Kingfisher of the Sands Slot Review
So there's this town in Honduras that's miles away from the sea. Every summer, though, after a big storm rolls through, people walk outside and find dinner flapping about in the streets. 🐟
The locals credit some old priests' prayer as having brought on this smorgasbord of seafood, while scientists mutter about waterspouts. 💧
Our next game, which comes from Quickfire, is called Kingfisher of the Sands slot. I'm keen to see how that colourful little birdy 🪶 gets what's his out in the desert. If I learn these tricks, maybe I'll get mine.
Gameplay
I have no idea if kingfishers exist in Egypt along the river Nile but that's the scene we've been dumped into so let's just roll with it.
We've got a sunset casting warm light on the pyramids behind the grid, and the usual palm trees and other stuff to set the scene.
The 5x4 grid has 20 paylines, the RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate. is 96.24%, volatility is medium, and the max multiplier is 6,000x. The max win is $240,000, with bets from $0.20 to $40.
The regular paytable is led by the Crocodile symbol at 5x for 5-of-a-kind, with the Cobra behind it at 4x, the Scorpion at 3x, and the Scarab at 2x. The 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace round out the low end, each paying a flat 1x for 5-of-a-kind.
The Wild is a golden Eye that fills in for everything except the Scatters and the special symbols, and it pays 10x for 5-of-a-kind.
The Scatter is the Kingfisher itself, and 5 of them anywhere pays the full 6,000x on the spot.
An egg also sits above each of the 5 reels - every one hiding a different enhancement that only stirs to life once the feature kicks in.
Features
FREE SPINS:
A Kingfisher landing on a reel pecks the egg above it, and cracking one or more of the outer eggs drops you into 10 Free Spins with those enhancements stacked together.
During the round, Fish symbols land carrying values from 0.20x up to 1,000x, and any Kingfisher in view sweeps every Fish off the screen.
A trail runs along the top of the feature. Every Kingfisher that lands nudges it forward, and every 4th step retriggers the round with another 10 spins and a freshly cracked egg, up to 3 retriggers in all.
Multiplier and Adder:
The reel-1 egg opens its Multiplier at 2x and climbs by 1 with every special symbol, up to 5x, fattening each Fish the Kingfisher collects.
The reel-2 Adder bolts a flat value onto every Fish before collection, starting at 1x and building to 5x. Crack both and a tiddler turns into a real haul.
Spreader:
The reel-4 egg spreads extra Fish into the spots around any Fish already showing, so one good drop can splatter values across the board.
Respin:
The reel-5 egg runs on Hearts, with each Heart buying a respin. When a Kingfisher lands, it sticks (the Fish stick with it), and the empty spots respin until the chances run dry or the board fills.
Golden Egg:
Crack the Golden Egg on the center reel and the round opens with all 4 enhancements live at once, plus a shot at boosting their values first. The trade-off is no trail and no retriggers, but it's still the egg to aim for.
Performance
I'm not a patient man. Fishing isn't really my thing, but I can muscle through if there's money to be made. Luckily, I didn't have my patience tested while giving this game the beans, as it was as smooth and as hassle-free as you could hope for.
Maximum Win
Pair the top bet of $40 with the 6,000x max multiplier and you can walk away with the max win of $240,000, which is also what 5 Kingfishers pay all on their own. The smallest bet you can place is $0.20.
Conclusion
The game's payday sits entirely in the Kingfisher Bonus. The base game is a quiet holding pattern of low pays, there to keep you spinning until a bird cracks an egg.
Anyone who spun Kingfisher of the Caribbean slot will know the desert version within a few spins: same ceiling, same medium board, the same eggs feeding the same Fish-collecting bird… just now with crocodiles instead of crabs.
Two things set this version apart. Wishbone pulled the Buy Bonus and the Win Booster that the Caribbean game offered.
Everyone grinds to the feature the slow way, which is a throwback to the original. What you get in return is the retrigger trail, a way to stretch a hot round that neither the Caribbean or the OG version (Kingfisher slot) had.
Low-risk players get a game (I’m talking about our current one again) that won't bleed them dry between features, even if the wait for an egg drags on.
Balanced players and high rollers are chasing enough Fish to make the ceiling worth the climb, but doing it the slow way, coz there are no shortcuts.
Slot Details
Game Provider: Quickfire
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: 20
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 96.24%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof).
The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.: Medium
Bonus Round: No
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: Free Spins, Re-spins
Max Multiplier: 6,000x
Max Win: $240,000
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