Lara Croft Temples and Tombs Slot Review
Blue stone walls, carved pillars and a golden urn sitting open on the lintel above the reels: Lara Croft Temples and Tombs drops you inside the tomb rather than at its door, and it’s a denser, more atmospheric piece of set dressing than the Lara series usually manages. The interesting thing isn’t the tomb, though – it’s that this game will pay you four times for what is technically one winning spin, and the pot of gold you can see filling up on screen has nothing to do with whether you win a jackpot.
It’s a Triple Edge Studios build, one of the studio’s earlier Lara outings alongside Lara Croft: Tomb of the Sun and Lara Croft: Fortune of the Eclipse. The numbers underneath are serious: 96.05% RTP, very high volatility, 243 ways across a 5×3 grid, stakes from 0.20 to 100 per spin, and a maximum win of 5,000x the bet.
243 Ways and Rolling Reels
Wins pay across 243 ways, with matching symbols running left to right from the first reel. Where multiple winning combinations land on a single way, only the highest one counts, and the total payout is the sum of every way win from the spin.
The betting works on a multiplier of 20: the total bet is the initial bet multiplied by the cost of the ways played, and way win payouts are based on that initial bet rather than the total. It’s a piece of housekeeping worth knowing when you read the paytable, since the figures there key off the smaller number.
The Wild lands only on reels 2, 3 and 4, and substitutes for every symbol in the game. That includes the Free Spins symbol, which matters more than it sounds later on. The Scatter is the other restricted symbol: it appears on reels 1, 2 and 3 only, in both the base game and free spins, and it’s never removed while the reels roll.
Any ways win sets the Rolling Reels feature running, and it works the same in both the base game and free spins:
- A ways win lands and pays out
- The winning symbols are removed from the reels
- New symbols drop in to fill the gaps
- Any new win pays again, at a higher multiplier
- The sequence repeats until no further win forms
Because Scatters stay put for the whole sequence, a scatter combination can assemble one roll at a time rather than needing all three symbols on a single spin. Scatter wins then pay once the feature is complete, not as they land. It’s a small pair of details that quietly changes how the base game plays.
The Multiplier Trail
Every roll in the chain carries a multiplier, and it climbs with each consecutive win:
- Base game: 1x on the triggering spin, then 2x, 3x and 5x
- Free spins: 3x at the start of each spin, then 6x, 10x and 15x
The trail resets once the rolls finish, so every chain starts from the bottom again. Those free-spins figures are the real difference between the two modes: a chain that runs long inside the bonus is working from a floor three times higher than the base game’s, and the top step pays triple what the base game’s top step does.
Free Spins
Three Free Spins symbols form a winning combination and award 8 free spins per way. The rules of the round:
- Awards are counted per way, so multiple sets of 8 spins can be won from one trigger
- Only the first three reels count towards the award
- The Wild can substitute for the Free Spins symbol
- All bets match the spin that triggered the round
- The round can be retriggered, and it plays out automatically
That per-way counting is the generous part. Where most games hand over a flat number of spins, this one multiplies the award by however many ways the three symbols connect, and a Wild in the middle can complete combinations reel 1 started. Wins from the round are added to base game wins rather than replacing them.
Inside the bonus, Rolling Reels keeps working and the multiplier trail starts each spin at the higher floor. A retrigger during the round simply adds more spins on the same terms, and Scatter symbols continue to appear and hold their positions through every roll.
The Jackpot Ladder
A jackpot check happens at a precise moment: when no more rolls from a Rolling Reels chain are possible, the game may award a single jackpot. The trigger works on Wild collection: every Wild on screen during a ways evaluation is collected, and each one gathered on that spin and its subsequent rolls raises the chance of a jackpot being won, up to a maximum of 100%. Wilds gathered on earlier spins don’t carry over.
The ladder, with values as a multiple of the total bet:
- Minor: 15x
- Major: 100x
- Grand: 5,000x
Only one jackpot can land on a spin, and once won, that jackpot resets to its starting value. The collection pot you see filling up on screen is purely decoration; it has no effect on whether a jackpot actually triggers. The maths is driven entirely by the Wilds collected on the current spin.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
Playing this is mostly waiting for a chain to catch. The reels roll, the multipliers climb, and every so often one spin turns into four payouts and the tomb briefly gives something back – that chain moment is the reason to pick it, and it’s a good one when it arrives.
The free-spins multiplier floor is the smartest thing here. Starting every bonus spin at 3x means the round doesn’t need a heroic chain to feel worthwhile, and 15x at the top gives the big rolls real room. The weakness is everything in between: with a hit rate around one spin in three and a Minor jackpot worth 15x, the gaps between features can feel like a lot of quiet corridor.
This is one for players who enjoy a slow dig with visible progress and a proper prize at the bottom of it – the patient kind, not the instant-gratification kind. Anyone after frequent features and steady returns will find the tomb a long way from the daylight. For the rest, there’s real treasure here; it’s just buried deep, the way a tomb should keep it.
Lara Croft Temples and Tombs FAQs
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How do you trigger free spins in Lara Croft Temples and Tombs?
You need three Free Spins symbols to form a winning combination, which awards 8 spins per way, so several sets can be won at once. Only the first three reels count, the Wild can substitute for the Free Spins symbol, and the round can be retriggered. -
How does the Multiplier Trail work?
The win multiplier applies to each win revealed during Rolling Reels and increases with every consecutive roll. In the base game it climbs from 1x to 2x, 3x and 5x. In free spins it starts at 3x and climbs to 6x, 10x and 15x. It resets once the rolls are complete. -
How do you win a jackpot in Lara Croft Temples and Tombs?
Wilds are collected whenever they’re on screen during a ways evaluation, and the more gathered on the current spin and its Rolling Reels chain, the better the chance of a jackpot, up to 100%. The check happens when no more rolls are possible, and only one jackpot can land per spin. -
What is the RTP of Lara Croft Temples and Tombs?
The RTP is 96.05%, which sits just above the typical benchmark for an online slot. -
Is Lara Croft Temples and Tombs high volatility?
Yes, it’s rated very high volatility, with a hit frequency of 32.88%, so wins land on roughly a third of spins but payouts can vary sharply in size. -
What is the maximum win on Lara Croft Temples and Tombs?
The maximum win is 5,000x the bet. -
How many paylines does Lara Croft Temples and Tombs have?
It has 243 ways to win on a 5×3 grid, with winning combinations running left to right from the first reel. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Lara Croft Temples and Tombs?
Stakes run from 0.20 to 100.00 per spin, and the bet multiplier is 20, so way win payouts key off the initial bet rather than the total.
