Heavy Cavalry (Age of Mythology)

This article is about the technology in Age of Mythology. For other uses of the term, see Heavy cavalry.

Heavy Cavalry
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Civilization	All except Egyptians and Japanese
Age	Heroic Age
Research
Researched at	Stable Great Hall Military Barracks Baolei
Prerequisite(s)	Medium Cavalry
Required for	Champion Cavalry
Food	400
Gold	200
Research time	30 seconds
Effect
Cavalry +15% HP, +15% attack, +1 LoS

• Retold
• Original

“	Upgrades Cavalry to Heavy Cavalry, with more hitpoints and attack.	”
—In-game description

“	Cavalry improved to Heavy Cavalry, with more hitpoints and attack.	”
—In-game description

Heavy Cavalry is a generic Heroic Age technology in Age of Mythology. It improves cavalry hit points, attack, and Line of Sight. It is available to all civilizations except the Egyptians and Japanese.

Effects

• Cavalry:
  • +15% hit points.
  • +15% attack.
  • +1 Line of Sight.

Further statistics

Civilization bonuses

• Atlanteans: Heavy Cavalry costs -25%.

God bonuses

• Freyr: Heavy Cavalry costs 200 food, 100 gold but takes 75 seconds to research.

Myth technologies

• Rigsthula (Heimdall): -16.67% research time. (since Retold)

Changelog

Age of Mythology

• The attack increase is ​+10%  hack.
• Norse: Heavy Cavalry is available at the Longhouse and Hill Fort, since the Raiding Cavalry and Jarl are trained there respectively.

The Titans

• Atlanteans: Heavy Cavalry costs -50%.

Retold

• The attack increase is +20% for all damage types. With update 18.7603, the effect is reduced to +15%.
• Norse: Heavy Cavalry is available at the Great Hall, because the cavalry units were moved to be trained there.
• Atlanteans: With update 17.43876, Heavy Cavalry costs -25%.