Zheng He was a legendary yet absolutely real Chinese admiral who explored a half of the globe a century ahead of Europeans. The greatness of this naval hero is embodied in this 5-reel 88-payline slot. It welcomes high rollers with up to 2640-coin bets per spin and offers a chance to win up to x888 a line bet in a base game. A Player Decision feature offers a chance to run up to 400 free spins with x1-x8 random multipliers or try a Cup feature with a chance of winning x102 a total bet. Read the rules and set sails with Zheng He!

Gameplay: High rollers are welcome aboard!

Chinese shipbuilders developed huge and easy-manageable ships for Zheng He. The slot is designed in nearly the same way: all controls are intuitive and user-friendly, especially when playing on mobile devices. You can select 8, 28, 48, 68 or 88 paylines. A line bet is available within the range from 1 to 30 coins. These two settings adjust your total bet from 8 up to 2640 coins per spin: this slot does welcome high rollers! And if your balance is big enough to bet over 30 coins per line, the slot accepts higher bets. If you like this offer, don’t hesitate and play the game online on your PC or mobile in a reliable online casino.

Slot symbols and paytable: A whole fleet of treasure ships

Huge vessels built for voyages of Zheng He belonged to a very special class, they were so-called treasure ships. This name is perfectly matching the paytable of the slot. There are 11 non-feature symbols one of which happens to be also a Wild symbol. Non-feature symbols depict playing cards from 9 through to A and voyage-related images including Zheng He himself. They pay from the leftmost to the rightmost reel when there are 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols on any active payline. The wins are between x5 and x888 a line bet. There is a useful tip and a simple winning strategy: to maximize your wins, engage all 88 paylines each spin. There are also great helpers, namely, a Wild symbol and a Scatter symbol.

A Wild symbol looks like a Chinese coin and plays two roles, both important. First, it acts as a non-feature symbol that earns money like any other regular pic. Land 3, 4 or 5 Wilds on an active payline and win x50, x200 or x888 a line bet. Second, it substitutes for all 10 non-feature symbols; keeping in mind 88 paylines which greatly increase chances for winning, a Wild is going to be busy all the time and earn for you just fine. A Five Of A Kind! sign is going to blink on the screen again and again. Play the slot for real money and let it win for you huge, again and again!

Bonus Scatter: A magic trigger

An antique map of Zheng He voyages is a Bonus Scatter symbol. It appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. It is a multifold symbol. Landing 3 Scatters on any central reel (reel 2, 3 or 4) pays x2 your total bet in a triggering round. This Scatter cash prize is paid independently of and in addition to any line win or line wins you attain in this triggering round. Then a Scatter symbol triggers a Player Decision feature and this is when real thrills and chills begin.

A Player Decision feature offers you a selection of four options or four great opportunities and you make a decision which opportunity to pursue. There are three sets of free spins with random multipliers and a Cup feature. The free spin selection includes the following options:

• 10 free spins played with a random x1, x2 or x8 multiplier
• 15 free spins played with a random x1, x2 or x5 multiplier and
• 20 free spins played with a random x1, x2 or x3 multiplier.

The more free spins you choose to run, the lower risk you take and the lower multipliers you are going to earn and vice versa. All line wins in a free spin mode are multiplied by a random multiplier in accordance with the free spin option you have chosen. All symbols change colors and obtain blue-lit frames during a free spin mode.

In fact, there is even a greater freedom of choice than you might think from the beginning. Free spins may be retriggered during a free spin mode. To do so, you have to land 3 Bonus Scatters on any central reel (reel 2, 3 or 4). When you retrigger a free spin mode, you may choose a new set of free spins and random multipliers, not the one you have selected for the initial free spins. There is a chance to retrigger free spins up to 20 times in a row and run up to 400 free spins with random x1, x2, x3, x5 or x8 multipliers.

The only thing you have no freedom to choose in a free spin mode is a total bet. Free spins run at the bet you set and on the lines you select in the triggering round. Do not let yourself down on this, set the highest possible bet which is convenient for your budget and always activate all the 88 paylines in order to take the most of a free spin mode with random multipliers.

A Cup feature is the fourth option associated with a Player Decision feature. It tempts you with guessing one of three Chinese cups under which a little golden ball is hidden. The cups will shuffle, and you are to make a guess after they have stopped. A lucky guess reveals the golden ball and awards you an instant cash prize of as much as x102 your total bet in a triggering round.

Of course, this much freedom of choice asks for personal attention. Nevertheless, you can always rely on the autoplay feature. Customize your bet and select 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 spins and let the slot earn for you in the automated mode. A bet you place before starting the autoplay feature is going to hold through all rounds you set unless you stop it. After any spin you may stop the feature and restore a base mode and get the game under manual control.

Summary

This is a 5-reel 88-payline slot powered by IGT and designed to attract high rollers with 2640-coin bets. The game offers base wins up to up x888 a line bet, Wild symbols and Scatter wins of x2 the total bet. A Player Decision feature allows for selecting from 3 free spin modes with random multipliers of x1 to x8.