Cheyenne Rider

"Cheyenne horseman armed with a spear."

—In-game description

The Cheyenne Rider is a heavy cavalry native warrior in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs that can be trained at a Trading Post built on a Cheyenne settlement which replaces the Lakota in the expansion, thus the Cheyenne Rider acts as a replacement to the Lakota Axe Rider.

Overview Edit

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.

Upgrades Edit

Improvement	Cost	Effect
Cheyenne Warrior Societies	200 wood, 150 coin	Upgrades Cheyenne Riders to Elite (+25% hit points and attack)
Champion Cheyenne	400 wood, 300 coin	Upgrades Cheyenne Riders to Champion (+40% hit points and attack); requires Cheyenne Warrior Societies
Legendary Native Warriors/Exalted Natives	1,500 food, 1,500 wood	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.

Further statistics Edit

As the Cheyenne Rider is only available on the Great Lakes, Great Plains, and Rockies maps, only native improvements from native tribes on those maps (including the Cheyenne themselves) are listed here.

Since the Sioux can ship a limited number of Cheyenne Riders, native improvements that are unavailable on the above condition but affects them (excluding improvements that modifies cost and train time) are included as well.

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ranged infantry, light infantry, artillery, cavalry (with Cheyenne Fury)
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light cavalry
Improvements
Hit points	Cavalry Cuirass (+10%) Horsemanship (+10%, Sioux only) Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Navajo Weaving (+5%)
Attack	Pillage (+25% siege attack) Bonepipe Armor (+1.0x multiplier vs. artillery, Sioux only) Cheyenne Fury (+2.0x multiplier vs. cavalry) Yoga (+5%)
Sight	Town Watch (+2)
Speed	Cherokee War Dance (+20%) Comanche Mustangs (+10%) Apache Endurance (+5%)
Creation speed	Mass Cavalry (-50%) Cheyenne Horse Trading (-25%)
Penalties	Coffee Trade (-10% speed, Dutch only)

Home City Cards Edit

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Cheyenne Rider

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team

All Edit

Card	Description	Home City level
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry gets +15% hit points and attack	10
Native Treaties	Each different allied native tribe sends a shipment of their respective native warriors	1
Native Warriors	Native warriors cost -25%	10
Native Warrior Combat	Native warriors get +25% hit points and attack	25
TEAM Native Warrior Societies	Native warrior train limit +30%	25
Blood Brothers	Upgrades native warriors to Elite/Disciplined and Champion/Honored (if not already)	25
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%	10

The Cavalry Combat card is available to Dutch, Ottomans, Russians, and Sioux (at a level 25 Home City).

The Native Treaties and Native Warriors cards are available to European and Native American civilizations.

The Native Treaties card ships 3 Cheyenne Riders if the player had built a Trading Post on a Cheyenne settlement.

The Native Warrior Combat card is available to French and Iroquois.

The Blood Brothers card is available to Aztecs, French, Germans, Iroquois, Portuguese, Russians, Sioux, and Spanish.

The TEAM Native Warrior Societies card is available to Aztecs, Dutch, Iroquois, and Sioux.

The Riding School card is not available to Aztecs, Chinese, Iroquois, and Japanese.

Asians Edit

Card	Description	Home City level
Native Alliance	Native warrior train limit +20% and cost -10% (also +1 Villager for the Indians)	1
Native Warrior Hitpoints	Native warriors get +30% hit points and +10% speed (also +1 Villager for the Indians)	10
Native Warrior Attack	Native warriors get +30% attack and train time -25%	10

The Native Alliance card is not available to the Chinese.

The Native Warrior Hitpoints card is not available to the Japanese.

The Native Warrior Attack card is not available to the Indians.

Chinese Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
Western Reforms	All units get +8% hit points and attack		40
Acupuncture	Unit train time -20%		10

French Edit

Card	Description	Home City level
TEAM Hand Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry and Coyote Runners get +15% attack	10
Wilderness Warfare	Coureurs des Bois, Skirmishers, and native warriors get +20% hit points	25
TEAM Improved Native Warriors	Native warriors get +15% hit points and attack	1

Germans Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and light infantry gets +15% attack		10
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry gets +10% speed +4 Uhlans		25

Indians Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
Dravidian Martial Arts	All units get +15% melee attack +1 Villager		40
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	All units get +5% hit points and attack		25

Japanese Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades	Unit upgrades cost -20%		1

Russians Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
TEAM Cavalry Scouts	Cavalry and light infantry gets +10% hit points and +4 LOS		1

Sioux Edit

Card	Description	Home City level
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry gets +15% attack	10
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry gets +15% hit points	10
Mustangs	Cavalry costs -10%	10
Black Arrow	Native warrior train time -85%	10
6 Cheyenne Allies	Ships 6 Cheyenne Riders; costs 500 coin	10
18 Cheyenne Allies	Ships 18 Cheyenne Riders and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin	25
TEAM 8 Cheyenne Allies	Ships 8 Cheyenne Riders and upgrades them to Elite (if not already); costs 1,000 coin	40

Spanish Edit

Card	Description	Age	Home City level
TEAM Inquisition	All units get +10 LOS		10

History Edit

"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."

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