Formally called Van Helsing’s Book of The Undead, this horrific October 2020 video slot’s developer is 1X2 Gaming whose three-game “Book” gaming line’s first and second slots are Book of Merlin (February 2020) and Book of Loki (May 2020).

Book of The Undead is an adaptation of the Irish novelist Bram Stoker’s 1897 book Dracula whose vampire Count Dracula-hunting character Professor Abraham Van Helsing and one of the three Brides of Dracula are symbolized in the game whose themes are black magic, archery, medieval, and paranormal literature.

Five symbols (10, J, Q, K, and A) require three/four/five-of-a-kind. Four symbols (bow/arrow, potion, Bride of Dracula, and Count Dracula) require two/three/four/five-of-a-kind. It has: ten fixed rightward pay lines, ten symbols, repopulating symbols, X5 to X5000 regular payouts, instant prizes, and (extra) free games.

Book of The Undead Game Characteristics

The Book of The Undead’s fancy partitioned 5X3 grid—alongside the feline statues atop its midnight blue reels—is suspended above Count Dracula’s “XII” residence beside leafless trees; as per its literary description, its location in Transylvania is called Castle Dracula whose forested background is the Carpathian Mountains.

Book of The Undead has thirty total bets: $0.10 (minimum bet), $0.20, $0.30, $0.40, $0.50, $0.60, $0.70, $0.80, $0.90, $1.00, $1.20, $1.40, $1.50, $1.60, $1.80, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00, $8.00, $9.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, and $25.00 (maximum bet).

Book of The Undead has one special and nine ordinary symbols. Special symbol: a free games-prompting scatter, the substituting wild is a starry sapphire-embedded padlocked big purple-and-golden spell book with red-and-golden markers.

Ordinary symbols: fancy gothic values—off white-and-yellow 10, off white -and-blue J, off white-and-red Q, off white-and-turquoise K, and off white-and-purple A; purple-hued crossbow; blue-hued cyan magic potion in a chained, ruby-embedded and cross-embedded jar; turquoise-hued tranced gray-haired Bride of Dracula with a bloody mouth; and orange-hued gray-dressed vampire hunter Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

Here are the Book of The Undead’s odds for three to five combinations, respectively. 10, or J, or Q pays X5, X25, and X100. And K or A pays X5, X40, and X150.

Two to five combinational requirements pay as follows, respectively. Crossbows, or magic potions pay X5, X30, X100, and X750. Bride of Dracula pays X5, X40, X400, and X2000. Van Helsing pays X10, X100, X1000, and X5000—(5000X25) a $125000 maximum regular payout.

3+ spell books prompt ten re-triggerable free rounds. Moreover, three spell books offer $20.00, four spell books offer $200.00, and five spell books offer $2000.00. Before the nightly free games commence, the randomly designated symbol—on the flipping book—will wholly repopulate the reel(s) where its drawn.

Non-progressive jackpot: X5100, or (5100X25) a $127500 payout. The alleged version with $50.00 maximum bet may yield a $255000 non-progressive jackpot.

The Book of The Undead software: mobile/desktop versions; playing history; right/left-hand modes; and 5/10/20/50/99 auto spins, with customizable or none/5Xbet/10Xbet/20Xbet/50Xbet loss and win limits.

Sounds: ambient classical music amid white noise; and jingling and clanging effects. The animated 3D graphics: dolly zooming, glitter effect, gushing coins, stretching bow, glowing wisps and lurking vampire, flying bats, drifting clouds, swaying leafless trees, flipping book, luminosity, and nodding Van Helsing.

Luck in Book of The Undead

A game of luck, the Book of The Undead’s RTP rate is 95.80%; its house edge is 4.20%.