North Guardians (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

North Guardians: Slot Overview

As a long-time spinner, I rate North Guardians as a high volatility 5x5 slot with 50 paylines and a tidy Norse presentation. Stakes run from 0.50 to 100 per spin, and the RTP comes in three versions: 96.38%, 95.46%, or 94.34%, so I always check the setup first. The hook is a pattern mechanic that drops extra wilds, but in the base game it can feel sparse. When it kicks, though, the grid lights up and the momentum shifts fast.

North Guardians Slot Information

Paytable wise, five rune stones are the lows, paying 0.48 to 0.8x for a five-symbol line. Mid-tier symbols are an axe, a shield, a horn, and a gold coin, hitting 1.2 to 3.6x for five of a kind. Premiums are the Viking pair: the female pays 6x and the male 10x for five on a line. All wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the first reel.

Odin is the wild and it substitutes for regular pays on any reel. Five wilds on a line deliver 15x the bet, and wilds become far more common when patterns land. The scatter is the Free Spins emblem; landing three, four, or five pays 2x, 10x, or 100x upfront and launches the feature with five spins. That mix of fixed line pays and wild patterns sets up big boards when timing aligns.

North Guardians Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x15
	4	x4
	3	x0.6
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x0.52
	5	x6
	4	x2.4
	3	x0.4
	5	x3.6
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.24
	5	x2.4
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.2
	5	x1.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.16
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.24
	3	x0.12
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.48
	4	x0.12
	3	x0.04
	5	x0.48
	4	x0.12
	3	x0.04
	5	x0.48
	4	x0.12
	3	x0.04
	Scatter

North Guardians: Slot Features

The Wild Pattern Wheel drives North Guardians. Two halves of a marking rectangle roam the grid each spin; when they meet on the same cell, the wheel to the right triggers. It can land on Level Up, moving the wheel to a higher tier, or award a specific wild pattern. That pattern is then stamped onto the reels as wilds. There are five levels, and the higher tiers produce broader, stronger layouts, up to a full grid of wilds at the peak.

Free Spins start from three, four, or five scatters for five spins plus a 2x, 10x, or 100x payout. During the bonus, the Wild Pattern Wheel is active on every spin and it starts at level one. Level Up does not reset between spins, so progress sticks. Moving to levels two, three, and four grants +2 spins each time, and reaching level five adds +1. With only five initial spins, upward movement matters a lot here.

Where allowed, the Buy Free Spins button costs 100x the stake and drops you straight into the bonus. The provider’s top RTP is 96.38%, and using the buy reduces it slightly to around 96.29% according to the published figures. In practice, I treat the buy as a fast track to the wheel’s better tiers, since the base game triggers felt patchy during my sessions. If the wheel cooperates, the feature can climb fast and land stacked wild patterns.

North Guardians: Slot Verdict

North Guardians looks tidy and the pattern idea holds the attention, but the base game can be a grind while you watch the rectangle halves drift about. My better results came from free spins, where the wheel fires every time and the upgrades snowball. Full-screen wilds pay 750x, and the slot caps out at 5,000x; hit that and any remaining spins end. Volatility is serious, so I pace stakes, chase the higher RTP, and let the wheel decide the session.