Mining Fever from Microgaming

Published: tue 28 apr 2020 | Updated: tue 28 apr 2020

Dig Into This New Slot

Digging holes in the ground might not sound like much fun, in and of itself, but digging huge holes in search of precious gems and metals is a very different matter, as any mining corporation would be happy to confirm. A new game called Mining Fever, which was developed exclusively for Microgaming by Rabcat Gambling, gives you the chance to join three dwarves who spend all of their time mining for profit, and whilst you won’t win a life-changing jackpot playing this title, you will have plenty of fun.

Going Underground

Mining Fever is a five-reel slot with three rows which gives you 243 ways to win with every spin. The game has a fantastic cartoon style which is reminiscent of the kind of style adopted in graphic novels and role-playing games, and it takes place at the mouth of a mine.

The playing card ranks of J, Q, K and A serve as the lower-paying symbols, whilst a gem-veined rock and various items of jewellery and treasure serve as the higher-paying symbols. A golden symbol which shows a pick axe and a spade acts as a wild, and three dwarf characters – Driler, Bombur and Thundar – act as scatters.

An accompanying soundtrack will help you to whistle as you work in the mines, with the orchestral piece picking up pace quite nicely when the action on screen merits the additional excitement.

Bonus Spins Features

Each of the three dwarf characters who serve as scatter symbols has his own associated Bonus Spins Feature. This is triggered whenever you get two of the same dwarf characters on the reels at the same time, and the details of each feature are as follows;

• Driler’s Dwarven Drill will award you one Bonus Spin. For this spin, one of the first three reels will be selected at random and transformed into a ‘gold vein’, which means that it will be stacked with wilds
• Bombur’s Dwarven Bomb will award you two Bonus Spins. A wild bomb will appear in a random position somewhere on the middle three reels and stay there for the first spin. The bomb will then explode during the second spin and add three or four wilds to the reels
• Thundar’s Dwarven Hammer will award you one Bonus Spin. For this spin, two of the first three reels that are adjacent to each other will be filled with the same randomly selected symbol

Mining Fever Free Spins Feature

When you get three dwarf characters of any type on the reels at the same time you will trigger the Free Spins feature. Here you will receive eight free spins and a special Dwarven Gold Train feature will be active for all of them.

The Dwarven Gold Train is three carriages long, and the first carriage will appear at the bottom of the first reel. Each spin will then see the train move one space up and to the right, in a random pattern. The great thing about this is that each carriage serves as a wild, so you will soon have a train of three wilds in play, which could prove very useful in helping you to dig up some decent wins!

Mining for Fun and Profit

Mining Fever doesn’t offer the greatest amount of prize money by any means, and the top payout is around 500 times your bet. That said, this is a low volatility title, so you shouldn’t need to wait forever to start seeing some wins, and the game is well worth checking out for the sheer joy of playing. Visit Mr Green Casino to play today, and good luck!