Cheyenne Rider

Cheyenne Rider
Unit information
Introduced in	The WarChiefs
Type	Cavalry Heavy cavalry Native warrior
Age	Colonial Age
Training
Trained at	Trading Post on a Cheyenne settlement Native Embassy
Food	40
Wood	110
Training limit	10 per Cheyenne settlement
Statistics
Hit points	300
Resists	10% vs. Ranged
Speed	6.8
Line of Sight	12
XP train bounty	15
XP bounty	15
Melee damage
Attack	21
Rate of Fire	1.5
Siege damage
Attack	15
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0

“	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

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

Age	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

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

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 Card Description Age 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 Card Description Age 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 Card Description Age Home City level Western Reforms All units get +8% hit points and attack 40 Acupuncture Unit train time -20% 10 French Card Description Age 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 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 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 Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Cheaper Unit Upgrades Unit upgrades cost -20% 1 Russians Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Cavalry Scouts Cavalry and light infantry gets +10% hit points and +4 LOS 1 Sioux Card Description Age 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 Card Description Age Home City level TEAM Inquisition All units get +10 LOS 10

History

“

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.

”

Gallery

An in-game Cheyenne Rider