There’s a mystical feel to the design in Wild Mantra. With snow-capped mountains in the background, the reels are set within a stone temple-style building. Rather than drop vertically, symbols spin into position horizontally.
You’ll see 4 playing card suit symbols. They’re joined by 4 banner symbols which each feature a different icon. These all pay up to 4 times your stake for a 5-symbol combo. There are 2 extras in Wild Mantra.
Mantra Respins feature - look out for the stacked wilds that can land on any spin. Whenever 1 hits, you’ll trigger a Mantra respin. If you land a new wild on this respin, all the other wilds already on view are nudged and expand by 1 position.
Free Spins feature - landing 3, 4 or 5 of the Free Spins scatter anywhere on the reels on the same spin will get you a payout of 2, 20 or 1,000 times your stake as well as 10 free spins. Wilds from the triggering spin are carried through to the free spins. If a new wild hits, it locks in place for the rest of the feature. The existing wilds then nudge to increase the stack of wilds by 1 position. If you manage to fill the whole of a reel with wilds, then 1 extra free spin is added to your total – if you fill all 5 reels with wilds, you’ll benefit from 5 additional free spins.
With its horizontal reel spins, Wild Mantra looks a bit weird at first glance. See past that though and there are some decent extras on offer here. That’s the case with the Free Spins feature where the wild extras can really make a difference, especially if you land a couple of them early in the piece.
The design here is rather simple for an Yggdrasil Gaming slot game but does the job perfectly well. As does the hippyish backing track. It might not bring you spiritual contentment but the simple design and unusual gameplay make Wild Mantra worth a look.
Saying that, you can only win 100 times your stake if you fill the reels with wilds whilst you’ll pocket 1,000 times your stake for 5 scatters. Yggdrasil Gaming offer many other slot games with bigger win potential such as Wolf Hunters. If you like the theme, Divine Dreams by Quickspin shouldn’t be overlooked.