The Ankh Protector Slot Review
The Nile at dusk, pyramids rising behind the reels and palms leaning in from both sides, the whole board set in heavy gold scrollwork with a warm glow over the water. Spinomenal have made the line slider the actual game here: on a 5×4 grid running at 96.04% RTP, you decide before every session whether this is a lean 10-line chase or a hundred-line sweep, and no other decision in it matters nearly as much.
It sits in a busy Egyptian corner of the studio’s catalogue, alongside titles like The Ankh Protector Egyptian Darkness and Story Of Egypt Egyptian Darkness. The stacked wilds and selectable lines give this one a different feel to the roaming-wild follow-up. Ten lines or a hundred: that choice is the game’s own answer to what an Egyptian grid should be.
Reels, Lines and Symbols
Five reels, four rows, and a line count you set yourself before you spin. The range runs from 10 to 100 active lines, and every win pays left to right from the leftmost reel, with only the highest combination on each line counting. Wins are multiplied by bet per line, and multiple qualifying lines in one round all add into the total.
That last rule is what makes the line slider matter. On a hundred lines, a screen full of stacked symbols can qualify on dozens of them at once, each combination adding to the round’s total. On ten lines the same screen pays a fraction of that, but each spin costs a fraction too.
The wild is a Cleopatra symbol that stacks, and it counts as any symbol except the Free Spins scatter. Line up 5 wilds on a winning line and it pays bet per line x3,000, which makes the wild the richest symbol on the board by a wide margin and stands as the game’s biggest single prize.
Symbol Pays
Pays below are per symbol at bet per line, for 3, 4 and 5 of a kind:
- Gold/Blue Statue: 70 / 300 / 1,000
- Anubis-type Figure: 60 / 200 / 600
- Pharaoh and Green King Figure: 20 / 40 / 120
- A and K: 15 / 20 / 40
- Q and J: 10 / 15 / 20
There’s a steep drop from the 2 medium-tier figures to everything below them, and the royals pay modestly at every level. The Gold/Blue Statue leads the paying symbols at 1,000 for five, but even that is a third of what the wild pays on the same line.
Spinning the Reels
Bet and line adjustments are made with the plus and minus buttons either side of the reels, and both are locked once a free spins round is running. Help and Settings are disabled mid-spin, and every win in a round displays in the win field.
Autoplay runs continuous play at the selected bet, with a configuration screen that lets you choose how many spins to play through; a pause button stops it at any point. Turbo Mode shortens each round as far as it will go, toggled by the rabbit button in the desktop version or through the settings menu on mobile, and it can be switched on from the autoplay configuration screen as well.
Free Spins and the Stacked Wild
3 or more scattered Free Spins symbols trigger the round, and the award scales sharply with how many land:
- 3 scatters: 10 free spins
- 4 scatters: 25 free spins
- 5 or more scatters: 100 free spins
The bet per line and the number of lines carry over exactly as they were in the triggering spin, so the round you buy into is the round you play. Scatters only trigger during the base game, and the bet and line buttons stay disabled for the duration.
Inside the round, a stacked wild sits on one random reel on every spin. It moves each time, so no reel is safe and none is favoured, and with the Cleopatra wild paying 3,000x per line at 5 of a kind, a full stack landing opposite a reel of matching figures is where the big results live.
Identical symbols stack heavily across the reels, which is how the medium figures turn into real money. On a hundred active lines, a pair of matched stacks with the roaming wild bridging them can light up a large share of the board in one spin. That’s the round’s whole promise, and it doesn’t need a second mechanic to make it work.
Buy Feature
A Buy Feature button sits in the base game, and it does exactly what it says: purchases an immediate free spins trigger. The purchase works in three steps:
- Open the buy window, where you can adjust the bet, the number of lines and the amount of free spins you’ll play with.
- Check the buy price, which is set according to all three of those choices, so a hundred-line, hundred-spin purchase costs proportionally more than a leaner setup.
- Confirm to pay the price and trigger the round at your chosen settings.
Because the scatter ladder awards 10, 25 or 100 spins, buying lets you go straight for the big allocation rather than waiting on a 5-scatter base game landing. The trade runs the same way as the line slider does: you set the shape of the bonus before you pay for it.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
Playing this is really a decision about how much Egypt you want lit up. Set it to ten lines and it’s a cheap, patient chase after stacked wilds on a pretty board; set it to a hundred and every spin sweeps the whole grid. The one reason to choose it over its neighbours is that the game lets you make that call at all.
The free spins round is the best thing here, and it earns it. The stacked wild moves to a random reel every spin, so no two spins are shaped the same, and the scatter ladder is steep enough that a 5-scatter trigger feels like a different game to a 3-scatter one.
What lets it down is the base game between triggers: below the top two figures the paytable drops off a cliff, so most combinations barely register. That makes it a good home for players who like tuning their own setup and waiting on one big roaming wild, and a thin one for anyone who wants constant variety. Settled in at dusk with the sliders where you want them, though, that patience pays off nicely.
The Ankh Protector FAQs
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What is the RTP of The Ankh Protector?
The Ankh Protector runs at an RTP of 96.04%. -
How many paylines does The Ankh Protector have?
The line count is player-selected, ranging between 10 and 100 active lines. You choose how many to have active before spinning, using the line buttons beside the reels. -
What is the grid size of The Ankh Protector?
The game plays on a 5×4 grid, with five reels and four rows. -
How do you trigger free spins in The Ankh Protector?
3 or more scattered Free Spins symbols trigger the round during the base game. 3 scatters award 10 free spins, 4 award 25, and 5 or more award 100. -
What does the stacked wild do in The Ankh Protector?
During free spins, a stacked wild is placed on one random reel on every spin, moving to a new reel each time. The wild substitutes for every symbol except the Free Spins scatter, and 5 wilds on a winning line pay bet per line x3,000. -
Can you buy the bonus on The Ankh Protector?
Yes. The Buy Feature lets you purchase and immediately trigger a free spins round. Before buying, you can adjust the bet, the number of lines and the amount of free spins, and the buy price is set according to those selections. -
Do bet and lines stay the same in free spins?
Yes. The bet per line and the number of active lines in the free spins round stay exactly the same as in the game that triggered it. The bet and line buttons are disabled while the round runs. -
Who makes The Ankh Protector?
The Ankh Protector is made by Spinomenal.
