Wisdom of Athena

In Wisdom Of Athena, the patron goddess of cities keeps an eye on players with her spear, helmet and shield as she stands on the right of the grid in front of the sumptuous city of Athens. She can unleash her powers on the reels at any moment, brandishing her weapons and interacting with players. Notable features include Tumble, Grid Unlock, Multipliers and Free Spins.

As a Scatter Pays slot machine, Wisdom of Athena is played on a grid consisting of 6×5 reels by default, with symbols that pay anywhere on the screen as long as they appear identically at least 8 times; an additional row can be unlocked later. The game’s high volatility is coupled with an RTP of 96.07% and a potential payout of 5000x the stake. Fighting alongside Athena requires a stake of between $0.20 and $125 per spin. The shield, helmet, jar and scroll can pay between 1x and 50x the stake, while other less profitable symbols representing various attributes of Ancient Greece can pay between 0.25x and 7.50x the stake. Athena is the Scatter, which can pay up to 100x the stake with 6 symbols scattered across the reels, and won’t explode during tumbles.

Top reel is opened upon making winnings next to it.

Tumble Feature

This feature is activated after each win, winning combinations are paid out and all symbols involved disappear to make room for new symbols that can once again create a win and a tumble. This continues until there are no more winning symbols.

Grid Unlock

Wisdom of Athena features a row of locked symbols at the top of the grid. Successive tumbles will progressively unlock positions from left to right. Once unlocked, new positions containing symbols will remain part of the grid until the end of the slide. It takes one tumble to unlock the first position on the left, and then after 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 further tumblers to unlock the positions on the following reels.

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Multiplier Symbols

Colored gems are multiplier symbols, present on all reels, which can randomly fall during a spin to take on a multiplier value between x2 and x500. When the tumbling sequence ends, the values of all the multipliers on the screen are added together and the total won during the sequence is multiplied by the final value.

Free Spins

The Free Spins feature is won when 4 or more Scatter symbols appear anywhere on the grid. The bonus starts with 10 Free Spins and the top row of positions completely locked. With each tumble, the counters on the locked positions will decrease, and once unlocked, the positions will remain so until the end of the bonus.

At the same time, when a multiplier falls, its value is added to the total multiplier, and each win is multiplied by this total multiplier.

You can receive 5 additional spins with 3 or more Scatter symbols during the bonus.

Ante Bet & Buy Free Spins

To boost your chances of accessing the bonus, you have two options in Wisdom of Athena. The first is to wager 25% more to increase your chances of winning the bonus. By activating the Ante Bet, more Scatters will appear on the reels. On the other hand, if you don’t want to wait to activate the bonus, opt to buy bonuses for 100x the total bet, which triggers between 4 and 6 Scatter symbols on the grid.

Harness the power of Athena

Pragmatic Play’s Wisdom of Athena is inevitably inspired by the gameplay and animations of Gates of Olympus, but despite strong similarities in many respects, there are plenty of new things to explore thanks to the locked positions that unlock as you tumble. Its potential payout of 5000x the stake is the best the player can hope for when playing, a maximum reward similar to that of Gates of Olympus. If you enjoyed the original on Zeus, you’re bound to enjoy Wisdom of Athena.