Steppe Rider

A offensive cavalry unit of the Huns. Every figure below is produced by the same engine behind the calculators, so a stat here and a result there cannot disagree.

Combat
Offence120
Defence vs infantry30
Defence vs cavalry15
Speed16 fields/h
Carry capacity75
Cost
lumber290
clay370
iron190
crop45
Total895
Upkeep and training
Crop consumption2/h
Training time (1x, level 1)0:40:00
Trained inStable
Categorycavalry

What stands out

  • At 16 fields per hour it is the second-fastest troop in the game, level with the Gaul Druidrider and Spartan Elpida Rider.
  • At Smithy level 20 its attack rises from 120 to 150.8, a 26% gain.

Smithy upgrades

Each smithy level raises a stat by a fraction of its base plus a term scaled by crop consumption. The crop term is why a unit’s gain is not simply a percentage of its base stat: relative to their stats, high-upkeep units gain the most.

SmithyOffenceDef infDef cav
Level 01203015
Level 51273419
Level 101353822
Level 151434326
Level 201514730

Training time by server speed

At building level 1 with no artefact, helmet or alliance bonus. Higher building levels cut the time by 10% per level, compounding.

Server speedLevel 1Level 10Level 20
1x0:40:000:15:300:05:25
2x0:20:000:07:450:02:43
3x0:13:200:05:100:01:49
5x0:08:000:03:060:01:05
10x0:04:000:01:330:00:33

Hero weapons

A hero carrying one of these fights harder and gives every Steppe Rider in the same army extra attack and defence.

Compare with

Units from other tribes filling the same role, closest in offence first.

Plan an army of these

The army calculator works out how many Steppe Rider you produce over a day or a week, what they cost, and the crop they will eat.

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Verified against T4.6 · checked 2026-08-31 · confidence sheet-only