Treasure Mine Slot Review

Treasure Mine is a video slot from Red Tiger with 5 reels and 40 paylines. Released in November 2017, this game can be played at online casinos such as Casumo, Unibet or LeoVegas.

Theme and basic information

Dwarves, mining, gems – that’s the essence of this theme. There are several slots out there that have similar themes and they tend to be on the fun and quirky side, mostly because of the fun and quirky main characters.

The same is true in Treasure Mine, which gives us a red-bearded dwarf who loves his job of mining for gems. He’s very enthusiastic about it.

The scene is set in a mine teeming with gems and other treasures. On the reels we find mining helmets, a massive hammer, googles, a lamp and playing card symbols from 10 to A. Whilst the symbols aren’t overly sophisticated, the design of the slot is well done and a lot of attention to detail has been paid especially in the surroundings.

The hammer is the most valuable symbol, paying out 240 coins for 5 on a payline. The helmet is still worth 200 coins for such a win, and the goggles 180 coins. The lamp brings in 140 coins for 5 of a kind. The wild pays out the most with 320 coins for 5 on a payline.

You can play this game from 0.20 to 500.00 per spin, though this may differ at different casinos.

Various wild features in the base game

The main fun in this game is in all the wild action in the base game. It will keep you happily spinning for a long time and you won’t even be bothered that this game has no free spins.

Whilst there is a generic wild that does what it says on the tin, there are also three special wilds: the Treasure Wild, the Redbeard Wild and the Dragon Wild. If they land by themselves on the reels, they simply function like a wild should. But if they land in combination, different scenarios will play out.

• Redbeard + Treasure = the dwarf will jump on the treasure wild and starts mining, which will result in instant cash wins of usually 20x to 50x your bet.
• Dragon + Redbeard = the dragon will breathe fire at the dwarf who then runs across the reels, leaving wild symbols behind.
• Dragon + Treasure = the dragon breathes fire onto the treasure wild, which will create up to 16 additional wilds on the reels.

If all three wilds land on the reels at the same time, you get a combination of all three features with instant cash wins and lots of additional wilds on the reels.

Going down the mine in the bonus game

Whilst we don’t get free spins in this slot, we do get a bonus game. This is more or less a pick-me game. We’re down in the mines with Redbeard, who sits in a mining cart and we have to pick which tracks he will move along. Whichever one we choose, he starts racing along, picking up various treasure as he goes.

Whenever the three tracks cross once again, we pick once more which one he should race along. This continues for quite some time until you hit the track that ends in an abyss. It’s basically a dead-end and the feature is over.

Loads of treasure can be picked up here and we once managed over 90x our bet, because we kept picking a path that didn’t end suddenly. Another time we were less lucky, only picking up 20x our bet in gems and falling down into the depth much too soon.

Conclusion: A fun slot that won’t be too hard on your budget

The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) for Treasure Mine is 95.20%. This is somewhat below what is average these days, but it never actually feels like it. The slot is not overly volatile, and wins keep coming. They may never be huge and the top prize here is about 1,000x your stake in winnings. But those wilds in action can bring in some wins and help keep you going.

The bonus game is also not super difficult to trigger and even if we won’t walk away with massive wins here either, it is still a lot of fun. And that’s just it, this slot is a lot of fun even without huge wins to look forward to. You won’t get bored for a while and as long as the wins keep coming, you’ll want to keep playing.