The Sacred Elements Slot
The popular theme of ancient Mayan civilisation is covered in The Scared Elements online slot machine, where players will see stylish representations of earth, air, fire and water across the 5-reels, landing winning lines when matching symbols stop on adjacent reels from the left side in any of the 243 ways to win featured. Bonus rounds such as free spins and progressive jackpots are there to be claimed, while a special wild symbol will help to create extra winning combinations in this game, which is part of the extensive GamingSoft slot machine collection.
Because there are no defined paylines, it’s relatively easy to land wins, although they can be correspondingly small, making this a low volatility slot, ideal for gamblers who like to see frequent payouts, even if they don’t claim large amounts. There’s a low limit stake of 1.00 per spin needed, although free The Sacred Elements video slots are provided by GamingSoft, while other betting options include a fast mode, and Autoplay, where the reels spin for as many times as players want, without the need to click a button each time.
There’s a stone circle sitting behind the reels, and delicately carved Mayan designs around the edges of the main game, which gives everything a bit of a grey colour-scheme. But all of the symbols are bright and colourful, so overall it looks pretty good, if not dazzling to view.
Searching for the Scared Elements
The classic high-card symbols, 9, 10, J, Q, K and A are found here, paying from as little as 6, 12, or 24 coins when the 9 lands on 3, 4, or 5 reels respectively, to 6, 12, and 36 coins for the A. It’s an unusual pattern, and these are just standard symbols that have nothing to do with the theme of ancient Mayan civilisation.
But the unique element symbols are a little more in keeping with the theme, although we’re not entirely sure what the purple element is meant to be. It’s the lowest-paying of these symbols, with players winning 10, 30, or 150 coins, and must represent water, as the others are clearly fire, air and the top-paying earth, which is valued at 60, 120, or 540 coins. There’s also a yellow star symbol that pays out even more, and anyone landing this across all 5 reels will win back 900x the coin value.
While it isn’t worth anything on its own the silver Mayan face statue is a valuable wild symbol, completing winning lines when it substitutes for others. If there’s a missing piece in a continuous run across the reels and the wild is on the right reel to complete the sequence, players still get paid a prize. In an unusual feature, it’s also able to act as the scatter symbol, but this decorative icon won’t be able to replace the progressive jackpot-triggering tree of life.
Free Spins Bonus Feature
A golden, jewel-encrusted box opens up a free spins round whenever it stops on 3 or more reels at once, although not before some huge scatter payouts are granted, and with the wild able to complete the line, it’s a little easier to trigger this bonus than it would first appear to be.
If 3 scatters landed, a win of 500 coins is paid, while 4 of this symbol will be worth 1,000 and the best prize of 5,000 coins is yours to cash out when all 5 reels have the scatter symbol on them after a spin.
Once players have been awarded these prizes, they are then treated to some free spins, although the number of extra games is chosen at random, and they can’t be retriggered.
Progressive Jackpot Awards
Most GamingSoft online slot machines share the Mini, Minor, Major and Grand progressive jackpots that are displayed above the reels of The Sacred Elements video slot. The amounts rise steadily, as a small portion of all bets made, across all the games, is put aside and players at the maximum bets will be able to claim 100% of a jackpot once the round is started, while those at lower bet levels get less and less, until gamblers at the low limit will qualify for just 10% of an overall jackpot value.
The golden tree of life symbol will need to be seen on reels 1, 2 and 3 to enter this round, but once it starts, winning a prize is guaranteed. Players are shown a wheel of fortune, which has the jackpot levels around it, and once the same jackpot has stopped against a pointer 3 times, the prize will be claimed.
The Verdict on The Sacred Elements
This is a slightly unusual slot machine, as most games based around ancient Mayan, or Aztec civilisations would be filled with distinct images that are clearly related to the subject, but in this game, everything is a bit abstract.
That doesn’t mean it’s a bad slot at all though, as the potential is there to claim lots of winnings and the bonus features may be fairly un-original, but they are tried and tested extras that can bring in some reliable wins.
