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Hindustani unique anti-cavalry unit. Fast-moving.
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The Imperial Camel Rider (called Imperial Camel before the Definitive Edition) is the second unique unit of the Hindustanis in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. It can be trained at the Stable once the Imperial Age is reached. It is an anti-cavalry cavalry unit.

Unlike most unique units, Imperial Camel Riders do not have an Elite version, as they are already a final unique upgrade.

Tactics[]

Imperial Camel Riders are one of the most versatile and powerful cavalry units in the game due to their variety of uses on the battlefield. Besides having an attack bonus against other mounted units, they have high hit points, fast speed, and are cheaper than Knights. They have no base armor and subpar attack stat, however, which are huge drawbacks. Overall, the Imperial Camel Rider functions similarly to its predecessors, being very strong against enemy cavalry but fairing less well against foot units.

Compared to the Heavy Camel Rider, the Imperial Camel Rider has +20 hit points, +1 attack, and -2 seconds of training time. While the upgrade has a substantial cost, it is generally worth it given how well it works with the Hindustani army composition.

As the Hindustanis lack the entire Knight line, Camel Riders are a vital part of their armies for a fast, yet resilient unit. They can be used as a shield for weaker units, while still being able to slaughter mounted units. They can easily kill most cavalry in one-on-one combat.

Further statistics[]

As Imperial Camel Riders are unique to the Hindustanis, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table:

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Skirmishers, siege weapons, mounted archers, cavalry
Weak vs. Foot archers, Halberdiers, Kamayuks, Teutonic Knights, Genoese Crossbowmen, Berserks, Elite Cataphracts
Upgrades
Hit points BloodlinesDE Bloodlines (+20)
Attack Forging aoe2de Forging (+1)
IronCastingDE Iron Casting (+1)
BlastFurnaceDE Blast Furnace (+2)
Armor ScaleBardingArmorDE Scale Barding Armor (+1/+1)
ChainBardingDE Chain Barding Armor (+1/+1)
PlateBardingArmorDE Plate Barding Armor (+1/+2)
Speed HusbandryDE Husbandry (+10%)
Conversion defense Devotion icon AoE2DE Devotion (+1 min, +1 max)
FaithDE Faith (+4 min, +4 max)
Creation speed ConscriptionDE Conscription (+33%)

Civilization bonuses[]

Team bonuses[]

Changelog[]

AoE2-DLCicon-2 The Forgotten[]

  • The unit is named Imperial Camel, and has 9 attack and 4 Line of Sight.
  • Imperial Camels are in an armor class along with ships, and take bonus damage from anti-ship/anti-camel attacks.
  • The Indian civilization bonus gives Imperial Camels +1/+1 armor.
  • The Indian team bonus gives Imperial Camels have +6 attack against buildings.

AoE2-DLCicon-3 The African Kingdoms[]

AoE2-DLCicon-4 Rise of the Rajas[]

  • With patch 5.8, the Indian civilization bonus removes +1 melee armor bonus and only gives +1 pierce armor.

AoEIIDE icon Definitive Edition[]

AoE2Icon-DynastiesIndia Dynasties of India[]

  • CivIcon-Hindustanis Hindustanis receive the Imperial Camel Rider with 8 attack, 5 Line of Sight.
  • Originally, Imperial Camel Riders attacked 25% faster. With update 73855, they attack 20% faster.

Heroes[]

There is one hero in the game with the appearance of an Imperial Camel Rider:

Trivia[]

  • The Camel Rider line is one of three military units that do not make the usual military sound when created, the other being Trebuchets and Flaming Camels.
  • They used the same icon as the Heavy Camel Rider until patch 3.5.
  • The original unit design for the Imperial Camel Rider (up until patch 3.5) was based on the beta The Age of Kings design for the Heavy Camel Rider.
  • In Age of Empires II: The Forgotten Empires and Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, up to patch 3.5, the Imperial Camel Rider was a redesigned regular Heavy Camel Rider with a longer fabric covering and an attack animation somewhat similar to a Mameluke. The design was brought up to speed with the other expansion units in patch 3.6.
  • The Imperial Camel Rider is one of only three unique unit that is initially trained at the Stable, the other ones being the Camel Scout and the Shrivamsha Rider. They are joined by the Tarkan when Marauders is researched.
  • Gurjara Imperial Camel Riders placed at start of the game have the option of auto-scout.
  • The Heavy Camel Rider loses its cloak upon being upgraded to the Imperial Camel Rider.
  • The button icon for the Imperial Camel Rider upgrade shows a camel with caparison and armor, even though the unit wears neither.

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Skirmisher aoe2DE Skirmisher · Elite skirmisher aoe2DE Elite Skirmisher
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Steppelancericon Steppe Lancer · Elitesteppelancericon Elite Steppe Lancer
Xolotlicon Xolotl Warrior
AoE2DE Armored Elephant icon Armored Elephant · AoE2DE Siege Elephant icon Siege Elephant
SiegeBattering ram aoe2DE Battering Ram · Capped ram aoe2DE Capped Ram · Siege ram aoe2DE Siege Ram
Mangonel aoe2DE Mangonel · Onager aoe2DE Onager · Siege onager aoe2DE Siege Onager
Scorpion aoe2DE Scorpion · Heavyscorpion aoe2DE Heavy Scorpion
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Trebuchet aoe2DE Trebuchet
Petard aoe2DE Petard
Siegetower aoe2DE Siege Tower
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Fire galley aoe2DE Fire Galley · Fireship aoe2DE Fire Ship · Fastfireship aoe2DE Fast Fire Ship
Demoraft aoe2DE Demolition Raft · Demoship aoe2DE Demolition Ship · Heavydemoship aoe2de Heavy Demolition Ship
Cannon galleon aoe2DE Cannon Galleon · Elite cannon galleon aoe2de Elite Cannon Galleon
AoE2 Dromon Dromon
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