Raven Rising Slot Overview
Raven Rising is a Viking-themed tumble slot from Quickspin, played on a 5x3 grid with 20 fixed paylines. Two Norse warriors stand either side of the reels in a snowy, painted comic book style that looks proper lovely. The main draw here is the Ragnarok Free Spins where the multiplier climbs per winning symbol removed and never resets. I found the base game fairly gentle, but the bonus round can go absolutely mental.
Bets run from 20p up to 100 quid a spin, so it covers most budgets. RTP sits at 96.07% on the best setting, though be aware there are lower RTP versions floating about at different casinos. Volatility is high, and the max win comes in at 6,804x the stake. Not the biggest ceiling, but decent enough for a slot like this.
Symbols and Paytable
Low pays are runic-styled J, Q, K and A royals, paying between 1.25x and 5x your stake for a five-of-a-kind line. Medium and high pays include an axe, hammer, Freyja and Odin, with five matching landing you anywhere from 10x to 75x. Odin is the best of the regular lot at 75x for five.
Wilds show up as a golden W covered in runes. They substitute for everything except the scatter and pay a chunky 125x for five on a line. The scatter is a shield with a flying raven on it, and you need three or more to kick off the free spins. Symbol values are solid on their own, especially that wild.
Symbol Payouts
| 5 | x125 |
| 4 | x12.5 |
| 3 | x2.5 |
| 5 | x75 |
| 4 | x7.5 |
| 3 | x1.25 |
| 5 | x50 |
| 4 | x5 |
| 3 | x1 |
| 5 | x25 |
| 4 | x2.5 |
| 3 | x0.75 |
| 5 | x10 |
| 4 | x1.25 |
| 3 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x5 |
| 4 | x1 |
| 3 | x0.25 |
| 5 | x3.75 |
| 4 | x0.75 |
| 3 | x0.2 |
| 5 | x2.5 |
| 4 | x0.5 |
| 3 | x0.15 |
| 5 | x1.25 |
| 4 | x0.25 |
| 3 | x0.1 |
Bonus Features Breakdown
Every win triggers the Tumble mechanic. Winning symbols get removed and new ones drop in from above. Keep winning and the cascade keeps going. During base game tumbles, a multiplier ticks up by +1 for each winning combo removed. It resets after the sequence ends. Nice enough, but not wild.
Land 3, 4 or 5 Raven Scatters to trigger Ragnarok Free Spins with 7, 10 or 15 spins. Before you start, there is a Ragnarok Gamble wheel where you can risk your spins for a shot at the next level. It is 50/50 odds each time. Lose and you forfeit the entire bonus. Properly nerve-wracking stuff, but gambling up to at least 10 spins often felt worth the punt in demo play.
During the bonus round itself, the multiplier works differently. It goes up by +1 for every single winning symbol removed, not just per cascade. So one five-symbol win bumps it by five. And it never resets between spins, which means it can snowball to ridiculous levels toward the end. You can also re-trigger extra spins by landing more scatters. A Bonus Buy option lets you skip straight in for 100x your bet, with a slightly higher RTP of 96.57%.
Bonus Buy Options
Volatility, RTP and Max Win
Raven Rising has three RTP configurations: 96.07%, 94.19% and 87.15%. Always check which one your casino runs because the difference is massive. At the top RTP, Quickspin splits it roughly 64% base game and 36% free spins. Volatility is rated high, or 4.5 out of 5 by the studio. The base game feels quite tame honestly, almost lamb-like as the developers put it themselves. All the fireworks happen in the bonus.
Max win recorded in simulations is 6,804.35x the stake. Decent, but some players chasing bigger ceilings might feel a bit let down given how aggressively the multiplier can climb. Not every slot needs to be a 50,000x monster though, and the bonus rounds can still produce some cracking results.
