Black Vigil slot
Water towers, searchlights and a city that never sleeps. In Black Vigil, the Warden patrols the rooftops and every line he touches pays more.
Updated 13 October 2026
In-depth review: Black Vigil review: a night shift with the Warden
About Black Vigil
Black Vigil is a line slot by Nocturn Play with a gothic noir theme. It runs on 5 reels and 3 rows, and you choose to play 10, 20 or 30 lines. The stake is set per line, so the total bet is the bet per line times the number of lines: more lines cost more per spin and give a combination more paths to land on. Three or more matching symbols on a line, starting from the leftmost reel, make a win. The features are the Warden wild with its multipliers, a base-game respin called the Signal, and The Manhunt, a free spins bonus in three stages. The maximum win is 5,000× the bet.
The Warden
The wild is the Warden, a hooded vigilante in black armour with glowing eyes, and he lands on reels 2, 3 and 4. He substitutes for every symbol except the spotlight, and he arrives with a multiplier of ×2, ×3 or ×5 for every line he is part of. Two or more Wardens on the same line multiply together, so a ×3 and a ×5 make ×15, with a cap of ×25 on a single line.
The Signal
Some spins pay nothing. After one of those, the beam may light up: it locks the first cells of a line with matching symbols, two or sometimes three of them, and the reels spin once more around them to try to complete the line. It is a second chance that turns up without warning in the base game.
The Manhunt
Three or more spotlights anywhere pay a prize and start The Manhunt. It runs through three stages, each with its own free spins: 4 spins per stage for 3 spotlights, 6 for 4 and 8 for 5. Every Warden that lands is locked in place by the beam until the end of its stage. Stage one, the Alleys, pays wins at ×1. Stage two, the Docks, pays ×2, and from there the beam can drop extra locked Wardens onto the reels. Stage three, the Tower, pays ×3. Three spotlights during a stage add one more spin, up to 10 spins per stage.
Symbols and buying the bonus
The cast is small and drawn in a comic-book style: a grappling hook, a police radio and an armoured gauntlet on the lower end; Inspector Voss, a detective in a dark jacket, and The Dealer, the villain in a top hat and half mask who sits at the top of the paytable. If you want to go straight to the chase, the Bonus button buys The Manhunt for 100× the bet. A raven in a leather coat, with a star badge and a lantern, waits on a rooftop beside the reels and reacts to the action.
How it compares with classic line slots
Most 5×3 line slots, from old fruit machines to modern hits like Book of Dead, rely on one bonus with expanding symbols. Black Vigil keeps the familiar shape but puts its energy into multiplying wilds and a bonus that gets stronger as it goes. The pay-as-you-go row prizes of Viking Raid and the climbing planets of Zero Orbit offer two other takes on growing wins.
Black Vigil is free to play on nocturnplay.com on desktop and mobile, with autoplay that can stop at the bonus and a turbo mode. The rest of the studio's slots are in the games section.
Frequently asked questions
How do the Warden wilds work in Black Vigil?
The Warden appears on reels 2 to 4, replaces every symbol except the spotlight and multiplies the lines he is on by 2, 3 or 5. Several Wardens on one line multiply together, up to ×25.
How many lines does Black Vigil have?
You choose 10, 20 or 30. The stake is set per line, so the total bet is the bet per line multiplied by the number of lines you select.
What happens in The Manhunt?
Three stages of free spins: the Alleys at ×1, the Docks at ×2 and the Tower at ×3. Wardens that land stay locked until the end of the stage.
Can you buy the bonus?
Yes, The Manhunt costs 100× the bet.
