In Dead Man's Riches the wilds do not stay where they land. A skull in a red bandana drops one row with every respin, a skull in a blue one moves one reel to the left, and the respins last as long as any of them is still on the reels. PG Soft released this ghost-ship slot in May 2025. My 100 demo spins at 12.00 returned 900.60; five of the six best results came from those walking skulls, and the best of all, 219.00, from three chests and the free spins they opened.
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Twenty lines on the deck
The game has five reels, three rows and 20 fixed lines, paid from the left, with only the best combination on each line counted. Three treasure chests anywhere pay the scatter prize and start the free spins. At 12.00 each paytable point is worth 0.60, so the chest trio alone paid 36.00 when it came.
| Symbol | 3 / 4 / 5 on a line | Five at 12.00 |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure chest (scatter, anywhere) | 60 / 100 / 2,000 | 1,200.00 |
| Golden eel | 25 / 125 / 500 | 300.00 |
| Octopus | 20 / 100 / 400 | 240.00 |
| Ship's wheel | 15 / 75 / 300 | 180.00 |
| Map | 12 / 60 / 200 | 120.00 |
| Cutlass | 10 / 50 / 100 | 60.00 |
| Rum bottle | 8 / 25 / 50 | 30.00 |
| A, K | 5 / 15 / 40; 3 / 12 / 30 | 24.00, 18.00 |
| Q, J | 2 / 10 / 20; 2 / 8 / 15 | 12.00, 9.00 |
Three kinds of skull
| Wild | At each respin | Leaves the reels |
|---|---|---|
| Red skull | Drops one row | From the bottom row |
| Blue skull | Moves one reel left | From reel one |
| Captain | Splits into a red and a blue skull | Through its two halves |
A captain forms when a red and a blue skull move onto the same cell. Their multipliers are added, a plain skull counting as x1, so the first captain is worth x2, and both halves keep that value after the split.
Any red or blue skull that lands on a base-game spin sets off the Travelling Wild respins once that spin's wins are paid. All three are wilds for everything except the chest. I never saw two of them meet, so every skull in my session played at x1.
Spin 79: blue skulls walking left
A skull landed on spin 79 and the respins began. Blue skulls kept arriving until three of them stood in the middle row, on reels one, three and four, and that respin paid 73.20.
Nothing new landed after that. The skull on reel one sailed off, the other two stepped to reels two and three and paid 19.80, then to reels one and two for 16.20, and the last one, alone on reel one, added 1.20.
Four paying respins came to 110.40, just over nine stakes. Spins 71, 19, 88 and 89 were also travelling-wild chains: 109.80, 102.60, 102.60 and 84.00.
Fifteen spins or eight with persistent wilds
Three chests open a choice. Fifteen free spins come with more skulls on the reels; eight come with persistent wilds, which means a red skull that drops off the bottom comes back on the top row, and a blue one that leaves reel one comes back on reel five. In both versions the wilds that appear are counted: two give 2 more spins, four give 3 and six give 5. Chests do not land during the round.
The choice screen counts down from 30. On spin 54 I let the timer run out, and the game started the eight spins with persistent wilds. The counter went from five back to seven after two wilds had been collected, so the round lasted ten spins. With four left, three skulls on the reels, one red and two blue, helped aces pay 67.80 on one spin.
The ten spins made 183.00, and with the 36.00 for the chests, spin 54 paid 219.00, more than any other spin.
Where the money went
Twenty-eight spins paid, 900.60 in all against 1,200.00 staked. Spin 54 and the five skull chains account for 728.40 of it. Of the remaining 172.20, spin 23 supplied 55.80 and sixteen wins stayed below 5.00, while two dry runs, from 46 to 53 and from 81 to 87, returned nothing. The balance finished on 99,700.60.
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Provider | PG Soft |
| Released | May 2025 |
| Board | 5 x 3, 20 fixed lines |
| Bet | 0.60 to 180.00 |
| Travelling wilds | Red moves down, blue moves left; one respin per move |
| Captain wild | Red and blue on one cell, multipliers added |
| Free spins | 3+ chests: 15 spins, or 8 with persistent wilds; +2, +3, +5 for 2, 4, 6 wilds |
| RTP | 96.75% (PG Soft) |
| Max win | 10,000x the bet |
Dead Man's Riches FAQ
How do the travelling wilds move in Dead Man's Riches?
What is the Wild Captain?
Which free spins option is picked if I do nothing?
What did 100 spins return?
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