Smugglers Cove Slot Review

Smugglers Cove Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Smugglers Cove slot is played on 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 fixed paylines. All symbols pay from left to right on any of the 20 paylines. 3 or more matching symbols are needed to form a win.

Playable from 20p to £125 per spin, the plus and minus buttons appearing next to the Spin button will change your stake level accordingly. With the option to select the number of coins per payline and the coin value, the max bet is actually £100 but it can rise to £125 with 1 of the bonus features (more details below).

The Smugglers Cove RTP is 96.5% which is well above the 96% average but normal for a Pragmatic Play offering. The variance is rated as medium to high (3.5/5). This means you will receive payouts less often but the chance to land big wins in a short time span is higher.

The most you can win per spin is 10,000 x your total stake. This can be won in the Treasure Bonus feature where the Treasure Bonus prizes are much higher.

Theme – Audio and Design Features – crack open the treasure trove

With a pirate theme, the Smugglers Cove slot holds a treasure trove which you need to crack. Set on a deserted island, you will see pirate ships in the backdrop. With cartoon style graphics, the symbols are detailed and high definition.

With a high-energy, marauding soundtrack, symbols include low value diamonds, clubs, hearts and spades. Then you have 4 different pirates: you have one in gold as well as a French, English and Portuguese pirate. The Portuguese pirate is the most valuable symbol. 3, 4 or 5 across a payline will pay 5, 10 or 100 x your total stake.

The gold doubloon/coin is the wild symbol and substitutes for all symbols above and except for the skull and bones scatter. Appearing on all 5 reels, it pays up to 100 x stake (for 5 in combination).

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Diamond	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 1 or 2.5 x stake
Club	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 1 or 2.5 x stake
Heart	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 1 or 2.5 x stake
Spade	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 1 or 2.5 x stake
Golden Pirate	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 10 x stake
French Pirate	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 2.5 or 25 x stake
English Pirate	3, 4 or 5 = 2.5, 5 or 50 x stake
Portuguese Pirate	3, 4 or 5 = 5, 10 or 100 x stake
Gold Doubloon Wild	Substitutes for symbols above + pays up to 100 x stake
Skull and Bones Bonus	3 triggers Free Spins feature
Coin	5+ triggers Treasure Bonus feature
Super Coin	Applies multiplier up to 10x to Treasure Bonus prizes

Smugglers Cove Mobile

Produced by Pragmatic Play with the latest HTML5 technology, you can search for gold in Smugglers Cove on desktop, mobile and tablet devices. The 5×3 reel setup allows for a great experience even on handheld devices.

Smugglers Cove Bonus Features

The Smugglers Cove slot has 3 bonus features. With free spins, it focuses entirely on the Treasure Bonus feature. The aim is to collect coin symbols to win prizes up to 1,000 x stake. There are also Super Wild Coin and Super Coin symbols which apply multipliers up to 10x.

Treasure Bonus feature

Look out for the coin symbol. Hit 5 or more coin symbols in the base game (anywhere on the reels) to trigger the Treasure Bonus feature. The more coin symbols, the bigger your payout. The win ranges from 1 to 1,000 x your total stake. Landing 15 coins will give you a 1,000 x stake win.

Now, in the base game, there are Super Wild Coin and Super Coin symbols which can appear on reel 5. The Super Wild Coin symbol. The Super Wild Coin symbol is a wild symbol and comes with random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x. This will apply to your win in the Treasure Bonus feature. The Super Coin symbol also has a random multiplier up to 10x. This can lead to 10,000 x stake wins overall.

Free Spins feature

The Free Spins feature is played when 3 skull and bones bonus symbols land on reels 2, 3 and 4 simultaneously. The pirate ship wheel then spins to award 8, 10, 12, 15 or 20 free spins.

More importantly, hit 3 or more coin symbols to win a Treasure Bonus. However, the values are much higher than in the base game. Landing 15 coin symbols will give you a 10,000 x stake payout. Finally, land 3 bonus symbols to win 8 more free spins, with no limits.

There is also an Ante Bet feature. You can choose use this extra to double your chances of triggering the Free Spins feature. This will cost you 25 coins more per spin. If you’re playing at £1 a spin for example, it will not cost you £1.25 per spin.

Smugglers Cove Review Summary – fun, pirate adventure

The Smugglers Cove slot has a fun element to it graphically. Colourful and with a great soundtrack, the gameplay is quite simple. With unlimited free spins potentially on offer, it’s all about the Treasure Bonus feature.

Landing enough coins can lead to 1,000 x stake wins. If you get a multiplier up to 10x, wins of 10,000 x stake are possible. Your chances increase during the free spins as the prizes are 10 times higher. The variance is high though so big wins will be hard to come by. The RTP rate of 96.5% is decent though.

Smugglers Cove is a decent pirate themed game. With decent wins on offer, there are better pirate slots around. Pirate Pays Megaways from Big Time Gaming would be my pick with 104,400 x stake max wins. Another option is NetEnt’s Rage of the Seas which comes with 27,440 x stake max payouts and up to 5,488 ways to win.