Valhall Gold Slot Review

Valhall Gold Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Valhall Gold slot is played on 6 reels and 4 rows initially with 4,096 ways to win. But this can expand up to 9 rows and 531,441 ways to win. Wins start from the first leftmost reels and pay from left to right on adjacent reels. Only the highest win is paid per line.

Spin away from as low as 20p up to £100 per bet. Hit the coins icon to adjust your total stake. You will have 12 predefined bet values to pick from. Non-UK players will also have the option to use Quick Play and Auto Spin, with up to 100 auto spins possible.

The Valhall Gold RTP is 94%, which is on the low side and below the industry average seen at UK slot sites. However, it’s a very common figure seen among many games from this provider and matches the rate seen in popular slots such as Nitropolis 4 and Cygnus 3.

In terms of volatility, it’s in the high range and has been given an 8 out of 10 rating by the provider. The hit rate is 21%, which means that just over a fifth of all spins on average will result in a winner.

The maximum win is 25,000 x the bet. This is generous and eclipses many other slots from the Gold series. Take Ecuador Gold for example that was released back in 2019 – a fun game but the maximum win is 10 times less at 2,500 x the bet.

Theme – head into the Norse wilderness

Norse mythology is the theme here in the Valhall Gold slot game, with the reels set in the Valhalla mountains where birds are constantly chirping as you spin away with a beautiful lake in the background. The visuals are brilliant and are in keeping with the Gold series of slots in terms of how it looks overall. The more rows that are active, the further away the reels become to add to the overall appeal.

In terms of the soundtrack, it’s all quite calm as you spin the reels. But once you land a winner and the rows increase, the audio ramps up with the introduction of a fiddle that makes for some great sounds. But once the winners have stopped, you go back to 4 rows and the calming audio until winners land and rows expand once more.

On the reels, the different coloured runic blocks make up the lower-paying symbols. The mid-level symbols are different coloured Celtic symbols, with the high-paying ones being a wolf, a bird, a horse and Kane himself. Kane is the most lucrative symbol, paying 1.5, 3, 4 or 5 x the bet for 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination respectively.

There are 2 different Wilds in the game – a normal Wild and a Thor Wild. You’ve also got Odin’s Raven symbols that can turn into Wilds too. Here’s a list of the symbols you will come across in the game. We cover the Loki symbol’s 4 features further down in the bonus features section of the review.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Blue Runic Block	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
Green Runic Block	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
Purple Runic Block	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
Red Runic Block	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
Blue Celtic Symbol	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.25, 0.4 or 0.8 x bet
Green Celtic Symbol	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.25, 0.4 or 0.8 x bet
Purple Celtic Symbol	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.5 or 1 x bet
Red Celtic Symbol	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.5 or 1 x bet
Bird	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 1, 1.5 or 2 x bet
Horse	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.75, 1.5, 2 or 2.5 x bet
Wolf	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 2, 2.5 or 3 x bet
Kane	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1.5, 3, 4 or 5 x bet
Wild	Substitutes for all paying symbols
Thor Wild	2x2 Wild that is sticky during a single drop
Odin's Raven	2+ turns them Wild
Bonus	3+ triggers Bonus Game
Spike	Replicates itself if part of a win
Loki	2x2 in size that activates 1 of 4 features

Valhall Gold Mobile

Released on the 25th of September 2023, the Valhall Gold mobile slot was created with the latest HTML5 technology. Optimised for mobiles, tablets and desktops, ELK Studios is a mobile-first provider so smartphones are the priority. The game is compatible with iOS and Android devices and looks great on smaller screens.

Valhall Gold Bonus Features

There are 11 bonus features in the Valhall Gold slot game. From Free Drops and Multipliers to symbol upgrades and a Both Ways feature, there’s a lot going on. Read on as we explain how everything works, starting with the Avalanches.

Avalanche feature

Winning symbols are removed, which allows new symbols to drop in. Which each Avalanche, an additional row of symbols is added up to a maximum of 9 rows. This increases the number of ways to win, up to 531,441:

Big Symbols feature

The Valhall Gold slot benefits from a Big Symbols feature. Super, Mega and Epic symbols 2×2, 3×3 and 4×4 in size can drop down in any symbol drop. This essentially increases your chance of landing a bigger win.

