Valhall Gold Slot Features

Somewhere deep in the Scandinavian mountains, a 6x9 grid rewards players with payouts whenever at least 3 matching symbols land on adjacent columns. Each successful combination must begin from the leftmost reel (unless the Both Ways feature is active) and continue rightward in an unbroken sequence. Winning symbols disappear, triggering a cascade of the remaining ones and making space for more instances coming from above. After each reaction, the initial 6x4 grid grows by 1 row, up to 9 total, allowing for achieving 531,441 winning ways. Paytable prizes span 3 categories - low, mid, and high value. Payouts for scoring on runes range from 0.1 to 0.3 times the bet, on Nordic emblems from 0.15 to 1 time, and on premium images represented by an owl, a horse, a wolf, and Kane himself, from 0.5 to 10 times.

Big Symbols

Each regular icon and Wild may drop in a 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 size. Any empty spaces below the big variant will be filled with that symbol.

Trickster Loki Feature

A 2x2 symbol with an image of a horned helmet activates whenever there's a hit on the board. After activation, it will grant one of four features after every win during the same cascading sequence:

• Multiplier grants an x1 - x10 boost to the current win.
• Both Ways allow generating combinations beginning from both sides of the grid.
• Spike Storm converts a random number of icons into Spike Symbols.
• Axe Fury upgrades a random number of icons into the same symbol type.

Almighty Thor Wild

A 2x2 Wild symbol represented by Thor's hammer will persist throughout the entire cascading sequence, substituting for any regular symbols during win evaluation.

Odin's Ravens

Landing 2 or more Raven symbols in view simultaneously will turn them into Wilds.

Spike Symbols

Any regular symbol may drop with a frame that contains a spike. The icon will replicate itself in the direction of the arrow until it reaches the edge of the grid.

Valhall Gold Bonus Game

Scoring 3, 4, 5, or 6 Bonus symbols during a single spin activates 10, 15, 20, or 25 free drops, respectively. During the game, the Safety Level increases by 1 row after every spin that contained a win, growing the minimum number of ways for the remainder of the bonus.

Activating Loki's feature will mark the respective position in the Inventory, and triggering it for the second time will make the feature sticky, enabling its power on every spin until the end of the bonus.

X-iter Bonus Buy

Va Gold offers several instant triggers of the features available in the game:

• Bonus Hunt (2 x bet) doubles the chances of activating the bonus round.
• Big Block (5 x bet) guarantees a random big symbol.
• Trickster Loki (25 x bet) guarantees a spin with Loki symbol.
• Bonus Game (100 x bet) activates the regular free drops game.
• Super Bonus (500 x bet) triggers the enhanced free drops game with Loki's Inventory activated from the start.

Final Thoughts

Finishing such an ambitious online slot series as ELK's Gold saga must have been quite a challenge for the creators, given the quality they've been consistently improving from one installment to another. Fortunately, the studio's experience ensured that the journey ended with spectacular fireworks placed in a prevalent theme across the industry. The series always ventured to unusual places, steering clear of obvious choices, so the Norse scene comes across as a bit of a twist, yet a welcome one. It also subtly ties to the mysterious backstory of the main hero - Kane, who apparently paid the ultimate price in order to find the final treasure in the afterlife. Following him to the gates of Valhalla, players will experience a stunning wintery environment filled to the brim with exquisite symbols, astonishing animations surrounding the features, and a suspenseful soundtrack perfectly reflecting the mystic nature of this setting. One can genuinely sense the Scandinavian spirit permeating the gameplay.

Valhall Gold's technical side consists of elements common to previous parts of the saga, like big symbols or increasing grid height, but also infuses the reels with a line-up of cool features brought by the Norse gods. Thor and Odin play slightly smaller parts, offering two types of Wild symbols, while Loki dominates the board whenever his 2x2 block lands accompanied by a win. Among all the tricks up his sleeve, players can expect generous multipliers, sneaky Spike symbols that replicate around the playing area, symbol upgrades, and enabling the both-ways mechanism that can often save a non-winning spin. As always, it's a well-planned configuration of functionalities that supplement each other perfectly when occurring during the same cascading sequence.