Release the Kraken at Richville Casino
Pragmatic Play's 5x4 ocean slot pays on 20 fixed lines in the base game, with free spins, sticky roaming WILDs and a 96.50% RTP on high volatility.
Work out what kind of slot this is
Why does reel 5 matter?
Monsters, ocean, pirates and treasure share one 5x4 screen here, and 20 fixed paylines run left to right from the leftmost reel. BONUS lands on reels 1 and 3 together with FREE SPINS or CHEST BONUS on reel 5, which opens the features. Reels also carry random kraken WILD events: teal locking wilds, a purple 3x4 colossal wild, and a green wild that infects its neighbours.
Small bets against large swings
High volatility means wins land less often and run bigger, so a small steady trickle of them is not what this game gives. Bets start low enough for cautious sessions and climb far higher for players who want the swings in cash. Colossal and infectious wilds arrive at random rather than on a schedule, so patience matters more than any betting pattern here.
Chest picks and wild variants
Other Pragmatic Play slots rarely stack an expanding 3x4 wild, a spreading neighbour wild and a sticky roaming multiplier in one base game. The Roaming Kraken Free Spins start with a chest pick worth up to 12 spins, and every wild hit lifts the multiplier for the spins that follow. Sunken Treasure Bonus opens three chests of money prizes that keep going until a COLLECT lands.
You are checking the numbers before you bet
Useful once you have opened the game and want the numbers behind it settled.
Set your bet, then follow the round
From the lowest stake up
The plus and minus buttons under the reels move your total stake between A$0.20 and A$240, and the figure sits in plain text beside them. Pick the level you want for the whole session before you touch spin.
If a match starts on reel 2?
Press spin and the five reels land symbols. Matching symbols on a payline pay from the leftmost reel to the right, so a cluster starting on reel 2 counts for nothing.
Release the Kraken wild variants
Release the Kraken throws up tentacle picks during the base game that end in fresh wilds. The teal variant keeps reels turning while chest picks award more wilds, doubled wins or collect, the purple drops a 3x4 wild, the green infects neighbouring symbols.
Trigger on reels 1, 3 and 5
BONUS on reels 1 and 3 plus FREE SPINS on reel 5 starts the round with a chest pick, adding one, two or three spins until COLLECT. Forty paylines run, wilds stick and roam each spin, and every wild lifts the multiplier up to 10x.
Fix a limit before spinning
Deposit limits, loss limits and session reminders sit in your account before you spin a reel. Set one, and the game stops asking questions when it is reached.
Release the Kraken on screen, screen by screen
Captured on the Richville Casino lobby build, so the layout matches the one you open.
Reading the grid before you stake
Figures below are in money at the A$0.20 bet, and higher symbols on the list pay more than lower ones.
Release the Kraken plaque
Wild
Shark
Sea turtle
Blue spike-fin fish
Green/yellow angelfishWhat happens once the trigger fires?
Use this when the chests land and you need to know what each round does.
Release the Kraken roaming wilds
Bonus on reels 1 and 3 plus FREE SPINS on reel 5 starts it, or 100x bet buys it. Chests award +1/+2/+3 spins to 12; 40 paylines, sticky roaming wilds, multiplier climbs to 10x, no retrigger.
Cash from the chests
A BONUS pair on reels 1 and 3 beside CHEST BONUS on reel 5 opens the picking round, natural trigger only: three chests hold random money prizes, and COLLECT ends it.
Can the wilds keep landing?
Randomly in the base game, a teal kraken wild appears after a tentacle pick. Chests then offer More Wilds, Continue Spinning, All Wins x2 or Collect, and all wins pay when the feature ends.
When a 3x4 wild lands
Also random in the base game, this purple tentacle-pick outcome stops the reels and then drops a colossal 3x4 wild symbol on a random spot of the grid.
Demo credit against a funded balance
Use this when you are deciding whether to learn the reels first or stake money straight away.
Demo credit, no payout
Reels spin on demo credit, so nothing leaves your balance and nothing you land can be withdrawn. Treat it as a way to learn the chest picks and the roaming wild.
Play demoRelease the Kraken for money
Release the Kraken runs on a funded balance here, with stakes from A$0.20 and real payouts on every winning line. High volatility means long quiet stretches are normal.
Play for realComparing the limits side by side
RTP spans 96.03 to 96.50 and the ceiling moves too: the Megaways release lists 10000x and Release the Kraken 2 lists 5000x.
When this slot leaves you wanting more
By the end you will have a shortlist of ocean slots with comparable grids and volatility.
Release the Kraken and other monster slots
Further ocean and monster slots of this kind sit gathered in one collection for side-by-side comparison: Randstake
How much comes back over time?
RTP is a long-run average, not a promise for a session, and only one version is listed here; the rules screen inside the game names the version you are actually playing.
The limits of any slot preview
Release the Kraken trigger timing
Release the Kraken hides its bonus behind a BONUS pair and a reel-five symbol, and nothing in the rules states how frequently that lands. No count of spins guarantees it.
Release the Kraken swings daily
The RTP describes a very long run of spins, not the next thousand. Expect single sessions to drift far from it in either direction, whatever the figures say.
Rules screen over marketing
A casino may run a lower return setting than the one published for the game. Only the rules screen inside the loaded game states which setting is live on your session.
How likely is the top prize?
The top award on this paytable needs the perfect combination of multiplier and wilds during free spins. It is a boundary of the game, not a figure any player should bank on.
One control, one price
Buy Free Spins opens the Roaming Kraken round straight away, no chest pick needed, for 100x your bet: A$1,000 at a A$10 stake.
Confirm the controls you have
After this you will know which controls are open to you here.
Top stake and ceiling — A$240 →
Does autoplay run here?
Straight to the free spins
You have the name, not the rules
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A session you stay in charge of
What can I afford to lose? Pick a figure you can lose without changing your week, then treat it as spent when you sit down. The A$240 bet ceiling is not a target.
Release the Kraken stop points. Name a losing point and a winning point before the first spin, and leave when either arrives. A large win is the moment the plan matters most.
Where do I cap deposits? Deposit limits and loss limits sit in your account and hold through every session. Set them low enough that a bad run cannot reach the rent.
Close the tab and pause. If the reels stop being a game and start being a debt, take a timeout. Self-exclusion through the National Self-Exclusion Register is there for a longer break.