Cavalry unit (Age of Empires)

This article is about the cavalry units in Age of Empires. For cavalry in other games of the series, see Cavalry.

Cavalry units in Age of Empires are one of the four combat forces on land, the other ones being infantry, archers, and siege weapons. Cavalry units are melee mounted soldiers.

General information[]

Cavalry can be built at the Stable from the Tool Age onward.

Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, and Cataphracts deal bonus damage against Light infantry, but not Academy units (Hoplites, Phalangites, and Centurions, which are heavy infantry).

Attack and armor upgrades are available at the Storage Pit, while Nobility is researched at the Government Center.

Cavalry unit	HP	At	Ar	PA	ROF	LOS	Sp	Food	Wood	Gold	TT
Scout	60	3	0	1	1.5	7	1.66	90	0	0	30
Camel Rider	125	6	0	0	1.5	4	1.66	70	0	60	30
Chariot	100	7	0	0	1.5	4	1.66	40	60	0	40
Scythe Chariot	120	9	1	0	1.5	4	1.66	40	60	0	40
Cavalry	150	8	0	1	1.5	4	1.66	70	0	80	40
Heavy Cavalry	150	10	2	2	1.5	4	1.66	70	0	80	40
Cataphract	240	12	5	3	1.5	4	1.66	70	0	80	40
War Elephant	600	15	0	0	1.5	5	0.75	170	0	40	50
Armored Elephant	600	18	2	1	1.5	5	0.75	170	0	40	50

Listed below are technologies that benefit cavalry units. This list does not contain unit upgrades.

Technology	Researched at	Civilizations	Effect
Toolworking	Storage Pit	All	Increases attack of non-elephant units by +2
Metalworking	Storage Pit	All	Increases attack of non-elephant units by +2
Metallurgy	Storage Pit	12	Increases attack of non-elephant units by +3
Leather Armor Cavalry	Storage Pit	All	Increases armor by +2
Scale Armor Cavalry	Storage Pit	All	Increases armor by +2
Chain Mail Cavalry	Storage Pit	14	Increases armor by +2
Nobility	Government Center	15	Cavalry except elephants +15% hit points

Carthaginians: War Elephant line has +25% hit points. Camel Riders +15% hit points.
Egyptians: Chariots have +33% health.
Lac Viet: Cavalry units are trained 25% faster.
Palmyrans: Camel Riders move 25% faster.
Persians: War Elephant line moves 25% faster.
Phoenicians: War Elephant line is 25% cheaper.
Shang: Cavalry line attacks 10% faster.
Yamato: Cavalry cost -15%.

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