsu Ozutsu · AoE4 Samurai Samurai · AoE4 Shinobi Shinobi · AoE4 ShintoPriest Shinto Priest · AoE4 TreasureCaravan Treasure Caravan · AoE4 UmaBannerman Uma Bannerman · AoE4 YumiAshigaru Yumi Ashigaru · AoE4 YumiBannerman Yumi Bannerman
Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc AoE4 JeannesChampion Jeanne's Champion · AoE4 JeannesRider Jeanne's Rider · AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight · AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalétrier · AoE4 Galleass Galleass · AoE4 Cannon Cannon · Jeanne d'Arc [AoE4 JdA Peasant Peasant · AoE4 JdA WomanAtArms Woman-at-Arms · AoE4 JdA Hunter Hunter · AoE4 JdA Knight Knight · AoE4 JdA MountedArcher Mounted Archer · AoE4 JdA BlastCannon Blast Cannon · AoE4 JdA Markswoman Markswoman]
Malians AoE4 Malians AoE4 Donso Donso · AoE4 MusofadiWarrior Musofadi Warrior · AoE4 JavelinThrower Javelin Thrower · AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout · AoE4 Sofa Sofa · AoE4 FreebornWarrior Freeborn Warrior · AoE4 Cattle Cattle · AoE4 MusofadiGunner Musofadi Gunner
Mongols AoE4 Mongols AoE4 Khan Khan · AoE4 Mangudai Mangudai · AoE4 TurkicHorseArcher Khan's Hunter · AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet · AoE4 HuihuiPao Huihui Pao · AoE4 Keshik Keshik
Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon AoE4 GildedSpearman Gilded Spearman · AoE4 GildedManAtArms Gilded Man-at-Arms · AoE4 GildedLandsknecht Gilded Landsknecht · AoE4 GildedArcher Gilded Archer · AoE4 GildedCrossbowman Gilded Crossbowman · AoE4 DragonHandcannoneer Gilded Handcannoneer · AoE4 GildedHorseman Gilded Horseman · AoE4 GildedKnight Gilded Knight · AoE4 GenericVillager Gilded Villager · AoE4 Monk Prelate
Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans AoE4 Mehter Mehter · AoE4 Sipahi Sipahi · AoE4 HorseArcher Cavalry Archer · AoE4 Janissary Janissary · AoE4 GreatBombard Great Bombard · AoE4 GrandGalley Grand Galley
Rus AoE4 Rus AoE4 FishingBoat Lodya Fishing Boat · AoE4 WarriorMonk Warrior Monk · AoE4 HorseArcher Horse Archer · AoE4 Streltsy Streltsy · AoE4 Militia Militia
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official · AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu · AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard · AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees · AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier · AoE4 ImperialGuard Imperial Guard · AoE4 YuanRaider Yuan Raider · AoE4 ShaolinMonk Shaolin Monk
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