Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus Slot Review
A churning vortex of blue-white light swirls in the sky directly above the reels, its centre bleached to a glare, while banks of peach and gold sunset cloud pile up on either side and a broad flight of pale stone steps climbs to the grid as though the game sat at the top of a temple stairway. Olympus wants you to feel small before you’ve spun a reel. The unusual part is that this game is happy to make you wait for everything else too: nearly every spin of consequence here is a deposit towards the one round that matters.
Alchemy Gaming‘s Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus is the thunderbolt half of the pairing, and the more direct of the two. It’s a 5×4 grid with 1,024 ways, 96.08% RTP, very high volatility and winnings capped at 5,000x the base bet per transaction. The studio has run this trail before in Africa XUP and Chronicles of Olympus X UP; here it trades the underworld’s gloom for sunlit cloud. Bets run from 0.20 to 50.00 per spin, and a hit lands on roughly a quarter of spins.
Base Game & Features
This is a five-reel, four-row slot paying across 1,024 ways. Ways run left to right from the first reel, with a win awarded when matching symbols land adjacently, and only the highest combination per way counts. Payouts are based on the initial bet, which works out as the total bet divided by a way cost of ten.
The maths sits at the sharper end: 96.08% total return and very high volatility. The hit frequency is 24.4%, so a winning spin arrives roughly once every four attempts on average. No individual symbol pay values are published for this one, so there’s no paytable to walk through; the ways structure and the wild multipliers carry the base game on their own.
Wilds are the base game’s one flourish. They substitute for everything except the two Scatters and can form their own winning ways. When one substitutes in a win, it can add a multiplier:
- 2x
- 3x
- 5x
X UP Feature
The X UP feature is a token-collection trail with nine levels, and it’s the engine the whole game is built around. Landing two Red Scatter symbols awards one X UP token. As tokens accumulate, higher levels of the trail activate, and each level corresponds to a bigger starting win multiplier for the Free Spins round. Level 1 needs no tokens at all and is always available.
- 1 token activates Level 2
- 3 tokens activate Level 3
- 5 tokens activate Level 4
- 7 tokens activate Level 5
- 9 tokens activate Level 6
- 11 tokens activate Level 7
- 14 tokens activate Level 8
- 17 tokens activate Level 9
Each level carries two multiplier tiers, and the second tier is where the Blue Scatter comes in. Blue Scatters appear only on reels one and five in the base game and pay nothing themselves. Each pair landing permanently increases one trail multiplier, working from the highest level down to the lowest.
Every level’s multiplier can be boosted once, except Level 9, which can be boosted twice. Once the 25x increase has been awarded, Blue Scatters vanish from the reels entirely. The full ladder of starting multipliers, by level and tier:
- Level 9: Tier 1 10x, Tier 2 15x, Tier 3 25x
- Level 8: Tier 1 8x, Tier 2 12x
- Level 7: Tier 1 7x, Tier 2 10x
- Level 6: Tier 1 6x, Tier 2 8x
- Level 5: Tier 1 5x, Tier 2 6x
- Level 4: Tier 1 4x, Tier 2 5x
- Level 3: Tier 1 3x, Tier 2 4x
- Level 2: Tier 1 2x, Tier 2 3x
- Level 1: Tier 1 1x, Tier 2 2x
When Free Spins starts, whatever trail level is active applies from the first spin, and collected tokens carry into the round. Tokens can still be gathered during the feature to push the multiplier higher mid-round.
Once Level 9 is active, tokens stop being collected altogether. Any tokens held are cleared when the round ends for the current bet amount. Three or more Red Scatters award no token; the trigger and the token mechanic are separate doors. The whole system is a patience tax with a visible receipt.
Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus Free Spins
Landing three or more Red Scatters anywhere on the reels triggers 8 Free Spins. Red Scatters sit on all five reels in the base game but retreat to reels one and five once the feature begins, which makes the in-round collection meaningfully harder. The active X UP multiplier applies from the very first spin, and the bet and ways stay locked to the triggering spin.
Inside the round, two Red Scatters award two additional spins and one X UP token, so the trail can keep climbing while the free games play out. The round can’t be retriggered in the conventional sense; the scatter pairs adding spins are the only extension on offer. Spins resolve automatically, and wins are added to base game wins before the total is paid.
Upsizer™ Feature
When Free Spins triggers with an active X UP level between 1 and 8, an Upsizer™ offer appears before the round begins, giving the option to buy a higher starting multiplier. The chosen multiplier is confirmed along with its cost before anything is deducted.
The feature can be limited or locked entirely at higher bet sizes, and it isn’t available in every region. Its return matches the base game at 96.08%.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing this is mostly watching a meter fill. The base game pays in tokens and small change, and the whole reason to be here is the climb: arriving at the free spins with the trail already high is the payoff, and it’s a genuinely good feeling when it lands. For a grind this long, Olympus is a pleasant place to sit.
What works is the transparency. Every step of the trail is on screen, every Blue Scatter pair has a named effect, and nothing about your progress is hidden. What doesn’t is the ending: eight spins that can’t properly retrigger, and a 5,000x ceiling that’s modest for a game this volatile.
This one’s for the builders, then: people who want visible progress towards a known destination and don’t mind thin base wins along the way. Anyone chasing the biggest numbers in the very high volatility field will find the summit here comes up short. As a slower climb with a view, though, it earns its place on the mountain.
Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus FAQs
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What is the RTP of Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus?
The RTP is 96.08% in total, and it stays at 96.08% with the Upsizer™ purchase as well. -
Is Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus high volatility?
Yes, it’s a very high volatility game, with wins landing on roughly 24.4% of spins. -
How does the X UP feature work?
Pairs of Red Scatter symbols award X UP tokens, which climb a nine-level trail. The higher your active level when Free Spins triggers, the bigger the starting win multiplier, up to 10x at Level 9’s first tier. Pairs of Blue Scatters permanently boost the trail’s multipliers tier by tier. -
How do you trigger Free Spins in Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus?
Eight free spins arrive when Red Scatters land on three or more reels at once. During the round, two Red Scatters add two extra spins plus one X UP token, but the feature can’t be retriggered. -
What is the maximum win on Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus?
Total winnings per transaction are limited to 5,000x the base bet. If that limit is reached, the win is awarded and any remaining win amounts or free spins are forfeited. -
What is the grid size and ways count in Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus?
It’s a 5×4 grid, five reels and four rows, with 1,024 ways to win running left to right from the first reel. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus?
Bets run from 0.20 up to 50.00 per spin. -
Who makes Chronicles of Olympus II – Zeus?
Alchemy Gaming. Its release date is 19 December 2023.
