Pirates Party Slot Review

The Pirates Party Slot Game

NetEnt's Pirates Party drops me into a cheerful harbour bar instead of a rum soaked brawl, so the title feels a bit tongue in cheek. The base game plays on a 5x3 grid with 243 ways to win, framed by a ship packed with coins and swords stuck into beams. Free spins shift the action underwater, while the Helms of Luck bonus moves beside a ship at sea, which keeps things visually fresh.

Stakes start around 0.10 a spin in some versions, rising to 20, though I have also seen 0.20 as the minimum at certain casinos. The default RTP sits at 96.17 percent, but there are lower settings, and the volatility feels on the higher side despite NetEnt labelling it medium. With a 3,046x max win, I see Pirates Party as a feature driven slot for shorter, fun sessions.

Pirates Party Symbols and Payouts

Pirates Party sticks to 243 ways, so wins land when three or more matching symbols appear on adjacent reels from the left. There are ten regular paying icons. The low symbols are the 10, J, Q, K and A card ranks, worth roughly 1x to 3x the bet for five of a kind. The high symbols are a rat, parrot, monkey, male pirate and female captain, paying up to 40x.

The skull wild with a blue hat substitutes for all regular symbols and appears on all reels, paying 40x the stake if you line up five. Scatter bombs land on reels one, three and five to trigger free spins, while the ship wheel bonus symbol feeds a progress bar in the base game. I like that the symbols switch to snorkel wearing versions underwater, though the values stay exactly the same.

The paytable scales with your stake, so those 8x to 40x character prizes can still feel meaningful if you are betting at the top end. That said, with the max win capped at 3,046x, this is not a pure symbol banger. Most of my better returns came from wild heavy free spins or a decent run on the higher helms in the bonus game.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x40
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x20
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.8
	5	x12
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.6
	5	x10
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x8
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x3
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild
	5	x40
	Scatter

Pirates Party Slot Bonus Features

Bonus wise, Pirates Party centres on the Helms of Luck feature and a three way free spins picker. Bonus symbols fill a side meter in the base game, and after 30 of them you get eight tokens and three wheels. The blue helm costs one token and awards 2x to 15x. The green helm costs three tokens with 5x to 50x prizes and one free spins sector. The purple helm costs five tokens.

The purple helm holds 10x to 100x prizes and two free spins sectors, so I tend to favour it, though the coins vanish fast. The round ends when all tokens are spent, any free spins from the wheels are summed, and then you move to the underwater bonus. Three scatters on reels one, three and five trigger the picker, offering 5 spins with colossal 2x2 wilds, 10 spins with random wilds, or 15 spins with a 5x multiplier.

How to Win at Pirates Party Slot

Winning on Pirates Party is simple enough in rules, if not always in practice. The slot uses 5 reels, 3 rows and 243 ways, paying when at least three identical symbols hit on adjacent reels from the leftmost. Bet sizes usually range between 0.10 and 20 per spin, with options like quick spin and autoplay. From my experience, the game pays best when you can chain Helms of Luck into wild heavy free spins.

Pirates Party Slot RTP & Volatility

On paper, Pirates Party carries a 96.17 percent RTP, but NetEnt has released several lower profiles at 94.17, 93.17, 91.14 and 88.14. I always check the help screen before I spin, as that spread makes quite a difference over time. The hit rate is quoted around 25.74 percent, so roughly one spin in four pays something, though the base game can still feel quiet when the progress bar refuses to budge.

Officially the slot is rated medium or high volatility depending on the source, but it behaves more like a high variance title for me, with plenty of dead sets then the odd chunky bonus. The fixed max win of 3,046x will not thrill serious high rollers, yet relaxed players who like pirate themed games and varied features may still enjoy it. Some casinos also attach separate progressive jackpots on top, which can sweeten the maths a little.

Pirates Party - The Final Thoughts

After plenty of spins, Pirates Party feels like a light hearted pirate slot aimed at casual sessions rather than serious grinding. The harbour and underwater settings look tidy without being spectacular, the soundtrack bounces along, and the humour in the snorkelled characters gives it some charm. For me, the progress bar and three style free spins picker save a slightly bland base game and make this NetEnt release worth a punt.

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