Enchanted Waters

A 1,024-ways structure spread across five reels and four rows carries Yggdrasil Gaming's Enchanted Waters, released in August 2023 with a high-volatility rating and a 25,000x ceiling on wins. Betting runs from 0.20 to 40 per spin, and roughly 40.05% of spins return something.

The setting is a sunlit ocean pool ringed by rock, with the game's four mermaid characters providing both the visual centrepiece and the mechanical engine — each one triggers a different modifier when it lands. Beneath them, the paytable splits cleanly: playing card suits pay the least, worth 0.8x to 1x the stake, above which an octopus, puffer fish, fish, jellyfish and crab pay 1.5x to 3x for a full line of five. A starfish wild covers reels 2 through 4 only, standing in for any paying symbol.

A mermaid reaching the fifth reel sets off a respin, converting every copy of that same mermaid already on the board into a +1 spin symbol that can stretch the respin further; more than one mermaid landing together stacks their effects into the same respin. The four mermaid types cover a multiplier that boosts wins by 2x up to 25x, a version that clears winning symbols so replacements can drop into their place, one that removes every low-paying symbol from view, and one that stretches any wild it touches across the full height of its reel. Paying an extra 15x through the Golden Bet feature guarantees one of the four lands on reel 5.

Free spins need three scatters to unlock and pay out 10 spins, carrying forward whichever mermaid modifiers were active or picked up along the way. As in the base game, a +1 symbol confined to reel 5 adds another spin whenever it shows up. Rather than chase the trigger naturally, players can buy in for 200x the stake and get 10 spins with one mermaid power running, or pay 1,000x for the same spins with every mermaid active together.

Regional RTP settings for Enchanted Waters range as low as 86%, with the standard configuration set at 96%.