Codex of Fortune Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

Codex of Fortune, one of NetEnt’s more unique new releases, is a slot machine that appears to be inspired by the Art Deco movement of the early 20^th century, at least in part, but I found that there are some elements of Steampunk as well in it. There are exquisitely designed symbols on its reels, and we’re looking mostly at images of creatures turned into almost mechanical beings.

First though, we’re getting the list of Royals, four of them in total, J to A. Next, there are icons with the shells, fish, turtle, owl, and lion, and in each case it looks like they’re pieces of jewelry, almost mechanical in nature. The Codex, used to unlock the game’s excellent prizes, is shown on the left side of the screen.

Developer

NetEnt has an excellent reputation in the online casino industry, and they’re one of the main providers of slot machines. They have impressive experience, having been around since the late 90s, and they’ve created hundreds of games so far. The typical game from NetEnt had great graphics, fun features, and low volatility, but these days they’re a lot more balanced, and the list of high volatility slots is much longer (Codex of Fortune is one of them).

How To Play It

$0.20 to $100, that’s the complete betting range that Codex of Fortune allows. Depending on the level of the bet that you’re using, the value of the prizes will vary, but the number of lines is always the same.

You’re getting 5×4 reels, along with 40 active lines that should provide you with a decent chance of forming winning combinations, if the reels have the 3+ matching symbols required.

Special Features

Before we get to the scatter symbol, and its uses, I should first mention the Butterfly Wild, a symbol that you may use on any reel that it might land on. You do need to combine it with regular symbols, on active lines, in order to get a win. It will not be a replacement for a Key, scatter, or other special symbols.

To reach the ultimate feature that Codex of Fortune offers, its free spins, you’re going to need the Peacock scatter, a symbol that’s going to be added to reels 1, 3, and 5. You need all three scatters to get the free spins, but even if you get only two of them, there is a consolation prize, in the Fortune Re-Spins and their Fortune Wins.

Fortune Re-Spins: it’s a re-spin feature, triggered via two scatters, that continues for as long as you get collectable symbols to land. You move up for every 5 symbols collected in the meter.

At the end of the re-spins, if you’ve found any keys, then you get the option to take the Fortune Wins progress back to level 1, and to use those keys during the free spins, in the future. These keys are used to upgrade your level in Fortune Wins.

Fortune Wins: this is a feature that will get you paid, depending on how high you are up the ladder, on the left side. Wins of up to 10,000x are possible, at the 7^th level.

Free Spins: in this mode, you collect symbols to add them to a Fortune Wins meter, along with +10 symbols that will be the equivalent of 10 of them at a time. To progress to the next level in Fortune Wins, you need to collect 20 symbols.

Maximum Payouts

NetEnt has several new slots with high volatility, and Codex of Fortune is one of them. 10,000x the stake is promised, in a best case scenario, in a game that has its RTP at 96%.

Summary

Codex of Fortune is more complex than your usual NetEnt slot machine, but as always, you don’t need to understand any of it in the beginning, in order to start playing it. It’s highly volatile, and I expect that it will be appreciated by players with a taste for risk.