The Cheyenne rider is less powerful than the Hussar, but more cost effective. It requires fewer total resources, and food and wood versus food and coin. With the Cheyenne Fury upgrade, the unit becomes better at countering enemy cavalry than the Hussar. In the Definitive Edition, They have multipliers against cavalry and shock infantry by default. This makes them the only heavy cavalry in the game with an attack bonus versus their adjacent units, which are cavalry and shock infantry. This bonus can be further increased by researching Cheyenne Fury.
Upgrades native warriors to Legendary/Exalted (+50% hit points and attack)
The Legendary Native Warriors improvement is available in the Capitol for European civilizations and in the Town Center for Native American and Asian (as Exalted Natives) civilizations.
The Cheyenne Rider costs 40 food, 110 wood, gives 15 XP when trained or killed, and trains in 30 seconds.
Definitive Edition[]
The Cheyenne Rider costs 95 food, 90 wood, gives 18 XP when trained or killed, and trains in 40 seconds. It has a ×1.5 multiplier vs cavalry and ×1.25 multiplier versus shock infantry.
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
With update 13.12327, the Cheyenne Rider portrait and in-game model has been updated.
History[]
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To the Native peoples of the North American plains, the horse represented both freedom and power. Horses were prized possessions to the Cheyenne, and were significant spoils of war. When armed with a lance, a mounted Cheyenne warrior presented a fearsome foe.
Before Cheyenne warriors engaged in battle, their leaders carefully planned their raids in detail. To kill one’s enemy in battle was of course a good thing to the Cheyenne warrior. But of even greater importance was the act of touching a living, unhurt man and leave him unscathed, a practice known as “counting coup.” The bravest warriors were known to go into battle with only a coup stick, a twig or carved piece of wood, sometimes decorated with fur or feathers.