This exciting slot from Play’n GO brings the famous legend of King Arthur to life. The Sword and the Grail is a high-volatility slot that takes players on a journey to Camelot, incorporating random wilds that bring a multiplier of up to x100 in the base game. There is also a 4-level free spins round that uses progressive multipliers where you can win as much as 10,000x your stake.
The details
The Sword and the Grail is playable on both desktop and mobile devices, and it works on 5 reels and 3 rows with 20 fixed pay lines. You must score 3 or 5 matching symbols from left to right in order to win, with bets ranging from 0.10 to 100 credits per spin. As stated, the volatility is extremely high, and the RTP stands at 96.53%. You will see it offered at some casinos with a lower RTP of 94.50%, so be sure to check the help file before playing at your favourite casino.
King Arthur is no stranger to online slots as there are many with a similar theme out there. As you would expect, the setting is the mighty Camelot Castle, and there are distant mountains in the background. The focal point is the intricate game window, where the reels are dominated by King Arthur himself, Lady Guinevere, Lancelot and Merlin.
Great effort has clearly gone into achieving authenticity in the appearance. The low value symbols are medieval coins which award 2-4x your bet when you match 5. Then Merlin, Lancelot, Lady Guinevere and Arthur make up the higher levels, from whom you can win between 7.5x and 25x your stake. The Grail is the wild, substituting for any regular symbol. It pays 50x your bet for a single 5-of-a-kind. Naturally, Excalibur is the scatter.
Special features
The Grail unlocks the real rewards in this slot, yielding stellar wins in the base game and activating the free spins. A winning combination featuring the Grail in the base game will give you a random multiplier of x2, x5, x10 or x100. If you land more than one wild, they will not be multiplied together. But if you land 5 wilds and get the maximum multiplier, your payout will be an enormous 5,000x your bet.
The free spins feature is a multi-level affair. It is triggered by landing a minimum of 3 Excalibur scatters on the reels in a single spin, sending you through to the first 4 levels towards attaining the x100 multiplier. You advance through the levels by collecting Excalibur scatters in your free spins. It looks like this:
- Level 1: 5 free spins with a x2 multiplier – 6 Excalibur scatters needed to advance
- Level 2: 5 more free spins and a x5 multiplier – 11 Excalibur scatters needed to advance
- Level 3: Another 5 free spins with a x10 multiplier – collect 18 Excalibur swords to advance
- Level 4: A final 5 free spins with a x100 multiplier
If you are lucky enough to make it to level 4, cross your fingers and hope for a winning combo with the multiplier wild. Remember, the maximum win is a whopping 10,000x your stake.
Final word
As with most things that involve King Arthur, it takes courage to play this slot. The volatility is extremely high, so there will be some merciless defeats alongside thrilling moments when big multipliers appear on those reels. With such high volatility, you would be wise to be cautious with your bet size.