Phoenix Graveyard 2

Elk Studios follows its earlier graveyard slot with Phoenix Graveyard 2, keeping the moonlit, gravestone-lined town but widening the feature set considerably. The grid runs 5 reels by 4 rows, starting at 1,024 ways to win and climbing into the millions as symbols split during play.

Royal card symbols from 10 to Ace pay 0.2x to 0.4x the stake for five of a kind, while five character symbols sit above them paying 1x to 2.5x. Every wild on the grid substitutes for any paying symbol, and a screen filled entirely with wilds pays out at the value of the highest regular symbol.

Two wild types drive the bonus structure. Landing a Phoenix wild sets off a respin and opens one randomly chosen spot on the feature row sitting above the reels. A Reaper wild does the same on arrival, then walks one reel left with every respin that follows, setting off a fresh one each time it shifts until it finally exits the grid.

If a Phoenix and a Reaper land on the same row, or directly above or below each other, the pair fights once that spin's wins have been paid. Whichever wild wins the battle gains a multiplier, and a draw gives both of them one; a Phoenix victory strips low-paying symbols from the next spin, while a Reaper victory scatters between one and five Feather wilds across the grid.

A Phoenix skull or Reaper skull symbol can glow on any spin and activate. The Reaper version places a single Reaper wild on the rightmost reel and keeps any already-unlocked feature row positions active, while the Phoenix version drops one to three Phoenix wilds onto the grid, granting a respin for each and unlocking the feature row for those respins too.

Above the reels sits a five-position feature row that starts locked, with each Phoenix or Reaper wild that lands opening one random spot. Reveals include modifiers that raise the ways to win on a single position, a whole reel, or a wider stretch of the grid, others that spawn an extra Phoenix or Reaper wild outright, and one that locks every wild in place and forces a fresh respin. Ways to win on a single position can rise as high as six, and a position already at that ceiling turns into six Feather wilds instead; any of these landing above a reel already holding a Reaper wild are strengthened further.

Three, four or five scatter symbols award 6, 8 or 10 free spins. The round opens with a single Phoenix wild that relocates every spin without expiring, extra Phoenix symbols that land add a further free spin each, and any ways-to-win increases or feature row unlocks earned along the way stay active for the rest of the bonus. Having a super bonus icon turn up in the last reel position, or triggering the bonus while a skull is active, pushes the round up a tier — every remaining feature row slot opens and two extra spins are added.

An X-iter menu also allows a spin to be bought directly, at stakes from 2.5x up to 500x, buying anything from a modestly improved chance of triggering the bonus through to the super bonus outright.

Phoenix Graveyard 2 runs at 94% RTP with high volatility rated 7 out of 10, a maximum win of 25,000x the stake and a hit frequency around 25%. Bets range from 0.20 to 100 per spin.