Valhalla Wild Winter

Valhalla Wild Winter: Slot Overview

Hacksaw Gaming partner Bullshark Games has added to its growing repertoire of slots by turning to a perennial theme favourite, that of Norse mythology. The slot is Valhalla Wild Winter, and its title hints at three things players may find should they choose to open the game up for a look. One, it's winter, so wrapping up warm is the order of the day. Two, Valhalla means a rich setting of battling, mysticism and so forth. And finally, three, wilds are central to Valhalla Wild Winter's gameplay, not only doing their substitution duty but feeding a Global Multiplier, which is present in the base game and in the Frozen Fortune Hunt bonus round.

Cold and epic are two words that could possibly be used to describe Valhalla Wild Winter's outer shell. A formidable warrior joins players in icy mountains, where snow pours down and mighty music thunders from the speakers. Warfare, warriorship, and storming into Valhalla to spend time with other battlers till Ragnarök begins, and it's time to fight with Odin against the jötnar is serious business after all. And, seriousness is something Bullshark Games has ensured Valhalla Wild Winter has in abundance.

Symbols tumble into a 5x4 action area, creating winning combinations from the leftmost reel along 14 built-in paylines. The highest possible RTP players will find is a 96.2% version, and a lower return configuration is also available. Stakes range from 10 c to $/€100 per spin, and three bonus buys are on hand to activate or not.

Runically cut 10 to A royals are first on the symbol hierarchy, each type paying 2 times the stake for a 5-of-a-kind winning line. Next are shields, helms, axes, bears, and warriors, worth 3 to 10 times the stake for a 5 OAK winning line. Golden hammer wilds appear on all reels. Wilds replace any regular pay symbol, and they award 10x for landing a line of 5 wilds.

Valhalla Wild Winter: Slot Features

First things first, Valhalla Wild Winter has a Global Multiplier that starts at x1. When a wild symbol lands and does not participate in a win, it increases the Global Multiplier and remains on the grid as a regular wild. The possible additive values are 1x to 100x, while the possible multiplicative values are x2 to x10.

Wild Symbols Pot

The Wild Symbols Pot is only present in the Frozen Fortune Hunt feature. After wins have been evaluated, all wild symbols on the reels fly to the pot, which displays how many of them have been collected. On the next spin, all wild symbols from the pot are added to random grid positions. Wilds do not land on scatters. When a wild symbol from the pot lands on a wild already on the grid, it increases the Global Multiplier.

Frozen Fortune Hunt

Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols in the base game awards 8, 10, or 12 free spins, respectively. With a 5-scatter trigger, at least 3 wilds are guaranteed to land on the first free spin. During the Frozen Fortune Hunt, the Global Multiplier progressively increases until used in a win. Then, it gets reset. The bonus will go on longer if 3, 4, or 5 scatters land to award an extra +3, +4, or +5 free spins, respectively.

Bonus Buy

A trio of options are available at Valhalla Wild Winter's bonus buy. They are: BonusHunt FeatureSpins (3x the bet) - each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger free spins, Wilds of Valhalla FeatureSpins (50x the bet) - every spin guarantees at least 5 wild symbols, and Frozen Fortune Hunt (150x the bet).

Valhalla Wild Winter: Slot Verdict

There is some good, hearty Norse mythology slot stuff happening in Valhalla Wild Winter. It's got a big tough dude doing big tough things; the scenery is weighty, and the atmosphere is weightier, so if this theme is of interest, Valhalla Wild Winter brings a meaty battle hammer to the table before slamming it down hard. It also slams down one or two intriguing features. The base game gives a taste of what they can do, the wild symbol increasing the Global Multiplier, for instance, but free spins are where a persistent quality comes into play, which can really drive the action up.

Interestingly, though, Valhalla Wild Winter's max win of 12,000x is achievable in both bonus round and base game, so hope resides in all phases of play. However, free spins are surely the best bet for major results to occur. That's where the Wild Symbols Pot is introduced, after all, which progressively collects all landed wild symbols till the end of the round, distributing its number of them on each following spin. Non-winning wilds, or wilds on wilds, are able to grow the multiplier in a symbiotic wild-to-multiplier relationship that can get quite thrilling. A few non-winning spins might be needed for the Global Multiplier to grow to impressive proportions, though maybe not since additive values of up to x100 and multiplicative values of up to x10 are technically possible.

Valhalla Wild Winter is Bullshark Games' first attempt to colour one of its slots using Norse mythology. The result is not a bad one at all, as the studio has pushed together a muscular set of features with muscular theme treatment to create a game with a fair amount of heft.