Dead Canary – Online Slot By Nolimit City

Dead Canary is a mining-themed cascading slot from Nolimit City with 6 reels, up to 1,728 ways to win and a theoretical RTP of 96.02%. The grid opens up as you win, Canary Spins add multipliers and collection patterns, and the maximum win is 65,000x the bet. Read on for the symbols, features and where to play.

Miners once carried canaries down into the shaft: if the bird died, it meant gas was leaking and work had to stop. It is a grim idea, but a fitting one for Nolimit City to build a slot around.

The story follows an angry dwarf who, having found the perfect beer recipe, goes back down the mineshaft to search for his true love, a mermaid. Like most games from this developer, it is packed with bonus features and extras.

Dead Canary Slot Specs

RTP is a theoretical, long-run figure, so it says nothing certain about a single session. Our RTP explainer covers it in more detail.

Graphics and Sound in the Mineshaft

There is nothing pretty about the look of this game: the background is brown and black, like a real mineshaft. When a big win lands, a short story plays out showing the dwarf finding his lost love, and the contrast with the rough surroundings is striking.

The music is industrious and serious, and fits the theme. The sound effects are good too: the canary chirps, wins have fitting sounds and special symbols announce themselves. Overall it is typical Nolimit City grit.

Symbols and Paytable

Ten common icons make up the paytable, plus a few special symbols.

• Low pays: the card values 10, J, Q, K and A, which land often.
• High pays: mining gear, namely a rope, a flask, a compass and a rat, plus the miner himself. The angry dwarf is the top-paying common icon.
• Scatter: the canary. Landing at least three anywhere on the visible grid awards bonus spins. If two land before the reels stop, the anticipation effect kicks in. There are silver and gold cage Scatters.
• Wild: the xBomb Wild substitutes for any other common icon, and it also explodes to create space for new icons to fall into place.

Grid, Ways and Bets

You start on a 3-3-2-2-1-1 grid. As the game progresses, more of the grid can open up, giving between 36 and 1,728 ways to win. The theoretical payout is 96.02% and volatility is very high. Bets run from 0.01 to 5, and the highest achievable win is 65,000x the bet.

Cascades, Wild Mining and Canary Spins

When a winning combination lands, the winning symbols are removed and new ones fall into place. More of the grid opens up whenever a win occurs or an explosion happens near the border.

If 3, 4 or 5 of the same symbol land without a win, Wild Mining occurs. The triggering symbols are replaced with 1, 2 or 3 Wild Bombs respectively.

Landing 3 Scatters in a single spin triggers Canary Spins, played on a 4-3-4-3-4-3-4 grid. Four locked positions in each corner collect certain symbols, such as coins, and the triggering Scatters stay on the grid. Each Scatter has three hitpoints: if dynamite or a gas canister explodes near it, it loses one. A canary that dies respawns in its cage with its multiplier reset.

During the feature, several symbols can raise multipliers, add bonus spins and upgrade collection patterns.

Where to Play Dead Canary

You can find the game at casinos running Nolimit City software. These casinos we review carry Nolimit City games:

• Casumo (rating 3.5/5)
• Conquer Casino (rating 2.8/5)
• MobileWins
• Power Slots

You can also look through our list of online casinos for South Africans.

More Nolimit City Slots

For more from this developer, try Little BigHorn, Duck Hunters, Das xBoot or Punk Rocker 3.

Our Verdict on Dead Canary

Dead Canary is rough around the edges, but the expanding grid, Wild Mining and Canary Spins make it one of the more inventive mining slots. The very high volatility and 65,000x maximum win suit players who like big swings, and the story has a lovely ending.

18+ only. Gamble responsibly: SA Responsible Gambling Foundation counselling line 0800 006 008 (24/7).

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