Advantages
- Simple yet gorgeous design
- Multipliers in the base game and the Bonus
- Excellent max potential
- Average-risk spinning, suitable for a large group of players
- Lofty max stake
Disadvantages
- Overused theme
- No Bonus Buy
The sounds, graphics/animation are superb, with a lot of attention to detail and comical elements. Although the subsea treasure hunting theme is not original, it is somehow compensated by the plentiful colours and the oddball energetic Crab-Pirate buffoon.
Quick, cheerful and side-walking, with his 8 hands and 2 claws, neither fish nor amphibian, Mr. Crab is portrayed here not as toxic and ill-tempered but helpful in the course of the Treasure Trail.
Technically speaking, this is a Medium Volatility video slot with a sufficient RTP of 96.10%, engaging via four special bonus features in the base and bonus rounds and a tempting winning prospect of 8500x the total bet.
But the game transcends beyond the borders of other generic aquatic slots of animated trove adventures.
Are you feeling bored or sombre? Don’t be – launch the amusing Reef Raider slot for free or with real credits at any NetEnt casinos.
Bonus Features of Reef Raider slot
- Avalanche mechanics – Once formed, every winning cluster will disappear from the screen, and new symbols will fall in the empty space, creating yet new opportunities, i.e. cascading style. There is a Treasure Trail path to be followed with the assisting Mr. Crab (the decapod), following the length of the cascade.
- Special symbols here are: Pink Wild, Blue Wild and Multiplier icons (of x2 to x50), which are added to the grid during the entire game.
- Treasure Trail path and features – 3+ consecutive cascades will launch 1 by 1 the below 4 features and, ultimately, the Free Spins.
- 3 cascading wins (pink steps) trigger the Anchor Drop function, where some low or medium valued clusters will be randomly slashed and removed, and on 1 place of their location will be created a pink Wild. Next cascade will be triggered, where the pink Wild(s) will participate as well.
- 6 cascading wins (pink steps) trigger the Random Wilds function, where 4 to 8 blue Wilds. Both pink and blue Wilds have no value on their own; they just act as a substitution for all (except Multiplier) symbols at different stages of the gameplay.
- 9 cascading wins (pink steps) trigger the Mystery Chest function, where Mystery Symbols displace 2 to 16 low or medium valued symbols and transform into identical icons. This creates a new cluster(s) followed by the next payoff and the next cascade.
- 12 cascading wins (pink steps) trigger the Cannon Blast function, where 1 symbol is chosen to be erased, and with it, all the low/medium valued symbols on the same row/column as the selected 1 will be erased as well. Payoff and the next cascade come as a result.
- Free Spins – 15 cascading wins (pink steps- total length of the Treasure Trail) trigger the feature with 9 FS initially. The trail is followed here as well, but now on top of the above-mentioned powers on each 3 consecutive pink steps, 2 extra FS are added to the tally. Besides, here the Mystery Cross kicks in. A cross-location at the centre of the grid is chosen to be the entire FS duration full of identical Mystery Symbols. Additional symbols can be attached to the cross if they land adjacent during the bonus.
Settings
- Provider – NetEnt
- Payment lines – Cluster Pays
- Volatility – from Average
- Hit rate – 32.60%
- Default range of bets – 0.20 to 100 CAD
- Playing field – 7×7
- The maximum winning is – 8500x the total bet
- Bonuses – Cascades/Avalanche, Clusters, (2 types of) Wilds, Scatters, Multipliers, Mystery Symbols, Symbol Swap, Free Spins
- Free Spins –Yes
- RTP – 96.10%