Age of Discovery Slot Review
A ship’s deck at sunrise, a huge white sunburst firing pale rays across an open ocean, flat chevron waves rolling beneath the reels. Age of Discovery dresses its voyage in picture-book pastels, and the game underneath matches the artwork exactly: everything here is gentle, undemanding and honest about being small. The maths is the softest part of the package.
It comes from Games Global, whose catalogue runs to richer expeditions like Jungle Jim El Dorado, though this is a far simpler animal. It runs at 96.62% RTP with medium volatility on a 5×3 grid and 25 permanently enabled paylines, with stakes from 0.25 to 125.00 per spin and a ceiling of 260x the bet. A modest summit, by any measure.
Base Game & Features
The setup is as traditional as it gets: five reels, three rows, and 25 paylines that stay active on every spin. Wins pay left to right from the first reel, and matching symbols have to sit next to each other on an enabled payline to count. There’s no win-both-ways, no cascades, no respins.
Regular symbols are simply every symbol on the reels without a bonus function; they complete ordinary winning combinations on an enabled payline. Regular payouts depend on your bet per payline, while scatter payouts depend on the total bet across all lines, so the two scales sit side by side in every calculation.
The payout rules follow the same one-answer logic throughout. Only the highest regular combination pays on any given payline, and only the highest scatter combination counts per spin. Scatter and bonus wins are simply added to regular wins, so nothing gets lost in the arithmetic.
- Wins pay left to right, starting from the first reel
- Matching symbols must be adjacent on an enabled payline
- One regular win per payline; the highest combination counts
- One scatter win per spin; the highest combination counts
- Scatter and bonus wins are added to regular wins
- All 25 paylines are permanently enabled for every spin
Wild Symbol
The wild substitutes for other symbols to complete wins and forms its own winning combinations, but it won’t stand in for the scatter or the Compass symbol. Two exclusions, no exceptions.
Scatter and Compass Symbols
The scatter pays anywhere on the reels; it doesn’t need adjacent positions to complete a win, and the wild can’t replace it. Scatter payouts are calculated against your total bet rather than the line bet, which makes them the more valuable of the two base-game payouts when they land well.
The Compass is the game’s only route into the bonus round, and it carries no payout of its own. Land three or more anywhere on the reels and the Treasure bonus opens. Hit frequency sits at 44.94%, so the reels connect often, even if the amounts involved are usually small.
Betting and Autoplay
Stakes run from 0.25 to 125.00 per spin, set through the bet menu, with a max bet shortcut and a quick bet panel for jumping straight to common totals. The bet size is the total credits wagered per spin, and payouts scale from it. Winning combinations are highlighted on the reels when they land, and the paytable display reflects your current bet, so the figures you see always match what you’re playing for.
Autoplay plays a chosen number of consecutive spins at your last selected bet, and you can stop it at any point. You can set a win limit, which ends the session when a single win reaches it, and a loss limit, which ends it when the balance drops by that amount. A spin counter shows how many remain.
Around the reels, the controls do exactly what you’d expect. Separate boxes show your credits, your most recent win and your total bet, while the spin button sits alongside a stop button and a quick spin option. Both of the latter only speed up how the result is displayed; neither changes what the reels decide.
Age of Discovery Treasure Bonus
Three or more Compass symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the Treasure bonus, a classic pick-me round. You’re shown a spread of objects and choose them one at a time, each revealing a random bonus win amount.
The values you uncover are already multiplied by your total bet, so what you see is what you get. There’s no multiplier to build, no second stage to reach; the only question each pick answers is whether the skull is hiding behind it.
The round ends the moment the Skull and Crossbones turns up. There’s a consolation built in: when the feature finishes, a random extra win value is revealed on top of everything you’ve collected. You take the total of all bonus amounts revealed, and winnings are collected automatically at the end, so there’s nothing left to click through.
The round, step by step:
- Trigger: three or more Compass symbols anywhere on the reels
- Compass symbols themselves carry no payout
- Pick objects one at a time; each reveals a random win amount already multiplied by total bet
- Keep picking to stack revealed win amounts
- Skull and Crossbones ends the feature
- A random extra win value is added on completion
- You win the total of all bonus win amounts revealed
- Winnings are automatically collected at the end of the bonus game
Because the trigger symbol pays nothing on its own, the Compass only matters in threes. Two of them landing is a dead spin with decoration, and the game has no other feature to break up the wait between bonus rounds.
The size of your stake matters more here than in most bonus rounds. Every revealed value is scaled from the total bet, so the same pick sequence pays in proportion to whatever you were wagering when the Compasses landed, and the completion value follows the same rule.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.2/10
Playing Age of Discovery is a slow sail rather than a chase: the reels connect almost every other spin, the balance drifts rather than dives, and the whole session has the unhurried feel of its sunrise artwork. The one reason to choose it is that calm – it’s one of the least demanding pick-me games you’ll find.
Its strength is the bonus round’s economy. Every value you uncover is already scaled to your total bet, there’s a guaranteed parting gift on completion, and nothing about the round needs explaining twice. Its weakness is that there’s nothing else on the ship. One feature, a 260x ceiling and a trigger symbol that pays nothing on its own means the Compass carries the entire game, and it doesn’t always arrive in threes.
This is a game for players who like a relaxed session at small stakes, or who enjoy a pick-me round they can settle into without learning anything. Anyone chasing big multipliers needs a bigger expedition than this one offers. For the rest, it’s an honest little voyage – the sea is calm and the map is simple, and sometimes that’s exactly the trip you wanted.
Age of Discovery FAQs
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What is the RTP of Age of Discovery?
96.62%. The RTP is fixed and does not change. -
Is Age of Discovery high volatility?
No. Age of Discovery is a medium volatility slot, with a hit frequency of 44.94%, so wins land fairly regularly. -
How do you trigger the Treasure bonus in Age of Discovery?
Land three or more Compass symbols anywhere on the reels. The Compass has no payout of its own; it exists purely to open the bonus round. -
What does the Skull and Crossbones do in the Treasure bonus?
Revealing the Skull and Crossbones ends the bonus round. Before it does, a random extra win value is revealed on completion of the feature, and you keep the total of all bonus win amounts you uncovered. -
What is the maximum win on Age of Discovery?
The maximum win is 260x your bet. -
How many paylines does Age of Discovery have?
25 paylines, and they are permanently enabled for every spin, so you are always playing all of them. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Age of Discovery?
Stakes run from 0.25 to 125.00 per spin. -
Does the wild symbol substitute for the Compass in Age of Discovery?
No. The wild substitutes for other symbols to complete wins, but it does not substitute for the scatter or the Compass symbol, and it cannot be substituted for the scatter itself. -
Can you retrigger the Treasure bonus in Age of Discovery?
No. The Treasure bonus is a single pick round that ends when you reveal the Skull and Crossbones, and there is no retrigger or second stage within it. -
How are scatter wins calculated in Age of Discovery?
Scatter wins are based on your total bet rather than the bet per payline, and only the highest scatter combination pays per spin. Scatter and bonus wins are added to any regular wins. -
Who makes Age of Discovery?
Age of Discovery is made by Games Global.
