Grocket's Cauldron - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Take a trip to a spooky workshop and see the potions that are being brewed up in Grockel's Cauldron, an online slot produced by TopTrend. Built on a 3x3 grid, Grockel's Cauldron features eight paylines.

Match skull-adorned chests and spellbooks, the titular cauldron and all manner of potion ingredients and totems to win on the reels.

Watch out for the special wins, whereby you can win big for matching symbols in all four corners in addition to a potentially huge jackpot for landing nine identical symbols.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

The setting of a spooky workshop is fantastically realised in Grockel's Cauldron, with all symbols and other iconography designed to fit this theme. There are no lazy playing card-styled standard symbols here.

The graphics are well designed and animated to provide a visually stimulating game with a really distinctive style. The winning animations are great, with the big win animations also well designed to show that something important has happened. There is also a bone casually tossed into the pot if you do quite well on any spin!

The music is a relatively catchy rhythmic piece, which is punctuated by the reel effects and win jingles. The clattering of the reels as they spin is a lovely touch given the creepy theme of the title. These sounds are well mixed, allowing all elements to be heard independently. This is in part achieved by having quite a sparse soundtrack in place.

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Grockel's Cauldron RTP and variance

The long-term average RTP of Grockel's Cauldron is 94.97 per cent, which is considerably below the average of 96 per cent that is prevalent for games of this type. The medium volatility provides balanced gameplay, with big wins available even if they are likely to take plenty of patient gameplay to be realised.

 
How to play Grockel's Cauldron

1. To begin, click the 'i' icon to the bottom left of the reels to open the paytable. The paytable details how much is won when winning combinations appear on the paylines and provides information about the bonus features and key game rules.
2. Your bet level can be set by clicking the - and + arrows to either side of the credit value and bet multiplier display. The total bet appears at the bottom of the screen.
3. To spin the reels a single time, click the round spin icon at the bottom of the third reel.
4. If you want to spin continuously, clicking the auto spin button enables you to spin up to 100 times or until the feature is activated. This can be stopped at any point by clicking the cancel button that appears in place of the auto spin icon. 
5. Hitting the lightning bolt directly to the right of the spin button speeds up the reel animations.
6. Play Grockel's Cauldron responsibly by only playing with money you can afford to lose. Set yourself a sensible and affordable budget for each play session and never chase losses. You can play for free in demo mode right here at Slots Temple.

Bet sizes & paytable wins

The minimum bet in Grockel's Cauldron is 0.08, which is achieved by setting the credit value to 0.01 and the bet multiplier to 1x.

The maximum bet is 20.00, which is achieved by setting the credit value to 0.50 and the bet multiplier to 5x.

• Matching three ram skull symbols on a valid payline wins a fabulous 2,500x the credit value.
• Matching three bird skull symbols returns 1,000x the credit value.
• Matching three wicker voodoo totem symbols returns 500x the credit value.
• Matching three of the various potion symbols returns between 100x and 150x the credit value.

Grockel's Cauldron bonus features

Scatters

Matching up to eight scatter cauldrons returns up to a fantastic 8,000x the total stake.

Special wins

Special wins include matching all four corners or matching all nine reel spaces, which can win up to 20,000x the credit value.

Free spins

Matching five free spin symbols in one of two different configurations will trigger five free spins, which are played at the same bet level as the core game.

Grockel's Cauldron review: our verdict

Grockel's Cauldron is a fantastic looking online slot featuring an innovative payline mechanic and special wins for matching all nine spaces or all four corners. There are some big wins on offer here, but remember that these do not come along often.

Whilst free spins are available, they rely on the symbol appearing in a specific pattern on the reels, making them quite hard to trigger.

Disclaimer: Grocket's Cauldron trademark / license is owned by Toptrend Gaming. This site is not endorsed by Toptrend Gaming.