This 5-reel 30-payline slot is a delight for every players, especially for those who prefer betting high amounts, as it accepts any bet size above $1 per line and pays up to unimaginable x10000. The slot is packed with features and works as an exciting entertainment, a decent match to Noah’s voyage. A Split Symbol feature and Wilds assist in winning while Scatters award up to 10 free spins with a Wild doing subs for 2 matching symbols at once. It is the profitable maths! Read the rules and tips and hurry up to play for real money, the Ark is setting sails!

Gameplay: Welcome aboard

There is hardly another story as appealing to humans as the story of Noah’s Ark. Once upon a time Noah saved the whole mankind along with some fauna and flora. Now you may repeat his voyage in details and embark upon stormy waters having aboard two of every kind of animals. To start the voyage, you do not have to build an ark: you select up to 30 paylines and set a line bet starting from $1 and up to an amount you want to. This slot is made for high rollers and for winning it prehistorically huge, up to x10000 a line bet! Two adjustments set sails and your voyage begins.

Symbol-related features

The symbols in the slot are of a special sort. Remember, Noah was told to take animals in pairs, two of each kind. Naturally, slot symbols represent animals: Turtles, Camels, Elephants, Hippos and Lions. Each animal may split in 2 species within one icon. This is called a Split Symbols feature: non-feature symbols and Scatters (Doves) may show 2 animals of a kind instead of 1 and then a symbol counts as 2 matching symbols.

Respectively, any icon showing two animals counts as 2 icons of a kind in terms of payout although it occupies one position on a line. This means that landing two icons that feature a double animal of a kind gives you a total of four matching icons. This is why the paytable features line wins paid by up to 10 matching animals. There are also playing cards from J to A; they are not animals and do not split. Non-feature symbols pay from left to right only. Playing card symbols pay from x5 to x200 a line bet when you land 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols on an active payline.

Animals feature a very different paytable due to a Split Symbol feature and they award when you land from 3 to 10 icons of a kind on an active payline. Turtles, Camels, Elephants and Hippos pay from x10 to x1000 a line bet, Lions pay from x10 to x2500 a line bet. Remember that paylines are manually activated, do not forget to activate all 30 lines to maximize your winning chances and line wins.

A Noah’s Ark logo is a Wild and a top paying symbol at the same time. When you land 3, 4 or 5 Arks on an active payline, they grant you x300, x1000 or even x10000 respectively. An Ark icon substitutes for any symbol except for a Bonus Scatter. When substituting animals, an Ark always counts as 2 matching icons. Imagine you land four Lions and an Ark on any active line. An Ark substitutes for a Lion and counts as 2 Lions. So you have 4+2=6 Lions in total, 6 Lions pay x200 a line bet. An Ark itself never splits: just imagine it did!

In case of multiple line wins falling on one and the same line, only the highest line win is paid. Suppose you land one Turtle plus three Wilds on a line. You have either 7 Turtles or 3 Wilds, 7 Turtles pay x200 a line bet while 3 Wilds pay x300 a line bet. In this case only a Wild win is added to your balance because it provides higher win.

Raining Free Spin Bonus

Noah and his shipmates and animal crew were held hostage by the rain that would not stop for 40 days and 40 nights. When the rain was over, Noah could emerge from the Ark, let a crow and then a dove fly and find the dry land. The slot pays tribute to this great achievement: a Dove is a Bonus Scatter. It either pays or awards free spins.

A Symbols Split feature works with Doves as well and a double Dove counts as 2 single Doves. So, 4 Doves in any position on any reel pay x2 a total bet; this could be either 4 single Doves or 2 double Doves, both combinations count as 4 Doves. More Doves means free spins: 5 or 6 Doves in any position on any reel awards 5 or 10 free spins respectively.

Free spins are played on different reels: they feature new animals including Crocodiles, Birds, Zebras, Goats and Giraffes (listed in an ascending order of payout). The paytable is the same. During free spins all rules on counting split icons apply. A Wild also counts as a double icon when it replaces for animal symbols. The only essential difference between a base game and a free spin mode is that the reels are richer and allow for earning way more.

Pay attention that free spins run at a bet you select for a base game, the same is true for the number of active lines. You cannot change your line or bet settings during free spins. With this in mind, consider placing higher bets during a base game to get the best of free spin mode, which is so richly and generously designed.

Summary

Noah’s Ark is a 5-reel 30-payline slot that welcomes you to bet any amount you like starting at $1 per line, and win up to x10000. The game is equipped with a Split Symbol feature making non-feature icons and Scatters count as doubled and offers Scatter wins x2 a total bet and up to 10 free spins played on very generous reels. Each Wild counts as 2 non-feature icons. The slot is compatible with PC and mobile and is available in casinos online that accept Canadian gamblers.