Jewel Quest Riches is a gemstone-inspired video slot. Old Skool Studios originally released it on August 2, 2017, although Microgaming Quickfire released it for the mass market on August 23, 2017. Themes: gems, treasure, adventure, stone carving, and historic civilizations. Old Skool Studios has four other video slots: Temperance (June 2018), La Rouge (March 2017), Maui Mischief (April 2020), and Epic City (September 2014).

Jewel Quest Riches’ rival slots include: Jewel Box (September 2012) from Play’n Go, Jewel Bang (October 2017) from Platipus, and Jewel Twist (January 2017) from Blueprint. The name Jewel Quest Riches refers to the players’ journey across eight ancient civilizations while seeking jewels. The players should match between three and 10+ winning combinations.

Jewel Quest Riches Game Characteristics

Jewel Quest Riches has a celled brown 5X5 grid, no paylines, eleven symbols, eight total bets, multipliers, free games and free moves, cascading symbols, a bonus game, side game, and regular payouts ranging from $0.04 to $2000.00.

The Jewel Quest Riches shows its three features: cascading jewels and progressive multipliers; matching bonus alongside eight worlds; and bonus jackpots accompanied by mystery multipliers. Pressing “continue” redirects to the user interface.

Jewel Quest Riches has five special symbols and six ordinary symbols. Special symbols: the lion-embossed square cut gold activates the bonus; the wild-and-substitute is a colorful jewel; and the two mystery multipliers are a rectangular mask and a round mask; and the bonus jackpot is associated with a flower vase containing a mask and incense burners.

Ordinary symbols: a blue diamond; a pentagonal ruby; antique cushion cut gold; an emerald; an oval sapphire; and a purple gem.

The Jewel Quest Riches bet sizes: $0.10, (minimum bet), $0.20, $0.50, $1.00, $2.00, $2.50, $5.00, and $10.00 (maximum bet).

The $10.00 bet has these Jewel Quest Riches payouts for side-by-side, horizontal and vertical winning combinations. Three matching jewels pay $4.00. Four matching jewels pay $10.00. Five matching jewels pay $20.00. Six matching jewels pay $30.00. Seven matching jewels pay $100.00. Eight matching jewels pay $200.00. Nine matching jewels pay $1000.00. And 10+ matching jewels pay $2000.00.

Winning combinations are cleared to pave way for other cascading symbols. Multiple intersecting combinations are invalid. Symbols replaced after winning combinations result to progressive multipliers that rise from and by 1X up to X12.

Three lion-embossed symbols unlock the Jewel Quest Bonus game, wherein the players are not only offered eight, ten, or twelve free moves at random; but also a starry three-level matching game that progressively unlocks the eight scenic civilizations, namely: Avalon, Riches of El Dorado, Fate of Atlantis, Legend of Ages, Mayan Mysteries, The Endless Isles, Legends of Exiles, and Sands of Pharaohs. Jewel Quest Riches has a X2400 maximum progressive jackpot, which is displayed on the counter to the left of the grid.

Although it keeps on timing out, the good Jewel Quest Riches software: supports desktops and mobile gadgets; has strategically located buttons; and has 10, 25, 50 and 100 automated spins that can be customized based on loss limit (any, or from $0.50 to $25.00) and single win limit (infinite, or between $0.50 to $25.00).

The fast-paced instrumentals conjure up an advanced ancient civilization with its sprawled houses; and blend in with the animated 3D graphics that range from the lone flying bird, smoke-emitting incense burner, and the smoky mouth of the fanged huge ape-like rock carving.

Luck in Jewel Quest Riches

A game of chance, the RTP rate of Jewel Quest Riches is 95.19% and the house edge is 4.81%.