Wild Cauldron

Dare to enter the witch’s lair on the slot from Quickspin. Wild Cauldron will see you brewing a mysterious concoction filled with colourful monsters, magic potions and high volatility on a variable reel set with up to 262,144 ways, tumbling reels, locking symbols, win multipliers and a free spins round that can lead to wins of up to 21,120 times your stake.

Slot Details

Wild Cauldron is a video slot with six reels, four rows and 4,096 ways to win in default mode. This can increase in a spin sequence up to a 6×8 format with 262,144 ways. Wins are awarded for three to five matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right only. You can step into the witch’s lair on desktop or mobile from 0.10 to 100 credits per spin. The game has maximum Quickspin volatility (5/5) with a respectable RTP of 96.09%.

Loading the game will see you entering the witch’s chamber on a full moon night with burning candles giving it an eerie appearance. Desks and shelves with potion books and scrolls as well as other sorcerer props flank the reels which are held within the door frame that looks out into the night. The fabled cauldron is smouldering just under the reels.

The low-value symbols are a series of five artistic symbols in turquoise, green, orange, yellow and red colours, all held on stumbling blocks. They are joined by a gang of five monster friends in colours matching the low-value symbols. A bright green swirl is the bonus symbol while a deep-red icon marked with ‘W’ acts as the wild symbol.

Wild Cauldron Slot Features

If there is anything standing out from 2019, it is Quickspin’s move towards creating more elaborate and volatile games with variable reels sets, progressive jackpots, tumbling symbols and other mechanics which were not exactly their signature features. We as slot nerds welcome their change in course and are meanwhile looking forward with anticipation as to what their next creation will look like.

They have not disappointed us on Wild Cauldron as they included a flurry of modifiers, variable reels, tumbling symbols, multipliers and other extras that come together in a high-volatility reel ride with the game grid maxing out at an insane 262,144 ways to win.

Core to the gameplay is the tumbling mechanic where at the start of a spin sequence symbols drop onto the default 6×4 game grid. Scoring a win will trigger then the Locking Symbol Tumble with the winning combination turn sticky on the reels after they dropped to the bottom of the reels. All non-winning symbols are removed and new ones tumble into place. The process continues as long as more winning symbols land after a tumble.

Each winning tumble within a spin sequence will set in motion the Reel Expansion, increasing the number of ways by adding one row of symbols until the reels rich the maximum height of 8 rows, leading to 262,144 ways to win. They will reset to the default 6×4 size once a spin sequence concludes. And there is more. A wild symbol landing on the reels will increase the win multiplier by x1, all the way up to x7. It will reset to x1 at the end of a spin sequence.

Having four or more bonus scatters in view at the end of a single spin sequence will trigger the Free Spins feature. The maximum you can get is 12 free spins for six scatters, which cannot be retriggered as such but any two landing on a free spin will get you +2 free spins, no limits. During the feature, neither the Reel Expansion nor the Win Multipliers will reset at the end of a free spin. Instead, they will further increase until they reach the maximum and then persist for the remainder of the feature.

Final Verdict

Well, this was another pleasant surprise from Quickspin. After Golden Glyph and Skulls UP!, they went back to their slots lab and concocted another stunning game that will most surely become a favourite with the casino community. Well designed and ample features coupled with high volatility and a win potential of more than 20,000x the bet sound like a great recipe for a exhilarating gaming rollercoaster.

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