Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop: Slot Overview

Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop expands Relax Gaming’s extensive ‘Tumble’ catalogue and also joins the equally substantial Dream Drop collection of slots. For anyone unfamiliar, Dream Drop is Relax Gaming’s progressive jackpot network, with the top prize intended to be capped at €10 million. As a sequel to 2021’s Templar Tumble, it brings back the ancient military order alongside mechanics like tumbles, Win Multipliers, Mystery Reveals, free spins, and, of course, five jackpot prizes.

The first Templar Tumble had a clean, luminous presentation, almost like it was set at a Templar place of worship. Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop goes the other way. Here, the action unfolds in a dark, bleak, weighty environment, a long way from the earlier game’s airy vibe. It comes across more like a Templar stronghold where campaigns are organised and executed. That suits the tone, because the gameplay can feel unforgiving, and you may need a bit of siege-like determination to keep going when things aren’t breaking your way.

Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop runs on a 6-reel, 7-columned grid where active symbols and blocker tiles drop in on every new spin. Wins land when matching symbols appear on consecutive reels from the left, and blocker tiles adjacent to winning symbols are removed. Winning symbols are also removed, with fresh symbols falling into the open spaces – blocker tiles never cascade. When the cascades stop producing new wins, the combined payout for that sequence is awarded. The game uses a highly volatile model with a theoretical return of 94%, and 12% of each bet contributes to the jackpots. Bets range from 20 p/c to $/€100, and higher stakes improve the odds of landing a jackpot spin.

As for the symbol set, the low pays are two diamond-shaped tiles plus clubs, spades, and hearts, while the higher-value icons are trees, birds, lions, and battle helms. A six-of-a-kind pays 0.4x with low symbols, or 1-2x the bet with the premium ones. Also worth mentioning: Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop does not have wild symbols.

Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop: Slot Features

While the jackpots will probably be the main draw in Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop, there are other highlights on the path too, including marked symbols, Win Multipliers, Mystery Reveals, and free spins.

Marked Symbols

On some spins, symbols and blocker tiles can arrive with red or blue frames. When these marked tiles are destroyed, they add 1 point to the corresponding red or blue collection meter. Destroying 5 of the same-coloured marked symbols triggers the first level of that feature, and every additional set of 5 marked symbols of the same colour increase the feature level. If all blocker tiles have been removed, then it only takes 3 points to level up the features. When the next base game spin starts, the meters are reset.

Win Multiplier

The Win Multiplier is associated with blue marked symbols. Every level completed increases the Win Multiplier by +1, and it applies to the total payout once the tumble sequence ends.

Mystery Reveal

Red marked symbols are associated with the Mystery Reveal. Each completed level on this meter adds +2 mystery symbols to the reels. Mystery symbols will reveal a regular pay symbol or a coin symbol. Coin symbols award a value of 1-100 times the stake. The Mystery Reveal maxes out at level 21. After it triggers, the level has to be raised again to receive it another time on the same spin.

Free Spins

Landing 3 scatter symbols in a round awards 10 free spins. Any advancement made on the two meters in the base game is carried over into the free spins. During the bonus, the Win Multiplier and Mystery Reveal are awarded at the end of each free spin when active. Meter progress does not reset until the feature finishes. Each scatter that appears in free spins adds +1 extra free spin.

Dream Drop

Jackpot Spins can randomly activate when you press spin, whether playing manually or using autoplay. When triggered, you get 1 spin on a 6×7 game grid that drops only DD symbols or blocks. If DD symbols land across all six reels, the game advances to the Dream Drop Bonus. The Dream Drop Bonus uses 5 reels, with each reel associated with one of the five jackpots. DD symbols and blocks drop in, and blocks are destroyed to leave DD symbols behind. When a reel is filled with DD symbols, the corresponding jackpot is won. You need 2 DD tiles for the Rapid or Midi, 3 for the Maxi, 4 for the Major, or 5 for the Mega. The starting values for Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, and Mega are €1, €5, €100, €25,000, and €500,000, respectively.

Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop: Slot Verdict

Progressive jackpot titles on the scale of Dream Drop often run with lower RTPs than comparable non-jackpot slots. Sometimes that difference is hard to feel, and other times it’s obvious. For me, reviewing Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop fell into the latter category. To be fair, it could have been mindset or simple variance, but across the first 500 spins or so, free spins landed once for roughly a 1.7x return, and the Rapid Jackpot hit twice. On the other hand, after a pause, free spins arrived within around three base spins and delivered a respectable outcome. Still, this game felt serious: you either connect, or you can end up taking some punishment for a while.

Of course, luck is a major factor, and when it’s on your side, Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop can deliver plenty of thrills beyond just the jackpots. Relax Gaming’s Tumble games can chain together long runs of cascades, and although this one didn’t lock in like Cluster Tumble did, it did produce some fairly extended sequences now and then. Even so, building huge Win Multipliers or landing loads of Mystery Reveals didn’t come easily. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible, and the non-jackpot maximum is 20,000x the bet; it’s just that Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop may feel like a grind at times.

Historically, the Knights Templar were founded in 1119, partly to safeguard travellers heading to the Holy Land. Starting out poor, they quickly amassed significant wealth, enterprises, and land—what Wikipedia arguably describes as the first multinational corporation. The Templars in Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop may not always seem so charitable, but there are rewards available in both jackpot and non-jackpot varieties. Overall, it’s produced to Relax Gaming’s usual high standard and gives jackpot fans a chance to test their fortune in a mediaeval theme; adopting a siege mentality is entirely optional.