Skulls of Legend Slot Review

Swashbuckling adventure on the high seas is the order of the day in Skulls of Legend, a pirate-themed slot game from iSoftBet. Played using a 5 reel, 30 payline game engine, this seafaring yarn comes with stacked, held wilds and 4 free spin features with a quartet of wild extras. Go hunting for doubloons, on all devices, from between 30p and £60 per spin.



Pirate theme

The design in Skulls of Legend is nicely done - with the deep blue ocean roaring away in the background, the reels are set within a woody galleon. Joining the lower value A to 9 playing cards are a parrot, cutlass and pistol, cannon, female pirate (who's a dead ringer for Homeland star Claire Danes) and the cutlass-wielding pirate skipper. He is the most rewarding symbol – 3, 4 or 5 of these on a payline will get you 2.33, 10 or 50 times your stake.

Locked stacked wilds

Joining the standard symbols is the crystal skull which is the game's wild, replacing all other symbols apart from the scatter. Look underneath the reels and you'll spy a meter - every time a wild lands, a spot in that reel's meter will be lit. Once all 4 spaces are lit, the whole of that reel will turn into a stacked wild which will remain locked in position for the 4 spins that follow.

4 free spins features

Skulls of Legend comes with 4 free spin features. To trigger them, you'll need to land 3 or more of the sailing ship scatter anywhere on the reels on the same spin. As well as a cash prize of 15, 30 or 75 times your stake, you'll be awarded 1 of the following features:

  • Rhum Barrel Free Spins feature - 7 free spins are awarded here. Watch as the skipper fires his pistol and in the process, turns between 2 and 5 symbols wilds. These newly created wilds will then be held for the next 3 free spins.
  • Compass Free Spins feature - land this feature and you can look forward to 10 free spins. The symbol in the middle position of reel 3 can turn wild on any free spin. The dial of a compass spins, sending further wilds out in that direction.
  • Storm Free Spins feature - here you'll receive 14 free spins. If a win during the feature fails to produce a winning combination, the symbols can be re-arranged to create a winner.
  • No Quarter Free Spins feature - trigger this and you'll get 15 free spins. The crew swing across the reels on a rope and in the process, turn a random selection of symbols into wilds.

Skulls of Legend thoughts

The design in the Skulls of Legend slot is excellent combining classy 3D visuals with a suitably rollicking soundtrack - the features impress too. The stacked wilds can certainly help things along in the base game and there's a nice variety on offer in the free spins features too. Variance wise, it’s in the middle with top payouts of 1,500 times your stake on each spin or free spin.

The pirate setting is among the most popular genres in the online slots world - iSoftBet have given it a good crack in Skulls of Legend and it's well worth sailing into these uncharted waters. I also recommend you try Red Lady from Novomatic which offers you high variance action.