Rise of Merlin Slot Review

Rise of Merlin Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Rise of Merlin slot is played on 5 reels and 3 rows where up to 10 paylines can be activated. All winning combinations pay from left to right apart from scatters, which pay wherever they land.

Playable from 1p up to £100 per bet, it caters to all bankrolls with the wide range. You can adjust your stake but choosing your desired bet levels using the + and – below the reels. Pick your coin value, coins, and lines to change your total stake.

The Rise of Merlin RTP is 96.58%, which is above average for this type of online slot. But please note that the volatility here is as high as it comes. With a 10/10 variance rating, don’t expect bigger wins too often.

The maximum win is 5,000 x your total stake, which is best achieved during the Free Spins feature. A special expanding symbol along with a possible retrigger can activate up to 9 expanding symbols for the chance to land that maximum win.

Theme – the legendary wizard from Arthurian lore

Visually, the Rise of Merlin slot is pretty standard but easy on the eye. In the background, you’ll notice what resembles a large chamber or arena with pillars and arches. The nice purple and blue contrast makes for a pleasant gaming experience.

In terms of the soundtrack, it’s quite suspenseful and sounds like the important part of a movie. The audio turns more dramatic when a winner lands.

The symbols on the reels include A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. You will also see owls, 2 dragons and Merlin the wizard himself. Merlin is the most rewarding symbol by some distance. He gives you 1, 10, 100 or 500 x your stake for 2, 3, 4 or 5 across a payline.

The game’s Crystal Ball wild also pays the same as Merlin, and 3 Crystal Ball scatters in view will trigger the Free Spins feature where the bigger wins can be had.

Symbol	Table
10	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 8 x stake
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 8 x stake
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 8 x stake
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 3 or 12 x stake
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 3 or 12 x stake
Owl	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2, 8 or 60 x stake
White Dragon	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2, 8 or 60 x stake
Red Draon	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 3, 30 or 160 x stake
Merlin	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 1, 10, 100 or 500 x stake
Crystal Ball Wild/Scatter	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 1, 10, 100 or 500 x stake

Rise of Merlin Mobile

Being a Play ‘n GO game, you can play on all devices including smartphones and tablets. This type of gameplay lends itself well to mobile with the HD graphics and sharp animations clear on smaller screens.

Rise of Merlin Bonus Features

There are 2 bonus features attached to the Rise of Merlin slot game. First, there is the main Free Spins feature that can be triggered by landing 3 scatters anywhere on the reels. The second is a Gamble or Collect feature when you land a winning combination during the base game.

Let’s expand on both to help you understand the game fully.

Free Spins feature

3 scatters will give you an initial 8 free spins here. Before the free spins begin, 1 regular symbol will be chosen randomly to be the special expanding symbol. This excludes wilds and scatters. When this appears, it will expand to take over the whole reel. If you get 1 on each reel, you will fill the reels with the same symbol.

3 or more wilds or scatters appearing during a free spin will retrigger the feature and give you 8 additional free spins. Furthermore, an additional special expanding symbol is chosen randomly, so you’ll have 2 of them in play for a further 8 free spins.

You can retrigger again and again with 8 free spins awarded each time. Each retrigger gives you 1 more special expanding symbol with up to 9 possible. This is when the maximum win becomes achievable if Merlin is your randomly chosen symbol for this feature.

The maximum win can be different depending on which expanding symbol you are given at the start of the feature. Here’s a helpful breakdown for you:

So, for example, if your randomly picked symbol is a Red Dragon, the maximum win you can get during the Free Spins feature is 1,600x. Merlin is the only symbol that can deliver the 5,000x max win.

Gamble or Collect feature

During the base game, you get the chance to collect the winnings from a winning combination or gamble for more. There will be a deck of cards in front of you, and all you need to do is either guess the colour of the suit.

Guessing the colour correctly will pay 2x, whereas a correct suit guess pays 4x. However, get it wrong and you will lose your initial win from the initial winning combination. You can continue to gamble with every correct answer or collect your winnings.

Rise of Merlin Review Summary – a world of magical adventures

Rise of Merlin is very similar to Legacy of Dead by Play ‘n GO as it comes with a special expanding symbol in the Free Spins feature. You will play with up to 9 special expanding symbols if you manage various retriggers, which gives you additional opportunities for bigger wins.

Highly volatile, what you want is for Merlin to be chosen to be the special expanding symbol. If you then get a Merlin symbol on each reel, it will expand to give you a screen full of Merlin symbols. This will result in the maximum win of 5,000 x your total stake.

The Rise of Merlin slot isn’t exactly original but it has great win potential and the overall gameplay is really good. It’s certainly worth giving our free demo a try first to see if it’s a slot that you like.

If you’re looking for more fantasy-themed slots, one we’d recommend is the Merlin and the Ice Queen Morgana slot by the same provider who created this one – Play ‘n GO.