Technology

Cavalry

The harp branch's second tier; its prerequisite is Archery.

What it unlocks

It unlocks Sipahi: heavy cavalry, it requires Horse pasture — the same resource Raider also needs.

The node also raises the population cap of all your cities by a step (Cities and population): capped cities grow again and the food waiting in the granary flows to them.

When to research it

The Sipahi is a cavalry unit slower than the Raider but more durable and carrying shock; in the type triangle it beats the Archer, the Pioneer and Siege (Combat, "Type triangle"). If you are already running the Horse resource for the Raider, the extra cost this node brings is only itself.

The numbers on this page are read from the game’s balance tables.