Viking Forge Slot Review

Viking Forge – Slot Overview

Viking Forge is Pragmatic Play’s take on a pay-anywhere Viking slot, built on a 6x5 grid with a scatter pays system where any 8 or more matching symbols in view award a win. Instead of paylines or clusters, you get symbols dropping in, wins evaluated, then the tumble feature kicks in and clears the winners so new ones fall. Stakes range from £0.20 up to £240, and there are no wilds at all, which keeps things very focused on the core mechanics.

On paper it is a high-volatility slot with a default RTP of 96.05%, stacked with tumbling wins, Coin Collection, and a free spins bonus that can run away if the meter behaves. The max win sits at 10,000x your stake, which lines up well with the volatility and hit rate figures given in the reviews. In practice, I found the base game steady rather than explosive, with most of the real excitement coming once coins and scatters line up together.

Symbols and Paytable in Viking Forge

The paytable in Viking Forge is straightforward. Low symbols are 10, J, Q, K and A, paying from 0.3x to 8x your bet for 12 or more in view. High symbols are a beer tankard, sword or dagger, hammer, and the Viking himself, with full screens of 12+ paying 10x, 15x, 20x, and a chunky 100x. The golden Odin mask acts as a scatter, paying 3x, 5x, or 100x your stake for 4, 5, or 6, while coin overlays bring extra cash values or multipliers.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	12+	x100
	10+	x25
	8+	x10
	12+	x20
	10+	x10
	8+	x2
	12+	x15
	10+	x5
	8+	x1.5
	12+	x10
	10+	x2
	8+	x1.25
	12+	x8
	10+	x2
	8+	x0.75
	12+	x6
	10+	x1.5
	8+	x0.6
	12+	x5
	10+	x1.25
	8+	x0.5
	12+	x4
	10+	x1
	8+	x0.4
	12+	x3
	10+	x0.75
	8+	x0.3
	Scatter
	Multiplier

How to Play Viking Forge Slot

Playing Viking Forge is easy to pick up even if you are new to scatter pays slots. Set your stake with the plus and minus controls; the game covers most budgets, from low to high. Hit the spin button or set up autoplay if you want the reels to run through a batch of spins. The paytable and rules sit behind the information button, and that is where you can check symbol ladders, scatter payouts, and how the Coin Collection mechanic works in detail.

Wins land when 8 or more identical symbols hit anywhere on the 6x5 grid, which then triggers the tumble feature so winning symbols explode and new ones drop in. Each spin can produce several cascades if you keep connecting, and coin overlays only pay when the attached symbol is part of a win. Some jurisdictions offer an Ante Bet and Bonus Buy, but when I play under UK rules those options are disabled, so I am always chasing the bonus the traditional way.

Bonus Features in Viking Forge

Viking Forge leans heavily on its Tumble feature and Coin Collection system. Every time you hit a win, the winning symbols vanish and new ones fall from above, which can chain several wins together off a single paid spin. Random symbols, apart from scatters, can land with golden coin overlays. These coins carry either direct cash amounts from 0.1x to 20x your bet or multipliers of x2, x3, x5, or x10, and they are the heart of the slot’s bigger swings.

When a symbol with a coin overlay is part of a winning combination, the coin’s value is added into a meter above the reels. Cash coin values are added to the meter total, while multiplier coins multiply whatever has already been built up there. Once the spin and all its tumbles finish, the meter value is applied to your stake and paid. In the base game that reset after each spin keeps things honest, but you can still hit pleasant surprises when several coins connect together.

Free spins in Viking Forge arrive when 4, 5, or 6 scatters land anywhere, awarding 10, 20, or 30 spins plus 3x, 5x, or 100x your bet up front. During the bonus, the Coin Collection meter does not reset between spins; it just keeps growing as you land more coin overlays and multipliers, and you get +5 extra spins whenever 3 or more scatters hit in a tumble sequence. Some markets also get an Ante Bet that raises the stake by 25% for better bonus odds, and a Bonus Buy at 100x bet, though those are not active for me in the UK.

Bonus Buy Feature

Free Spins The free spins round can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x current bet.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.06%
Volatility:	-

Viking Forge RTP, Volatility and Max Win

From a numbers point of view, Viking Forge is very much in high-risk territory. The top RTP setting is 96.05%, but the reviews make it clear there are configurable setups of 95% and 94% in circulation as well, so I always check the in-game info panel to see what version I am actually on. Volatility is rated 5 out of 5, which matches how the slot feels: long stretches of modest returns broken by short, sharp bursts when coins and scatters finally line up.

The advertised max win is 10,000x your stake, with one review quoting a theoretical hit rate of about once in 4,000,000 spins. The general hit rate is around 1 in 4 spins, and the free spins bonus lands roughly once in 406 spins in the standard setting, dropping to about once in 203 spins with Ante Bet active where available. In my sessions the biggest swings came from stacking several multiplier coins on a well-fed meter during the bonus round.

Theme, Graphics and Audio in Viking Forge

Viking Forge uses a moody volcanic setting rather than the usual longboats and mead halls, with stone reels framed by molten rock and sparks floating across a dark sky. Only one Viking stands on the grid, joined by weapons and a foaming tankard, while the card royals are dressed up with little horns to tie them into the Norse theme. The soundtrack leans on heavy drums, tense strings and a low chant, which fits the high-volatility, high-stakes feel of the gameplay.

Viking Forge – Review Summary and Verdict

After a fair number of sessions on Viking Forge, I see it as a solid extension of Pragmatic Play’s scatter pays catalogue rather than something completely fresh. The coin overlays and the way prizes collect into a meter give the gameplay a different angle, particularly in the bonus where that meter keeps building. When several multiplier coins land during the same round, the final payout tally can jump far more than you expect from the individual spins.

On the flip side, the theme feels a bit production-line, and the coin system does not always feel stronger than a classic multiplier symbol mechanic, because you still rely on those rarer x5 and x10 coins to land in good spots. High volatility and a 10,000x cap mean you need patience and a sensible bankroll. For me, Viking Forge works best as a game where I chase those coin meter moments rather than constant action, and on that front it delivers enough to keep me coming back.

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