Odin’s Tree

Returning to the deep well of Norse mythology for thematic inspiration, this new online slot Odin's Tree from GameBeat focuses on Odin’s sacrifice to the Tree of life, Yggdrasil. This is a very important story in the Norse mythological canon that we will explain in greater detail later in the review. Mechanically, this is a five-reel game with three rows and 20 fixed pay lines. Players will surely enjoy the large betting range and the relatively high RTP of 96.34%. The top payout that players can achieve on one spin here is 2,363x the stake. If you like straightforward games with pleasing visuals and a few exciting bonus features, go at this game. This game is also available on mobile, tablet and laptop platforms.

Odin’s Tree Overview

The features of this game begin with the wild icon. This symbol can substitute for any other regular icon on the board to help score more frequent wins. You can recognise it as it looks like Odin himself. The next feature is the free spins game, triggered when three scatter icons land on the playing board simultaneously. This will award you with six free spins. All wild symbols on the middle reel during each spin will reveal multipliers (2x to 16x). Finally, this game also has a re-spin bonus feature, triggered when players simultaneously land six or more of the sun icon on the board. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Odin's Tree Theme and Symbols

The theme of this game is Norse Mythology, but more specifically, it tells the story of Odin and the Tree of life, called Yggdrasil. As the tale goes, in his desire for knowledge, Odin, one of the very first gods of the Norse folklore, hung himself from the Tree of knowledge in sacrifice. In doing so, he was gifted the knowledge of the runes. These runes once understood divulged information that changed one’s understanding of the universe and gave Odin powers unlike any other god in Asgard. This slot retells this story, even if in just symbols and aesthetics.

The background for this game depicts the starry night and the mysterious vault of heaven. This may hint at the fact that the sacrifice of Odin is one of the most famous myths to be written in the stars. Indeed, various constellations and how they interplay with each other apparently show Odin, the Tree, and other elements of the story. It is thought that, like many myths of this age, they were interpreted from the stars as people gazed at them during the long black nights of the northern hemisphere. The playing board for this game is a solid rectangular piece of onyx with Viking art-style detailing decorating the corners.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the five various runes in turquoise, green, blue, purple and red. The red one is the most valuable, worth 2x the stake for the top combination. The more valuable icons are the purple cube, Thor’s hammer, a dagger and a red ring. The ring is the most valuable of these, worth 20x the stake for the top combination. The specials here are the Tree of life scatter, the Odin wild and the green orb special.

Game Play

Odin’s Tree is played on a 5-reel, 3-row machine with 20 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. The betting range for Odin’s Tree is 10p to £5,000 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen. Volatility for this slot is rated in the medium to high range. The return to player percentage for Odin’s Tree is 96.34%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,363x your stake.

Odin's Tree Features

The first feature of this game is the wild bonus. This concerns the wild icon, which can substitute for other icons on the board to help score more frequent wins.

The next feature of this game is the free spins game. To trigger this bonus, players must land three scatter icons on the board simultaneously. This will result in six free spins. During each spin, all wilds that show up on the middle reel will reveal multipliers (2x to 16x).

Finally, this game also has a re-spins game. This bonus is triggered when players land six or more of the special green orb icons on the board at the same time. These carry with them cash values of between 5x and 50x the stake. When launched, the game gives you three re-spins on a new empty board. For every new orb landed, the re-spins are refreshed to three. When you finally run out of re-spins, all the values on the orbs are added up and paid out to you in one lump sum. If you are very lucky, you may manage to fill all the available positions on the board with orbs, in which case you will win the mega prize jackpot.

Conclusion

Thematically exhilarating and with a fun and varied playing experience, this game has a lot to offer. In addition, the payout potential is high, too, thanks to the high RTP and good to pay out. Volatility might be a bit of an issue, but nothing players won’t have experienced before. Players will no doubt enjoy this well-finished game with a Norse slant.