Lion’s Hoard Slot Review

Lion’s Hoard Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Lion’s Hoard slot is played on a 5 reel, 4 row, 20 payline machine. This is a win both ways offering so you can start winning combinations from reel 5 as well as the more standard reel 1. To create a winner, land 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols or wilds on a payline on adjacent reels.

You can play at bet levels that range from 10p to £10 per spin. Just use the + and – buttons next to the Total Stake box to adjust your stake size. The paytable displays amounts in coins rather than cash values.

The Lion’s Hoard RTP is 95.77% which is slightly below average. High variance, the most you can win from a single spin here is 8,160 x your total stake.

Theme – Audio & Design Features – steal the lion’s gold

You might expect with Lion in its name to have a safari or possibly a Chinese theme. In the Lion’s Hoard slot though, the setting is a treasury that’s overflowing with gold. There are seas of coins and gold bars everywhere. Flanked by flaming torches, the reels are naturally gold too.

There’s a rather stirring soundtrack playing while you spin which fits the theme rather well. It’s all a bit flashy but everything is nice and clear and easy to make out.

The blingy feel is maintained by the symbols too. The lower value symbols are gemstone style playing card suit symbols. More rewarding are a gold ring, a pair of swords, a shield, a warrior’s helmet and a crown. The crown pays the most with 5 on a payline giving you 5 x your total stake.

There’s also a wild that can substitute for the standard symbols when it makes up part of a winning combination. Joining the standard symbols are white and blue diamonds which I’ll look at in the Bonus section below. Likewise, the Mystery Symbols.

You can try and crack this vault whether you’re playing on a desktop, tablet or smartphone. The simple gameplay and bright visuals make the Lion’s Hoard mobile slot an easy one to play.

Lion’s Hoard Bonus Features

The gameplay in Lion’s Hoard is a little unusual. With 2 bonus features, the key to success here if collecting diamonds, filling meters and triggering stacks of mystery symbols. Look out too for multipliers and stacked wilds.

Diamond reels feature

Above each of the 5 reels you’ll see a Lion’s Head motif and 4 spaces in a meter. Each time a white diamond symbol lands on reels 1, 2 4 or 5, it fills 1 of the positions on the meter at the top of that reel. When all 4 positions are filled, you’ll trigger the Diamond Reels feature.

Look out for the blue diamond scatter which can appear on the middle reel only. When it appears, it fills the positions on the meters on all the other 4 reels. If any of those meters have already been filled, the Blue Diamond will add to a multiplier for that reel.

A stack of Mystery Stones is then dropped onto the reel below. These will then all transform into the same matching symbol. If this doesn’t result in a winning combination being formed, the stacked symbols will remain live, transforming into another mystery symbol on the following spin.

Mystery Reels don’t just reveal standard symbols. They can also reveal wilds which lock in position until they make up part of a winning combination.

This continues until the Mystery Stones stack does eventually make up part of a winner. The Mystery Stones are then unlocked, the reels return to normal and that reel’s meter resets to 0.

Reel Multipliers feature

If you land a diamond when the meter above a reel is already full, the Reel Multipliers feature is activated. A multiplier is then brought into play. Each diamond increases that multiplier by 1.

Lion’s Hoard Review Summary – unusual gameplay in an unusual setting

When it comes to the Lion’s Hoard slot, the gameplay offers something a little different in terms of bonus features. Getting multiple Mystery Symbols on the same spin offers the best opportunities, especially if you can give your potential win a leg up via a multiplier boost.

The features here are a little repetitive though, so it might not appeal if you like a huge amount of variety from your bonuses. You’re safe if you like NetEnt’s Starburst XXXtreme slot for example.

Design wise, it’s dark and intense. Hats off to Red Tiger Gaming for creating something unique. With 8,160 x stake max wins per spin, you need the multipliers to work in your favour really. It’s rather unusual and won’t be for everyone but if you fancy a slot that offers a break from the standard collection of extras, Lion’s Hoard is one to consider.