Cavalry units (Age of Mythology)

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

Cavalry units in Age of Mythology are mounted soldiers that fight in close combat with enemies, and are hence distinguished from infantry and archers. Cavalrymen are also human units, rather than the superhuman heroes or monstrous myth units. Counter-cavalry units gain a bonus against all the cavalry listed below. There are also a few units that are mounted but not considered cavalry for game purposes.

Greeks[edit | edit source]

Apart from the Hetairoi unit, which is also available at the Fortress, all cavalry units are available at the Stable.

Hippikon
Prodromos
Hetairoi (Poseidon only)

Egyptians[edit | edit source]

Camelry and Elephants are available at the Migdol Stronghold, whereas Mercenary Cavalry are "fast response" units, available at the Town Center.

Mercenary Cavalry (lifespan: 40 s, or 70 s with Medjay)
Camelry
War Elephant

Norse[edit | edit source]

Raiding Cavalry are available at the Longhouse, whereas Jarls are trained at the Hill Fort.

Atlanteans[edit | edit source]

Contarii are available at the Military Barracks.

Contarius and Contarius Hero (dual-classed; both a hero and a cavalry unit.)

Chinese[edit | edit source]

Scout Cavalry, Mounted Archers, and Cataphracts are available at the Stable, whereas Generals and War Chariots can be trained at the Castle. The Chinese have the broadest variety of cavalry units in the game.

Scout Cavalry
Mounted Archer (dual-classed; both an archer and a cavalry unit.)
Cataphract
General (special human unit, build limit of 3)
War Chariot

Mounted non-cavalry units[edit | edit source]

Kataskopos (Scout) (considered a Scout, originally a Light Cavalry unit)
Chariot Archer (on horseback but considered an archer)
Turma (same as Chariot Archer) and Turma Hero (dual-classed; both a hero and an archer unit.)

Cut units[edit | edit source]

Units that were cut, and or removed before release, along with a couple of existing, but non-trainable cavalry units:

Cataphract (Greek Cataphracts, Hades unique unit)
Egyptian Chariot (Anti-Cavalry)
Norse Heavy Cavalry and Light Cavalry (Heavy anti-archer cavalry, and light anti-cavalry cavalry units respectively.)

Brief comparison table[edit | edit source]

Name	Civ	Food	Gold	Pop	H.Dmg	HP	H.Armor	P.Armor	Spd
Hippikon	Greek	40	80	3	10	150	10%	25%	5.5 m/s
Prodromos	Greek	70	40	3	6	120	20%	10%	6.0 m/s
Hetairoi	Greek *	50	81	3	8	110	10%	40%	4.8 m/s
Camelry	Egyptian	50	70	3	8	125	15%	30%	6.0 m/s
War Elephant	Egyptian	180	70	5	14	450	25%	40%	2.9 m/s
Mercenary Cavalry	Egyptian	0	120	0	8	190	40%	45%	5.3 m/s
Raiding Cavalry	Norse	40	50	2	8	105	15%	35%	6.0 m/s
Jarl	Norse	50	80	3	9	180	20%	35%	4.8 m/s
Contarius	Atlantean	70	40	3	10	130	15%	15%	5.75 m/s
Scout Cavalry	Chinese	30	40	1	7	90	15%	30%	6.0 m/s
Cataphract	Chinese	70	50	2	7	120	35%	20%	5.0 m/s
General	Chinese	200	200	3	10	300	30%	45%	5.5 m/s
War Chariot	Chinese	100	100	3	12	190	30%	40%	5.0 m/s

Some details worth mentioning:

Hippikon, Raiding Cavalry, Contarius: ×1.25 against archers
Raiding Cavalry upgradable to: ×3.25 against archers and ×3.75 against Throwing Axeman (Baldr)
Prodromos: ×3 against cavalry
Camelry: ×1.75 against cavalry
Cataphract: ×3 against infantry
General does not benefit from Castle units upgrades and has a build limit of 3.