April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs Slot Review
A stone stairway climbs the left edge of the screen, worn smooth at the treads, and something in dark armour waits half-hidden beside a carved column. This is April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs, and its free spins round is honest about its job: it exists mostly to hand you over to the coin bonus hiding deeper in the tomb. The Betsoft build runs on a 5×4 grid with 20 fixed paylines, pays left to right, and pairs a 96.2% RTP with high volatility.
The studio’s recent output has favoured this coin-collecting formula, and titles like 3 Pots of Venice and Gold Nugget Rush 2 cover similar ground. Whether the chamber’s scarabs reward the descent is what follows.
Symbols, Wilds and the Paytable
Wins are formed left to right across the 20 fixed paylines, starting from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win on each line is paid, and coinciding wins on different lines are added together. Payouts scale with the selected bet, so the figures below hold at any stake.
The Wild lion head appears on all reels and substitutes for every symbol except the Scatter and the Bonus. It’s also the joint top payer, matching the Explorer coin for coin, which makes it the symbol worth watching on any near-miss line.
Below the Explorer, the premium run is pure adventurer’s kit: a magnifying glass, binoculars, a scroll and a goblet, before the royals finish the ladder. Symbol pays are multiples of the total bet:
- Explorer and Wild: 1x for two, 2.5x for three, 15x for four, 200x for five
- Magnifying Glass: 0.5x for two, 2x for three, 7.5x for four, 25x for five
- Binoculars: 1.75x for three, 4.5x for four, 15x for five
- Scroll: 1.5x for three, 4x for four, 12.5x for five
- Goblet: 1x for three, 3.5x for four, 10x for five
- A and K: 0.75x for three, 1.5x for four, 7.5x for five
- Q, J and 10: 0.5x for three, 1x for four, 5x for five
The Scarab coin is the Bonus symbol and the key is the Scatter. Neither pays in normal play; both exist to open the two rounds below. The Bonus symbol carries a bet multiplier of between 1x and 500x, which matters when the Hold & Win round begins.
It’s a compact ladder. The premium picture symbols pay meaningfully from four of a kind upward, while the royals mostly cover the stake on a full line. With high volatility behind it, the base game leans on those rarer five-of-a-kind hits to keep the balance moving.
The Hold & Win Bonus
Landing six or more scattered Bonus symbols opens the Hold & Win Bonus. The triggering symbols lock in place, each carrying its own multiplier of between 1x and 500x the bet, and 3 respins are awarded to work with.
Every new Bonus symbol that lands locks into position and resets the respin count back to three. That reset is the engine of the round: a run of consecutive landings keeps it alive indefinitely, while an empty three-spin stretch closes it out. The round also ends if every position on the 20-symbol grid fills with coins, which is the best-case finish.
When it ends, all the locked multipliers are added together and the total is multiplied by the triggering bet to produce the win. A full grid of even modest coins therefore adds up quickly, and a single 500x symbol landing early changes the arithmetic of everything that follows.
Locked coins never leave the grid once they’ve landed, so the win on screen only ever grows while respins remain. The counter is the only thing standing between a modest round and a big one.
The round can be triggered from the base game or during Free Spins mode, but never both features at once. The Bonus symbol does nothing on a paid line at any other time.
Free Spins
Scatter keys land on all reels, and 3 or more of them open Free Spins mode. The awards step up with the count:
- 3 Scatters award 5 free spins
- 4 Scatters award 7 free spins
- 5 Scatters award 9 free spins
The mode plays on the same 5×4 grid with the same 20 paylines and the same paytable. Wilds stay active throughout, and scatters keep landing, so the spin count can grow past its starting point through retriggers. The Hold & Win Bonus can also trigger during free spins, which is where the two features meet: coins collected here carry the same lock-and-respin rules as in the base game.
The reverse doesn’t apply. Free Spins can’t be triggered while the coin round is running, so the scatter key holds no value once the grid is locked. The two rounds therefore stack in one direction only, and it’s the direction that matters: free spins can deliver the coin bonus, never the other way round.
Buy Feature
For players who’d rather not wait for the scatters, a Buy Feature button sits on the base game screen. Three tiers are on offer, priced as multiples of the current bet:
- 5 free spins for 54x the bet
- 7 free spins for 75.6x the bet
- 9 free spins for 96x the bet
The purchases buy the Free Spins round only, at the bet level selected when the buy is made. The Hold & Win Bonus still has to be earned one scatter coin at a time, so what a purchase really secures is time in the one mode where the coin round can also drop in.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Most of a session here is a 20-line grind: near-misses on the Explorer line, a wild that helps without ever changing the shape of a spin, and long stretches waiting for the tomb to open. The reason to choose it is the coin round, and it’s a good one. Coins worth up to 500x, a respin counter that resets on every landing, and a full grid that adds up fast.
The weakness is what sits around that round. Free spins hand out nothing extra of their own: no multiplier, no special symbol behaviour, just five to nine ordinary spins that matter mainly because the coin bonus can drop in on top of them. The buy feature prices the privilege accordingly.
So it comes down to appetite. Somebody after a slick, feature-dense Egyptian slot will find the chamber bare. Somebody happy to grind for one excellent round will find the scarabs worth unsealing.
April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs FAQs
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What is the RTP of April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs?
The RTP is 96.2%, which sits comfortably above the industry average. -
Is April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility slot, so wins tend to be less frequent but potentially larger when they land. -
How many paylines does April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs have?
It has 20 fixed paylines, and the game pays left to right. -
What is the grid size of April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs?
It’s a 5-reel, 4-row grid, so 20 symbol positions in total. -
How do you trigger the Hold & Win Bonus?
Six or more scattered Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels open it. The triggering coins lock in place and 3 respins are awarded, and every new Bonus symbol that lands resets that count back to 3. -
How many free spins do scatters award?
3 scatters award 5 free spins, 4 award 7, and 5 award 9. The round can be retriggered, and the Hold & Win Bonus can also trigger during it. -
Can you buy the bonus on April Fury And The Chamber Of Scarabs?
Yes. A Buy Feature panel offers 5 free spins for 54x your bet, 7 for 75.6x, and 9 for 96x. The Hold & Win Bonus itself can’t be bought. -
What does the wild substitute for?
The lion head wild appears on all reels and substitutes for every symbol except the Scatter key and the Bonus scarab coin. It also matches the Explorer as the joint top payer at 200x for five.
