Golden Abysses: harpoon fishing in a free demo slot

A diver with a harpoon

The poster goes straight to the point: a diver in an ornate brass suit, dark hair floating loose behind her, drives forward with a barbed harpoon while a huge anglerfish looms over her shoulder, its lure glowing orange. Shafts of teal light come down from the surface. Nocturn Play turns that scene into a fishing slot, and the diver is the character you will be waiting for on every spin.

1,024 ways and a cast from the deep

The grid is 5 reels by 4 rows with 1,024 ways to win. There are no lines to choose: 3 or more identical symbols on neighbouring reels, from left to right, make a win. The paying symbols are a treasure chest, a golden trident, a shark, a giant octopus, a golden anchor, an anglerfish, a golden seahorse and a jellyfish.

The Catch

Golden fish land with a value printed on them, shown as a multiple of the bet. On their own they do nothing. When the diver appears, on reels 2 to 5, she throws her harpoon and collects the value of every golden fish in view. Two or more divers on the same spin and the catch counts that many times. She is also the wild, standing in for every paying symbol except the black pearl and the fish. In the free play you quickly learn to read a screen full of fish as either nothing or a very good spin, depending on one symbol.

Black pearls and Hold & Win

Three or more black pearls anywhere start Hold & Win. Pearls and fish stay in place with their values, you get 3 respins, and every new catch resets the counter to 3. When the diver drops in during the bonus, she doubles the value of every fish and treasure around her, and neighbouring black pearls are doubled as well.

Each completed row wins a jackpot, bigger every time: Mini, then Minor, then Major, and the Grand for the full grid. Catching the golden giant fish also awards the Grand, which is paid once per bonus at most. The maximum win is 5,000× the bet.

Making the most of the demo

• Start with 200 base spins at a fixed stake, for example the equivalent of £0.40. Count how many spins show golden fish and how many of those also bring a diver.
• Look out for two-diver spins: the doubled catch is where base-game wins jump.
• Buy Hold & Win with virtual credits. It costs 71× the bet and starts with 3 black pearls in place. Run it four or five times and watch where the diver lands; one in the middle of a cluster of fish changes the total far more than one on an empty edge.
• Try to complete a row early and see how the counter resets keep the bonus going.

Autoplay and turbo are both available, and autoplay can stop when the bonus starts.

Free fishing game in your browser

You can play Golden Abysses free with no download and no sign-up. The balance is virtual, nothing can be cashed out and the jackpots here are demonstrations. When you want to play with a real stake, the same game runs for real money at the casinos below.