Loki’s Descendants

Loki's Descendants: Slot Overview

They say you can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. That might not normally be a huge issue, but if your dad was the so-called trickster god of Norse mythology, well, you never know. Loki sired several offspring, and three of them appear in the Red Tiger slot Loki's Descendants. They are Fenrir the wolf, Jörmungandr the World Serpent, and the Ruler of the Dead, Hel, who were born from Loki's tryst with Angrboða. That's a lot of Norse heavyweights to be contained by a single slot; will Loki's Descendants be up to the task?

Loki's Descendants has an eye-catching look, sort of elemental, mythical, and fantastical all rolled into one. The natural world background glows gold, and it triggered memories of Red Tiger's seasonal slot Year-Round Riches Clusterbuster, another game that had a strong focus on the natural world. However, the three entities above the reels have more of a supernatural aura. They are named the Serpent, Hel, and Fenrir, and they aren't just there for decoration. Instead, each one is assigned its own feature, which can trigger individually or in combinations, as well as look cool.

The gaming grid is unusually arranged in a 3-4-3-4-3 pattern with 432 ways to win, where winning combinations begin from the leftmost reel across adjacent reels. Clicking the stake icon is one way of picking the desired bet with options starting at $/€0.10 and maxing out at $/€20. A highly volatile math model accompanies the game, which comes with an RTP of 96.1%.

On the pay table are ten regular pay symbols. They are made up of 10-A card royals, beer, shields, spears, axes, and helmets. Hitting 5 matching royals awards 0.5x-0.6x the bet, while a premium 5 OAK win pays 0.8x-3x the stake. Wilds may hit on the middle three reels or be created by the Serpent feature. Wilds substitute for all paying symbols.

Loki's Descendants: Slot Features

Loki's Descendants has three main features which trigger randomly in the base game and in a more ordered way during its three bonus rounds. As well as these gaming mechanics are a trio of feature buys.

Base Game Features

• Serpent Feature - may trigger 1 to 3 times in a spin. The first time, the Serpent blows 3 wilds diagonally from its mouth across the grid. The second time, it places a multiplier of x3 to x10 on the middle added wild, and if it blows a third time, a second multiplier of x3 to x10 is placed on the first added wild that multiplies the first multiplier for a total of up to x100.
• Fenrir Feature - may also trigger 1 to 3 times on a spin. The first trigger burns off all 10-A symbols. The second trigger burns away beer and shield symbols, while the third trigger burns spear symbols. After the burn, only new, non-burned types of symbols and wilds may fall in. The Fenrir feature may trigger at the same time as the Serpent feature.
• Hel Feature - can trigger 1-3 times on a spin with at least one win. The first, second and third triggers cut all winning symbols into twins, triples, and quadruples, respectively, multiplying the number of win ways up to x1,024. This feature can be activated with the Serpent and/or Fenrir feature.

Free Spins Features

Keeping to threes, there are three free spins rounds in Loki's Descendants. Both scatter symbol types are present on the leftmost, middle, and rightmost reels. However, Super Spins scatters may only land in the base game.

• Free Spins: 7 free spins are triggered by landing 3 scatters in the base game. At least 1 of the Serpent, Fenrir, and Hel features activates on each spin. Hitting 3 scatters awards 7 more spins and upgrades the round to Super Spins.
• Super Spins: Landing 2 scatters and 1 Super Spins scatter in the base game triggers 7 Super Spins. At least 1 of the Serpent, Fenrir, and Hel features activates at least twice on each spin. Hitting 3 scatters awards 7 more spins and upgrades the round to Monster Spins.
• Monster Spins: Landing 2 Super Spins scatters and 1 free spins scatter in the base game triggers 7 Monster Spins. At least 1 of the Serpent, Fenrir, and Hel features activates at least three times on each spin. Hitting 3 scatters upgrades the current win to the max win and ends the round.

Top Win

Hitting 3 Super Spins scatters in the base game directly awards the max win.

Feature Buys

You guessed it, there are three options at Loki's Descendants' feature buy menu. The Random feature, at 20x, guarantees 1 of the Serpent, Fenrir, or Hel features. 75x buys free spins while 500x buys Super Spins or Monster Spins.

Loki's Descendants: Slot Verdict

Loki's Descendants is a triple-feature-driven experience that is as steeped in Norse mythology as it is in Red Tiger's signature graphical style. The look is of an appealing mythological vision of the natural world and three entities who are tasked with various roles throughout the realms. Norse mythology slots are plentiful, but Loki's Descendants has quite a distinct appearance that helps it stand out and turn heads. Moreover, Red Tiger has found an interesting way of incorporating each of the three descendants into the gameplay rather than just using them for decoration.

As is often the case in slots, the more, the merrier, so players will want the three features to trigger in combinations as much as possible, with each feature preferably triggering the maximum number of times. This randomness provides suspense, since there is often little way of telling how much of each may or may not happen. All three features have benefits when they've been added to the grid, with Hel's cutting effect the most curious. Split symbols have been seen before, but Hel doesn't just cut once, but can do so up to three times, seriously increasing the number of ways to win. Should Loki's Descendants burn low pays, split the highs, then add a multiplier to the result, then the payout might be a monster itself.

Or not, since you kind of need quite a few separate elements to converge into one for maximum effect - or just hit three Super Spins scatters and boom. Loki's Descendants' max win is 20,000x, so there is potential here in what is an attractive game that avoids the 'just another Norse slot' trap by bringing together several offspring of the trickster god, then giving them mechanics which might cause a triple-teamed impact.