Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins

Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins: Slot Overview

After breathing in the clean mountain air of Nepal in Lucy Luck and the Temple of Mysteries, software provider Slotmill's heroine Lucy Luck is back in another adventure. This time, she is heading somewhere more conventionally verdant in her search for loot as she plays the lead role in Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins. Players with an archaeological mindset may notice clues in the game's title as to what to expect here, as Slotmill has combined mechanics from previous releases to create a hybrid of coin collecting, treasure chest opening and a lot more.

'Lucy, let's get lucky', greets players after clicking to enter the game, followed by heroic music and a scene of exotic adventure. Water plunges to the right while a stone building lies to the left, hinting at hidden mystery. Lucy is as dashing as ever as she embarks on another escapade, joining the ranks of slot adventurers, which includes the likes of Cat Wilde, Rich Wilde, and John Hunter. Picking an Aztec-style theme feels like a safe option for any studio, but Slotmill has done players the decency of utilising the subject matter well, and designed a game around it that evokes a spirited mood of intrepid suspense.

Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins is a cluster pays slot held on a 6x6 grid where a winning cluster contains five or more matching symbols connected to each other horizontally or vertically. The game is available in two RTP configurations, so be on the lookout for the 96.01% option, which is the highest value. The math model is highly volatile, and players may stake $/€0.20 to $/€100 per spin. Activating the X-tra Bet increases the stake by 100%, increasing the chance of triggering free spins by 4.1 times. Burst Mode is an option, too.

Four gemstones start the paytable off, followed by machetes, compasses, binoculars, journals, and Lucy symbols. The largest clusters consist of 18 or more matching symbols, and they pay 12.5x to 200x the stake. Wilds replace all symbols except scatters, and can be part of more than one cluster win. When a wild substitutes for a Coin, it has a 0x bet multiplier.

Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins: Slot Features

In the bag of tricks can be found an Avalanche mechanic, hidden Treasure Chests, Coin Clusters, a Collect Meter, Multiplier Boost, free spins, super free spins, and feature buys.

Avalanche

Matching symbols part of winning clusters and non-winning symbols are removed from the reels, creating gaps on the grid for symbols drop to replace them. After a win, a wild is generated in one of the empty spaces before new symbols drop in. Avalanches repeat as long as new wins appear. At the start of each game round, each symbol has a block behind it. Blocks are destroyed by symbols in a winning cluster or by scatter symbols and Extra Spin symbols on top of them. Blocks behind non-winning matching symbols are not destroyed.

Treasure Chests

Treasure Chests are hidden beneath the reels. They get revealed when blocks are removed. When a chest is completely uncovered, it is unlocked and can contain the following power-ups:

• Earth Mask - Adds 7 to 20 charges to the Collect Meter.
• Fire Mask - Adds x1 to x3 to the win multiplier.
• Water Mask - Adds 2 to 5 wilds to the reels.
• Lightning Mask - Adds 3 to 5 Coins to the reels.
• Scatter Symbol - Only present in the base game.
• +1 Spin - Adds an extra free spin, only present during bonus rounds.

Coin Cluster

Coins appear with a cash prize of 1x to 500x the bet. When five or more Coins form a cluster, the multipliers on the Coins in it are added together and multiplied by the bet. After the win is paid, the cluster explodes, and a new Coin with the total combined multiplier value of the cluster is generated in one of the empty spaces before symbols drop. Coin Clusters do not create a wild.

Collect Meter

The Collect Meter is present in the base and bonus game. Each symbol explosion progresses the meter by +1. After 30 exploded symbols, the Collect Meter feature triggers, adding Coins and Wilds to the reels as well as increasing the win multiplier by +1. After this, the meter is reduced by 30. The overcharge feature is triggered when the meter reaches 60, awarding more Coins and wilds than a regular Collect Meter feature. After this, the meter is reduced by 60. In the base game, the Collect Meter resets after each round. Should a Charge symbol hit, it adds +5 charges to the meter before transforming into a random symbol.

Multiplier Boost

The Multiplier Boost can activate at the start of each new game round. When activated, the Collect Meter is filled with 30 or 60 charges, and the win multiplier increases by a random number before the Collect Meter feature triggers.

Free Spins

Collecting 3 scatter symbols in the base game triggers 8 free spins. During the feature, removed underlying blocks carry over between spins. When all Treasure Chests have been unlocked, the grid resets with new blocks and new Treasure Chests are placed in random spots. The Collect Meter progress and the multiplier do not reset till the feature ends. Hitting the Extra Spin symbol grants +1 free spin, or landing the Bonus Upgrade symbol upgrades free spins to super free spins and awards +2 free spins.

Super Free Spins

Landing 4 scatters triggers 8 super free spins. What's different about this feature is that remaining Coin symbols accumulate at the bottom of the grid after each spin. Otherwise, the features from free spins are present in super free spins, though Bonus Upgrade symbols are not present.

Fast Track

Features may be bought from the Fast Track. The options are Super Xtra-Bet for 7x, the Multiplier Meter Boost for 40x, the free spins feature at 100x, or super free spins at 500x, or gamble for free spins at 180x the stake.

Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins: Slot Verdict

Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins is Slotmill doing what it does best, that is, mixing a sweet batch of features together into a highly playable mix. When nutshelling the experience, it's like Coin Quest meets Lucy Luck and the Crimson Diamond, with some of the best parts of each game harvested into one. Haters might say this is cheating, okay, they might have a point, but that doesn't prevent Lucy Luck and the Quest for Coins from being a fun romp in the wild in search of coins. It helps that, as well as fine features, the game is complemented by pleasing visuals, a likeable main character, and some excellent audio work.

But, good gameplay is needed to make players stick around, Quest for Coins certainly isn't lacking in that department. The base game is busy with its Collection Meter, but also the hidden Treasure Chest element brought in from Crimson Diamonds, possibly inspired by NetEnt's Lost Relics. Either way, digging up chests makes perfect sense, and while they don't award cash prizes as such, power ups can nevertheless be useful in driving the action forward. Coin Clusters are potentially thrilling, and are a really good idea which can build chunky hits when they're consolidated into single Coins, crowding the bottom of the screen. Super free spins are where they shine the brightest, making that phase of the game highly desirable.

You can imagine the Slotmill team sitting around, punting ideas, wondering what would happen if they mixed some of the best parts of Coin Quest with Crimson Diamond and slapped a 20,000x max win on there. Well, now we know, and the resulting Frankenstein has turned out to be a very playable, audiovisually engrossing greatest hits compilation which should have fans of Slotmill's work frothing for a turn.