A Knight is the first knightly unit to be trained at the castle. It is stronger, but also more expensive than troopers. The Knight can be upgraded to the Royal Knight. The Swiss (who have no proper nobility), the Genoese (who have the Condotierri), and the Poles (who have the Szlachta) do not receive this unit.
The Knight
Unit Statistics[]
Vital[]
Available to: All except Helvetia, Poland and the Italian civs (except Naples)
Trained at: Castle
Century: 13th
Cost: 70 Food, 80 Florins, 2 population slots
Combat[]
HP: 120
Attack: 12 (+2 in 14th century)
Armor/Pierce Armor: 2/4
Upgrades[]
Upgrades To: Royal Knight
Upgrade Century: 15th
Upgrade Costs: 1300 Food , 750 Florins
Attack: Forging , Iron Casting, Blast Furnace, Chivalric Order
Armour: Scale Barding Armour. Mail Barding Armour, Plate Barding Armour
Speed: Husbandry
Hit Points: Bloodlines, Auld Alliance (Scottish Unique Technology)
Synonyms[]
- Ritter (Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Brandenburg)
- Rytir (Bohemia)
- Ecuyer (Brittany, Burgundy, France, Savoy)
- Ridder (Denmark)
- Schiltknecht (Flanders, Guelders)
- Grietman (Friesland)
- Lovag (Hungary)
- Scudiero (Naples)
Civs and Knights[]
Austria: +1 attack.
Bohemia: Researching Utraquist Sect provides +2 attack. Researching Luxembourg Dynasty provides +15 HP.
Brandenburg: Researching Junker League provides +1 attack and makes them 10% cheaper.
Brittany: Researching Francisation provides +2 attack.
Burgundy: +60 HP, more expensive.
England: Researching Nobility provides +2 attack and directly upgrades Knights to Royal Knight.
Flanders: Researching Chamber of the Council provides +3 attack.
France: +20% HP, cheaper, +2 LOS (Team Bonus).
Guelders: More HP, slower attack/speed.
Hungary: Attacks 10%/15%/25% faster, starting in the 13th century. Researching Black Army provides +2 melee armour.
Naples: Trained at Stables, 20% slower produce speed. Researching Valois Angevins provides +15% HP; researching Military Manuals provides +2 attack.
Savoy: Fewer HP, cheaper, +2 attack vs. archers (Team Bonus).
Saxony: Researching Kurfürst provides +3 attack.
Scotland: -20 HP, -1 attack, cost more, longer training. Researching Normanisation provides +2 attack, +20 HP and makes them cheaper.
Wales: -1 attack, cost more, Researching English Vassal provides +1 attack, +40 HP.
Other civs: Normal.
Strategy[]
Though being the most expensive of all early units, the Knight is also the strongest cavalry unit available in the 13th century. If you can afford them, they are a devastating raiding unit that only fears well-formed pike defences. French, Guelders and Burgundian knights can be particulary devestating with their additional durability, and the French, with a lower cost while retaining a higher HP level than the average, combine floodability with durability to produce a truly frightening swarm of cavalry.