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This article is about the cavalry units in Age of Empires. For cavalry in other games of the series, see Cavalry. |
Mounted units in Age of Empires are soldiers which fight using mounts, like horses and camels.
Types[]
Mounted units can be split into two different sections:
- mounted archers - which have range, deal pierce attack, and are trained at the Archery Range.
- (melee) cavalry - which do not have range, deal melee attack, and are trained at the Stable.
List of cavalry units[]
| Cavalry unit | A | HP | At | Ar | PA | ROF | LOS | Sp | Food | Wood | Gold | TT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scout
|
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60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 7 | 1.66 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
 Camel Rider
|
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125 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.66 | 70 | 0 | 60 | 30 |
 Chariot
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100 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.66 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 40 |
 Scythe Chariot
|
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120 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.66 | 40 | 60 | 0 | 40 |
 Cavalry
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150 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.66 | 70 | 0 | 80 | 40 |
 Heavy Cavalry
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150 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.66 | 70 | 0 | 80 | 40 |
 Cataphract
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240 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.66 | 70 | 0 | 80 | 40 |
 War Elephant
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600 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.75 | 170 | 0 | 40 | 50 |
 Armored Elephant
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600 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.75 | 170 | 0 | 40 | 50 |
List of mounted archers[]
| Mounted archer | A | HP | At | Ar | PA | R | ROF | LOS | Sp | Food | Wood | Gold | TT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chariot Archer
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70 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | 9 | 1.66 | 40 | 70 | 0 | 40 |
 Elephant Archer
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600 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | 8 | 0.75 | 180 | 0 | 60 | 50 |
 Horse Archer
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60 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.5 | 9 | 1.91 | 50 | 0 | 70 | 40 |
 Heavy Horse Archer
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90 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.5 | 9 | 2.08 | 50 | 0 | 70 | 40 |
Mounts[]
The four main types of mounts used, and the prominent civilizations are:
| Mount | Units | Civilizations |
|---|---|---|
| Horse | Scout Cavalry line Horse Archer line
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 Yamato
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| Chariot | Chariot line Chariot Archer
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 Babylonians Egyptians
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| Elephant | War Elephant line Elephant Archer
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 Carthaginians Persians Phoenicians
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| Camel | Camel Rider
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Carthaginians Palmyrans Sumerians
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Technologies[]
Since cavalry and mounted archers are upgraded differently, their upgrades are shown in their respective sections. They have only one common upgrade:
Nobility (Government Center, Bronze Age) - Non-elephant mounted units get +15% hit points.
Civilization bonuses[]
- Babylonians: Chariot units have +1 pierce armor.
- Carthaginians: Elephant units have +25% hit points. Camel Riders have +15% hit points.
- Egyptians: Chariot units have +33% hit points.
- Lac Viet: Mounted units are trained 25% faster.
- Palmyrans: Camel Riders move 25% faster.
- Persians: Elephant units move 25% faster.
- Phoenicians: Elephant units are 25% cheaper.
- Sumerians: Camel Riders have +1 pierce armor.
- Yamato: Mounted units are 15% cheaper.
Team bonuses[]
- Palmyrans: Technologies that benefit mounted units are researched 30% faster.
- Persians: Cavalry units are created and upgraded 20% faster.
- Phoenicians: Mounted archers have +2 Line of Sight.
- Yamato: Stables and Archery Ranges are 33% cheaper.
Armor class[]
Mounted units have their own armor class dictating which sources they take attack bonuses from.
- Units
- Cavalry - Heavy Cavalry - Cataphract
- Chariot Archer (+4)
- Horse Archer - Heavy Horse Archer
- Scout
- Elephant Archer
- War Elephant (+4) - Armored Elephant (+4)
- Chariot (+4) - Scythe Chariot (+4)
- Attack bonuses
- Axeman - +4
- Camel Rider - +8
Implications[]
The armor value of +4 of elephant and chariot units mean that they resist 4 anti-mounted attacks. This means that the attack bonus of Axemen is reduced to 0, and that of Camel Riders is reduced to +4, that is half.
