Castle of Fire

Theme and Design

A Dramatic, Fantasy-Themed Game Set In A Kingdom of Fire and Volcanoes

Castle of Fire is a fantasy-themed game set in what looks like a volcanic kingdom with bubbling lava in the foreground and a looming gothic castle lit up by flames in the background, with an ethereal soundtrack to set the scene. The skies are a dramatic mix of gold, red and black. I can’t think of another slot that looks like this, which is never a bad thing. The reels are populated with a firey-haired woman, crowns, potions and (for some reason) wolves and panthers. If you like fantasy gaming, chances are you’ll like this slot.

RTP and Variance

Castle of Fire has three available RTP settings – 96.01%, 95.03% and 93.99%. This is standard practice on Pragmatic Play games and whilst there is not that much between the 3 settings – you wouldn’t notice it over 200 spins for example – you should always try to play at the maximum RTP for best return on your wagering. You can check the RTP at your chosen slot site when you load up the game by hitting the ‘i’ button below the reels.  I recommend playing at MrQ from Lindar Media who always run slots at max RTP and Barz Casino from White Hat Gaming, who mostly run slots at the max RTP.

This is another high variance slot from Pragmatic – rated 5/5 on their own scale – so it will be volatile with unpredictable payouts. However, it can pay big on occasions too. It’s high risk for high reward.

Maximum Win

The maximum payout in one spin on Castle of Fire is 8,000x. That isn’t bad for this studio, though in today’s market its under average. But if you want better potential then check our list of Pragmatic Play slots with the highest maximum wins.

Symbols and Paytable

This is a 6 reel slot with 3 rows per reel. Importantly, it’s a win ways slot rather than a payline slot. That means you will score wins when 3 or more identical symbols land on adjacent reels, regardless of their row, from left to right, starting at the left-most reel.

That means you have 729 win ways on every spin (3x3x3x3x3x3).

Symbol values are average, maxing out at 8x for 6 premiums. There are 11 symbols in all. The low value ones are the runestones with card symbols 10, jack, queen, king and ace on them. These are valued at from 1x for 3 10s up to 3x for 6 10s. The premiums are the bottle, the ring, the crown, the wolf, the panther and the woman. These are valued at from 2x for 3 bottles up to 8x for 6 of the woman.

There are NO wilds in this game. However, the scatter symbol represented by a castle, triggers the free spins round and gets you a payout of 2x, 15x, 100x or 500x for 3, 4, 5 or 6 appearing anywhere on the reels.

Features and Gameplay

In an unusual twist, Pragmatic Play have made the humble mystery symbol into the headline act in Castle of Fire (besides the free spins round of course). Here is how it works.

Mystery Symbols Increase The Win Ways

Firstly, when Mystery Symbols land on the reels they ALL burn up then turn into the same pay symbol to increase your chance of completing win ways. But the major difference between this and other Mystery Symbol features in slots is that these symbols may split into 2 or even 3, thereby increasing the number of win ways in play.

12 Free Spins With STICKY Mystery Symbols

The other feature is the Free Spins round. This is triggered by landing 3 or more of the scatters that display a castle on them. This gets you 12 spins. But now, the Mystery Symbols stick for the full round AND change their symbol and MAY split into 2 or 3 of that symbol on EVERY spin.

There are no re-triggers for free spins but with those Mystery Symbols doing their thing and 12 spins guaranteed each time the round triggers, there is good potential here.