Ded Moroz II Slot Review
Snowflakes drift through a deep blue night, pine silhouettes crowd the edges of the frame, and a gold filigree border strung with tiny lights holds it all together. This is Ded Moroz II, Spinomenal‘s take on the frost gifter of Slavic midwinter folklore, and its best idea is that the bonus round asks you something most festive slots never do: how do you want your free spins served? The answer you give shapes every spin that follows.
The game runs on a 5×3 grid with 30 fixed paylines and an RTP of 95.83%. Spinomenal’s festive shelf is deep, and this one sits alongside Book of Xmas Jingle Bells, Majestic Winter Avalanche and Xmas Chase N Win as one of the studio’s winter entries. The old man brings his own weather with him.
The Base Game on 30 Lines
All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line counts. Wins are multiplied by the bet per line, and with 30 fixed lines every spin covers the lot. It’s a conventional setup, played out against that snowy night with Ded Moroz himself on the reels.
You set your stake with plus and minus controls that adjust the bet per line, and the round starts from the spin button or the space bar. Once the reels stop, every win in the round is totted up and displayed together. There’s nothing fussy here, and that’s not a complaint: a 30-line game that stays out of its own way is doing its job.
The Wild is the Ded Moroz symbol, and it counts as any symbol except the free spins scatter. Line up five wilds on a winning line and it pays 1,000x the line bet. It doesn’t substitute for the scatter, so it can’t help trigger the bonus.
The paying symbols run from festive picture symbols down to royals, and here’s what each returns as a multiple of the line bet:
- Snowman – 40x for three, 200x for four, 1,000x for five
- Gift – 30x for three, 80x for four, 400x for five
- Pink Bauble – 25x for three, 50x for four, 200x for five
- Bell – 20x for three, 40x for four, 120x for five
- A – 15x for three, 25x for four, 50x for five
- K and Q – 10x for three, 20x for four, 40x for five
- J and 10 – 5x for three, 10x for four, 30x for five
The top of that ladder matters more than it looks. A five-Snowman line pays the same 1,000x as the five-wild line, which means the base game has two separate routes to its biggest prize rather than one. From there the ladder steps down evenly through the rest of the picture symbols to the royals, with no sudden jumps or outliers anywhere in between.
It’s worth being clear about what that ladder is. These are line-bet multiples, not stake multiples, so a five-of-a-kind royal win at minimum line bet will feel modest. The money in this game concentrates in the picture symbols and the wild, and the royals exist to keep the 30 lines ticking over between the bigger hits.
Free Spins and the Stacked Symbol Choice
Three or more scattered Free Spins symbols open the round. Where most games simply hand you a set number of spins and send you on your way, Ded Moroz II puts a fork in the road, and that fork is what gives the game its shape.
The Two Options
- 20 free spins, with every medium symbol appearing as a 1×2 stacked symbol – two positions tall
- 10 free spins, where medium symbols instead land as 1×3 stacks covering a reel’s full height
Both options lock the medium symbols into their stacked forms for the duration. The important small print is that a stacked symbol pays exactly the same as its standard 1×1 version, so nothing is inflated. What the stacking buys is coverage: taller symbols simply occupy more of the grid, which means more of those 30 lines have a medium symbol sitting on them when the reels settle.
Twenty spins with shorter stacks spreads the action out. Ten spins with full-height stacks concentrates it, putting whole reels of matched symbols into play on fewer occasions. Neither option is priced differently, and neither changes the bet you came in on – the stake and the choice are both fixed from the moment you trigger.
Retriggers
Scatters keep their power inside the round. More of them landing mid-play still count, and each time they do you get five extra free spins, added under the same option and the same bet you originally selected. A 1×3 stack game stays a 1×3 stack game; the game never asks you to choose again.
That’s a quietly generous arrangement, because it means the round you picked is the round you keep, however long it runs. A retrigger in the ten-spin option is worth relatively more too, since each additional spin carries full-height stacks rather than the shorter 1×2 form.
A Buy Feature button sits on the interface for anyone who’d rather skip the wait and go straight to the choice. Once free spins are running, the bet controls lock, so the only thing left to do is watch the stacks land. The grid itself doesn’t change during the round – same five reels, same 30 lines, only the symbols arriving taller.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.4/10
Playing Ded Moroz II is mostly waiting for one question: twenty stacks or ten. Everything before the scatter lands is line wins and pine trees, and the reason you’d pick this over the studio’s other winter games is that the answer you give actually changes how the round plays out, and retriggers honour it to the end.
Its strength is that choice, and the presentation around it: the dark-forest night is handsome, and Ded Moroz himself gives the Christmas formula a face that isn’t another red coat. Its weakness is the ladder underneath: with no published ceiling and a top prize of 1,000x the line bet, the maths stays modest no matter which option you take.
It suits players who enjoy a considered bonus round rather than a big-number chase, and festive-slot regulars will find the folklore angle a pleasant change of scenery. Anyone hunting four-figure ceilings will want to look elsewhere. For a fireside spin while the snow settles outside, the old man delivers.
Ded Moroz II FAQs
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How does the free spins round trigger in Ded Moroz II?
Three or more scattered Free Spins symbols trigger the free spins game. Scatters keep working inside the round too: three or more landing during free spins award five additional spins under the same option and bet you started with. -
What are the two free spins options in Ded Moroz II?
You choose between 20 free spins with every medium symbol appearing as a 1×2 stacked symbol, or 10 free spins with every medium symbol appearing as a 1×3 stacked symbol. The stacked versions pay the same as the standard symbols. -
What does the Wild symbol do in Ded Moroz II?
The Wild counts as any symbol except the Free Spins scatter. Five wild symbols on a winning line pay 1,000x the bet per line. -
Can free spins retrigger in Ded Moroz II?
Yes. Three or more scattered Free Spins symbols landing during the round award five more free spins, always with the same option and bet you originally selected. -
What is the RTP of Ded Moroz II?
Ded Moroz II runs at an RTP of 95.83%. -
How many paylines does Ded Moroz II have?
The game is set to 30 fixed paylines, all active on every spin. -
Can you buy the bonus on Ded Moroz II?
A Buy Feature button appears on the game’s interface, so the bonus can be purchased directly rather than waiting for scatters to land. -
Do stacked medium symbols pay more in Ded Moroz II free spins?
No. A medium symbol appearing as a 1×2 or 1×3 stack always pays the same as its standard 1×1 version. The stacking increases coverage across the reels rather than the value of any single win.
