Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls Slot Review

Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls slot is played with 5 reels, 3 rows and 243 ways to win. Known by Play ‘n GO as Payways, you need 3, 4 or 5 identical symbols appearing on successive reels, in any position, and beginning from reel 1 (the leftmost reel). Only the highest winning combination per symbol is awarded.

When it comes to betting options, you can play Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls from 10p to £100 a spin. With 5 stake options available below the reels (on the desktop version), use the plus and/or minus buttons to change your bet accordingly. Smartphone player? Use the 3 lines icon to adjust your bet.

Players outside the UK have a couple more gameplay options. Autoplay allows you to enable up to 100 auto spins along with optional single-win and balance limits. Turbo Mode (via the lightning bolt icon in the bottom left-hand corner) speeds up spin speed.

The Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls RTP rate is 96.21%. Above the 96% average and fractionally higher than the 96.2% Play ‘n GO average, there are 94.22% and 91.25% RTP versions. These will be used by many UK slot sites to check in the game’s Paytable.

Medium to high volatility (7/10), the Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls slot comes with 10,000 x bet max wins. The max win probability is 1 in 111 million spins though. Bigger wins will come with split symbols offering up to 7,776 ways to win or from the multipliers in the free spins.

Theme: fight the forces of evil and save the sacred scrolls

With an ancient Chinese theme, the Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls slot is based on the 16th-century Journey to the West novel. Arguably the most popular literary work to come out of East Asia, you use the powers of 4 heroes to fight the forces of evil in order to save the sacred scrolls.

Focusing on a mythical warrior (the Monkey King), he’s been the inspiration for a few online slot games including Playtech’s Sun Wukong. Your aim is to guide Sun Wukong and his companions to victory and secure the valuable scrolls so that foes can misuse the power they possess.

With a mystical feel, the battle takes place on a lush meadow with mythical mountains and temple pagodas atop. The soundtrack is traditional and sets the scene for the upcoming battle.

On the reels, you will see A, K, Q and J royals (with a Chinese font of course). Higher-value symbols include devout monk Tripitaka (Tang Sanzang), river monster Sandy (Sha Wujing), heavenly general Pigsy (Zhu Bajie) and the Monkey King (Sun Wukong). The Monkey King symbol is the best-paying with 0.5, 0.6 or 1.5 x bet awarded for 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

Look out for the Golden Dragon Wild symbol that substitutes for all paying symbols above. Other symbols include the Demon Scatter, 3 Closed Scroll Scatter and Open Scroll Scatter which all trigger bonus features (more details below). There are also split symbols which arise from 1 of the character features (Pigsy).

Symbol	Payouts/Info
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.2 or 0.3 x bet
Tripitaka	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 0.5 or 0.8 x bet
Sandy	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 0.5 or 0.8 x bet
Pigsy	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 0.5 or 0.8 x bet
Monkey King	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 0.6 or 1.5 x bet
Golden Dragon Wild	Substitutes for all paying symbols above
Demon Scatter	Triggers a Character feature when appearing under icon
Split Symbol	Appears when Pigsy’s Fortune’s Rake feature is triggered
Closed Scroll Scatter	3 triggers Free Spins feature
Open Scroll Scatter	Only appears during Free Spins feature

Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls Mobile

Released on the 26^th of October 2023, Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls has been created by Play ‘n GO using HTML5 technology. Adapting to whatever device you use, it can be played on mobile, desktop and tablet devices. Smartphone player? It’s available to play on iOS and Android smartphones.

Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls Bonus Features

The Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls slot has 6 bonus features. With 2 fixed jackpots, there are 4 character features which award stacked wilds, symbol transformations, random wilds and split symbols for up to 7,776 ways to win. In the Free Spins feature, you pick from 4 options for multipliers up to 20x. Character features also apply here and are subject to the multiplier.

Character features

Above the reels, you will notice 4 character icons. On every new spin, a minimum of 1 and maximum of 4 characters can appear on the reels. The Character(s) feature will be triggered if a Demon Scatter lands anywhere under the character icon on the reel.

If a Demon Scatter lands until multiple character icons, the respective features will play out 1 after the other (in the following order: Tripitaka, Sandy, Pigsy and Monkey King). Here is what the Character features entail:

• Monkey King’s Ruyi Bang feature: created stacked wilds
• Pigsy’s Fortune’s Rake feature: splits symbols for up to 7,776 ways to win
• Sandy’s Wild Waters feature: adds random wilds to the reels
• Tripitaka Monk’s Spirit feature: transforms random symbols into 1 type of symbol

Bonus Game feature

The Monkey: Battle of the Scrolls slot comes with 2 fixed instant prizes. To win, you need to land 2 or 3 Bonus symbols on the 3 middle reels. Known as the Bonus Game feature, the Minor and Major prizes are worth 50 an d 500 x your total bet respectively.

Free Spins feature

Then you have the Free Spins feature which is triggered by landing 3 Closed Scroll Scatter symbols anywhere on reels 1, 3 and 5 simultaneously. A screen with 3 choices will appear and you need to choose 1 character. Here are your options:

If you choose Tripitaka, you will receive 3 free spins with a 25x or 100x multiplier, 4 free spins with a 5x to 100x multiplier, 7 free spins with a 5x to 100x multiplier, 12 free spins with a 5x to 25x multiplier or 15 free spins with a 10x or 25x multiplier.

Once you select a character, the chosen character’s icon is persistent above the reels. If you land an Open Scroll Scatter below it, you will trigger their character feature. The good news is that their multiplier is applied to any wins from the character feature.

Other characters behave like in the base game with them swapping positions on each free spin. No Demon or Closed Scroll Scatter symbols appear meaning free spins cannot be retriggered.

Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls Review Summary: bonus feature-rich with superb visuals

Ancient Chinese-themed games are popular so it’s no wonder Play ‘n GO created the Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls slot. The first thing you’ll notice is the superb graphics and animations. Colourful and with great details for the 3 characters, the soundtrack draws you in from the first spin.

In terms of the bonus features, the 2 fixed jackpots are ok I guess but the Character features trigger regularly. I quite like the Pigsy’s Fortune’s Rake feature which splits symbols. If this applies on each reel position, you’ll benefit from 7,776 ways to win. The Monkey King can also give you stacked wilds/wild reels.

Then you have the Free Spins feature where you choose from the 4 characters. If you pick Tripitaka, you can get up to 7 free spins with a 100x multiplier. You would end up with 4 free spins with a 5x multiplier though. I personally would always go for Tripitaka in the hope of landing a big multiplier. That big multiplier will apply to any character features you trigger during the free spins too.

In summary, the Monkey: Battle for the Scrolls slot looks great, has plenty of bonus features and offers big win potential. A lot is dependent on the character features and multipliers working their magic during the free spins but big payouts are also possible in the base game due to playing with up to 7,776 ways to win.