Pragmatic Play brings to the online casino world "The Knight King," an engaging slot game that offers a classic 5-reel, 3-row layout with 20 potential ways to win. Players are drawn into a mediaeval-themed adventure with the chance to win up to 5,000 times their initial stake, making every spin an opportunity for substantial rewards.
The game's mechanics are straightforward yet captivating. Winning combinations are formed by matching three to five identical symbols, beginning from the leftmost reel and continuing along adjacent reels. The lower-value symbols in "The Knight King" are represented by the traditional 10 through Ace playing card royals. These symbols provide modest wins, with payouts ranging from 1x to 2.5x the bet for landing a full line of five. The higher-value symbols are more thematic and include a horse, a noble lady, a gallant man, and a fearsome dragon. These symbols offer more significant payouts, ranging from 3.5x to 7.5x the player's bet for a full line of five matching symbols. Additionally, the game features a wild symbol, depicted as another horse, which appears on all five reels. The wild symbol not only substitutes for any normal pay symbol to help form winning combinations but also pays out a generous 300x the bet for a line of five wilds.
"The Knight King" also boasts a compelling free spins feature. Landing three scatter symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 simultaneously awards the player 3x their bet and triggers a bonus round of 7 free spins. During this bonus round, landing two additional scatters on reels 2 and 4 grants an extra 4 free spins, prolonging the excitement and potential for wins. Before the free spins commence, one of the game's pay symbols, or the wild symbol, is randomly selected to become the Special Money symbol for the entirety of the free spins round. This chosen symbol is also assigned a random value at the beginning of the feature. For regular pay symbols, the value ranges from 1x to 7x the bet, while for the wild, it can be anywhere from 11x to 20x the bet.
As the free spins progress, each time Special Money symbols land on the reels, their values are collected and awarded to the player. Furthermore, every time a collection occurs, the value of the Special Money symbol is increased randomly, selected from the predetermined set of possible values.