The new Spear of Athena slot is themed after the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare, combining a trademark outlay with a rustic twist and heroic winning potential.
Spear of Athena comes fresh from well-regarded slot developer Hacksaw Gaming. Being named after the iconic Greek goddess, it settles perfectly with the rest of Hacksaw’s existing selection of mythological-themed slots. The theme is is represented strongly in this game, and more importantly for players, it provides both a welcoming play experience and some serious winning potential.
Spear of Athena brings the Greek legend to your screen
Spear of Athena plays on a 6×5 grid with 19 fixed paylines. It combines the traditional slot structure found in most other digital slot games with bonus-heavy mechanics that are the norm with Hacksaw’s titles. Sitting at a 96.20% RTP, the game has
medium volatility
even though the maximum potential win can climb all the way up to 15,000 times the initial bet, giving bettors a reason to keep pushing for a big break.
Spear of Athena slot layout – Image source: Hacksaw Gaming
While some mythological slots can be overly busy in their visual designs and frankly distracting, that isn’t the case for Spear of Athena. The slot’s core gameplay may take some time to understand, but it keeps things fresh while providing plenty of clarity to players.
All Spear of Athena bonus rounds, features
The Spear of Athena slot showcases a few main features that can amp up the excitement through bonus round play.
Flaming Fortune keeps winning symbols locked in place while the rest of the paylines spin again. Those winning symbols are also highlighted with flaming frames, with fortune symbols being highlighted with a blue flaming frame instead. This increases the chances of rolling even more winning symbols and stacking them together. Those symbols also stick and extend the respins until the player’s roll comes up dry.
Fortune Reveals kicks off if there is a fortune symbol on the reels at the end of a goddess respin
bonus round. When this happens, flaming frames are activated after the payout, revealing special symbols.
Bronze coins possess the value of 0.2x-4x
Silver coins equal to 5x-20x
Gold coins mean 25x-500x
Green shields multiply coins on opposite positions by x2 or 20x
Red shields multiply all coins by the same exact range
With this done, all other flaming frames activate again so that new symbols are revealed. Then all of the collected values on the visible symbols are rewarded to the player
Siege of Troy bonus round in Spear of Athena – Image source: Hacksaw Gaming
Finally, there are three bonus games that Spear of Athena players can enjoy to potentially take their winnings to the next level.
The Omen of War game triggers 10 free spins by landing three scatters. When activated, all flaming frames stay sticky until the end of the round even after being activated, with a minimum coin value of 1x.
The Siege of Troy game triggers 12 free spins by landing four scatters. With this, every activated fortunate symbol also guarantees that at least one shield reveal occurs every turn. If coins are revealed, they’re always silver or gold, never bronze.
The Athena Ascends game triggers 12 free spins by landing five scatters. This game builds on Omen of War by guaranteeing a fortune symbol on every skin. As in the previous game, all coins here are silver or better.
With so many respin opportunities, it’s easy for players to remain engaged with the game throughout a session. Players can try such a session for themselves across a number of betting platforms, notably including
Shuffle. The game’s bonus round plays can cause a playing session to ramp up incredibly quickly, something that should give the Spear of Athena slot long-term replay value.
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