Viking Runes Slot Review

Max win, RTP and Information for the slot Viking Runes

Viking Runes is a 9 reel, 9 row grid slot from TrueLab where wins appear through clusters of 6 or more matching symbols. With 81 positions in play on every spin, the screen always feels packed with runes. Stakes range from 0.40 up to 400 per spin, so I can test the game gently before stepping up. The default RTP sits at 96.28 percent, though this can vary, and volatility is high with a maximum win of 25000 times the bet.

That combination of large grid, cluster pays and high variance gives Viking Runes a punchy profile. I go in expecting long stretches of modest returns while chasing those rare explosive cascades. The maths model really shines when the modifiers and Lightning Wilds pull together, but the flip side is that dead patches can sting at higher stakes. I always check the displayed RTP at my casino before committing because some operators use alternative settings.

This slot is filled with wonderful features in Viking Runes

The first thing that caught my eye in Viking Runes was the huge grid standing beside a hulking Viking under the aurora borealis, with snow covering the ground. The symbols all fit the theme, starting with low paying runes in green, blue and red. Brighter green, blue, pink and yellow stones sit in the middle range, while the top icons are a purple stone with a blue crystal and a blue stone with a red crystal paying up to 800 times the bet for 42 in a cluster. Regular wilds substitute for all normal symbols except Lightning Wilds, which appear in yellow, red, purple and green and become very important once the cascades start.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	41	x1600
	40	x1200
	39	x1120
	38	x1040
	37	x960
	10	x8
	9	x6.4
	8	x4.8
	7	x2.4
	6	x1.6
	41	x1000
	40	x750
	39	x700
	38	x650
	37	x600
	10	x5
	9	x4
	8	x3
	7	x1.5
	6	x1
	41	x600
	40	x450
	39	x420
	38	x390
	37	x360
	10	x3
	9	x2.4
	8	x1.8
	7	x0.9
	6	x0.6
	41	x600
	40	x450
	39	x420
	38	x390
	37	x360
	10	x3
	9	x2.4
	8	x1.8
	7	x0.9
	6	x0.6
	41	x400
	40	x300
	39	x280
	38	x260
	37	x240
	10	x2
	9	x1.6
	8	x1.2
	7	x0.6
	6	x0.4
	41	x400
	40	x300
	39	x280
	38	x260
	37	x240
	10	x2
	9	x1.6
	8	x1.2
	7	x0.6
	6	x0.4
	41	x200
	40	x150
	39	x140
	38	x130
	37	x120
	10	x1
	9	x0.8
	8	x0.6
	7	x0.3
	6	x0.2
	41	x200
	40	x150
	39	x140
	38	x130
	37	x120
	10	x1
	9	x0.8
	8	x0.6
	7	x0.3
	6	x0.2
	41	x200
	40	x150
	39	x140
	38	x130
	37	x120
	10	x1
	9	x0.8
	8	x0.6
	7	x0.3
	6	x0.2
	Wild
	Wild
	Wild
	Wild

Winning clusters create chances to successfully activate many features in Viking Runes

On this giant grid, every winning cluster of 6 or more matching symbols disappears and makes way for new ones that tumble from above. This Cascading feature can create several separate clusters on the same spin, and every cluster pays before it vanishes. Wilds help to build those groups, but a cluster cannot consist of only wilds, so you still need a decent spread of matching rune stones around them to get paid properly.

During any sequence of cascades, the Lightning Wilds come alive. Four of them sit in a meter to the right of the grid, and each cascade releases one Lightning Wild onto a random position. They stay sticky for the whole cascade chain and shift to new random spots after every win, which can snowball into big cluster combinations if the grid lines up. Once the sequence ends and a new paid spin begins, those Lightning Wilds vanish and the meter resets.

Three random modifiers then add another layer to Viking Runes. Runic Shuffle can hit on a non winning spin, shuffling all symbols to create at least one cluster win. After a cascade, Spell of Ancestors may transform all low paying symbols into the same red rune to improve connections. Viking Sorcery can drop 3 to 9 extra wilds onto the grid. Only one modifier can trigger per cascading sequence, but they are active both in the base game and during free spins.

The maximum payout you can get in Viking Runes is huge

Viking Runes brings the whole package together by pairing that atmospheric northern setting with a serious hit potential of 25000 times the stake. With 81 symbol positions, clusters of 6 or more, cascades, Lightning Wilds and three different modifiers, the game often feels like a spellbook of Norse tricks trying to set off chain reactions. For me, the appeal lies in chasing that one insane sequence where everything lines up and the grid keeps paying again and again.

Viking Runes Slot Features

The main target in Viking Runes is the free spins feature. To trigger it, I need 5 or more consecutive cascading wins from a single paid spin, which can feel like a quest in itself. When that finally happens, the game awards 6 free spins. During these spins, all four Lightning Wilds are active from the start, moving to new random positions after each winning cascade and staying in play for the whole sequence.

Every time a Lightning Wild forms part of a winning cluster in free spins, its own multiplier increases by 1 with no stated upper cap, and those multipliers carry through the entire bonus round. Long cascades with stacked multipliers can turn a modest trigger into something massive. There are no retriggers, so everything comes down to how many cascades I can squeeze into each of those six spins. Outside some jurisdictions, there is a Bonus Buy option costing 215 times the current bet, though that feature is not available for players in the UK.

The 200 Spins Viking Runes Slot Experience

When I ran a long stretch of spins on Viking Runes, the size of the grid stood out straight away. A lone wild often feels tiny among 81 symbols, so a single cascade rarely changes everything on its own. Instead, the base game tends to throw up plenty of small and medium cluster wins. Quite a few of those came from the random modifiers stepping in to rescue otherwise dead spins by either shuffling or turning low symbols.

The bonus round in my test session did not appear often, which matches the high volatility profile, but the build up can be fun when cascades drizzle Lightning Wilds onto the grid. Once the feature finally dropped, it played out quickly, yet the win still felt satisfying thanks to multipliers from several Lightning Wilds climbing a few steps. I have also seen streaks where the free spins ended almost flat, so expectations need to stay realistic.

Review Summary for Viking Runes

Viking Runes feels like TrueLab taking a familiar Norse grid concept and pushing it with a bigger 9x9 layout and fiercer maths. The cartoon style graphics are not the most polished around, but I find the glowing runes and northern lights cosy enough when the features are firing. The 6 spin free round can be over in a flash, yet when Lightning Wild multipliers stack up and cascades refuse to stop, the slot can throw out giant prizes up to 25000 times the stake, with test data showing that cap landing roughly once in 664000 spins.

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