Odin’s Ravens

These symbols are blocker symbols. If 2 or more of them land in view on the reels, they both become Wild and pay as a normal Wild symbol.

Almighty Thor Wild

This is a Wild symbol that’s 2×2 in size. It can remain sticky during a single drop.

Trickster Loki

The Loki symbol is a blocker symbol, which is 2×2 in size and can activate on any win, triggering 1 of the following 4 features:

Symbol	Info
Multiplier	All Wins during a win are multiplied by the value shown.
Spike Storm	Turns a random number of symbols into spike symbols.
Both Ways	Evaluates wins from both left and right.
Axe Fury	Upgrades a random number of symbols to the same symbol.

Spike Symbols

These symbols can appear around any paying symbol of Wild. Any Spike symbol that’s part of a win will replicate itself in the direction of the spike. Wins with spike symbols may intersect multiple times resulting in additional evaluations.

Bonus Game feature

Landing 3 or more Bonus symbols in the base game of the Valhall Gold slot game will trigger this bonus feature. You will start with at least 10 free drops, but here’s how many you could get initially depending on how many Bonus symbols land in the base game:

The safety level starts at 5 rows, and for every new free drop that results in a win, the safety level advances 1 row up to a maximum of 8. The 9th row will be opened when a large symbol extends into it.

A win with a Loki feature during the free drops will activate the feature’s slot in Loki’s inventory. The next win with the same Loki feature will save the feature in Loki’s inventory, and the feature will become sticky for the rest of the bonus round. When Loki’s inventory saves a Loki multiplier, all future wins are multiplied by the saved multiplier. Loki can also award extra multipliers after the 1st multiplier has been saved.

The Both Ways modifier will remain active for the rest of the bonus round when it’s saved in the Inventory, and it will no longer be awarded by Loki once it’s been saved. Each remaining free drop has a Spike Storm activation after the initial set of symbols have dropped, once the Spike Storm feature has been saved in the Inventory. Additional Spike Storm features can also be awarded after it’s been saved in the Inventory.

Each remaining free drop has an Axe Fury activation after the initial set of symbols have dropped in, once the Axe Fury feature has been saved in the Inventory. It can only be saved once in the Inventory, and Loki may award additional Loki Axe Fury features.

X-iter feature

Non-UK players can enable the X-iter feature. With 5 options available, they cost between 2 and 500 x your total bet. Here’s what you can purchase:

Valhall Gold Review Summary – a great end to the Gold series

OK, let’s forget the low RTP rate of 94%. That’s a typical figure nowadays from ELK Studios. As I say goodbye to the Gold series of slots, I do so with a smile on my face as I thoroughly enjoyed Valhall Gold. It’s not the best slot in the series by any stretch, but the numerous bonus features and the fantastic gameplay make for a brilliant game overall. I was hoping for something a bit over the top to end the series on a high, but I didn’t get it, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I was impressed with what I saw.

Although the hit rate is 21%, I can’t help but feel that I enjoyed wins that suggested the hit rate was much more favourable than stated. The abundance of bonus features kept things interesting as I was spinning away during in-depth testing of this game. It wasn’t just the boring base game spins over and over again either, which is why I enjoyed it so much. There was always something happening whether that was triggering a bonus feature or simply the rows expanding as more winners landed.

This release isn’t as good as the likes of Katmandu Gold or Avalon Gold, which were both superb in their own right. However, it’s not far off with its superb theme, interesting soundtrack and ample bonus features. The maximum win of 25,000 x the bet is a great addition too. Kane’s final journey certainly delivered. But will we see him in a different kind of game in the future? I’m excited to see how the provider moves on from the Gold series. Maybe a new type of series is upcoming? Watch this space, I guess.

Don’t hesitate to try our free Valhall Gold demo slot and join Kane on the hunt for the Gold of Valhalla. It’s a great way to test the game out before using any of your own funds.