Gold Volcano Review

Gold Volcano Reviewed July 16 2020 by Casinogamesonnet.com

Gold Volcano is cluster-pays slot from Play’n GO. It features an explosive volcano that comes into effect during features.

A volcano-based game may not sound entirely original. But as you’ll see below, this slot offers a very unique grid and exciting features.

Gameplay and Atmosphere

Gold Volcano slot features eight columns that fall into a 3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3 pattern. This odd grid represents a mountain shape.

You earn wins through clusters of 4+ matching symbols. The clusters can either go vertically or horizontally.

This slot offers cascading wins, where symbols from winning combinations vanish and are replaced by new icons. The volcano fills up with a small amount of lava after each win and eventually leads to a feature (discussed later).

The grid lays out across the inside of a volcano. You’ll hear rumbling and dramatic music while playing the game.

Play’n GO has done well to make it seem as if hanging out near this volcano could lead to severe consequences. The graphics aren’t Play’n GO’s greatest work, but they at least look adequate.

Payouts, Max Win and Symbols

The low-paying symbols include a club, diamond, heart, and spade. High-paying icons consist of four gems, including gold, green, purple, and red.

Gold pays the most among this bunch at 1,000x your stake for a cluster of 30+ symbols. In contrast, the second highest-paying symbol, the green gem, only offers 35x your bet for 30+ icons.

You can win up to 10,000x your stake when accounting for features. This means that you can earn as much as €1 million with the maximum €100 bet size.

Gold Volcano RTP, Volatility and Betting Options

You can wager between €0.10 and €100 per spin. Autoplay lets you keep the reels spinning with your chosen bet size.

The Gold Volcano RTP is 96.2%. Play’n GO gives this game a 7/10 volatility rating, which seems fairly low considering the multiple features and 10,000x top payout.

Gold Volcano Slot Special Features

The Dormant feature can happen randomly after any non-winning round. Dormant offers one of the three following bonuses:

• Excavate – 3 to 5 random wild symbols land on the grid.
• Lava – An extra layer of any symbol (except scatters) appears on the grid.
• Rumble – All symbols shuffle to give you an additional chance to win. You also receive a scatter symbol (glowing rock).

The Pressure feature triggers randomly when winning symbols vanish from the grid. It sees a wild icon land in one of the empty positions.

Speaking of which, wild symbols can come with a 2x win multiplier. Assuming you land more than one multiplier wild in a winning cluster, the values will multiply (e.g. 2 x 3 = 6x multiplier).

You collect scatter symbols as they land on the grid. Three collected glowing rocks transform one of the high-paying symbols into gold icons for that particular round.

The collection meter resets following each spin during the base game. However, it doesn’t reset during the bonus and continues growing until all free spins have run out.

As mentioned before, the volcano slowly fills with lava after each cascading win. You trigger the Eruption bonus following six cascading wins.

The Eruption bonus delivers 5 free spins and expands the grid to 8x8. You receive an extra free spin for six consecutive cascades during the bonus. Again, the scatter collection meter doesn’t reset during free games.

Final Thoughts on Gold Volcano Slot

Play’n GO has been really good at switching up their game models in recent times. Gold Volcano is a perfect example of their ingenuity.

This game begins with a funky 3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3 setup, which perfectly represents the boiling volcano in the background. This grid expands to a more-robust 8x8 during the bonus round.

You can trigger plenty of features, including free spins (Eruption), symbol transformation, a 2x win multiplier, and “Dormant” random bonuses.

The only downside-and it’s a minor one-is that the graphics aren’t spectacular compared to most Play’n GO games. However, Gold Volcano’s visual element is at least competitive with the average slot.

In summary, this game is quite unique and offers plenty of entertaining features. We highly recommend that you give it a try.

Release Date

Gold Volcano was released on July 16 2020.