Free slot: Shimmering Woods

How Shimmering Woods works

Dive into a mysterious enchanted forest where fabulous treasures and gems await you. With its Shimmering Woods creation, Play'n GO wanted to take players to faraway lands reminiscent of the most wonderful fairy tales. Released in March 2021, Shimmering Woods is a slot with a classic grid of 3 horizontal and 5 vertical columns. With each connection made, the symbols disappear to let others appear. On each spin, a symbol is chosen and appears on the top of your slot machine. A symbol occupies one slot, except for the chosen symbol, which splits to give you more connecting paths.

During both your free and paid games, each time a connection is made on a game round, the multiplier increases. As soon as there are no more connections in the grid, the multiplier will return to 1.

The different symbols of Shimmering Woods

Shimmering Woods is a slot machine that contains 11 different symbols. First of all you have 4 premium symbols. These are called premium symbols because they appear less often than the other symbols, but pay more. They are represented by gems which you can see in the following screen. The value of each symbol is for a starting bet of €1.

Then you have 5 non-premium symbols. As you might expect, these symbols are called non-premiums because they appear more often than the other symbols. As you can see in the following screen, they also pay much less. They are represented by the highest values in a pack of cards, namely Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10. The value of each symbol is also for a starting bet of €1.

The last two symbols in the slot are the Scatter and the Wild. The first one gives you the bonus feature. The wild symbol replaces all the symbols in the slot machine except the one that gives the bonus feature.

The different connections of Shimmering Woods

Shimmering Woods is a slot machine with adjacent connections. This means that there are no connecting lines on the slot machine, only connections from left to right. For a connection to be valid, a symbol must appear at least once on the first three lines. The further the symbol appears on the grid, the bigger your win. You will have 243 different ways to connect. However, as soon as the symbols split, the number of ways can rise to 7,776.

How the Shimmering Woods bonus works

Shimmering Woods is a slot game that has a bonus feature. To unlock it, the Scatter symbol must appear a minimum of three times in a single spin. The more Scatter symbols you get, the more likely your bonus will pay out in a massive way. In the screen below, you can see the number of spins and the number of separate symbols you will get according to the number of "Scatters" obtained.

As in the basic game, a symbol is randomly selected at the start of your free spins. Each time it appears, this symbol will double up on your entire starting line. This feature allows you to increase your payout paths significantly and thus increase your chances of a big win.

It is possible to get extra free spins during your Shimmering Woods bonus. To do this, the "Scatter" symbol must appear at least three times. As with the bonus rounds, the more Scatters you get, the more likely your extra free spins are to win you big money.

Our opinion about Shimmering Woods

Shimmering Woods is an excellent creation from Play'n GO and it feels great! It's been a few weeks since the provider's creations have been disappointing, but Shimmering Woods is a complete game changer. If you play Shimmering Woods, you will find that it is a machine with what is considered to be medium to high volatility. With a potential payout of 25,000 times your original bet, you can hit the jackpot if you're lucky. Unfortunately, Shimmering Woods is a slot with an RTP (Return To Player) of only 94.2%, which ranks it low compared to other slots.