Andvari The Magic Ring

Andvari The Magic Ring: Slot Overview

Andvari The Magic Ring is an online slot from Estonian software provider Foxium in association with its more established partner studio Games Global. If you were wondering, Andvari isn't just a 'wizardy' name Foxium conjured up to give the lead character in the game. According to the fount of modern-day wisdom Wikipedia, Andvari comes from Norse mythology and is 'a dwarf who lives underneath a waterfall and has the power to change himself into a pike (gedda) at will.' It continues. Andvari possessed a magical ring called Andvaranaut which assisted him in getting wealthy.

An ideal story to kick off an online slot with, really, and for the setting, Andvari The Magic Ring begins outside, near a waterfall, in a grassy, mountainy part of the world. Trigger free spins, and players join Andvari as he rides an actual surfboard into a cavern crammed with treasure. The surfboard part is kinda bizarre, but who says mythological characters can't shred? While not the most stunning-looking game Foxium has produced, the studio has nailed the details, big and small, to make Andvari The Magic Ring agreeable to behold.

There are several ways of playing Andvari The Magic Ring. One is to pick a stake of 20 p/c to $/€20 and wager it on individual spins. The other is to buy a feature where free spins cost 55.02 times the bet or a burn on the Magic Wheel will set you back 33.24 times the bet. It doesn't explicitly say otherwise, so we'll have to assume the RTP remains the same no matter how Andvari The Magic Ring is played, where the max is 96.05%, though lower models exist. At the higher return level, players can expect a theoretical hit rate of 27.57% and a highly volatile math model.

Andvari The Magic Ring is a 5x4 video slot with 1,024 ways to win. When identical pay symbols land on at least 3 adjacent reels from the left-hand side, a payout is triggered. The amount awarded for achieving a 5-of-a-kind winning combination is 1 to 1.75 times the bet for the J-A card rank symbols or 3 to 10 times the bet for 5 scrolls, wood carvings, potion bottles, or rings. Big 'W' wilds are able to substitute for all symbols except scatters or bonus symbols.

Andvari The Magic Ring: Slot Features

Andvari The Magic Ring comes with a pretty standard set of features, often found amongst Games Global's group of studios. Here we get Magic Prizes, Bonus symbols, LockNWin, the Magic Wheel, and free spins

Magic Prizes

Andvari The Magic Ring has 5 Magic Prizes – the Mini, Minor, Major, Grand, and Epic, worth 50x, 100x, 250x, 1,000x, or 5,000x the bet, respectively. Landing a Magic Prize symbol during the LockNWin triggers its prize.

Bonus Symbols

Bonus symbols award a cash prize or a Magic Prize. Cash prizes are worth anywhere between 1 and 25 times the bet.

LockNWin

Landing 6+ bonus symbols triggers the LockNWin. Here, 3 respins are awarded on a grid where all symbols are removed except bonus symbols which lock in place when they hit. Each time a bonus symbol lands, the respin count is set back to 3. When respins run out or the reels are full, the feature ends. LockNWin Power-Ups may also land to power up the round.

• LockNWin Multiplier Upgrade – multiplies all on-screen cash values by up to 10x.
• LockNWin Magic Prize Upgrade – upgrades the value of all Magic Prizes by 1 tier.

Magic Wheel

Filling the progress bar triggers the Magic Wheel feature – the bar progresses when bonus symbols land, and progress is saved per bet level. Spinning the Magic Wheel, when triggered, awards a cash prize, free spins, or a Magic Prize.

Free Spins

Hitting 3 scatters in the base game triggers the Free Spins Wheel, which awards 10 to 30 free spins. Players then have the option of gambling their free spins on the Gamble and Mystery Wheel. Successful gambles increase the number of free spins. Unsuccessful gambles award a cash prize of 10 to 100x the bet. Free spins can be retriggered when 3 scatter symbols land in the feature.

Andvari The Magic Ring: Slot Verdict

The tale of Andvari and his magic ring is so well suited to online slots, containing Norse mythology, magic, and wealth; it's a wonder we haven't come across it before. However, there's a twist. Apparently, later on, Loki entered the scene, capturing Andvari in his pike form, and forced him to give up both the ring and his gold. Andvari then cursed the gold to destroy anyone who got it. Another reminder of the vast wealth of great tales to be found amongst Norse folklore. No wonder online slot developers constantly mine it for ideas.

Andvari The Magic Ring is a bit of an anomaly for Foxium. The studio is often blazing its own path, cooking up original features, and taking players on unique rides. Andvari The Magic Ring sticks out because of the use of so many features common to the Games Global family of studios. Not knocking the decision, just pointing it out. Tried and proven features all really from the LockNWin/hold 'n win feature with Magic Prize jackpot-like rewards attached to fairly dry free spins. Not much to say that hasn't been said about them before, except as a whole, they are good for wins of up to 10,000 times the bet.

Slots similar to Andvari The Magic Ring, but by no means the same, which came to mind during the review were Pear Fiction's Blazing Piranhas and Granny vs Zombies. What these three games have in common, aside from the LinkNWin, are imaginative themes that don't come along often. Indeed, Andvari The Magic Ring redeems the unoriginality concern, to a point, by the thoughtful topic and Foxium's typically high attention to detail. The result is a slot which might feel like a clone from a gameplay perspective but is still a slot that should entertain players who find this set of features a cosy one.