Katmandu Gold Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Katmandu Gold Review

Players familiar with ELK Studios’ Gold series will hardly be disappointed by Katmandu Gold. ELK has really outdone themselves this time, and lifted the whole series to a new plateau. The reels are set in the stunning mountains of Nepal, and you can place bets between 20p and £100. Visually, Kathmandu Gold is the best game so far, and the same can be said about the math model and the features.

Both the Ice Climber feature and the Expanding Wins are brand new innovations, and both are pretty effective in keeping you on track to maximize the grid with up to 8 rows and 262,144 win ways (a 9th row is also possible, but we’ll get to that below). This game is exactly what was needed to keep the series going, and we look forward to plenty of new Kane adventures also in the future.

A screen of the Katmandu Gold playing space

Katmandu Gold slot Features

The Cascading Wins feature (also called the Avalanche feature) is at the center of everything here, and it means winning symbols are removed to make way for new symbol drops. You will benefit from 1 extra row per cascading win up to 8 rows, which also increases the number of win ways up to 262,144.

You can also land mega symbols on any given symbol drop here, and these come in the sizes 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4. When you land 2 Ice Climber symbols (looks like the Yin & Yang symbol) at the same time you trigger the Ice Climber feature. You will see all symbols above the Ice Climber symbol turn into premium symbols and/or wilds, while the symbols below will all turn wild.

If you trigger the Ice Climber feature with a Yin/Yang symbol on the 8th row, a 9th row will be added to the reel set. This increases the number of win ways up to a staggering 531,441. The wild symbols don’t hold any value of their own, but they will step in for all regular symbols as usual.

Both regular symbols and wilds will sometimes land with a golden arrow. If arrow symbols are part of a winning combo, you trigger the Expanding Win feature.

You will then see the symbol clone itself in the direction of the arrow, which means all symbols in that direction are transformed.

The main feature is the Free Spins round, and you trigger it by landing at least 3 bonus symbols in the same round. You get 10, 15, 20 or 25 free spins when you land 3, 4, 5 or 6 bonus scatters, respectively. You start out with a 1x multiplier, and it will increase by +1 for every X bonus symbol you land. The bonus round can be retriggered in the same way you originally triggered it.

The Bonus Buy feature is brand new to the Gold series, but unfortunately it’s not available for UK players. You have several options here. You can pay 100x your stake to get 3 to 6 bonus scatters on the next spin. You can also pay 500x to get the same, but now you will start with a 10x multiplier in the bonus round.

The 200 Spins Katmandu Gold slot Experience

We had a great time testing this game, and the bonus round landed us some pretty solid payouts. You can see all the highlights in the video below, and the bonus round starts around 0:56 into the video.

We have edited out most of the base game grind, but you get to see some of the features before the free spins round starts.

Review Summary

If Katmandu Gold turns out to be the last game in the series about Kane (which is highly unlikely), ELK would certainly end the saga on a high note. This game takes the whole series to a new level, and it comes with stunning audiovisuals, brand new and innovative features, as well as a 10,000x max win potential, which is the highest in the series so far.

Piling on extra rows and expanding the win ways is more fun than ever here, thanks to the Ice Climber feature and the Expanding Wins. The progressive multiplier can lead to massive bonus round payouts, but the expanded reel set will reset on non-winning spins. ELK has thus traded the “safety level” mechanism from the previous Gold titles for the progressive multiplier, something that seems more than fair enough to us.

Pros

• Ice Climber turns rows into premiums and wilds
• Golden arrow symbol expanding wins
• Bonus round with progressive multiplier
• Max win potential of 10,000x your stake

Cons

• Reel expansion resets also in the bonus round

If you love Katmandu Gold slot you should also try:

Voodoo Gold - is a very strong game in the saga about the mysterious Kane, and it comes with up to 262,144 win ways. The mega symbols can create wilds underneath, and the expanding reel set does not reset in the bonus round. Payouts up to 5,000x is possible in this game.

Ecuador Gold - takes you on a journey to the rainforest in South America, and you can win up to 2,500x your stake in this volatile installment in the Kane series.

The bonus round comes with expanding rows and win ways, and you will benefit from mega symbols and ghosting wilds.

Tahiti Gold - is another solid title in the Gold series, and it comes with 6 reels and 4,096 win ways to start with. You can win up to 5,000x your stake here, and mega symbols combined with a wild forge feature can come in handy both in the base game and during the expanding reel set bonus round.

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