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Chronos – Sands of Eternity
Demo Stats
RTP & Maths
- RTP by Mode
- Ante Bet 1 96.51%; Ante Bet 2 96.50%; Buy Free Spins 96.52%; Buy Super Free Spins 96.53%
- Max Win Rule
- 7,500x bet; the round ends when reached
Free Spins & Bonus
- Free Spins
- 3, 4 or 5 scatters = 6, 8 or 10 free spins; every 3 scatters collected in the round raises the level and adds 6 spins (levels 1 to 4) · Retrigger: every 3 scatters collected = next level + 6 free spins; no retrigger after level 4
- Bonus Buy
- Buy Free Spins 100x · Buy Super Free Spins 200x
- Ante Bet
- 1.5x stake · Disables the buy
Symbols & Pays
- Money Symbols
- Level 4 only: money symbols take a random value from the wins of the individual free spins played in levels 1, 2 and 3; collect symbols collect all money symbols on screen
- Line Pays
- Top symbol 25x · Lowest 0.2x
Chronos – Sands of Eternity Demo by Pragmatic Play
The last stage of the free spins in Chronos – Sands of Eternity pays the round back to itself. You climb through three levels of big-symbol spins with multipliers. Reach level 4 and the reels empty out to money symbols, blanks and collectors, and each money symbol carries the win of one of the free spins you’ve already played. It’s a 20-line slot on a 5×4 grid.
Slot Features
Big Symbols in Regular Play
The five portrait symbols and the wild can land as 1×1 tiles or as 2×2 blocks. A 2×2 block holds a random multiplier from 1x to 12x, and it applies to every winning line that runs through it. Put two multiplier blocks on the same win and they add together, so a 4x and a 6x give you 10x.
The Scatter Meter
The hourglass is the scatter, and three, four or five start 6, 8 or 10 free spins. Inside the round, every scatter fills a meter, and each third one moves you up a level and adds a batch of 6 spins. The batches play in order, so level 2’s spins start only after level 1’s run out.
Levels 1 to 3
Level 1 guarantees at least one 2×2 high symbol or wild on every spin, at 1x to 12x. Level 2 adds 3×3 blocks on reels 2, 3 and 4 that can carry up to 24x. At level 3, a 2×2 or 3×3 block is still guaranteed, and the 3×3 multiplier range narrows to 12x to 24x.
Level 4 Pays the Round Back
Level 4 brings 6 more spins, and only money symbols, collect symbols and blanks land. Every money symbol takes a random value from the wins of the individual free spins played in levels 1, 2 and 3, and a collect symbol landing with them gathers everything on screen. You can’t retrigger the round after this point.
Buys and Special Bets
The standard buy costs 100x the bet. Super Free Spins cost 200x and raise the minimum multiplier on high symbols and wilds to 6x in levels 1 and 2 and 12x in level 3. Two ante settings raise your stake by 1.5x or 2.5x to make a natural trigger more likely, and either one turns the buy off.
Sunlit marble and sand, hourglasses either side and a clock face in every portrait figure’s hands make a neat fit for a mythology slot about the god of time.
How to Play
Reading the Meter
Count scatters in threes during the free spins. Two left on the meter at the end of a batch don’t move you up on their own, but the next one that lands does, as long as you still have spins.
Demo RTP
At 96.50%, the demo matches the figure Pragmatic Play lists, and bets start at $0.20.
| Mode | RTP |
|---|---|
| Normal play | 96.50% |
| Ante Bet 1 | 96.51% |
| Ante Bet 2 | 96.50% |
| Buy Free Spins | 96.52% |
| Buy Super Free Spins | 96.53% |
Chronos – Sands of Eternity Paytable
Line pays are shown as multiples of the total bet. The white-bearded Chronos and the wild share the top prize of 25x for five.
| Symbol | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronos (white-bearded old man) | 2.5x | 10x | 25x |
| Green-cloaked warrior | 1.5x | 5x | 10x |
| Dark-haired woman | 1x | 2x | 6x |
| Purple-armoured man | 0.75x | 1.5x | 5x |
| Blue-clad youth | 0.6x | 1x | 4x |
| Wild | – | – | 25x |
| A | 0.5x | 0.9x | 2x |
| K | 0.4x | 0.7x | 1.6x |
| Q | 0.4x | 0.7x | 1.6x |
| J | 0.2x | 0.4x | 1x |
| 10 | 0.2x | 0.4x | 1x |
Ultimate Slots Verdict
Chronos - Sands of Eternity builds its free spins towards a fourth level that turns earlier spin wins into money symbols, and that payoff is the reason to play it. Getting there takes nine scatters inside the round.
Hits What we like
- Level 4 money symbols copy wins from the earlier free spins
- 3x3 blocks with up to 24x arrive from level 2
- Multipliers on the same win add together
- Super Free Spins set a 6x and 12x minimum multiplier
Misses What could be better
- Level 4 needs nine scatters collected inside the round
- Card ranks pay 2x or less for five
Detailed Review
Our Review
Chronos earns a good rating for one idea, and that idea is level 4. Most level-up rounds end at their richest setting. This one ends by recycling its own history, and that changes how you watch the earlier levels. A strong level 2 or 3 spin isn’t only a win; it also becomes a possible value for the money symbols later.
The catch is getting there. Level 4 needs nine scatters collected inside the round, and a round that stalls at level 1 or 2 never shows you a money symbol. The 3×3 blocks with up to 24x make level 2 the stage where this free play demo starts to look like the game on its splash screen.
Regular play is plainer. The 2×2 blocks with up to 12x are the only twist, and the card ranks pay 1x to 2x for five. Next to Gates of Olympus, Pragmatic Play’s other Greek-myth regular, this is a line game with a story to its bonus rather than a tumble game.
It rates as a strong idea let down slightly by how far away its payoff sits.
