Undoubtedly the best Dark Age military unit, the Steppe Nomad is a very strong unit, akin to the Mounted Rangers that other players have to train later on. Fairly fast and resistant to attrition, Steppe Nomads are also highly capable of launching deadly showers of arrows upon any and all they meet in large groups, posing a menace even to light cavalry. Note, however, that since these units have low constitution you must always keep them out of the range of any other units - a lucky stab from a spear will be just as nasty as a shower of arrows or bolts, so using Steppe Nomads requires a fair bit of skill.