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If you are like me and you haven’t had a chance to visit Egypt, you can really experience the culture of Ancient Egypt at the Auckland Museum. Here, you can even find a real mummy. Kiwis often doubt that the mummy is real. I can assure you that this is the body of a woman who lived almost 3,000 years ago.
As for Echnaton, he is one of the mysterious pharaohs who were extremely rich. However, he was a greedy bloke who wanted to keep all of his riches for himself. Therefore, when he passed away, all gold and gemstones ended up in his tomb. Whoever tried to open the tomb was cursed.
Even though the riches are cursed, they attracted loads of daredevils from across the globe who wanted to claim both the gold and the gemstones. Rumour has it that Echnaton was buried with tons of golden pyramids, ankhs, and scarabs.
Even the Wild symbol is made of pure gold. If that is not enough for you, then you will also find rubies, emeralds, amethysts, and quartz. Unfortunately, that is not the only thing you will find in the depths of the tomb. The pharaoh is also there, as well as the 5 skulls that carry curses.
The best way for you to break the curse is to learn how everything functions in the Curse of Echnaton pokie. The 2025 release is played on an 8×8 grid and benefits from cluster pays. You need a cluster of at least 5 matching symbols, horizontally or vertically connected, to win a payout.
Each winning cluster disappears, making room for new icons to appear. Betting starts at $0.20. The most you can wager is $50 per spin. The Popiplay title is of high volatility and offers a 10,000x max payout. Curse of Echanton RTP is 97.14%.
Every unexplored tomb comes with great danger but also with great excitement. Instead of avoiding curses carried by 5 skulls and the mummy himself, you are encouraged to summon the skulls so that you will trigger features.
You will notice hotspots of different colours on the reels. Each time a win includes a cell with a certain colour, you will trigger the corresponding curse. To summon the pharaoh, you will need to land a certain amount of successive winning clusters.
If you know what the Cascading Reels feature is, then you will understand how the Refilling feature functions. Each winning cluster disappears and new icons land on blank cells, giving you a chance for multiple wins in a single spin.
At the beginning of every spin, up to 5 cells can be marked with different colours. If you include some of the marked cells in your winning cluster, the corresponding curse will be activated. If you get more curses in the same win, they occur in a fixed order one after the other.
Blue colour adds the Curse Blast feature. After a non-winning refill, you get a free respin. The Gems Destroyer curse is awarded with the pink colour. Instances of one random symbol are turned into Wilds. The green mark will trigger the Wild Crypt curse. It will add 5-15 Random Wilds.
The Gems Destroyer and the Wild Crypt are the only 2 features where Wilds can appear. Wilds do not appear in the base game. The Double Doom curse comes from the cell marked with gold. You get several 2×2 symbols on the reels. Finally, the God Symbol curse, triggered by the white mark, adds 1 or more 3×3, 4×4, or 5×5 symbols on the reels.
When you land 100+ winning symbols in a single spin (multiple refills), you will trigger the Pharaoh Returns feature. So, you basically fill the Bonus Meter. Once it is full, you get a multi-level Bonus game. When you complete each level, your multiplier increases.
With 100 winning symbols, you get a 2x multiplier. When you have 105 winning symbols, you get a 4x multiplier. 115 winning symbols secure an 8x multiplier. Finally, 125 winning symbols get you a 12x multiplier. During the feature, you get all 5 curses. Each time you reach another level, curses reset.
For example, I have reached Level 4, so I got all the multipliers and my total win was 408x.
It will cost you 105x the bet to buy the Pharaoh Returns feature. However, in most cases, you will win less than you invested. At least, that’s what happened to me when I tested the Curse of Echnaton pokie.
I have to admit that Curse of Echnaton is one of the best pokies from Popiplay that I have tested.
Even though there are no free spins and even though it will take you a while to understand how everything functions here, I had a very good time playing the 2025 release.
I love the fact that the curses are actually there to help you and the pharaoh will also provide you with mouthwatering payouts.
What you need to remember is that it will not be that easy to summon the mummy.
Either way, Curse of Echnaton pokie is something you definitely have to try. I rate it 8.4.
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