Ark of Mystery

Ark of Mystery has refined special elements: a multiplier booster and wilds that give you up to six respins (that can lead to massive payouts). The game's payback is quite good (96.53%), and when you catch a series of successful spins, it's possible to earn over 650,000 coins. The game is can be found at virtually all online casinos, including New Zealand casino sites, and many of these also have welcome bonuses for new players. The game is also available in a mobile version, so you can check it out at your leisure, whether on smartphone or tablet.

All about Quickspins Ark of Mystery you can read in our review below.

About Ark of Mystery

Ark of Mystery $ etches$ing just an ark, of course. Here Quickspin has taken inspiration from its ancient Ark of the covenant in which the Ten Commandments of God kept in Jerusalem. However, it is a completely different ark that Quickspin introduces in Ark of Mystery. At the same time, of course, it contains taxes.

Upon opening the game, you are greeted with a welcome screen that presents special features of the game and shows a female adventurer in a high-stab pose with a torch. The background story itself is not offered in any more detail, but perhaps it needn't be. You play the role of an adventurer who seeks the Ark and its treasures. Period.

As is customary, the game designers at Quickspin have invested a substantial amount of effort into making the game as delightful and stylish as possible. The graphics are really amazing in their resolution, and it's a treat to see all sorts of dynamic elements at play. Behind the reels, you will see ancient pillars bearing hieroglyphs. They are a clear signal that the treasure hunt is on somewhere in Egypt. Several of the symbols on the reels also give that signal, as does the mysterious music that forms the backdrop to the whole proceedings.

In total, Ark of Mystery is an incredibly alluring slot. So much so, in fact, that we can recommend you try it out for at least a couple of spins. For more on its bewitchingness—and its possible payouts—read on.

Stakes and winnings

In Ark of Mystery, as usual in Quickspin slots, you should only select the total bet right away. You don't need to fret about picking coins or making bets on the fear of not getting anything if you don't hit it big on a spin. If you want to play it a little faster, you can use the autosnurr setting and let the game do the work for a bit. Or, you can set it up so that a click of the spacebar will start a game round. It costs you between $2 and $1,000 to play one game.

The various symbols and their payouts can be seen in the betting schedule. The amounts therein are stated in relation to your bet so you don't have to count in coins. If you bet $10 and hit a Payline with, for example, five adventurer symbols, you get back $500. It's as straightforward as that.

Payback over time for Ark of Mystery is 96.53%. That figure is not stupid at all! The risk is set at medium, so this is not a slot you win on the precipice of the quarter.

The total maximum amount you can win is 650,000 coins. What that translates to in actual money is murky, but it's almost certainly amounts to fathomless sums. Hitting it—not on the reels but with the respins feature—is how you're going to go home with any kind of big win.

Symbols

The symbols in the Ark of Mystery are typically Egyptian. The ark, which is wild, may not directly resemble ancient Egyptian forms, but the other symbols do. The adventurer is the most lucrative symbol, paying up to 50 times the bet per payline. Other high-win symbols include the Eye of Horus, a scarab, and an ankh. A, K, Q, J, and 10 are the low-win symbols. Nonetheless, there's virtually no discrepancy between the ankh and A symbols.

Game features

Ark of Mystery does not have a bonus that offers free spins. There are also no symbols that act as scatters. In fact, there is only one special symbol present on the reels in Quickspin's slot. Despite this apparent lack of features, Ark of Mystery offers an abundance of in-game opportunities that can lead to big wins. Multipliers and respins work in tandem with the wild feature to offer the kind of engaging gameplay that keeps players coming back for more. Read on to find out how to make the most of these opportunities!

Wilds

The wild symbol (the Golden Ark) appears on reels 2-4. When it lands, it mainly substitutes for the other symbols. It doesn't pay for itself.

Respins

Whenever the wild symbol shows up on the screen, it is secured in place. Then, on the next spin, it expands either upward or downward, in the same column of it's landing. So, if it plops down on the bottom row of wheel number 2, it will first expand upward to the middle row, and then downward to the bottom row on wheel 2. Upon expanding attempt number one (it does this twice), you are awarded a free respin. While the wild symbol expanding is what makes this game a bit tricky, it's also where the game extracts the most juices from the goody bag. (I.e., this is the most dangerous the game gets.)

You can receive a maximum of six respins. This occurs if you get wilds in all three of the middle reels in a row. You can then count on getting pretty large wins in a row.

Multipliers

The fifth reel may very rarely show one or more multiplier symbols. These multiplier symbols give you p Oh, 1x more than what you see in the pyramid above the fifth reel. According to the game rules, you can play with a multiplier of up to 21x.

It is important to know that the current multiplier applies only to the current spin. If you get a multiplier boost on a spin that does not result in a win, the completely Sonic disappears without having done any good.

Summary

Ark of Mystery is a type of slot that depends on a solitary special feature to differentiate itself from other games. In this way, you can place the game in the same category as, for example, Starburst, Twin Spin or, for that matter, Hot Sync from Quickspin. With so few special features, the base game can feel a bit dull after too much exposure, especially when you consider that the wild symbols are supposed to offer a little more action and a few more big wins in the game. If you can endure intervals in which the game feels a bit lifeless, you will at times be richly rewarded.

We are not at all impressed with the multiplier feature. The symbol appears only very rarely, and when it does, it is even rarer that it actually does any good. If we had to choose, we would have gotten rid of that feature and, instead, put in, for example, a scatter that pays.

For those who want to experience the game before wagering real money, it is also available for testing at online casino games. You can play this version of the game with the same sensations as when playing the real game. In this way, you will know exactly how to win and if you are suited to playing this game.