Dueling Jokers Dream Drop

Duelling Jokers Dream Drop: Slot Overview

As if Relax Gaming wasn't already doing a stand-up job of filling the Dream Drop slot category at a prodigious pace, the studio has enlisted the help of partners Four Leaf Gaming to lend a hand. The result is Duelling Jokers Dream Drop, a neon delight of funky sounds and joker iconography. Whilst spinning these sorts of games for the chance to win the Mega Jackpot is likely the main goal, Duelling Jokers Dream Drop packs a long list of supporting features. So many that listing them all here might nuke any sort of word limit. So, instead, why don't we just leap in and see how it all works?

As mentioned, Duelling Jokers Dream Drop is a funkified online slot, banging out a head-nodding, toe-tapping tune while the action takes place on an 8 by 8 game grid. Duelling Jokers Dream Drop is a cluster paying slot where wins are created when five or more identical symbols land in adjacent spaces, touching horizontally or vertically. Wins trigger the cascade feature, which removes winning symbols and fills empty spaces by dropping symbols down from above. It's a little like Amped meets Jammin' Jars, but Duelling Jokers Dream Drop manages to forge its own personality, a rather fun one at that.

Playable on any device, Duelling Jokers Dream Drop offers stakes of 20 p/c to $/€20 per spin - the higher the bet, the bigger the chance of triggering a jackpot. A highly volatile game, RTP is lower than usual due to the immense Jackpot Network it is wired into. When playing normally, the theoretical return comes in at 94%, or when Nitro Spins are enabled, this value drops to 93.7%-93.64% (when playing with coins, otherwise the RTP remains at 94%).

Lit up like signs in the night are six regular pay symbols. These are cherries, lemons, clovers, horseshoes, diamonds, and sevens. Hitting a five-symbol cluster triggers a payout of 0.1 to 0.6x the bet, rising to 3-10x the bet for 15+-sized clusters. One other token to be aware of is Fortune Coins. They are collected when they land and can be used to buy features or reduce the cost of buying features. Collected coins may also trigger the Super Spinner. All of this is covered next.

Duelling Jokers Dream Drop: Slot Features

If the goal was to bung Dream Drop onto a bright grid slot and leave it at that, Four Leaf Gaming clearly missed the memo. Duelling Jokers Dream Drop is stacked with features; let's take a look.

Wild Joker

The first one is the Wild Joker, which substitutes for all symbols barring free spins symbols. If the wild is used in a winning cluster, it moves to a random empty space before the next cascade. In addition, each time the joker is part of a win, its win multiplier increases by +1. When Joker Wilds land next to each other, they may duel, boosting each of the multipliers by +1.

Joker Meter

Each winning cluster fills a segment of the Joker Meter. Filling the meter adds Wild Jokers to the grid. During a regular spin, Jokers are added after the first, fourth, and seventh winning clusters. If Nitro Spins are active, Jokers are added after the first, third, and sixth winning cluster.

Free Spins

Landing 3 scatter symbols awards 6 free spins. The round begins with 3 Joker Wilds in random positions, each one with a starting multiplier of x1. Each winning cluster fills a segment of the meter, which accumulates through the feature and does not reset. After the tenth, twentieth, and thirtieth winning cluster, +2 free spins are awarded. Where available, free spins may be bought for the cost of 600 coins.

• Bonus Booster - This feature allows players to gamble all or some free spins for the chance to win 1, 2, or 3 extra free spins. The more free spins gambled, the higher the chance of winning. The gamble can be repeated, but the max number of free spins won is limited to 25. When 23 or more are won, they are instantly collected.
• Fortune Maker - A free spins win over a certain level triggers the Fortune Maker, where players may choose how much they would like to gamble. They then drop a ball, and if it lands in a Winning Ring, players climb a Prize Ladder. Of the 16 rings, 12 are winners, and 4 will lose. Money not played with is collected automatically. Landing in a losing ring returns players to the base game with no prize. Clicking collect at any time ends the feature at the current prize level.
• Bonus Replay - Winning under a certain amount in free spin triggers a Bonus Replay. Players are able to gamble the free spins winnings for a chance to replay them. To gamble, a wheel spins. Winning spins award a new round of free spins without previous winnings carried over. Losing the spin returns players to the base game.

Dream Drop Jackpot

When triggered, a Jackpot Spin is played before the regular spin, and if 4 Dream Drop Joker symbols land, the Dream Drop Bonus is triggered. For the Dream Drop Bonus, 5 Jackpot Zones appear on the game grid. Each zone represents one of the jackpots – Rapid, Mini, Maxi, Major, and Mega. Now, 4 jokers jump around until they land in one of the Jackpot Zones. When a joker lands in a Jackpot Zone, one segment is filled, and a new joker is added randomly to the grid. The first Jackpot Zone to have all four segments filled awards its respective prize. As an indicator of prize values, the starting amounts for the Rapid, Mini, Maxi, Major, and Mega are €1, €5, €100, €25,000, and €500,000.

Super Spinner

Any time a coin is collected, the Super Spinner may be triggered. This can award cash prizes of 80 to 5,000x, 8-14 free spins, 10x to 25x Fortune Maker, or 10-25 Nitro Spins. A Super Spinner spin can be bought for 500 coins.

Nitro Spins

Activating Nitro Spins reduces the number of clusters needed to fill the Joker Meter, increases free spins scatters, collects coins more frequently, and triggers the Super Spinner more often. Nitro Spins increase the stake by 50% or cost 4 coins per Nitro Spin.

Duelling Jokers Dream Drop: Slot Verdict

About Duelling Jokers Dream Drop, Four Leaf Gaming writes, 'We've packed even more features into Duelling Jokers than any of our previous releases.' After going through the list, it would be hard to argue with that statement as Duelling Jokers Dream Drop is indeed packed to the rafters with bits. Sure, the main event might be the Dream Drop Jackpot, but while players are waiting, or hoping, for it to trigger, there is a lot more to do than just tap your feet to the funky beats. Even the visuals are spot on, the retro yet futuristic approach creating a real neon wonderland for players to get their groove on. It all adds up to a fun spot to get immersed in while attempting to access the Jackpot round.

As well as the Jackpots, there's plenty to keep players occupied. The previous Four Leaf Gaming slots, Clover Fortunes and Wild Buccaneers Megaways, have been absolute feature-fests as well, and there seems to be a pattern forming here. Basically, players who like to really dig into a game, collect coins, try their luck at almost every moment, ante bet, and so on should be able to appreciate what Four Leaf Gaming is getting at. Of course, it's possible to dip in and out of a game like Duelling Jokers Dream Drop like any other, but it's also set up so that long-term play can lead to Golden Coin collections which can be used to buy or offset the cost of buying features.

The non-jackpot features have been well thought out as well. Walking progressive wild multipliers often go down a treat wherever they turn up and can be highly effective. In Duelling Jokers Dream Drop, it's no different, which has a 'Biggest Win' stat of 50,000x and a 'Max Single Win' stat of 45,362x the bet. To date, this has to be the largest non-Jackpot potential on the Dream Drop network.

To sum up, it's nice to see Relax Gaming hand the Dream Drop reigns over to another studio to see what they can do, and Four Leaf Gaming has made the most of the opportunity. Duelling Jokers Dream Drop is a fun cluster-paying grid slot in its own right, with the electrifying presence of the Dream Drop Jackpots looming in the background.