In short: Hall of Gods is NetEnt's 2010 Norse-mythology jackpot slot: 20 fixed lines, an expanding wild, free spins that triple every win, and a shield-smashing bonus game that can pay one of three progressive jackpots. Underneath the jackpot it is a straightforward medium-volatility line slot, and that combination is the whole appeal.
A classic 20-line layout
Hall of Gods was released on 22 November 2010 and uses five reels, three rows and 20 fixed paylines. Stakes run from 0.20 to 50 per spin in NetEnt's euro figures. The wild substitutes for every symbol except scatters and bonus symbols, and when it helps complete a winning line it expands to cover its whole reel.
Free spins with every win tripled
Three, four or five scatters anywhere on the reels start 10, 15 or 20 free spins, and three or more scatters during the round add more. Every win in the free spins is tripled, except bonus game payouts. The bonus game can also trigger during free spins, so a single round can lead straight into a jackpot attempt.
The shield wall and the three jackpots
Three bonus symbols, in the base game or the free spins, turn the reels into a wall of shields. Thor's hammer smashes through them to reveal prizes: three matching coin values pay that amount, and three matching jackpot symbols pay the Mini, Midi or Mega progressive. Every bonus game ends with at least a coin win, so the feature never pays nothing.
NetEnt publishes no seed values or odds for the three tiers, and it quotes a 4,300x maximum payout without explaining how that figure relates to the jackpots. The top tier has paid life-changing sums before: in April 2018 NetEnt reported a seven-figure jackpot on the mobile version, the largest recorded there at the time. Jackpot availability can vary by market, so check the game's info screen to confirm all three tiers are live where you play.
It helps to keep the two routes apart. Scatters lead to the tripled free spins; bonus symbols lead to the shield game and the jackpots. Landing one says nothing about how close the other is.
RTP: 95.70% or 95.30%
NetEnt publishes an RTP of 95.70% and a 37% hit frequency, while Evolution's demo information for the same game shows 95.30% and rates the volatility as medium. Both sit below the 96% that is common on newer releases. Operators can run other settings, and the figure in the game's info screen is the one that applies; the guide on why the same slot can have different RTP sets out how that happens.
A 37% hit frequency means a little over a third of spins return something. In a jackpot slot, a single return figure cannot show how much of the long-run average comes from ordinary line wins and how much from rare jackpot hits, and NetEnt does not break it down.
Who it is for
Hall of Gods is quick to learn: one wild, one scatter route, one side game. It works best for players who treat the jackpot as a remote bonus on top of an ordinary line slot, not as the reason to sit down. Anyone looking for cascades, multiplier trails or frequent features will find it dated next to newer releases.
In the free demo, compare a tripled free spins round with base-game wins at the same stake, watch how the expanding wild changes a line when it completes one, and see how the shield wall resolves into a coin prize or a jackpot tier.
