4 Pirate Chests: Slot Overview

If every would-be buccaneer’s dream is to sail away with a haul of treasure, this one could fit the bill. As the name implies, software provider 4ThePlayer’s online slot 4 Pirate Chests isn’t satisfied with a single stash but offers four. In this nautical romp, the chests are charged up by landing Skull Coins, which can set off one of the game’s two core features – adding mystery symbols to the reels for guaranteed wins or Pirate Plunder Free Spins, where coins are collected more often.

Pirates, zombies, a luminous skull-like cavern – the game certainly leans into classic swashbuckling tropes. Still, 4 Pirate Chests packages them into a well-presented pirate slot, making the stereotypes and any possible Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides nods easier to ignore. With subtle details like a rolling sea and creaking sounds, alongside louder touches such as the bold soundtrack and Mills & Boon-style pirates, 4 Pirate Chests sets up a welcoming, adventurous atmosphere.

4 Pirate Chests is a highly volatile online slot with a theoretical RTP of 96.01%. Gameplay takes place on a 5×4 gaming grid with wins paid left to right from the leftmost reel, offering 1,024 ways to win. Bets range from 10 c to $/€80 per spin, and players can also choose between two options in the feature buy menu.

The three highest character symbols show up in standard or zombie versions depending on the current phase, but their payouts are identical in both forms at 5x to 10x the bet for 5 OAK. Below them are swords, compasses, telescopes, and 10-A card ranks, which pay 1 to 2 times their bet for a 5-of-a-kind hit. 4 Pirate Chests includes wild symbols that substitute for all symbols except scatters, plus mystery symbols that deliver guaranteed wins when they appear on the reels. Wilds can land on any reel except the leftmost reel.

4 Pirate Chests: Slot Features

4 Pirate Chests is as focused on filling containers as it is on emptying them, with Skull Coins acting as the key to triggering Mystery Pirate Pays and Pirate Plunder Free Spins.

Pirate Treasure Chests

4 Pirate Treasure Chests are positioned above the second through rightmost reels. Each time a Skull Coin lands on a symbol, it is collected by the Pirate Treasure Chest above that reel. When a Skull Coin is collected on the middle, fourth, or rightmost reels, the Mystery Pirate Pays feature can activate on the reel where the coin was collected. When a Skull Coin is collected from the second reel, Pirate Plunder Free Spins may trigger.

Boompots: Mystery Pirate Pays

Once activated, this feature adds mystery symbols from the leftmost reel up to the reel that triggered it, guaranteeing a ways win using the mystery symbols. All mystery symbols reveal the same matching pay symbols, selected randomly.

Pirate Plunder Free Spins

When triggered, players are awarded 8 free spins. In the free spins round, Skull Coins are collected and activate Pirate Treasure Chests more frequently than during the base game. If a Skull Coin is collected from the second reel, +4 free spins are added.

Feature Buy

Players may purchase free spins via the feature buy for 60x the bet or select a Reel 5 Mystery Pirate Treasure for 100x the bet.

4 Pirate Chests: Slot Verdict

Finding buried treasure is a fantasy shared by plenty of would-be adventurers, practical or not. Slots have long embraced the idea of the “treasure chest,” and it appears frequently across many themes, not only pirate titles. Hacksaw Gaming’s Strength of Hercules, Play’n GO’s Crabby’s Gold, and NetEnt’s Finn and the Dragon Tales are three modern examples that feature treasure chests in one way or another. 4 Pirate Chests stands out slightly because its chests don’t just launch a bonus or hand out a jackpot – they can also send mystery symbols onto the reels to form a winning result.

It also pays to trigger the feature further to the right, since an activated chest adds mystery symbols up to the reel that set it off. That means a chest above the third reel guarantees at least 3 OAK wins, one above the fourth reel guarantees at least 4 OAKs, and so forth. With that in mind, the option to buy the Reel 5 Mystery Pirate Treasure bonus could be exactly what feature-buy fans are after. Otherwise, 4 Pirate Chests largely comes down to landing Skull Coins and waiting for the chests to spring into action once they’re collected. From a maths perspective, it seems the chests may be capable of stacking the reels – or at least contributing to it – with the top-paying pirate symbol, considering the max win is 10,240x the bet.

Overall, 4 Pirate Chests puts a fresher spin on the coin-collecting chest mechanic, and it’s also good to see 4ThePlayer returning to the 96% RTP range. So, if you want a good-looking, slightly cliché zombie pirate slot built around treasure chests, 4 Pirate Chests is worth a look.