Arctic Enchantress

Arctic Enchantress slot REVIEW

Arctic Enchantress ReviewMicrogaming partner, Neon Valley Studios, may not have all that many releases under their belt yet, but they’ve seen decent success with most of them so far. Arctic Enchantress takes you into a fairytale world of ice and snow, with the Enchantress herself as the stacked wild that may or may not nudge fully in place during base game play. It always does in the bonus round though, but the main attraction is the Link&Win feature.

With a castle made of ice in the background, you’ll collect Ice Orbs in a meter above the reels to trigger the Link&Win feature. The meter resets per spin however, but the Win Booster ante bet option fills one of the 6 spots at all times. The innovative Column Boost™ feature can enhance your regular Link&Win payouts, but what you really want is the 5,000x Mega Jackpot that drops if you fill the whole grid with sticky prize orbs.

Arctic Enchantress Slot - Reels Screen

Arctic Enchantress Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 4 and 20 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the top payer is the polar bear. The stacked Enchantress Wild can land partially or fully in view, and the symbol will sometimes nudge fully in place to cover the whole reel when it lands in the base game. The Wild can land on all 5 reels, and it steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations.

You trigger the Bonus Round with 10, 15 or 20 free spins when you land 3, 4 or 5 scatters anywhere in view, respectively, and you also get an up-front scatter payout of 2, 5 or 10 x your stake. You can retrigger the bonus round to win extra spins in the same way, and stacked Enchantress Wilds always nudge fully in place when they appear during the feature.

The Link&Win feature can be triggered in all stages of the game, and you need at least 6 Link&Win Ice Orb symbols in view to trigger this hold-and-win style bonus game. You can pay 50 % extra per spin to increase your Link&Win chances, and you need only 5 orbs in view if this Win Booster ante bet feature is switched on.

You start with 3 respins, and all triggering cash orbs are sticky on a new and otherwise cleared grid. The respins tally resets for each new orb symbol you land, and these also become sticky. The cash symbols are worth between 1 and 50 x your stake, and filling a column activates the trademarked Column Boost feature. This increases the cash prizes for the relevant column (or columns) per spin that follows.

In addition to regular cash orbs, you can also land 3 different jackpot orbs. These award the Mini, Minor and Major jackpots, and they pay 15, 75 and 250 x your stake, respectively. Fill all 15 positions with orbs, and you win the Mega Jackpot worth 5,000x your stake. The feature ends when you fill the screen or run out of respins, and your total payout is then summed up.

The 200 Spins Arctic Enchantress Slot Experience

You get a taste of the base game at first, before we trigger the Bonus Round at 1:10 into the 3:36-minute highlights video. We skip to the Link&Win feature right after the bonus round has played out, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The visual style looks dated at first glance, but it comes with some decent animations and an atmospheric soundtrack that makes you feel like you’ve walked into a closet and ended up in Narnia. It works quite well for the fantasy theme in other words, and Arctic Enchantress is a decent installment in the Link&Win saga. Nudging stacked wilds makes for an okay bonus round experience, but it’s not really the main attraction.

There’s a reason the subtitle is Link&Win, and this trademarked feature comes with a brand new and equally trademarked Column Boost feature. This ups the ante compared to many similar releases, and the 5,000x Mega Jackpot takes you close to the 5,416.50x win cap. It will perhaps not turn the world of online slots on its head, but Arctic Enchantress takes you into an enchanted world with okay features and an overall solid math model.

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Fate of Fortune - is a somewhat mysterious fantasy installment from ELK Studios, and it plays out on a highly unusual 5-3-1-3-5 grid with 81 win-both-ways paylines. You can look forward to expanding wilds, mystery symbols and 4 unique modifiers. The bonus round goes on as long as nudging mystery stacks are present, and each nudge increases the win multiplier for payouts up to 10,000x your stake.

Wild Flower - is a highly volatile and popular BTG release that has some of the same mysterious fairytale aura hanging over it. You get stacked x8 multiplier wilds that can combine into 46,100x base game payouts, and 2 regular plus 2 enhanced mega bonus rounds. These can deliver eye-watering payouts up to 114,000x your stake from a single free spin.

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Arctic Enchantress Slot FAQs

What is the RTP of Arctic Enchantress?

The 96.1 % Return to Player is just a tad above the industry average.

How volatile is Arctic Enchantress?

This is a highly volatile release from Neon Valley Studios, so you can expect fluctuations on your bankroll during longer sessions.

What is the biggest win possible?

You can win up to 5,416x your stake at the most, and the Mega jackpot is worth 5,000x your stake.

How does the Link&Win feature work in Arctic Enchantress?

You need 6+ Ice Orb symbols to trigger it (or 5+ if you play with the Win Booster turned on), and you get 3 respins that reset per new sticky orb you land. Jackpot orbs up to 250x can also land, and filling the 15 positions with orbs awards the 5,000x mega jackpot.

Is there a free spins mode in Arctic Enchantress?

Yes, you get up to 20 free spins for starters, and all stacked Enchantress Wilds that land nudge fully in place to cover the entire reel.

Can I play Arctic Enchantress Slot for free?

Yes, you can test the free Arctic Enchantress demo game at the very top of this page (UK players must verify age first). Up there, you’ll also find casinos we’ve confirmed to carry this title.