Holmes and the Stolen Stones Slots
Fancy some diamond hunting with Sherlock Holmes? With five progressive jackpots, Free Spins with Multipliers and bonus side game what's not to like? The free Holmes and the Stolen Stones slot with software by Yggdrasil is an entertaining and fruitful game, but with 20 shards of diamond to collect it's perfect for the patient player who's in it for the long-game.
Have Yggdrasil hit success in this latest release or does their good recent run end here? To solve this troubling mystery we put Holmes and the Stolen Stones to the test.
21st Century Holmes is Mobile Optimised
Available at online casinos to play for free and to play for real money there's no download needed and the Holmes and the Stolen Stones video slot is mobile optimised.
20 fixed paylines offers a betting range from 0.20-40.00 with line bets ranging from 0.01-2.00. RTP is 96.8% and volatility is pretty low, although you need to invest a lot of time for a potential shot at winning a jackpot.
Holmes and the Stolen Stones
Elementary Reels, My Dear Watson
This literature themed slot presents classy graphics of ornately gothic styled playing card suits with magnifying glass and leather bound book. Dr Watson and Sherlock are here, too, as the two highest paying symbols offering very healthy 5OAK payouts of 2000x and 4000x your line bet respectively.
The diamond hunting element to the game appears a little complicated at first, but, essentially, there are two ways to trigger Free Spins and, therefore, get a shot at winning one of those progressive jackpots.
Free Spins with 5 local Progressive Jackpots
At the top of each reel is a gold frame with five tessellating diamond shapes. You can collect shards of diamonds during base game spins. When you have gathered five of one colour it'll form a diamond to fit a key that unlocks 10 Free Spins with one of that coloured diamonds already in place.
During Free Spins you're collecting whole diamonds and the same process applies - collect five of one colour to unlock the corresponding jackpot. Of course all wins attract a 3x Multiplier, so payouts can be good even if you don't hit the jackpot.
Three Free Spins symbols will also trigger 10 Free Spins, but, without the starting diamond. However, landing four Free Spins symbols will trigger 10 Free Spins and a prize of 1000x your line bet and 5OAK will award 10,000x your line bet on top of the 10 Free Spins.
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Warehouse Bonus Game with Prizes and Diamonds
Triggering the bonus side game offers similar rewards to triggering Free Spins. Three bonus symbols will unlock the game, but four bonus symbols will reward an instant 1000x your line bet and 5OAK rewards 10,000x your line bet.
The side game takes place in a warehouse filled with stacked crates. Select as many crates as you can for prizes and shards of diamond before you find the smokebomb. Any diamond shards you find will go with you back to the base game to increase your collection at the top of the reels.
The Holmes and the Stolen Stones Video Slot - The Game is On
Yggdrasil's trademark classy graphics, fun real cash bonus features, and well-executed theme run throughout this detective themed slot. The gameplay is slick but the pace is deliberately slower than many of their energy-driven slots. That's fine as it suits the slower nature of a Sherlock Holmes story.
However, the lack of high-octane pace doesn't detract from the drama, which is created in the mystery and anticipation of the diamond hunt.
The free Holmes and the Stolen Stones slot is an engaging and attractive game, but, will suit only those players interested in the long game. Your patience for diamond hunting is richly rewarded in the progressive jackpots, but, patient you must be. After all, Holmes is only interested in a mystery that is suitably challenging.