Sword of Arthur

Theme and Design

Top Quality Artwork And Soundtrack

One thing you can be sure of with Thunderkick slots is that they have high production values and Sword of Arthur is no exception. The artwork is simple, depicting the archway of a stone castle within which the reel set sits, with the Sword of Excalibur set in stone to the left, and distant misty mountains behind. A suitably epic orchestral soundtrack accompanies your quest to land the Sword and trigger free spins.

RTP and Variance

Sword of Arthur has two RTP settings – 94.34% and 87.15%. This is not unusual - the optimum settings in Thunderkick slots are now almost always in the 94% to 95% range, rather than the 96%+ found in most competitor games which is a downside to an otherwise very good developer. Whilst 94.34% is still OK, I would avoid any site that offers this game at 87.15%. You can check the RTP for yourself by hitting the ‘I’ button in top right of the screen then scrolling through the game rules until you see Return to Player, usually on the final screen.

I recommend playing at MrQ which consistently runs Thunderkick games at the maximum RTPs.

This is also a volatile game so expect an uneven win distribution and much of that RTP saved back for big wins in the bonus round.

Maximum Win

The top payout on one spin in Sword of Arthur is 10,000x. That’s a £1,000 win with a 10p stake. These days that is at the middle of the scale for high variance slots. If you want better potential then check out our list of slots with the highest max wins.

Symbols and Paytable

The game format here is simple – 5 reels and 3 rows with 10 paylines to score wins across. You need to land 3 or more identical low pay symbols or 2 or more premium symbols on a line to trigger a win.

There are 9 pay symbols in the table. Low payers are the 10, Jack, Queen and King. These are valued at from 0.5x for 3 10s up to 10x for 5 Aces. Much better value is found at the premium end – there are 4 pay symbols here – the shield, armour, helmet and King Arthur. These are valued at from 0.5x for 2 shields up to 100x for 5 Arthurs.

There is also a Sword symbol that acts as a Wild - it substitutes for all pay symbols to complete paylines. It has a value of 100x if 5 land on a line too, AND acts as the scatter. More on that in the next part.

Features and Gameplay

Sword of Arthur is a ‘Book of …’ slot without the ‘Book of …’ title. So it’s all about the bonus round and expanding symbols.

You need to land 3, 4 or 5 Sword scatters to trigger the free spins which get you 3, 4 or 5 plays. Before your spins play a random pay symbol is selected as an Expander. It is displayed outside the reel set and comes with a 1x multiplier to start that is applied to all wins that it is involved in.

During the round, IF by doing so, your Expander can complete pay lines then it expands whenever it appears. The expanding symbols DO NOT have to be on adjacent reels to complete a payline.

Also … after any win involving an expander your multiplier increases by 1x and the number of re-spins set to the original value.