Musket Horse

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.

Musket Horse
Lakota Unique Ranged Cavalry(Replaces Dragoon)
Base cost	60 Timber 40 Wealth
Ramping cost	1 Timber 1 Wealth
Build time	15 seconds (225 frames)
Hit points	97
Line of sight	10 tiles
Movement speed	33 (2.6 tiles/second)
Attack strength	17
Attack range	0-9 tiles
Attack speed	30 frames
Armor	1
Population points
Built at	Stable
Prerequisites	Gunpowder Age
Hotkey (Stable)	A
Upgrades from	Eagle Feather Horse
Upgrades to	Repeating Rifle Horse
Special abilities	Can attack while moving Can attack low-flying aircraft Gain Food/ Timber/ Metal by attacking the appropriate enemy gathering and enhancement buildings

The Musket Horse is the Lakota unique Ranged Cavalry of the Gunpowder Age that replaces the standard Dragoon.

Overview

Compared to Dragoons, Musket Horses have +3 movement speed and the ability to gain 1/3 of a resource per point of damage dealt, which only works for buildings that produce Food (Farms and Granaries), Timber (Woodcutter's Camps and Lumber Mills), and Metal (Mines and Smelters).

The ability to gather resources in addition to increased speed makes Musket Horses even better raiders than their standard counterparts. Adding to that is the Lakota's Power of the Plains, which grants +4 Food for every cavalry unit, so a Lakota player should make as much as possible of raiding, and Musket Horses are the ones for the task.

See also

• Mameluke
• Horde
• Camel Raider