Katmandu Gold Slot Review

Katmandu Gold Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Katmandu Gold slot is played initially with 6 reels, 4 rows and 4,096 ways to win. Winning combinations are created when 3, 4, 5 or 6 matching symbols land on adjacent reels beginning from the first reel.

Playable from 20p to £100 a spin, click on the coins icon in the bottom left-hand corner to adjust the stake. With an Autoplay function allowing up to 100 autospins, you can use a Quickspin mode for faster spins.

The Katmandu Gold RTP is 96.2%. If you use the Buy Bonus, it increases to 96.3%. However, choosing the Buy Superbonus, the RTP increases further to 96.4%. Medium to high variance (7/10), it has a hit frequency of 22.4% meaning just under a quarter of spins will give you a winning outcome.

The max win is 10,000 x your total stake per spin. The bigger wins will come the Ice Climber feature where a 9^th row will give you 531,441 ways to win or the Multiplier Free Drops feature where there’s an increasing multiplier.

Theme – head to the Nepalese mountains

The Katmandu slot game is based on the city of Kathmandu which is often referred to as the city of temples. High up in the Nepalese mountains, the game has a mystical feel to it.

The story is about adventurer Kane who has featured in other ELK Studios Gold series slots. He’s exhausted from travelling the world in search of gold so heads to Nepal in search of inner peace. However, he comes across temple gold.

With snow-capped mountains in the background, the first thing you’ll notice is the rhythmic soundtrack which is enchanting and mystical. Symbols include A, K, Q and J royals as well as 4 elements icons. With falcons, tigers and dragons dripped in gold, the highest value symbol is adventurer Kane who pays 1.5, 3, 4 or 5 x stake for 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination.

The gold lotus symbol is the wild. Appearing on all 6 reels, this substitutes for any symbol except the bonus symbol and the ice climber symbol. Here’s a list of payouts by symbol:

Symbol	Payouts
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x stake
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x stake
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x stake
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x stake
Water Element	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.25, 0.4 or 0.8 x stake
Earth Element	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.25, 0.4 or 0.8 x stake
Wind Element	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Fire Element	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Falcon	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 1, 1.5 or 2 x stake
Tiger	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.75, 1.5, 2 or 2.5 x stake
Dragon	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 2, 2.5 or 3 x stake
Adventurer Kane	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1.5, 3, 4 or 5 x stake
Gold Lotus Wild	Substitutes for all symbols except bonus/ice climber
Ice Climber	2+ triggers Ice Climber feature
Bonus	3+ triggers Multiplier Free Drops feature
Bonus Multiplier	Triggers Multiplier feature in free spins

Katmandu Gold Mobile

Being a mobile-first slot provider, ELK Studios has made mobile, tablet and desktop versions of Katmandu Gold. This is because ELK uses HTML5 technology for all their games. With high definition graphics and animations, it can be enjoyed on smartphone devices.

Katmandu Gold Bonus Features

In the Katmandu Gold slot, there are a total of 6 bonus features. There are avalanches, big symbols, expanding win symbols, free spins with an increasing multiplier and an Ice Climber symbol which sees symbols replaced with high value symbols and wilds. It can also add an extra row to give you 531,441 ways to win.

Avalanche feature

The Avalanche feature comes into play when you get a winning combination. All winning symbols explode and leave space for additional symbol drops. More importantly, each avalanche sees an extra row of symbols added to the top up to a maximum of 8 rows.

With avalanches continuing as long as there’s a new winning combination, each additional row increases the number of ways to win. This can lead to 262,144 ways to win:

Big Symbol feature

All low, medium and high value symbols as well as wilds can come in big sizes. Known as the Big Symbol feature, big symbols range from 2×2 up to 4×4 in size. This increases your chances of forming winning combinations.

Expanding Win feature

When an Expanding Wild symbol is part of a winning combination, the Expanding Win feature is activated. The expanding win symbol expands in the direction of the arrows with expansions replacing all symbols in their path. This basically gives you more of the same symbols on the reels.

Ice Climber feature

There’s an Ice Climber bonus symbol that can appear on the reels. When 2 or more Ice Climber symbols appear simultaneously on the same spin, you’ll trigger the Ice Climber feature. Ice Climber symbols and all symbols above are replaced with high value symbols and wilds. Empty spaces underneath the Ice Climber will be filled with wilds.

If the Ice Climber feature is triggered on the 8^th row, an extra row of symbols is added meaning 9 rows. This will mean you’ll play with 531,441 ways to win (9x9x9x9x9x9 = 531,441).

Multiplier Free Drops feature

The Multiplier Free Drops feature is triggered by landing 3 or more bonus symbols anywhere on the reels. The more bonus symbols, the more free drops or free spins:

• 3 bonus symbols = 10 free spins
• 4 bonus symbols = 15 free spins
• 5 bonus symbols = 20 free spins
• 6 bonus symbols = 25 free spins

During the feature, you can retrigger for more free spins/drops. More importantly, every bonus multiplier symbol landing will trigger the Multiplier feature. This sees the multiplier value increase by 1 each time a bonus symbol appears.

Buy Bonus features

Finally, you can buy your way into the Multiplier Free Drops feature. You have 2 options:

• Buy Bonus feature: 100 x stake for entry into Multiplier Free Drops feature
• Buy Super Bonus feature: 500 x stake for entry into Multiplier Free Drops feature with a 10x starting multiplier

These 2 options aren’t available in the UK unfortunately.

Katmandu Gold Review Summary – superb from ELK Studios

This Katmandu Gold slot is the 5^th game from the Gold series. ELK Studios has taken this game further by adding more ways to win and better bonus features. The Ice Climber feature is the key to playing with 531,441 ways to win.

However, the biggest wins will come from the increasing multiplier in the Multiplier Free Drops feature. If you combine multipliers and a potential 531,441 ways to win, this spiritual trip up the Nepalese mountains can be prove very rewarding.

If you want to try other games in the Gold series, the Avalon Gold slot is worth playing. With an Arthurian mythology theme, it offers 50,000 x stake max payouts.