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This article is about the unit in Age of Mythology. For other uses, see Camel Rider. |
The Camel Rider (named Camelry before Retold) is the main Egyptian cavalry unit, trainable at the Migdol Stronghold starting in the Heroic Age.
Special ability[]
Deathly Donative (Passive, requires Funeral Rites): Yields 8 gold on death.
Further statistics[]
Strengths and weaknesses[]
| Strengths and weaknesses | |
|---|---|
| Strong vs. |  Ranged soldiers,  Cavalry,  Siege weapons
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| Weak vs. |  Myth units,  Hoplite,  Prodromos,  Spearman,  Berserk,  Hirdman,  Murmillo,  Katapeltes,  Fanatic,  Dao Swordsman,  Ge Halberdier
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Upgrades[]
| Age | Upgrade | Upgrades to | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Medium Camel Riders | Medium Camel Rider | None | +10% hit points, +10% damage |
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 Heavy Camel Riders
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Heavy Camel Rider | 250 food, 150 gold 15 seconds |
+15% hit points, +15% damage, +1 Line of Sight |
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 Champion Camel Riders
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Champion Camel Rider | 400 food, 200 gold 40 seconds |
+20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 Line of Sight |
God bonuses[]
- Ra: +15% hit points*.
General technologies[]
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% damage.
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -10% hack vulnerability.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -10% pierce vulnerability.
- Levy Migdol Soldiers and Conscript Migdol Soldiers: -20% training time.
Myth technologies[]
- Dark Water (Sobek): +10% hit points, regenerate +0.5 hit points per second.
- Funeral Rites (Nephthys): Refunds 8 gold on death.
- Desert Wind (Osiris): +15% hit points, damage, and movement speed.
- Valley of the Kings (Thoth): Another spawns for free when one is trained at an empowered Migdol Stronghold.
Relics[]
- Feather of Bifang: +0.2 attack multiplier vs. buildings.
- Dwarven Horseshoes: +5% movement speed.
- Nine Cauldrons: -5% hack and pierce vulnerabilities.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tusk of the Iron Boar: +10% hit points.
Tactics[]
Camel Riders can defeat a variety of units in combat, making them quite versatile. Their bonus against cavalry makes most other cavalry units easy pickings, and they can defeat ranged soldiers due to their high speed and pierce armor. Their speed also allows them to reach and defeat siege Weapons. Hence they can usually replace the less flexible Spearmen and Slingers in combat.
However, like all cavalry, Camel Riders are rather weak against infantry. Players can compensate for this by using them with Chariot Archers; these two units together are quite formidable. Camel Riders are on the expensive side, so they should be used carefully as losing a group of them will lead to an economic setback.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Camel Riders are named Camelry, train in 9 seconds, have 30% pierce armor, and cost 50 food.
- Camelry have 125 hit points and have a damage multiplier of 1.75× vs. cavalry.
The Titans[]
- Camelry have a damage multiplier of 1.75× vs. Contarius Heroes.
Tale of the Dragon[]
Retold[]
- Camelry are renamed to Camel Riders, have 135 hit points, train in 8 seconds, have a damage multiplier of 2× vs. cavalry, and no multiplier vs. Contarius Heroes.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.9036, Camel Riders have a damage multiplier of 1.25x vs. archers.
- With update 18.27100, Camel Riders train in 6.5 seconds and have 40% pierce armor.
History[]
| “ | Desert warriors of the Middle East employed camels mainly as dependable transport across the arid wastes of the region. Camels could carry two men in a pinch and reasonable loads. They had reasonable speed for short periods also. In addition, horses unfamiliar with camels shied away from them, making Camel Riders particularly effective against horse-mounted troops. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- There is an undocumented "Medium Camel Riders" upgrade (automatically granted upon advancing to the Heroic Age), which increases attack and hit points by 10%.[1] In standard games, this change is not observable, as Camel Riders are not available to train before the Heroic Age and are trained with the technology already in effect.
Gallery[]
Views of the basic trainable Camel Rider in Retold
Camel Riders with Classical Age Armory technologies
Heavy Camel Riders with Heroic Age Armory technologies
Champion Camel Riders with Mythic Age Armory technologies
Views of the Camel Rider without any shadow upgrade or Armory technology, accessed through the Scenario Editor
Camelry in the original game
Camelry from Age of Empires: Mythologies
With the right upgrades and Relic, Ra's Camelry could potentially be the fastest land unit in a standard match in the original game.
References[]
- ↑ In the game files, the technology is called "Medium Migdol Shadow" (dbid
651) (MediumCamelRidersin Retold) and is present intechtree.xml.
