Forest Maiden - What you need to know
In the heart of a forest filled with snakes, frogs and wild panthers, sit the reels of the Forest Maiden Hold & Win game by Synot Games. Similar to wildlife-themed forest games like Pixies of the Forest, this game is played on a 5-reel, 3-row grid and comes with 25 paylines.
With features including Wild Symbols and the popular Hold and Win feature, this slot includes a max win of up to 2,000x.
Forest Maiden Statistics
Grid Size: 5 x 3
Provider: SYNOT Games
Number of Winning Lines: 25
Slot Theme: Forest/ Wildlife
Main Bonus Round: Wilds, Hold and Win
Free Spins?: No
Playing Forest Maiden
How to Set Your Stake
To get started on the game, you'll need to set your stake. You can use the menu button underneath the reels to adjust your wager, and you will be able to bet anywhere between the minimum and maximum betting range.
How to Spin the Reels
After you have decided how much you want to bet, you just need to click on the big green spin button to the bottom right of the reels. To land a win, you'll need to land at least 3 or more matching symbols on any of the 25 paylines on adjacent reels, from left to right, starting from the first reel.
Bonus Rounds in Forest Maiden
Wild Symbol
First of all, the game has a Carnival Dancer wild symbol, which can drop onto the reels and substitute for any of the game's symbols apart from the scatter and the orb bonus symbol.
Bonus Symbols
In the base game, you can land orb bonus symbols that have either a cash value (anywhere from 1x to 18x your total bet) or a Special win. These are the MINI, MINOR, or MAJOR special win prizes.
Hold and Win Feature
If you land 6 or more Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels, you'll get 3 respins - and the triggering Bonus symbols will stay locked in place throughout. If you get any extra bonus symbols during the respin, they'll also lock into place, and your respin count will reset back to 3.
During this feature, the bonus symbols can come with different rewards or features:
- Payouts: Cash Value Multipliers, Mini, Minor and Major jackpots.
- Expanding Bonus: A symbol with a value and arrows that can expand to fill the whole reel. If there's already another Bonus symbol on the same reel, its value will be increased by the Expanding Bonus symbol's value.
- Increasing Bonus symbol: Has a value and a "+" sign, which will increase the value of all the other Bonus symbols on the reels by their own value.
- Repeating Bonus: This symbol will collect the total value of all Bonus symbols on the reels at the end of the feature and then start a new round of the Hold and Win feature with empty reels.
The feature ends when you fill all 15 reels with bonus symbols and win the Grand Win or when you run out of respins.
21.co.uk Review Of Forest Maiden
If you’re looking for games with the Hold and Win mechanic, then Forest Maiden is a great option. The game, in itself, looks great - with the forestry images, the wildlife, and the use of colours, it really stands out.
The real standout feature of this game is the star of the show, the Hold & Win feature - where you aim to fill the reels with bonus symbols with a max win of up to 2,000x.
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