John Hunter and the Quest for Bermuda Riches Slot

Underwater Grid

Bermuda Riches pulls John Hunter out of ancient ruins and drops him underwater. 2022 release, 5x3 grid, 25 fixed paylines. Same structural bones as Scarab Queen from 2019, but the bonus architecture takes a different direction. Where Scarab Queen ran Money Respin as its primary draw, Bermuda Riches replaces it with a Money Collect system and a different approach to free spins multipliers. The underwater backdrop looks genuinely good too. Deep ocean blues, bioluminescent coral, schools of fish drifting between the reel positions. Pragmatic's art team pushed harder here than on some of the earlier series entries.

Money Collect

Money Collect works like this: coin symbols carry values and diver symbols act as collectors. When a diver lands on the same spin as one or more coins, the diver collects all coin values present and awards them as a cash prize. A diver appearing alone without coins pays nothing. A single diver with four coins on the same spin collects all four values simultaneously. Multiple divers on the same spin each collect all visible coins independently, multiplying the effective payout. A spin producing three divers and five coins awards three times the combined coin total. Simple logic, but the way probabilities distribute across coin density and diver frequency creates interesting session texture.

Base Game

I played 350 base game spins. Money Collect activated on roughly 12% of spins, frequent enough to feel like a consistent low-level feature rather than a rare event. Individual collect pays ranged widely. Most collections paid out 3x-15x stake on the spin they occurred. My best single collection gave me 88x from two divers each gathering six coins on the same spin. Both diver positions and coin density had to align for that, and it happened once in 350 spins. On most collecting spins, I saw one diver grabbing one or two coins for modest returns. Still, even those small collects kept my balance from freefall during the dry stretches between bonus triggers.

Multiplier Reel Buildup

Free spins come from three or more scatters, awarding 10 spins. During the bonus, all coin values increase Noticeably and diver collectors appear more frequently. I saw a higher diver density in free spins right away; my first bonus round had a collector on five of its 10 spins compared to roughly one in eight during base play. A multiplier reel operates alongside the main grid during free spins, applying a 2x, 3x, 5x, or 10x multiplier to each spin's total collection payout. That side reel is the primary swing factor for bonus round ceiling.

Free Spins

Four natural triggers across 350 spins hit 29x, 190x, 55x, and 12x. A 190x came from a combination of high coin values, a 5x multiplier spin on my fourth free spin, and three collectors landing simultaneously. The 12x round had exactly one collector land across all 10 free spins with low coin values on that single collecting spin. Variance between rounds was substantial. No bonus buy on this title, so you cannot pay to skip the base game grind and jump straight into the free spins.

Max Win

RTP is 96.51%, high volatility, ceiling at 5,000x. Money Collect adds more frequent low value feedback to the base game compared to Scarab Queen's Money Respin, which fires less often but hits harder per trigger. During base game sessions, Bermuda Riches feels slightly more active even when big wins are not happening, because the collect activations fire more regularly than respin triggers do. That base-game activity pattern genuinely changes how a session feels moment to moment.

Summary

Bermuda Riches fits a different appetite than the respin-focused entries. Players who want steady small acknowledgements during base play while maintaining free spins upside will find the collect loop more engaging than sitting through long stretches of dead spins waiting for a respin trigger. The underwater setting does substantial work on visual variety within the series too. It genuinely looks different from every other John Hunter title. Worth trying if you like the character franchise but want a changed pace and a fresh visual palette.