Lorelei's Pearls - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

We love a sea life slot here at Slots Temple, and if there’s a chance of spinning up pearls, we’re even more excited! One of the world’s rarest gemstones and the only ones created by living creatures, pearls are greatly prized by just about every culture. We’ve admired their beauty in the 1000 Pearls slot, and now we’re getting to collect more thanks to Lorelei’s Pearls.

Graphics & Soundtrack

Red Rake Graphics are always excellent, and Lorelei’s Pearls lives up to expectations. A beautiful mermaid is joined on the reels by manta rays, lobsters, seahorses and chattering dolphins. A pleasant calypso soundtrack gives the game a fun holiday vibe.

Lorelei's Pearls RTP & Volatility

Lorelei’s Pearls has an RTP of just 95.4%, which is below average for an online slot. It’s a medium-volatility game, so you’ll need patience and plenty of funds to wait it out for bigger wins to land. Try your luck without the financial risk by playing this and other Red Rake Gaming slots in demo mode here on our site.

How to Play Lorelei’s Pearls

1. Decide how much to stake on each spin. We suggest dividing up your bankroll in a way that gives you a minimum of 100 spins for the best winning chances.

2. Set the amount of your stake using the buttons to the lower right of the game.

3. Now hit the Spin button, which is disguised as a Nautilus shell, to play out one game at your chosen stake.

4. Choose Autoplay for multiple automatic spins. This is ideal if you’re playing in demo mode in the hope of triggering one of the bonus games. Set the number of spins you’d like; you can end the feature earlier just by tapping on the button once again.

5. The ‘Paytable’ button at the bottom left of your screen takes you to the game's rules and payouts, as well as showing the payline structures.

6. Game sounds can be silenced by tapping on the speaker icon below the game.

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins

You can spin the reels of Lorelei’s Pearls from 0.25 to 35.00 per spin. That puts it slightly out of reach of penny slots fans, whilst high rollers won’t be tempted at these rates. But mid-range players should find plenty to enjoy - just make sure your bankroll can encompass the game’s medium volatility.

Match up three, four or five symbols across a payline to win the following cash payouts, shown as multiples of your total stake. You’ll see the payouts aren’t that great, so you’ll need to either land multiple wins with each spin or you’re going to need to hit one of the bonus rounds to see bigger potential returns.

J = 0.08x, 0.16x, 0.8x

Q = 0.08x, 0.16x, 0.8x

K = 0.08x, 0.16x, 0.8x

A = 0.08x, 0.4x, 1.6x

Seahorse = 0.08x, 0.48x, 2.4x

Manta Ray = 0.08x, 0.64x, 3.2x

Lobster = 0.24x, 0.8x, 4x

Dolphin Wild = 0.24x, 0.8x, 4x

Pearl Bonus Scatter pays 0.04x and 0.08x for landing two or three on the reels respectively.

Max-win 2,000x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 95.40%

Lorelei’s Pearls Bonus Features & Free Spins

The dolphin is the top-paying symbol in the game, along with the lobster, but it also acts as the game’s substitution symbol. This means it can stand in for all other game icons apart from the Scatter, helping you to create winning combinations across adjacent reels. Better still, every time a Wild substitutes to generate a win, it doubles the value of the win, making it a highly desirable symbol to spot on the reels.

Pearl Bonus Scatters only spin up on reels 1, 3 and 5. Land two with a single spin and you’ll win a cash prize, but you’ll need to spin up three to be awarded the Free Spins Bonus feature. You’ll receive 15 Free Spins with all low-value symbols removed from the reels. Fewer game symbols mean there’s a greater likelihood of landing winning combinations - and often multiple wins with each spin.

If you’ve played Wild Animals from Red Rake Gaming, you’ll be familiar with the Fusions Minigame. Here it’s triggered by landing three or more Lorelei mermaid symbols on the reels with a single spin. This takes you to a new grid where the only symbols are Loreleis and blanks. You start with 3 Free Spins, with each new Lorelei resetting the counter back to three. As you gain more Lorelei icons, they group together to create bigger - and better-paying - symbols. Fill the screen with mermaids to win the game’s top payout worth 2,000x your stake.

Overall Review

Lorelei’s Pearls is a beautiful and engaging online slots game with some excellent prize potential. Whether or not you’re prepared to risk your cash in the hopes of landing one of the top payouts is very much a matter of personal choice. We found the base gameplay swiftly ripped through our balance, even when we seemed to be landing pretty frequent wins. It’s only during the Free Spins and Bonus rounds that you stand any real chance of pulling ahead, so make sure you have sufficient funds in place to wait it out if necessary!

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