Wild Hammer Megaways Slot Review

Wild Hammer Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The setup in the Wild Hammer Megaways slot is pretty standard for a Megaways slot. The action plays out on a 6 reel machine, complete with a horizontally spinning reel at the top that is always made up of 4 symbols.

The number of symbols on each reel varies with each spin. This impacts on the number of ways you can create a winning combination. If all reels contain the maximum number of symbols, you’ll have 117,649 Megaways in play. To create a winning combination, land 3 or more matching symbols or wilds from left to right on adjacent reels, starting from reel 1.

Stakes range from between 20p and £20 per spin. Click on the coin icon to adjust your bet size. Click on the i button to open the paytable. Payout amounts are displayed in cash relative to your current bet level.

The Wild Hammer Megaways RTP is 95.78% which is slightly below average. The hit frequency rate is 28.1% so on average, you’ll form a winning combination on just over one quarter of spins.

This game can deliver a knockout punch when it comes to variance. This Norse epic is a very volatile one. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d put the Wild Hammer Megaways volatility at about a 9 so tread carefully. The maximum win is 50,000 x your total stake per spin.

Theme – join Odin, Thor and the Norse Gods

With a Norse mythology theme, the design in the Wild Hammer Megaways slot is terrific. It’s based on the hammer-wielding Thor god as you join him and the gods of Norse legend on a journey to Asgard.

There’s a comic book quality to the imagery which is beautifully drawn. The soundtrack fits the epic theme perfectly. You won’t find many better designed slots than Wild Hammer Megaways.

Set against a backdrop of mountains and forests, the reels are watched over by a pair of mighty statues. Those reels include A to 10 royal values which are set inside wooden shields. They’re joined by Freya, Loki, Fenrir and Thor. Odin is the game’s most rewarding standard symbol, paying 25 x your total stake if you manage to land 6 in combination.

Thor’s hammer is the wild. This replaces everything bar the bonus symbols when it forms part of a winning combination. Finally, there’s the Bonus scatter. Here’s a list of all payouts by symbol:

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.5 x stake
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.25, 0.4 or 1 x stake
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.25, 0.4 or 1 x stake
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.3, 0.5 or 1.5 x stake
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.25, 0.5, 1 or 2 x stake
Fenrir	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 1, 2 or 3 x stake
Loki	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 or 5 x stake
Freya	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 2, 4 or 10 x stake
Thor	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 3, 5 or 15 x stake
Odin	2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 2, 5, 10 or 25 x stake
Thor's Hammer Wild	Substitutes for all symbols above
Bonus Scatter	4 trigger Free Spins feature

Wild Hammer Megaways Mobile

Wild Hammer Megaways has been fully optimised for play on desktop, tablet and mobile devices. All versions offer the same blend of high-class sound and visuals and volatile gameplay. The Wild Hammer Megaways mobile slot works very nicely indeed.

Wild Hammer Megaways Bonus Features

With a total of 4 bonus features, symbols that transform into wilds and free spins with expanding multipliers top the bill when it comes to features in this Scandi saga.

Cascading Wins feature

After a winner is formed, the Cascading Wins feature applies and a cascade follows. Those winning symbols are removed from the grid and new symbols drop in and replace them. A new payout calculation follows. These cascades continue until one occurs where no new winner is formed. This is pretty common amongst Megaways games.

Wild Match feature

Hope to see 2 or more matching symbols appear on the horizontally spinning top reel window on the same spin. When this happens, a bolt of lightning strikes the reels and the Wild Match feature is triggered. On average, the feature will be activated every 25 spins.

Those matching symbols, plus any instances of that same symbol on the reels directly below, transform into wilds. A new payout consideration then follows with the newly transformed wilds in position.

Free Spins feature

Land 4 Bonus symbols anywhere on the grid on the same spin and you’ll trigger the game’s Free Spins feature. You’ll then be offered the choice of the following free spins and starting multiplier combinations:

Alternatively, go for the Mystery Choice which can award any combination of free spins and starting multiplier. If your luck is out, you could end up with just 5 free spins with a 1x starting multiplier. If fortune is pointing in your direction, you could land 10 free spins with the maximum 5x starting multiplier.

During the free spins, each time you land a cascade win, the value of the multiplier increases by 1. The multiplier doesn’t reset following a winless cascade either, it continues to increase throughout the feature.

Standard retriggers aren’t possible here. Each time you land a Bonus symbol though, one more free spin is added to your current total. You can trigger the Wild Match feature during the free spins, just like in the base game.

In some territories, there is an option to buy your way into the Free Spins feature. Known as the Buy feature, it will cost you 100 x your total stake. This feature isn’t available in the UK due to Gambling Commission regulations.

Wild Hammer Megaways Review Summary – a simple but volatile Megaways title

As Megaways games go, the Wild Hammer Megaways slot is quite a simple one. It’s very playable too. The visuals are excellent and the animations silky smooth. This is a slot that’s packed full of atmosphere.

The gameplay is decent enough too with the transforming wilds and the free spins with increasing multiplier a solid feature offering. The bigger wins will come from the free spins due to the increasing win multiplier. It will take approximately 253 spins to trigger the free spins on average.

With 50,000 x stake max wins per spin or free spin, Wild Hammer Megaways is a very playable Norse epic and should appeal to fans of Norse mythology. If you want this theme, Thunderstruck Wild Lightning by Microgaming is recommended.

From a Megaways point of view, it doesn’t offer anything we haven’t seen before many times. If you want Megaways slots with a difference, iSoftBet’s very own Royale with Cheese Megaways or Moriarty Megaways are much better alternatives.