Slots review Quickspin Eastern Emeralds

Eastern Emeralds Introduction

Quickspin recently released Dwarfs Gone Wild, positioning it as their flagship title of the year. It was certainly a bold project, but the real flagship wasn’t Dwarfs at all — it’s Eastern Emeralds! And it also marks a major shift in style for the Swedish developer.

When we chose to review this slot, we’ll admit we expected yet another low-ceiling Quickspin game, and the visuals didn’t exactly scream excitement either. We even initially assumed the top win was only 1680x — which turned out to be way off. Before getting into the win potential, though, let’s cover the essentials.

Eastern Emeralds is a 5-reel, 3-row slot with 20 paylines, available on all devices with stakes from €0.20 to €100. The RTP is 96,58%, with 67,94% assigned to the base game and 28,64% to the Free Spins. Overall, it’s a simple, no-nonsense slot that’s easy to grasp without much effort.

Eastern Emeralds Symbols

Taking place deep in the Asian wilderness with mountains in the distance, the symbol set includes A, K, Q, J and 10 card ranks, along with themed icons like medallions, oriental trinkets, golden turtles, koi fishes and dragons. The dragon is the best-paying standard symbol and matches the wild symbol’s value, returning 7,5x for 5 across a payline.

Wilds also act as multipliers, taking the same multiplier value as the reel where they land. So, a wild landing on reel 4 carries a x4 multiplier. Don’t expect reels packed with them, though, since only one wild can land per reel. The maximum base-game win is 900x, achieved via a wild line plus connecting Dragons.

Eastern Emeralds Free Spins

Eastern Emeralds image 1 — Bonus with x6 and x7 multiplier wilds

The Destiny Bonus free spins activate when you land 3 Scatter symbols anywhere on reels 2, 3, and 4. This brings up the “Choose Your Destiny” selection screen with 4 feature options, ordered from lower to higher risk:

6 free spins with 5x, 6x, 7x and 8x multipliers on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively
9 free spins with 4x, 5x, 6x and 7x multipliers on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively
12 free spins with 3x, 4x, 5x and 6x multipliers on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively
15 free spins with 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x multipliers on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively

A line of 5 wild symbols pays:

150 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 = 18000 Credits, which is 900 xbet, in the Base Game and 15 freespins mode
150 x1 x3 x4 x5 x6 = 54000 Credits, which is 2700 xbet, in the 12 freespins mode
150 x1 x4 x5 x6 x7 = 126000 Credits, which is 6300 xbet, in the 9 freespins mode
150 x1 x5 x6 x7 x8 = 252000 Credits, which is 12600 xbet, in the 6 freespins mode

This game delivers one of the biggest payouts we’ve ever come across, with a 12600x max win on a single spin! In theory, that puts Eastern Emeralds at a 75,600x max win potential, but Quickspin themselves note the odds of that are astronomical. We never expected to say this about Quickspin, but it’s basically Danger! High Voltage turned up to the extreme!

Eastern Emeralds Conclusion

Eastern Emeralds is an absolute MONSTER, and it’s genuinely surprising to see one of the highest-potential online slots EVER coming from a studio more associated with low-paying, low-variance releases. Based on Quickspin’s own testing across 100 billion spins, the following maximum wins were recorded:

6 free spins: 16,003x
9 free spins: 13,734x
12 free spins: 5,922x
15 free spins: 2,294x

A 16,000x hit is incredible, yet the theoretical ceiling is even higher because it can pay 12600 times the stake per single spin. It’s probably about as rare as landing a Mega Jackpot on Mega Fortune — but still within the realm of possibility. And honestly, even a 10,000x win would be wild for any slot, especially for a Quickspin title.

It’s easy to suspect Eastern Esmeralds might be capped somewhere given that a €100 max bet is available (Quickspin has confirmed to us that it is not capped), and we’ll have to see how it behaves once it’s fully live. If there’s truly no cap, it could theoretically pay out more than €7,5 million, which would have to be a record for a non-jackpot slot.

As for bonus frequency, it was unexpectedly straightforward to trigger a bonus, and Quickspin themselves classify the game as low variance. In our sessions, the bonuses seemed to play out the way Quickspin slots typically do, with none of the 30 features we tested paying above 150x. In that respect, it almost felt like a standard Quickspin experience. Still, the potential is undeniably there, and it’ll be fascinating to see whether any record-breaking wins start appearing on Youtube.

Comment From Quickspin

Updated on June 19, 2018:

In Eastern Emeralds, the win potential is resided in lining up the wild multipliers. Since the multipliers multiply each other, the win explodes exponentially when you line up big multipliers. The 16000x max win is an observed value. It is not from a complicated feature, it is exactly from lining up 5 wild symbols in the 6 freespins mode.

Here are some concrete numbers to support the fact. A line of 5 wild symbols pays:

150 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 = 18000 Credits, which is 900 xbet, in the Base Game and 15 freespins mode

150 x1 x3 x4 x5 x6 = 54000 Credits, which is 2700 xbet, in the 12 freespins mode

150 x1 x4 x5 x6 x7 = 126000 Credits, which is 6300 xbet, in the 9 freespins mode

150 x1 x5 x6 x7 x8 = 252000 Credits, which is 12600 xbet, in the 6 freespins mode

As you can see, 12600 xbet is already close to the observed maximum win of 16,000x. And that is one line win on one spin. Usually when there is a line of 5 wild symbols, very likely there are wins on the other lines on the same spin which are also multiplied by the multiplier. And theoretically speaking, you can win the 12600+ xbet 6 times during a freespin session, however, the chance of that happening is astronomical.

Last, as far as I know, the game is not capped at any value.