Wolf Night – Hold and Win

Wolf Night Hold and Win Overview

3 Oaks Gaming has become the latest slot provider to start offering Hold and Win format slots, following in the footsteps of Playson and Pragmatic Play. The Hold and Win set-up has quickly become one of the more popular, with studios recognising the demand across the industry. This particular Hold and Win slot is themed on a nocturnal North American wilderness. This means a board and setting illuminated by the calm light of the moon and symbols that have a luminescent quality to them. Regarding gameplay, there are a decent collection of features and a chance to win a jackpot of 2,000x your stake.

Wolf Night Hold and Win features include the Hold and Win bonus, which is triggered by landing multiple money symbols on the reels simultaneously. This will grant you three re-spins, with the triggering symbols becoming sticky. In this round, the symbols that fall are either money symbols or blanks, every new money symbol that falls instantly sticks and resets the re-spin count. At the end of the feature, all the values on the money symbols are paid out. Furthermore, it is in this feature where you can land jackpots. There is also a wild and a free spins bonus. All features will be explained in more detail later on in the review.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for Wolf Night Hold and Win is a night spent in the North American wilderness under the stars. The game has gone to some lengths to make sure that the theme feels quite magical and bright, rather than dark and scary, which is another angle they could have taken with this theme. 3 Oaks Gaming would rather players feel relaxed and enchanted by the various beasts and settings on the screen rather than scared. Therefore, each animal represented has its own glowing aura in multiple colours, and the mountainside where this game takes place is just as bright and alluring.

The background in this online slots is a blue and purple vista of a mountainside in the dead of night. Far from being creepy or unnerving, the setting is quite spectacular and has taken on a calming characteristic that makes one think of rest and relaxation. The little light that there is on the screen is provided by scattered stars dotting the night sky. Under the great expanse of the firmament is a dense and dark forest populated by tall, conical conifers and pines sweeping down from mountaintops into the valleys below.

On the other hand, the board is a simple wooden construction made to look like a sign for an inn or a cabin in the woods where one may find respite from the trying wilderness.

The symbols for Wolf Night Hold and Win are sorted into categories of low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying symbols for this game are the card values of J, Q, K and A. These symbols represent baseline payouts of between 0.2x to 2x your stake. On the other hand, the more valuable symbols are comprised of the various animals that you will see on the reels. These include the Owl, the Eagle, the Ram and the Deer symbols. The Deer is the most lucrative, paying up to 10x the stake. Finally, there are the special symbols. The Wolf in this game is the wild symbol, appearing on all reels. It also pays out at 12x the stake for the top combination. The mountain illuminated by the moon is the free spins scatter. Lastly, the full moon bonus icons represent the Hold and Win bonus money symbols, containing both cash values and jackpot games.

Game Play

Wolf Night Hold and Win is played on a 5-reel, 3-row playing board with 25 pay lines. Players must match three symbols in combinations running along pay lines from left to right to create winners in this game.

The betting range for Wolf Night Hold and Win is 25p to as much as £60 per spin. To change your betting level per spin, use the bet adjuster tool located at the bottom of the playing window.

Further information regarding the slot, including a display of the paytable, can be accessed by clicking on the settings menu. The spin button is located to the bottom right of the reels. You can set up auto spins in the game's menu.

The provider has not disclosed the volatility for Wolf Night Hold and Win. The return to player percentage for Wolf Night Hold and Win also has not been announced. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,000x your stake.

Features

As it will surprise you to learn, the primary feature in this game is the Hold and Win bonus. To launch this bonus, players must land six or more of the bonus money/moon symbols on the reels simultaneously. All of the triggering symbols are immediately stuck to the reels, and you are awarded three re-spins. With every new moon symbol that is landed, the re-spin counter is reset to three. This bonus plays on until you either run out of re-spins or when you manage to collect the full 15 moons on the grid, filling the screen and awarding the grand jackpot. All of the displayed values on the bonus symbols are added up and paid out to you at the end of this feature.

These symbols range up to 16x your stake.

This feature also gives you the chance to win some jackpots. To do so, you must collect the Mini, Minor and Major symbols that randomly land on the reels during the bonus game. The jackpot values are as follows:
Mini - 20x
Minor - 50x
Major - 150x
Grand - 2,000x the staked wager

Any landing Mystery icon during the re-spins can convert to become Mini, Minor, or Major icons.

The other bonus in this game is the free spins bonus, triggered when players land three or more of the bonus spin scatters on the reels simultaneously. This awards you with eight free spins. In this feature, the wilds become x2 wilds, doubling any wins with them involved. Collecting a subsequent three scatters from within the bonus awards you with an additional eight spins.
The Wolf wild is active throughout the gameplay and substitutes all symbols barring the specials to help form more wins.

Conclusion

Hold and Win seems to be taking over the world at the moment, with almost every provider having their own version. As these types of slots go, this is a pretty good one, with a selection of bonus content, a decent theme and a chance to win a few jackpot amounts. However, the fact the RTP has not been disclosed is a little worrying.