Legend of the Sword: Slot Overview

If there’s one gameplay style the Microgaming family of designers keeps coming back to, it’s the one ignited by Gameburger Studio’s 9 Masks of Fire. That escalating scatter-prize ladder mechanic seems to spill out of the studio time and time again, resurfacing in different forms. Here, it’s been matched with another familiar slot staple – King Arthur and the knights of the round table. If you’ve played 9 Masks or any of its lookalikes, you’ll already have a solid sense of what Legend of the Sword is about. That said, developer Snowborn has attached a couple of less typical touches, so if you fancy yanking swords from stones, let’s take a look at what’s different.

Presented on a parchment backdrop that fills most of the display is Legend of the Sword’s 5-reel, 3,125 payline game grid. On the left, a prize ladder shows the range of rewards tied to how many Excalibur Scatters are visible or gathered during free spins. Since the amounts are bet multipliers, they adjust automatically when you change your stake. The remaining space is packed with Arthurian scenery: Excalibur embedded in stone, woodland and mountains, and a mythical Camelot perched on a rocky ledge. The atmosphere is boosted by a lush, choir-driven soundtrack and a sprinkling of glowing dots drifting across the screen. Fireflies or spirits? Hard to tell, but either way they add an extra layer of intrigue.

Available on smartphones, tablets, and desktop, Legend of the Sword lets you wager from 20 p/c to $/€24 per spin. The RTP is respectable if you’re playing the most player-friendly 96.12% configuration; otherwise, there’s also a 94.08% version, or even lower depending on jurisdiction. Fans of this style should note that Legend of the Sword uses a highly volatile math model, even though it technically produces a winning combination 36.82% of the time.

Payouts land when three or more identical symbols connect from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, in any reel positions. That creates 3,125 ways to win, which is not something you often see in this particular sub-genre. Sword symbols are the ones to chase, as they act as the scatter, while the standard pay symbols are four card-suit low pays, followed by shields, battle helms, cups, and crowns as the four premium icons. Hit a five-of-a-kind using premium symbols and you’ll receive 4 to 10 times the stake. There’s also a wild that substitutes for any reel symbol except Excalibur Scatters or Camelot Free Spins symbols.

Legend of the Sword: Slot Features

The Excalibur Scatters mechanic may be the headline act, but Legend of the Sword also includes a slightly unusual free spins round alongside it. To score an instant cash prize in the base game, you must land 5 or more Excalibur Scatters. The payout awarded is 2, 5, 10, 100, 1,000, or 10,000 times the bet when 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 scatters appear.

You can also pick up scatter prizes during the free spins bonus, and the game gives you a bit of support in the process. Free spins start when 3 Camelot symbols land in the base game, triggering the Camelot Free Spins feature.

The bonus begins with 3 spins. Excalibur Scatters are collected when they land and also reset the spin counter. On top of that, every Excalibur Scatter collected boosts a win multiplier by +1, which applies to any standard ways win. Once free spins end, the total number of collected scatter symbols is tallied up, and any qualifying prize is paid out – as outlined above.

Legend of the Sword: Slot Verdict

Yes, we understand – the Microgaming crew really enjoys the 9 Masks of Fire formula. Snowborn clearly does too, because Legend of the Sword is their third release so far built around this structure, accounting for almost half of their catalogue. It follows Egyptian Tombs and Coin Bash, with all three centred on the scatter-win concept. Each title has introduced slightly different side additions, and none of the themes overlap. In terms of features, Legend of the Slot sits quite close to Just For The Win’s slot Elven Gold. Both lean into fantasy, both are driven by scatter wins, and both use a comparable three-spin free spins bonus.

Legend of the Sword separates itself with its win multiplier during free spins and its pay all-ways setup. You might assume that would translate into stronger non-scatter returns in the bonus, but in testing it didn’t consistently play out that way. Still, the potential for solid ways wins does seem to exist for those who catch the right run. The true focus remains the scatter collection payout of up to 10,000x the bet. Unless you manage to stack at least 9 scatters, though, don’t expect the prize to be particularly hefty.

If your goal is to chase the largest payouts available in this game category, Legend of the Sword’s max win places it somewhere around the middle. It’s not the top performer – that honour goes to Emerald Gold with 25,000x – but Legend is notably more generous than 9 Mask’s original 2,000x ceiling.

At its core, Legend of the Sword is still about collecting as many scatters as you can to unlock its rewards. It’s a decent entry, and when you look at the components together, it does deliver a slightly distinctive feel – at least for connoisseurs and enthusiasts. Players who aren’t especially drawn to this style, or who are already worn out by 9 Masks-style mechanics, may not notice the subtleties or find them particularly persuasive.