Free slot: John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches

How John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches works

By now you know John Hunter, the adventurer who can't seem to get enough and is once again on the hunt for a fabulous treasure. This time you're heading to Bermuda, hoping to hit the jackpot!

John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches is a slot developed and published by one of the most prominent providers in the market: Pragmatic Play. This slot is a special order of Stake online casino where it will be available in advance from October 15, 2021. You will be able to find it a few weeks later on the vast majority of online gaming operators. With a theoretical return to player (RTP) of 96.4%, John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches ranks as an average slot machine. Its volatility is very high and its maximum winning potential is 5,000 times the starting bet, as with most Pragmatic Play slots. The starting grid is quite large, in fact you will find 7 columns of 7 rows in this slot, for a total of 49 symbols. These symbols connect in groups and disappear from the grid to perform stunts. You can discover 2 original features in the base game of John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches: Gold coin treasure symbols can appear at any time on the grid. They have a cash value, but the cash value will only be collected if a chest symbol also appears on the grid. Different chests can appear:

• A single chest will collect all the treasure symbols on the grid. Their values are added together and the total is paid to you.

• The gold chest also has a value, which is added to all the treasure symbols on the grid. The results are added together before the total is paid to you

• The purple chest has a multiplier that will act on all the values of the treasure symbols on the grid. Again, these are then added together before the total is paid to you

• The green chest works like the simple chest except that new treasure symbols are added randomly to the grid before collection

If there are multiple chests on the grid, they will take turns acting on all the treasure symbols starting with the chests on the leftmost reels and moving up and down on each reel. In addition to this feature, which is the heart of this slot machine, a very special Wild can appear at any time on the grid: the Cursed Wild will have one of the following effects:

• All the cursed Wilds on the grid get a x2 multiplier acting on all the paying connections they are part of

• New Wilds are randomly added to the grid

John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches symbols

In addition to the Wild, the Cursed Wild, the various chests and the Scatter, there are 7 paying symbols in John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches to make connections. We can separate them into 2 categories according to their rarity:

• The symbols with the highest value are called premiums. They are much rarer, but their connections will pay you a lot. They are represented by the gold objects found in the Bermuda treasure

• Low value symbols, or common symbols, appear much more often and make connections easier. They pay much less. They are represented by the suits of a deck of cards (spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds)

In the image below, you can see the 7 different symbols and the value of your potential winnings depending on the size of the connection made in relation to a €1 bet.

The different connections in John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches

Many connections are possible on John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches. In fact, there are no predefined paylines on this slot machine. In order to get paying connections with the symbols appearing on the grid, at least 5 identical symbols must be placed on adjacent boxes. This kind of group is called a cluster. The symbols used in a payout connection are removed from the grid to allow new symbols to fall from above and potentially string together new connections in the same game round.

John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches Bonus Feature

To really discover the potential of John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches, you'll have to venture into the free spins. The objective is to get at least 3 Scatter symbols on the grid in a single payout round. You will be awarded 12 free spins regardless of the number of Scatter symbols you get. On the other hand, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Scatters pay 3 times, 5 times, 10 times, 20 times and 100 times the original bet respectively!

During the bonus, the principle of the game is the same and the different features present in the base game are still present. The real particularity will be discovered at the end of the bonus. Indeed, a secondary chest is placed on the upper right corner of the grid and it will collect the values of each treasure symbol appearing on the grid. This Bermuda treasure chest therefore accumulates a substantial value that will be put into play when the bonus ends. If a wheel is spun, you will have 3 chances out of 8 to get the full amount accumulated, but if the wheel falls on a losing side, then everything disappears. If the emptiness of the base game frightens you, rest assured, the chests and treasure symbols appear much more often in the bonus game. It is also possible to retrigger during the bonus. Get at least 3 Scatter symbols to get 5 extra free spins with no limits. In exchange for 100 times your original bet, Pragmatic Play offers you the opportunity to purchase the bonus feature without waiting in the base game. A round in which at least 3 scatters are guaranteed is then launched.

Our review of John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches

John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches is a rather original slot from Pragmatic Play. The system of chests and treasures implemented in the base game is rather well thought out, but it is still difficult to visualize the high potential of this slot. The paradisiacal world of Bermuda and its treasures are very well realized, while the graphics are of excellent quality. Go in search of the rare Bermuda chests if you feel up to it!