Viking Runes Slot

 

Winter is coming with Viking Runes, the high variance, cluster pays slot from Yggdrasil. This dramatic looking game features cascading wins, random wilds, sticky wilds, symbol swaps and free spins and is available to play on all devices. Bets start from 40p per spin up to £40 and the top prize is 25000x your stake. It also has an RTP slightly above average at 96.2%.

 

Viking Runes Design

 

Viking Runes has a very eye-catching design with the 9×9 grid set against a snowy backdrop with the Northern Lights delivering a range of colours. There is a large Viking with a hammer to the side of the reels and a dramatic soundtrack to add to the atmosphere.

 

The symbols are made up of 9 different rune stones, the highest paying 1.5x your stake for 5 in a cluster, up to 1600x your stake for a cluster of 40. The graphics are excellent and everything stands out nicely on the screen.

 

Gameplay and Features

 

Every time you form a win, the winning clusters drop off the grid and new symbols drop down to fill their place and hopefully result in another win. If so, this repeats until no more wins are formed.

 

After each win, there is a lightning wild which changes position on the reels. You can have up to 4 lightning wild active during the base game.

 

A random Runic Shuffle feature can take place after a non-winning spin, where the runes are all shaken into a new position which can result in a win.

 

The Spell of Ancestor feature can trigger during the base game or free spins round and when it does, it transforms all lower value symbols into the red rune to increase your payout.

 

The Viking Sorcery feature adds 3 to 9 wilds in random positions, both in the base game and free spins round.

 

To trigger the free spins round, you need at least 5 consecutive wins to give you 6 free spins. There are 4 lightning wilds active, each with modifiers, and after each win, the multiplier increases and won’t reset after a non-winning spin.

 

Verdict

 

This is a popular theme, but the design is very different to others out there which makes Viking Runes stand out. The top prize is impressive and you’ll want to trigger the free spins with multipliers to deliver some decent wins.