Halloween Fortune II Slot Review
A violet fog hangs between the trees, silver scrollwork curls around the reels and a crypt-like stone backdrop sits behind the symbols. Halloween Fortune II is a Halloween slot that spends almost nothing on tricks. Outside one short bonus round, this is plain, honest 25-line spinning, and the game is confident enough in that round to build everything else around it.
Playtech built it on a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines, running at 94.99% RTP with mid to high volatility. The paytable leans on a single pumpkin wild harder than most games of its kind dare, and the wild becomes the centre of everything once the free games arrive. It sits in Playtech’s catalogue alongside titles like Buffalo Blitz, Better Wilds and Fire Blaze: Jinns Moon, all of which favour a straightforward feature over gimmickry.
Witches, Ravens and the Pumpkin Wild
Wins pay left to right across the 25 lines, and only the highest combination on each line counts. The reels carry a full coven: a red, a blue and a green witch, joined by a black cat, a raven, a skull with a candle and three potion bottles. It’s a proper Halloween cast, drawn in rich colour against the stone-textured panels behind the grid.
There are two bet figures working at once here. Each line win is multiplied by the line bet, which is the total stake divided across the 25 lines. The scatter works differently, paying its multiples of the total bet wherever it lands, which keeps the logo relevant on every spin regardless of which lines are live.
The coven sits in a clear hierarchy. The three witches pay progressively less as you move from red through blue to green, and the potion bottles prop up the table below them. Between the witches and the bottles sit the black cat, the raven and the skull with a candle, which is the richest of the standard symbols. Only the highest win on each line pays, so a full board of mixed wins settles one line at a time.
The pumpkin wild substitutes for every symbol except the Halloween Fortune scatter, and it’s the richest symbol on the board by some distance. The scatter is the Halloween Fortune logo itself, and it pays in any position rather than on a line. That’s the one break in the left-to-right rule, and it’s what makes the scatter worth watching on every spin.
Every value below is a multiple of the total bet:
- Wild (pumpkin): 0.4x for two, 4x for three, 40x for four, 120x for five
- Skull with candle: 3x for three, 20x for four, 40x for five
- Black cat: 2x for three, 12x for four, 24x for five
- Raven: 2x for three, 8x for four, 16x for five
- Red witch: 1x for three, 4x for four, 8x for five
- Blue witch: 0.6x for three, 3x for four, 6x for five
- Green witch: 0.4x for three, 2x for four, 4x for five
- Blue potion bottle: 0.4x for three, 1.2x for four, 3x for five
- Green potion bottle: 0.28x for three, 1x for four, 2x for five
- Purple potion bottle: 0.2x for three, 0.6x for four, 1.2x for five
- Halloween Fortune scatter: 0.04x for two, 0.12x for three, 0.4x for four, 4x for five
Even two scatters return 0.04x the total bet, so the logo pays a little whenever it shows up in a pair. The wild pays on its own line too, starting from just two symbols, which is rarer than it sounds on a five-reel board. Five wilds on a line are worth 120x the total bet, three times what the best standard symbol manages.
Free Games with an Increasing Multiplier
The scatters are the whole engine of this game. Land three or more Halloween Fortune logos in any positions and you’re awarded 10 free games. The scatter doesn’t need to sit on a payline, so logos scattered anywhere on the five reels count towards the trigger. The round cannot be retriggered once it’s running, so those 10 spins are the entire event.
The Increasing Multiplier
Free games start at a x2 multiplier. Every two spins, the multiplier climbs by one, and every win on a spin is multiplied by the value holding at that moment. The round breaks down like this:
- Spins 1 and 2: all wins multiplied by x2
- Spins 3 and 4: all wins multiplied by x3
- Spins 5 and 6: all wins multiplied by x4
- Spins 7 and 8: all wins multiplied by x5
- Spins 9 and 10: all wins multiplied by x6
By the final pair of spins the multiplier sits at x6, so the round is weighted towards its back half. The last two spins matter most, which gives the round a natural build. A win that would be modest on the first spin is worth three times as much by the ninth.
The Locked Wild
The pumpkin wild takes up residence in the middle position of reel three for the whole round and stays there, substituting for everything except the scatter. A permanent wild on the centre reel means every spin of the round has a built-in assist, and combined with the rising multiplier it’s where most of the round’s bigger wins will come from.
Because the wild sits in the middle of the grid, any line passing through the middle of the reels can use it. Wins still pay left to right, so the first and last reels do the qualifying work while the wild holds the middle together. When the multiplier is at its highest, that single locked symbol is doing the heaviest lifting on the board.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing Halloween Fortune II means a lot of quiet spinning in a very pretty forest. The base game is plain 25-line work and the paytable only really moves when the pumpkin wild appears, so every session is aimed squarely at the scatters. That free games round is what earns the time: a locked wild holding the centre reel while the multiplier climbs to x6 gives it a build most seasonal games never bother with, and it peaks exactly at its finish rather than fading out.
The round’s closed shape is also the weakness. Ten spins, no retrigger and nothing else on offer – once it’s over, it’s back to the fog and the waiting, and there’s no second feature to break that up.
It suits players who enjoy one well-made, escalating bonus round and proper gothic atmosphere over feature volume. Anyone wanting more depth will find this coven keeps its potions to a minimum.
Halloween Fortune II FAQs
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What is the RTP of Halloween Fortune II?
Halloween Fortune II runs at an RTP of 94.99%, which sits a little below the best-paying modern slots. -
Is Halloween Fortune II high volatility?
It’s a mid to high volatility slot, so wins can be spaced out with the bigger payouts concentrated in the free games round. -
How do you trigger the free games in Halloween Fortune II?
Three or more Halloween Fortune scatter logos anywhere in view start the round, which then runs for 10 free games. The scatter pays in any position, so it doesn’t need to sit on a payline. -
How does the increasing multiplier work in the free games?
Free games begin with a x2 multiplier that increases by one after every two spins, reaching x6 by the final pair. All wins on a spin are multiplied by the multiplier’s value during that spin. -
Can free games be retriggered in Halloween Fortune II?
No. Free games cannot be retriggered, so the round runs for its 10 spins and then ends. -
What does the locked wild do in Halloween Fortune II?
During free games, the pumpkin wild locks into the middle position of reel three for every spin. It substitutes for all symbols except the Halloween Fortune scatter. -
How many paylines does Halloween Fortune II have?
Halloween Fortune II has 25 paylines, with wins paying left to right and only the highest win on each line counting. -
Who makes Halloween Fortune II?
Halloween Fortune II is made by Playtech, one of the industry’s longest-standing slot developers.
