Akiva: Claws of Power Slot Review
An acacia tree leans in from the left of the screen, its canopy spreading shade across the top of a reel frame built from rough carved stone, with dry grass tufts pushing up against its base. It’s a handsome savannah, but Akiva: Claws of Power doesn’t really belong to it; this is a Coin-collection game wearing wildlife colours, and the reels matter far more than the scenery ever will.
Underneath the scenery it’s a conservative build: a 5×3 grid, 25 fixed paylines, medium volatility and a 96.20% RTP, with bets from 0.20 to 100 per spin and a jackpot ladder that tops out at 1,000x the total bet. Foxium have plenty of jackpot-chasing games in their catalogue, and this one sits alongside 3 Tiny Gods Bonanza and The Great Albini 2. The savannah setting and the two random reel modifiers are what separate it from the pack.
Base Game & Features
Line wins begin on the leftmost reel and pay left to right on adjacent reels only. A win needs matching symbols landing next to each other on a payline, and if several winning combinations land on a single line, just the highest one counts. The total payout for a spin is the sum of all payline wins plus any Scatter wins.
Roughly 28.28% of spins produce a win, which for a medium-variance game is a steady rhythm. The initial bet behind each line payout is the total bet divided by a payline cost of ten, so the paytable values scale cleanly as the stake moves.
The Wild substitutes for every symbol except the Scatter and the Coin symbols, and it can form its own winning combination when it lands in a payline position. Scatters appear on reels 1, 3 and 5 only. Three of them pay 1x the bet in any position, with the Scatter win added on top of any payline wins from the same spin.
Akiva Sandstorm
The Sandstorm can trigger on any spin. Akiva sweeps across the reels and changes some of the symbols on them to create winning combinations. It’s a nudge-and-replace effect rather than a full reshuffle, and it’s the quieter of the two random modifiers.
Claws of Power
The Claws can also trigger on any spin, randomly shuffling the reels into new positions to create winning combinations. Because either modifier can fire at any moment, no spin in this game is fully dead until the reels stop and settle.
Four things can interrupt an ordinary spin, and here’s what sets each one off:
- Akiva Sandstorm: can trigger on any spin, changes some symbols
- Claws of Power: can trigger on any spin, shuffles the reels
- Link&Win: land six or more Coin symbols
- Free Spins: land three Scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5
Akiva: Claws of Power Bonus Features & Free Spins
Link&Win
Land six or more Coin symbols anywhere on the reels to trigger the Link&Win feature, which can hit in the base game or during Free Spins. The round begins with three free respins, and the reels change character completely: only Coin symbols and blank reel spaces appear for its duration.
Every Coin that lands is held in place, and each new Coin resets the respin counter back to three. Each Coin carries a cash, Mini or Mega prize, and all prizes are awarded when the feature ends, which happens either when the respins run out or when all 15 symbol positions are filled. Filling every position also awards the Grand jackpot on top of everything already collected. The ladder works like this:
- Cash awards: 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 16x, 18x, 20x, 30x or 100x total bet
- Mini jackpot: 30x total bet
- Mega jackpot: 100x total bet
- Grand jackpot: 1,000x total bet, for filling all 15 positions
The structure rewards patience within a single round. Because the respin counter resets on every new Coin, a round that starts with six Coins can keep extending as long as the reels cooperate, and the 100x cash Coins sitting at the top of the cash table give even a partial fill real weight.
Every prize on that ladder is a multiple of the total bet, so the jackpots scale exactly as the stake moves. There’s no separate pot building in the background; what you win is fixed by the bet that triggered the round. A round that fills all 15 positions collects every held Coin prize and the Grand jackpot together, which is the single biggest payout the game offers.
Free Spins
Three Scatters trigger five Free Spins. For the duration of the round, reels 2, 3 and 4 merge into a single giant reel carrying big symbols, where each big symbol counts as nine ordinary symbols and a big Scatter counts as just one. Bets and lines stay exactly as they were on the triggering spin.
The merged middle reel is the whole idea here. With one giant symbol dominating the centre of the grid, wins across the middle either land big or don’t land at all, and the big Scatter keeps the retrigger door open. Landing three more Scatters adds another three spins to the round.
Because the big symbol covers a 3×3 block of the middle reels, any payline running through the centre picks up the same giant symbol nine times over. Line wins that would have needed three separate matching symbols in the base game need just one here. It makes the middle of the grid carry almost all of the round’s weight.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing Akiva: Claws of Power is mostly a waiting game on the savannah: steady 25-payline spins, with a lion or a sandstorm occasionally rearranging the reels to save a spin that had no business winning. The reason to sit down at it is the Coins, because the base game alone won’t carry a session.
The Link&Win round is the best thing here, and it’s not close. The respin reset gives even a six-Coin start a real chance to snowball, and the ladder pays for depth, not just the full house.
The weakness is the ceiling. A 1,000x Grand is small for a game built entirely around chasing it, and the free spins are thin enough that the savannah does more of the entertaining than the reels do.
This one’s for players who enjoy a patient, medium-volatility grind with modifiers firing at random and a jackpot worth modest celebration, not for anyone chasing the top end. If the acacia shade and a steady spin sound like a good afternoon, that’s exactly what this game serves.
Akiva: Claws of Power FAQs
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What is the RTP of Akiva: Claws of Power?
The RTP is 96.20%, which sits just above the typical average for an online slot. -
Is Akiva: Claws of Power high volatility?
No. Akiva: Claws of Power is a medium volatility slot, so wins tend to arrive at a steadier rhythm than in high-variance games. -
How do you trigger the Link&Win feature in Akiva: Claws of Power?
Six or more Coin symbols anywhere on the reels start the round, which begins with three respins. Every new Coin that lands is held and resets the respin count to three. Filling all 15 positions awards the Grand jackpot as well as every prize already held on the reels. -
What does the Free Spins round do in Akiva: Claws of Power?
Three Scatters start five Free Spins. Reels 2, 3 and 4 merge into a single giant reel where each big symbol counts as nine ordinary symbols, so wins across the middle of the grid pay on a much bigger scale. -
Can the Free Spins in Akiva: Claws of Power be retriggered?
Yes. Landing three more Scatters during the round adds another three spins. -
What is the hit frequency of Akiva: Claws of Power?
The hit frequency is 28.28%, so a little over one spin in four produces a winning combination. -
How many paylines does Akiva: Claws of Power have?
There are 25 paylines, and the number played is fixed on every spin. Wins pay left to right from the leftmost reel on adjacent reels only. -
Who makes Akiva: Claws of Power and what is the grid size?
Foxium. The game runs on a 5×3 grid with 25 fixed paylines and medium volatility.
