Fire Archer

If you are a Robin Hood fan whether from the books, the TV series, or the movies you will love the Fire Archer slot by Pragmatic Play. The visuals, audio, and game mechanics all come together so well to create a fun and immersive experience. From the mechanics standpoint, the game centers around the wild as the main symbol and builds upon it with special wild features. Additionally, players will be able to trigger free spins with upgradable wild symbols for thrilling wins.

This Pragmatic Play release features a wagering range of up to $125 for a maximum payout of 4000x. This is slightly on the lower side of prize pools but the worthwhile RTP value of 96.07% makes up for it. Be prepared however as this fiery slot has high volatility so expect some shaky gameplay. Let us dive into this Pragmatic Play release together in this Fire Archer slot review.

Robin Hood fanboys and fangirls rejoice as the dashing sharpshooter is back in 2023. The game does not, unfortunately, feature Little John and the rest of the Merry Men but Robin along with his wild mechanics will suffice. The game is played on a large 5×5 grid with 25 active paylines. Players will have to arrange at least 3 identical symbols in those fixed paylines to score. The game familiarly pays left to right from the leftmost reel.

The high-win symbols are none other than Robin along with a bag of coins, his famous hat, and a pint of beer. While these symbols have well-rounded payouts, the low-win symbols slightly stick out with 5 of them. This is a bit too many low-win symbols for our taste when compared to the 4 high-win ones and might reduce your payouts a little.  That being said, the various wild mechanics do their best to make up for this.

Let us check out some betting options as well as extra mechanics to see how these special wilds work exactly.

When it comes to wagering the player has a fully customizable betting system familiar to Pragmatic Play slots. Mainly, you will be able to adjust both coins per line and your coin value. This allows you to place anywhere from a $0.25 bet to a $125 one. The maximum payout as we mentioned is 4000x the stake with 96.07% RTP and high volatility.

When we take a look at the payouts we can see that the highest-paying symbol, Robin, pays up to 20x the bet for five of them. This is not the greatest value ever and we would have liked to see a bit more. The wilds have payouts as well up to 30x the bet for five of them. Other than those base game wins, you can buy free spins for 100x of your bet if you do not want to wait.

The main excitement factor of the game of course hides in the special features. All the neat animations are here as well. As we mentioned, every feature revolves around the special wilds and triggering the free spins. Let us take a look at each one in detail.

• Wilds and Scatters – These are the basic extra features. The wilds substitute for all symbols except the scatter. Scatters trigger free spins when 3 of them are hit and they appear on reels 1, 3, and 5.
• The Super Wild – This special symbol looks like an archery target. It can appear randomly on all reels and substitutes for all symbols except the scatter like the regular wild. However, it also has a special ability. The symbol will show 8 directions around it when it appears, then Robin Hood will shoot and a single direction will be chosen randomly. The Super Wild will then replace all symbols in that direction with regular wilds.
• Free Spins – Once they are triggered the player is awarded 5 free spins with the Super Wild symbol guaranteed on each one. The super wild will move on each spin to a different location and do its ability every time. When additional scatters land, every 2 scatters will upgrade the super wild to have additional directions. Additional 1, 2, or 3 extra free spins will also be awarded.

The free spins mode can get crazy especially if you keep refreshing free spins and upgrade the Super Wild symbol. If nothing else you will be able to see Robin Hood shoot up the reels a lot.