Viking Raid slot
Northern lights over a fjord, a bearded raider with his arms folded and a longship that sails straight across the reels. Viking Raid has two bonuses and both can be bought.
Updated 13 October 2026
In-depth review: Viking Raid guide: two bonuses, two very different rides
Viking Raid in brief
Viking Raid is a Nocturn Play ways slot: the grid is 4 reels wide and 5 rows deep, giving 625 ways. A symbol pays when it shows up on neighbouring reels starting from reel 1, for a run of 3 or 4 reels, in any position on each reel. On top of that there are two features: The Storm, a free spins round with a multiplier that keeps rising, and The Raid, a Hold & Win in which locked runic coins fill rows for rune prizes. The maximum win is 5,000× the bet.
The longship
The wild is a longship with a striped sail, and it only lands on reels 2 and 3. When it does, it sails across its row and turns every symbol on that row into a joker; only horns and runic coins keep their own role. One longship can therefore put a wild in every reel of a row, which links up ways that would otherwise be broken. Two longships on different rows cover two full lines of the grid.
The Storm: free spins with a climbing multiplier
Three horns or more anywhere pay a prize and raise the storm: 8 free spins for 3 horns, 12 for 4 and 16 for 5 or more. The multiplier starts at ×1. Every row a longship sails across during the bonus adds one step, and the multiplier never goes back down, up to ×12. All wins in the remaining spins are multiplied by it. Three more horns during the Storm add 5 spins, with a limit of 40 spins in all.
The Raid: runic coins and five rune prizes
Six or more runic coins start the Raid (if horns trigger the Storm on the same spin, the Storm takes priority). The coins lock with their cash values, and the empty cells spin again. You have 3 tries; each new coin that lands locks too and resets the tries to 3. Fill a complete row and it wins its rune prize. The prizes rise from the bottom row to the top: Fehu, Thurs, Ansuz, Raido and Odal, shown on the ladder beside the reels. After 2 full rows, new coins land worth double; after 4 rows, triple. Fill all twenty cells and you take the Grand Loot as well.
Symbols and bonus buy
The low symbols are 10, J, Q, K and A, carved in blue stone with gold trim. The premiums are the axe, the horned helmet, the wolf and, at the top, Mjölnir. The Buy button lets you pick your bonus: The Storm for 45.7× the bet or The Raid for 51.2× the bet. Autoplay can stop at any bonus, and turbo speeds up the spins.
Compared with Wolf Gold
Pragmatic Play's Wolf Gold is the Hold & Win many players learnt on: six moon symbols start three respins and three jackpots wait at the end. Viking Raid starts its Raid the same way with six coins, but pays as you go, row by row, and makes later coins worth more once rows are complete. It also adds a second bonus, The Storm, which Wolf Gold has no equivalent for. Like the planets in Zero Orbit, the Storm multiplier is a number you watch grow.
Viking Raid can be played free on nocturnplay.com, on mobile or desktop. Find the studio's other slots with bonus rounds in the games list.
Frequently asked questions
What does the longship do in Viking Raid?
It is the wild and only appears on reels 2 and 3. It sails across its row and turns every symbol there into a joker.
How does the Storm multiplier grow?
During free spins, each row crossed by a longship adds one to the multiplier. It stays for the whole bonus and can reach ×12.
How do you start the Raid?
Land 6 or more runic coins. They lock, you get 3 tries that reset with every new coin, and each full row wins its rune prize. A full grid adds the Grand Loot.
Which bonuses can be bought?
Both. The Storm costs 45.7× the bet and The Raid costs 51.2× the bet.
