Kathmandu Gold Slot Review
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Kathmandu Gold
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Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal. The city is located in the valley of the river Vishnumati, at an altitude of 1,350 meters and at the foot of the Himalayas. Every year, just over a million tourists come here. But Kane doesn't come here to take pictures or relax in the mountains. He is on the hunt for gold.
ELK Studios packs out expanding symbols, symbols upgrading Ice Climbers, expanding reels, an unlimited multiplier and the option to buy the bonus game on the Kathmandu Gold slot.
All that beauty gives you up to 10,000 times your bet. With the maximum bet, that is one million euros. It is therefore important that you play Kathmandu Gold at a safe online casino.
You play with 100 credits per spin. The minimum bet per credit is €0.002, so you can play from as little as €0.20. And as usual on ELK Studios slots, the maximum bet is €100.00. This is € 1.00 per credit.
You start with six reels that are each four symbols high. Every time you win, the winning symbols disappear from your screen. You also get one row. So after the first win you play with six reels of five symbols high. New symbols appear on all empty spaces. This goes on as long as you keep winning. You can expand the game screen up to 9 rows high. In that case you play with no less than 531,441 ways to win.
In addition, ELK Studios has added a few more features to the Kathmandu Gold slot machine:
Expanding Win symbols count as 'Wild' and expand in a horizontal or vertical direction.
Ice Climber symbols upgrade 'low win symbols' to 'high win symbols' or Wild symbols.
Mega symbols of up to 4 by 4 can land on your screen. Other dimensions in which symbols can appear are 3 by 3, 2 by 2 and of course 1 by 1.
Thanks to the reels that increase and Ice Climbers you can already win great prizes in the base game.
An example: on two of the six reels you have a symbol twice, on one reel three times, on one reel even four times and on two reels once. This counts as (2 * 2 * 4 * 3 * 1 * 1 =) 48 winning combinations.
Symbols and Payouts
Kathmandu Gold has quite a few symbols. There are no fewer than 12 regular symbols that pay out on combinations of three or more. Combinations always start on the first reel and consist of a minimum of three symbols on consecutive reels. Furthermore, it does not matter where exactly the symbols are on the reel.
The four playing card symbols yield 0.1 to 0.3 times your bet per combination. Blue and green symbols pay out from 0.15 times your stake and up to 0.8 times your stake. Purple and red symbols give you a minimum of 0.2 times your stake and a maximum of 1 times your stake.
The Bird of Prey is good for payouts from 0.25 to 2 times your stake. Payouts on lions start from 0.75 times your stake and go up to 2 times your stake. Dragons are good for 1 to 3 times your stake.
And finally Kane himself: he will give you a minimum of 1.5 times your stake and a maximum of 5 times your stake.
Bonus
You can enter the bonus game in two ways. The first way is by spinning at least three bonus symbols. Three bonus symbols will give you 10 bonus drops. For every extra bonus symbol you get five 'bonus drops'. This way you can score a maximum of 25 'bonus drops'. This requires six bonus symbols.
You increase the multiplier in the bonus game by spinning bonus symbols. For each bonus symbol, +1 is added to the multiplier. There is no limit to the multiplier and the multiplier applies to all winnings you take during a bonus spin. Also, winning symbols can expand horizontally and/or vertically!
The second way is to buy the bonus. You buy the bonus for 100 times your stake. And would you rather start with a multiplier of 10 times? Then it will cost you the sweet sum of 500 times your bet. Buying the bonus has a positive effect on the payout percentage. Albeit minimal. Buying the bonus will give you 96.3% payout percentage instead of 96.2%. And if you buy the bonus with the multiplier, you play with 96.4% payout percentage.
The top prize is 10,000 times your stake. Did you win this amount? Then the bonus game ends, even if you still had remaining bonus spins outstanding!
Katmandu Gold Screenshots
The fifth slot in the Gold series is also an excellent release. ELK Studios has ensured recognition and some innovation.
The stacking reels are typical of ELK's Gold slots. Also, on the Katmandu Gold you stack the reels on top of each other again by spinning winning combinations.
We also already had the multiplier. Although you do not increase it on Katmandu Gold by winning, but by spinning bonus symbols during the free spins bonus. New are the Ice Climber, the expanding Wild symbols and the “Buy bonus feature”.
The payout percentage is also in order with 96.2 to 96.4%. Just like the winning potential of 10 times your stake. A disadvantage is that the bonus automatically stops when you reach 10,000 times your bet. That can be frustrating if you're just winning and still have some bonus drops.
- Nice graphics
- Excellent sound effects
- Wide range of bets
- Interesting freebies
- The probability of a big win
- High volatility
- Not the highest RTP
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Written by Mike Collins on September 13, 2022.
FAQ
The maximum win is 10,000x your stake.
The maximum bet is CA$100.
RTP of the slot is 96.2%.
