Blood & Shadow
Nolimit City Horror
| Provider | Nolimit City |
|---|---|
| RTP | 96.13% |
| RTP base / bonus | 94.38% / 1.75% |
| Volatility | 8.3 (provider index) |
| Max win | 6666x |
| Bet range | 0.2 - 280 |
| Hit frequency | 27.2% |
| Reels | 4-4-4-4-4 |
| Theme | Horror |
| Licences | UKGC |
| Release | 2023-03-07 |
Features
- bonus buy
- free spins
- wild
- scatter
Blood & Shadow: RTP and specs
Blood & Shadow is a slot machine by Nolimit City with an RTP of 96.13%, released in 2023.
Overview
Deep into the shadows of an abandoned cathedral lays a dark mist - where the underworld is free to roam, and immortality beckons. After decades of studying the forbidden arts, far away from any form of civilization, Shadow Girl has discovered a ritual for eternal youth. It's time to enact the ritual.
Description provided by Nolimit City.
Our analysis
Blood & Shadow is a Nolimit City slot with a horror theme, built on a five-column 4-4-4-4-4 layout. The grid is paired with the studio's xSplit mechanic, which can expand symbols and reshape the playing field during a spin.
The feature set revolves around a Reel Area and Ritual Bar that governs progression, with Candle Spins and a Sticky Wild appearing in play. The xSplit mechanic sits alongside the Baphomet Rite and Cursed Spins, while The Pact is Sealed serves as a further bonus state. The Nolimit Bonus feature buy functionality offers direct access to the round.
In risk terms, the RTP is 96.13% and volatility is rated 8.3 on the studio's scale, placing it toward the lower end of Nolimit's numeric range. The maximum win is 6666x the stake, a comparatively modest ceiling for the studio, and the bet range is notably wide at 0.2 to 280.
The specifications suit a player who wants the studio's feature depth without the extreme variance seen in its higher-rated titles, given the 8.3 figure and the 6666x cap. The wide 0.2 to 280 bet range stands out, accommodating both small stakes and significantly larger ones, while the feature buy lets players choose direct entry to the bonus.
Editorial analysis by machinesasous.co, based on published data.
Bonus features
Blood & Shadow offers 8 special features, as published by Nolimit City:
- Reel Area & Ritual Bar
- The reel setup is 4-4-4-4-4 rows across 5 reels with a Ritual bar at the bottom row. Winning combinations will be destroyed and remaining symbols will tumble down, allowing the new symbols to fall in. At the Ritual Bar, there are 5 levels of progression. The Ritual Bar resets for each level-up. Exceeding collects are carried over to the next level. - Level 1: 20 - Level 2: 30 - Level 3: 40 - Level 4: 60 - Level 5: 80 Landing the Scatter Symbols and winning combinations of medium and high paying symbols advances the Ritual Bar. - Medium paying symbol = +1 per winning symbol - High paying symbol = +2 per winning symbol - Scatter Symbol = +10 per Scatter symbol Each level removes the lowest paying symbol and also converts medium symbols to high paying symbols.
- Candle Spins
- Reaching a new level of the Ritual Bar awards +2 Candle Spins till level 4. +6 Freespins are awarded when advancing to Cursed Spins. Before any new level, any plausible wins pays out before progressing to the next level. During Candle Spins, the Ritual bar performs the same as in the base game.
- Sticky Wild
- Sticky Wilds can only land on reel 2-5. Candle Spins/ Cursed Spins: The Wild drops down to the bottom of the reel and becomes a sticky Wild, until it is part of the winning combination or a new bet is made.
- xSplit
- xSplit® will be activated during Cursed Spins. When an xSplit® lands it will either split the row or the reel. xSplit® can split any symbol, multiplying the symbol size by 2. Multiple xSplits® can land on the same row, but not on the same reel.
- Baphomet Rite
- Buying Baphomet Rite instantly progresses the Ritual bar to level 3 and awards +6 Candle Spins. 3 of the low and medium paying symbols are replaced with 3 high paying symbols.
- Cursed Spins
- +6 Freespins are awarded when entering Cursed Spins. Any potential wins have to be completed before entering Cursed Spins. The Ritual bar is removed and the reel area becomes a 5x5 reel with only high paying symbols. Landing a Scatter gives +1 freespin. Buying Cursed Spins awards you 10 freespins.
- The Pact is Sealed
- The max payout of the game is 6,666 times the base bet. When the total win exceeds this amount, the game round will end and 6,666 times the base bet is awarded.
- Nolimit Bonus - Feature Buy Functionality
- Buy you way straight into one of the different bonus features, ranging from 55-500 times the base bet.
How it works & rules
- RTP
- Blood & Shadow has an RTP of 96.13%, the theoretical payout rate returned to players over the very long run. It is a statistical average, never a per-session guarantee. RTP definition · RTP vs volatility
- Volatility
- Blood & Shadow volatility: 8.3. It describes how often and how big wins are. Understand volatility
- bonus buy
- A bonus buy option lets you trigger the bonus round directly.
- free spins
- A free spins round, usually triggered by scatter symbols.
- wild
- Wild symbols substitute for others to complete winning combinations.
- scatter
- Scatter symbols pay anywhere and trigger bonus rounds.
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