Mining Fever Slot Review
5.0 /5 
– First released in March 2020, Mining Fever showcases a number of the features that make Rabcat slots so popular at UK casinos — a unique, imaginative theme, first class production values, and innovative gameplay and mechanics. Set in an underground gold mine, the game has a quirky, industrial feel realised in exquisite detail, along with a light hearted soundtrack that blends perfectly with the overall style of the game.
Game Screenshots
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Mining Fever is also packed with a variety of different gameplay features, including wilds, multiple scatters plus a free spins bonus round and, as it’s a ways-to-win game, you can always be sure of plenty of action on the reels. There is also a good range of coin and wager sizes, making the game accessible for all.
If you are looking to strike it rich, check out Mining Fever for yourself at any of our recommended UK slot sites.
How to play
Mining Fever is a 5 reel, 3 row, 243 ways-to-win video slot where 20 lines are automatically in play on each spin. Wins pay left to right in any combination, and are multiples of the line bet. Coins range in size from £0.01 to £2, so the minimum bet is £0.20, with a maximum wager of £40.
There are three different dwarf scatter symbols —Driler (green), Bombur (red) and Thundar (blue). Each represents a different special feature that comes into play during the free spins bonus rounds.
- Wild symbol substitutes for all other symbols (except the scatters)
- Hitting 5x Wild symbols = 500x line bet (up to £1,000)
- Hitting 2x identical scatter symbols triggers 1 or 2 free spins with the corresponding dwarf special feature
- Hitting 3x different scatter symbols triggers the Dwarven Gold Train Feature (8 free spins)
- Hitting 5x crown symbols = 500x line bet (up to £1,000)
- Hitting 5x jewel box symbols = 250x line bet (up to £500)
- Hitting 5x ring symbols = 100x line bet (up to £200)
- Hitting 5x gold ingot symbols = 100x line bet (up to £200)
- Hitting 5x gold nugget symbols = 30x line bet (up to £60)
Jackpot
The maximum payout on a single payline on Mining Fever is 500x line bet (£1,000 when betting the max) for hitting 5x Wild symbols or 5x crown symbols.
Overall, Mining Fever is a low volatility slot offering players a 96.13% RTP.
Special features
Driler’s Dwarven Drill
Triggered by hitting 2x green Driler scatter symbols anywhere on the reels, this feature awards 1 free spin with one reel (1, 2 or 3) as a gold vein, featuring an expanded wild symbol covering the entire reel.
Bombur’s Dwarven Bomb
When the red Bombur scatter symbols appears on reel 2, 3 or 4, you are awarded 2 free spins. In the first spin, the Bombur’s Dwarven Bomb acts as a fixed wild, and on the second spin it then explodes, distributing 3 or 4 wild symbols randomly across the reels.
Thundar’s Dwarven Hammer
Triggered by hitting 2x blue Thundar scatter symbols anywhere on the reels, the feature awards 1 free spin where two adjacent reels (either 1 and 2, or 2 and 3) are filled entirely with an identical, randomly selected symbol.
Dwarven Gold Train Feature
Hitting all 3 scatter symbols anywhere on the reels triggers the Dwarven Gold Train Feature. You are awarded 8 free spins, during which the dwarves drive a 3-cart gold train across the reels from left to right, with each cart acting as wild symbol on each spin.
Graphics and Sounds
Like all Rabcat slots, Mining Fever is beautifully designed and manages to create a complete world. Set in a gold mine dimly lit by oil lamps, and with carts zipping back and forth behind and in front of the reels, there is a touch of steampunk in the style of the characters and symbols, which include various mining tools, nuggets and ingots. The animation when the special features come into play are especially exciting and give the game a great sense of energy.
The music is relatively simple and light-hearted throughout, while the sound effects are excellent, from the sound of the wooden reels spinning, to the mining carts which roar along the tracks in the background.
Conclusion
Mining Fever showcases some of the best features of Rabcat slot games, in that it has a range of special features that are played as part of the main game rather than as separate games, and this means that the action continues to flow at all times. As a low volatility slot, the payouts during base play are not huge but they do occur reasonably frequently and can be significantly boosted during the free spins round.
The game looks fantastic, and like all Rabcat slots there is great attenton to detail in the design and the soundtrack. In particular, the animations during the special features are outstanding, and make a major contribution to creating the imaginative world in which the game takes place.
Overall, this is a game that we thoroughly recommend, and suggest you check it out for yourself at any of our recommended UK online casinos.
Author
Mark Angus is a professional writer and editor currently based in Adelaide and London. Mark writes on a variety of sports betting and gaming topics, most notably football and cricket (he has been a season ticket holder at Fulham for far too many years), as well as horse racing, in particular jumps racing. In addition, Mark produces website content, blogs and articles for a variety of publications, organisations and businesses, and has extensive experience in writing for all forms of online, print and broadcast media.
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