Camel Archer

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing -34% damage vs Armed Caravans, Armed Supply Wagons, and Armed Merchants. Missing +50% damage vs Civilians. Missing +15% damage vs Ranged Cavalry. Missing -5% damage vs Sparse.

Camel Archer
Nubian Unique Ranged Cavalry(Replaces Horse Archer)
Base cost	60 Timber 40 Wealth
Ramping cost	1 Timber 1 Wealth
Build time	15 seconds (225 frames)
Hit points	65
Line of sight	9 tiles
Movement speed	30 (2.4 tiles/second)
Attack strength	13
Attack range	0-8 tiles
Attack speed	25 frames
Population points
Built at	Stable
Prerequisites	Classical Age Military 2 (Mercenaries)
Hotkey (Stable)	A
Upgrades to	Heavy Camel Archer
Special abilities	Can attack while moving

The Camel Archer is the Nubian unique Ranged Cavalry of the Classical Age that replaces the standard Horse Archer.

Overview

Compared to Horse Archers, Camel Archers are statistically identical, but they do +35% damage against Light Infantry and +20% damage against Gunpowder Infantry, so the innate ability of Ranged Cavalry as raiders combined with this advantage makes Camel Archers great counter-raiders as well.

Trivia

• Despite being numerous today and iconic of the land, camels were first introduced, at least as a means of transportation, by the Persians around the 5th century BCE, far after the height of ancient Nubia and contemporary Egypt.
• The use of camels as shooting platforms was an Arabian practice seen since ancient times. Nubians, on the other hand, always specialized in shooting on foot.

See also

• Chariot
• Sunka Wakan
• Nomad