Cavalry (Age of Empires)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires. For the unit class, see Cavalry.

Cavalry
Unit information
Type	Cavalry
Civilization	all except Egyptians and Sumerians
Age	File:BronzeAgeIcon.jpg Bronze Age
Training
Trained at	Stable
Food	70
Gold	80
Statistics
Hit points	150
Attack	8
Attack bonus	+5 vs infantry
Rate of Fire	1.5
Melee armor	0
Ranged armor	1
Speed	2
Line of Sight	4
Unit evolution
Upgrades to	Heavy Cavalry

The Cavalry is a heavy cavalry unit in Age of Empires. Available in the Bronze Age, it is the go-to unit for countering siege units and infantry.

Overview

The stats can be upgraded from the technologies found in the Storage Pit and they also benefit from the nobility upgrade, which increases the hit points from 150 to 172.

All Cavalry deals a +5 damage bonus against all melee infantry units except for Academy units. It can be upgraded in the Iron Age to Heavy Cavalry and Cataphract. This unit is available to most civilizations, with the exception of the Egyptians and the Sumerians. They are a good base for an early raiding army, but quickly become obsolete with Iron Age technologies.

Civilizations

The Cavalry is available to all civilizations except Egyptians and Sumerians.

Upgrades

Tool Age

• Toolworking: increases attack by 2
• Leather Armor Cavalry: increases armor by 2

Bronze Age

• Nobility: increases HP by 15%
• Metalworking: increases attack by 2
• Scale Armor Cavalry: increases armor by 2

Iron Age

• Metallurgy: increases attack by 3
• Chain Mail Cavalry: increases armor by 2

Civilization bonuses

• Macedonians: Cavalry have +2 line of sight and are four times more resistant to conversion.
• Yamato: Cavalry are 15% cheaper.

Changelog

Definitive Edition

• With CU9, Cavalry get +1 pierce armor.

History

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Horses were domesticated around 4000 BC for use as work animals. They first appeared in the Middle East around 2000 BC but were kept only as expensive pets. Gradually they were found useful in the civilized world as draft animals, but were rarely ridden. The concept of cavalry was introduced to the Assyrians from the plains of Russia during the dark age that followed the catastrophe of 1200 BC. The Assyrians added cavalry to their armies in order to fight the barbarians on the plains to their north. Israelite king Solomon was renowned for his large cavalry force. It eventually became clear that cavalry was more efficient than chariots. Two men, each on his own horse, were more useful than two men in a chariot that could be disabled with increasing ease. Cavalry was cheaper to maintain than chariotry and could enter more difficult terrain, but was no less fast and intimidating to infantry.

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Gallery

A group of Cavalry

Cavalry in the Definitive Edition