Book Of Elves 2 Slot Review
Snow piles on the corners of an ornate bronze frame, icicles hang off its edges, and a Santa hat perches on the title lettering. Behind it all, a dark blue winter’s night glows faintly warm at the edges, with a brass-rimmed window lit from inside. This is a workshop that never sleeps, and it’s the setting for Book Of Elves 2, a Spinomenal slot that keeps its festive fairy-tale gloss on every reel.
Strip nothing away: this is a Book game where the extra reel genuinely changes the maths rather than the look. A 6×3 grid across 10 fixed paylines puts six-of-a-kind combinations permanently in play, and the paytable is built around them. The RTP is 92.85%, well below what you’d want. Sister titles from the same studio include Majestic King, Tiger Charms and 3 Shadow Wolves.
Six Reels, Ten Lines and One Busy Book
Six reels and three rows is an unusual shape for this family of games, and it does real work. With 10 fixed paylines running left to right from the leftmost reel, a sixth reel means six-symbol combinations are always in play. Only the highest win on each line is paid, and wins are multiplied by the bet per line.
Stakes are set with the plus and minus buttons, which choose the bet per line and lock during free spins. All wins in a round are displayed together in the WIN field, so a spin that lands a scatter prize and a payline win at the same time shows one running total rather than separate figures.
The Wild is a book wrapped in a red bow, and it pulls double duty: it substitutes for every symbol, and it’s also the scatter. Three or more scattered Wilds anywhere on the slot pay 2x for three, 25x for four, 250x for five and 500x for six, and they trigger the free spins. Scatter prizes are paid on top of any regular payline wins.
The paytable is topped by the Elf, with the Reindeer close behind and a mid tier of Sleighs and Gifts. Royals fill out the bottom two rows. All values below are multiples of the total bet.
- Elf: 100x for two, 1,000x for three, 10,000x for four, 50,000x for five, 100,000x for six
- Reindeer: 50x for two, 400x for three, 4,000x for four, 20,000x for five, 40,000x for six
- Sleigh / Gift: 50x for two, 300x for three, 1,000x for four, 7,500x for five, 15,000x for six
- A / K: 50x for three, 400x for four, 1,500x for five, 3,000x for six
- Q / J / 10: 50x for three, 250x for four, 1,000x for five, 2,000x for six
Those top-end Elf numbers are striking on paper. A six-of-a-kind Elf line pays 100,000x the total bet, and that’s the practical ceiling of the game: a prize you reach by filling all six reels with the top symbol, with the expanding mechanic in free spins the most likely route to it. Note that the Elf pays from two symbols, unlike the royals, which only start at three.
The two-symbol threshold matters more than it looks on a ten-line game. With only 10 paylines to work across, the high-value symbols paying from two-of-a-kind softens the gap between wins at the top of the paytable and the drier stretches at the bottom of it.
The gap between tiers is steep, and it’s worth seeing side by side. A two-symbol Elf pays 100x, a tenth of the 1,000x a five-symbol line of Q, J or 10 pays, which tells you how top-heavy the table is. Everything below the Reindeer pays single-digit multiples for three-of-a-kind, so the mid tier mostly keeps the WIN field ticking over while the Elf and Reindeer do the serious paying.
Free Spins and the Expanding Symbol
Landing three or more scatter Wilds awards 10 free spins, with the bet per line carried over from the triggering game. The round can retrigger, adding another 10 free spins on top of whatever remains. The interesting part is what happens on each individual spin.
On every free spin, a randomly assigned symbol – never the scatter Wild – becomes the expanding symbol for that spin only. After the regular result is determined, that symbol expands to form new paylines in addition to the existing ones, but only where the expansion actually creates a win.
The expansion pays in all active lines, and the winning symbols don’t need to sit on consecutive reels to count. Expanded wins are paid separately from the original result, so a spin can pay twice: once for the line wins that landed, once for what the expansion built on top of them.
The round itself runs hands-off. Once free spins begin, the stake controls are disabled, so the bet per line that triggered the round is the one every spin plays at, retrigger or not. Help and settings lock during any spin as well, which means the free spins play straight through with nothing to adjust mid-round.
Two things follow from the per-spin assignment. A fresh symbol is drawn every single spin rather than being locked in for the round, so a round that starts with a royal as its expander can still finish on an Elf. And because the expanding symbol can never be the Wild itself, the biggest expansion prize is the Elf at its full paytable value across every line the expansion reaches.
- Trigger: 3 or more scattered Wilds anywhere on the slot
- Award: 10 free spins, bet per line unchanged
- Expanding symbol: randomly assigned each spin, excludes the scatter Wild
- Expansion rule: expands only where it forms a win, pays in all active lines
- Retrigger: yes, awarding an additional 10 free spins
- Scatter pays: added on top of payline winnings
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a Christmas slot you’d pick for its reel count, not its tinsel. The sixth reel is the whole reason to be here: six-of-a-kind Elf lines simply don’t exist on a five-reel Book, and the paytable is scaled to make them the prize everything else orbits around.
The strength is the bonus round. Redrawing the expanding symbol every spin means no free spin is written off before it happens, and a round can swing from forgettable to spectacular without a retrigger. The weakness is the 92.85% RTP, which quietly takes a cut of everything the paytable promises; no volatility figure is published either, so the risk profile is guesswork.
It’s a good home for Book-game players who want the familiar shape stretched, and for anyone who likes their seasonal slot to have a bit of maths behind the snow. Value-first players have richer shelves elsewhere on the provider page. For the rest, the elves wrapped something worth unwrapping.
Book Of Elves 2 FAQs
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What is the RTP of Book Of Elves 2?
Book Of Elves 2 runs at an RTP of 92.85%. -
How many paylines does Book Of Elves 2 have?
The game has 10 fixed paylines, numbered 1 to 10. All symbols pay left to right starting from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line is paid. -
What is the grid size of Book Of Elves 2?
Book Of Elves 2 uses a 6×3 grid: six reels and three rows, with wins evaluated across 10 fixed paylines. -
Can you buy the bonus on Book Of Elves 2?
Yes. A BUY button sits in the game’s controls, so the free spins round can be purchased directly rather than waiting for the scatter Wilds to land. -
How do you trigger free spins in Book Of Elves 2?
Landing 3 or more scattered Wild symbols anywhere on the slot triggers 10 free spins. The scatters pay 2x for three, 25x for four, 250x for five and 500x for six, on top of any payline wins. -
How does the expanding symbol work in Book Of Elves 2?
On each free spin, a randomly assigned symbol (never the scatter Wild) acts as the expanding symbol for that spin only. It expands after the regular result is determined, forms new paylines in addition to the existing ones, and pays in all active lines whether or not the winning symbols are consecutive. -
When is Book Of Elves 2 released?
Book Of Elves 2’s release date is 13 November 2023. -
Who makes Book Of Elves 2?
Book Of Elves 2 is made by Spinomenal.
