Secret of the Stones

Ancient cultures sought comfort in reading runs, highly spiritual stones that some claimed held the key to the future. Even to this day, rune reading is popular amongst those seeking spiritual insight, across their past, present and future. Associated with druids and other pagan cultures, these secret stones lend their theme to this hotly-anticipated slots title from NetEnt. One of the foremost manufacturers of online slot games in the world, NetEnt has a reputation for creating high quality offerings with plenty of opportunities for decent winnings such as Dead or Alive and Jungle Spirit. In the case of Secrets of the Stones slot, they’ve more than lived up to this expectation.

The reels have a faintly celtic feel to them, drawing on engravings and highly stylised reels that really help set the scene. While the game format is basic, especially compared to some of the bigger budget NetEnt slots, it is more than made up for by the range of features that pile in to make this the popular game it has become today.

Behind the celtic/pagan veneer, this is a game that deploys the standard five reels, so avid slots fans will feel instantly at home with the layout and game format. There are 25 paylines available, and lining up winning combinations of 3 or more symbols on these reels will be enough to secure you a winning spin. Aside from the main symbols, there are a number of bonus symbols which unlock additional features in the game, key to racking up the more sizeable wins on offer.

Bets can start from as little as £0.01-£125.00, and the in-game jackpot stands at 1250x. That means there’s potentially £156,250 up for grabs if you strike it lucky on maximum bets. For the most part, that’s a moonshot, but there are still practical ways you can build up your bankroll during the game by taking advantage of the feature symbols and the bonuses they deliver.

Feature Symbols

Aside from the plethora of celtic druid style symbols on the reels, there are a couple of feature symbols that can be useful as you spin through the game. The first is the druid wild symbol. This symbol is wild when it appears on your reels, and any lines that run through it will be completed as if you’d lined up all the symbols you need. There’s also another element to the wild, in that it can sometimes expand to take up every position on its reel – a good way of upping your odds of a successful spin whenever this happens.

There’s also a scatter symbol, which is the tree carving icon, helpfully bearing ‘SCATTER’ in case you get confused. This is the game’s bonus symbol, and when you land three, four or five of these on the reels, you’re entered into a pick-me bonus round. You also get a default 10 free spins, so either way, the bonus round is stacked up well to be a profitable feature.

Bonuses & Jackpots

The bonus round sees every player awarded 10 free spins – that’s a given, no matter what happens next. Depending on whether you spun three, four or five of the scatters to trigger the feature, you get three, four, or five picks from the hidden prizes concealed behind the standing stones. You can grab multipliers, free spins and even additional wilds as part of the bonus feature, which are automatically added to your default free spins as you commence the bonus feature.

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Secrets of the Stones is an easy-playing slot, perfect for players who enjoy ancient or mystic themes. There’s not a lot to it, and the bonus feature is quite basic, but effective nonetheless. Particularly when you start combining multipliers and additional wilds in the bonus round, it can add up to decent odds on a good session and you can’t say fairer than that.