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The game window is set against the background of a chamber inside an ancient pyramid, with flames setting the mysterious room alight and a suspenseful oriental soundtrack accompanying the action. Egyptian-style pay symbols and artifacts populate the reels alongside Anna, who with a torch in hand searches for those coveted arks. A multiplier display sits in the top-right corner, increasing the win multiplier in 1x increments for each pyramid appearing on reel five.

Ark of Mystery has nine pay symbols, one wild symbol, and one multiplier symbol. All pay symbols can appear as a single symbol or in stacks of up to three symbols high. On the low level are the 10s to As card suits. The premium symbols in ascending order of value appear as Egyptian artifacts in blue, purple, and red colors. The top-paying symbol is the heroine Anna. The wild symbol is the ark, substituting for all symbols and appearing on reels two, three, and four only. There are no scatters or bonus symbols on the slot.

This Quickspin game is a video slot with five reels, three rows and 20 fixed paylines. It has only two features, namely Wild Ark Respins and Multiplier Booster. Being designed in the modern HTML5 format, Ark of Mystery is available for play on desktop, mobile, and tablet across all OS platforms. AutoPlay allows players to choose from 10 to 1,000 consecutive spins, with a range of options as to when the run should stop.

Explorers willing to join Anna on her quest can do so with bets ranging from 0.20 to 100 coins. The RTP of this high-variance game is set at 96.53%. Pays for a single five of a kind start at 2x the stake and peak at 50x the stake. The maximum win potential in a single spin sequence can grow to a massive 6,509x the initial bet when sufficient respins and multipliers are triggered within the period of that sequence.

The feature is triggered when at least one golden ark symbol lands on reel three, four or five in a spin. The ark will lock in place and expand by one position on the same reel for a respin. The feature continues as long as there are unfilled wild positions on the same reel, or if new arks land on a respin. A minimum of two respins are awarded until the triggering ark has expanded to cover the entire reel. The maximum amount of respins is six when the arks land in consecutive order, resulting in having all three middle reels filled with wild symbols. This is the best moment to score those big wins.

The kicker on this slot, and the key to transforming big wins into monster wins, is the multiplier booster displayed in the top-right corner of the game window. A pyramid can appear on reel five, landing with a big thump when it hits and increasing the multiplier in increments of 1x for each occurrence. The maximum multiplier is limited to 22x within one respin sequence. The multiplier is reset after a spin or when the respin sequence has ended.

To look at the win potential, we’ll take the top symbol as an example. Anna appears stacked at all times, paying 50x the bet for a single five of a kind. A full screen with 20 paylines would result in a 1,000x the bet win. Having a few respins to build up multipliers could see that grow to the maximum of 6,509x the initial stake.

Egyptian mystery and treasure mix well with slot reels ever since the first video slot was designed. After all, we slot-playing folks are always on the quest to score those mega wins on the reels of our favorite games. A slot we must mention at this point is Book of Ra from Novomatic – one of the first remarkable games with an Egyptian theme. It achieved legendary status in the slot-playing community with its sky-high volatility and equally high win potential. Another exciting slot with an Egyptian theme is Ra's Legend from Red Tiger Gaming.

Our verdict is not much of a mystery, to be honest. While the slot impresses with sharp graphics and stunning animations, it is profoundly lacking in terms of entertainment factor. Hitting multiple arks – well, even just one – can take a long time. Getting multipliers simultaneously presents yet another level of difficulty. With any other features lacking, the slot got rather boring after 10 to 20 minutes, as we were anxiously waiting to hit at least once two arks on the front reels to help guarantee some good wins.

And to conclude, who at Quickspin moved the arks to an Egyptian pyramid? Usually, they are known to be chests holding the Torah scrolls in a synagogue. Well, that is indeed a mystery. We guess the slot will be good for short sessions in the hope of hitting some big wins early, and then doing a runner with the profits. Ready to go on your own quest for those Egyptian treasures?