Gonzo’s Quest Slot

Gonzo’s Quest is undoubtedly one of the most popular slot releases in NetEnt’s catalog and a firm favorite of players across the globe. The game was ahead of its time upon its release in 2011 as it first brought the studio’s trademark avalanche reels mechanic to the attention of the world. It uses a 5-reel, 3-row layout with 20 fixed paylines and belongs to the category of medium-volatility slots.

Players embark on an exciting adventure to the New World in search of El Dorado, a mythical city of untold riches that supposedly lies hidden somewhere in the Americas. They are accompanied on this perilous journey by the conquistador Gonzo who helps them on their way toward finding the maximum prize of 37,500 times their stake.

Gonzo’s Quest Slot Summary
Game Provider: NetEnt	Release Date: 2011
Game Type: Video Slot	Theme(s): Ancient civilizations
Reels: 5	Wild Symbols: Yes
Rows: 3	Scatters: Yes
Paylines: 20 fixed lines	Free Spins: Yes
Payout/RTP: 95.97%	Bonus Game: No
Volatility Level: Med-High	Progressive Jackpot: Yes
Min Bet: 0.20	Autoplay: Yes
Max Bet: 50	Max Win: 2500x

Gonzo’s Quest Theme

Gonzo’s Quest borrows its theme from the life and adventures of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Gonzalo Pizarro y Alonso. It features an expertly rendered animated version of the famed conquistador that interacts with reel spinners throughout their gameplay. Standing on the side of the reels, Gonzo cheers players on and dances around excitedly each time they land a big win.

The spinning action is set against a jungle backdrop that gives you a glimpse of El Dorado, the mystical city of gold The five reels are filled with massive stone slabs, with different scary-looking masks and animals etched on top. The sound effects truly bring the game to life. You can hear the chirping of crickets and cicadas in the silence of the jungle as nightfall approaches.

How Gonzo’s Quest Compares to Other Slot Games

If you are looking for a similar game to play, we highly recommend you try the sequel Gonzita’s Quest released by NetEnt’s partner Red Tiger Gaming. Here you will be joining the dazzling conquistadora Gonzita on her foraging expedition in the Peruvian jungles. The new version also plays on a 5×3 layout with 20 paylines but has significantly higher volatility. On the positive side of things, the maximum single win in the base game is also higher at 2,580 times your winning bet.

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Gonzo’s Quest Symbols and Payouts

In Gonzo’s Quest, players must land three or more matching symbols to pick up their corresponding prizes. There are seven different stone-slab icons to keep your eyes peeled for, with the highest paying of them returning maximum prizes of 2,500 times your stake for five-of-a-kind. Players should take heed of the fact the matches must occur from the leftmost to the rightmost reel for the game to pay out.

Once you score a winning combination, the symbols that form it explode and disappear from the grids, making room for new ones to fall into their places. This is NetEnt’s trademark avalanche reels mechanic, which also comes with dynamic multipliers that increase after each successive avalanche win.

Gonzo’s Quest Winning Combinations and Payouts
Symbols	2 Matches	3 Matches	4 Matches	5 Matches
Blue Mask	–	x50	x250	x2500
Green Mask	–	x20	x100	x1000
Yellow Mask	–	x15	x50	x500
Pink Mask	–	x10	x25	x200
Orange Mask	–	x5	x20	x100
Red Mask	–	x4	x15	x75
Grey Mask	–	x3	x10	x50

Bonus Features Overview

NetEnt’s developers have added three special features to spice up the gameplay in Gonzo’s Quest. This was the first online slot in NetEnt’s portfolio to use avalanche reels, an innovative mechanic that greatly contributed to the game’s enduring success. There are also avalanche multipliers that boost your profits on consecutive wins, along with a lucrative round of free spins.

Wild and Scatter Symbols

In Gonzo’s Quest, players are assisted in creating more winning combinations by a wild symbol shaped like a stone slab with a question mark etched in the middle. It substitutes for all other symbols on the five avalanche reels. Spinners will also benefit from a Free Fall symbol in the shape of a golden slab with a grotesque mask with its tongue hanging out. It acts as a scatter that unlocks the free spins round.

Avalanche Multipliers

There is an avalanche multiplier meter on top of the reel grid where players can track their multipliers on consecutive wins. The multiplier meter gets activated whenever you form one or more winning combinations on the paylines. The multiplier values increase with each new avalanche win in the game round but reset after a loss. It starts at 1x and goes all the way up to 5x during the base game.

Free Falls

As we mentioned briefly, Gonzo’s Quest offers a lucrative round of free spins called ‘free falls’. It triggers whenever three free fall scatters hit a bet line simultaneously on the first three reels, starting from left to right. Players are awarded 10 free falls but can potentially win additional bonus rounds during the feature. The avalanche multipliers we wrote about earlier are in play during the free spins, with their values ranging from 3x to 15x for four successive avalanches.