Mounted units
Cavalry
Units
Provide fast mounted forces for maneuver and land combat.
Units1 supported recipe route
WHY CONSIDER IT
Its movement and ability to move after attacking support rapid operations across the map.
When it fits: Build after Military Science if Horses are available and before Combustion.
The tradeoff: Requires Horses, has no defensive terrain bonus, and becomes obsolete at Combustion.
Properties & access
strength34
movement4
requiredTechMilitary Science
requiredResourceHorses
upgradesToLandship
Planner recipes & alternatives
Material calculator: 4.22.13 · bundled Gods & Kings ruleset.
Access & prerequisites
- requiredTech: Military Science
- obsoleteTech: Combustion
- requiredResource: Horses
- Can move after attacking
- No defensive terrain bonus
- [-33]% Strength <vs cities> <when attacking>
- Never appears as a Barbarian unit
Used by 0 objects
No downstream uses are recorded in this source scope.