Forbidden Alchemy from Pocket Games Soft sets a five-reel, three-row game inside a shadowy laboratory of potion jars and strange ingredients. Its 20 paylines give the base game a familiar shape, while Wild Transformation can turn high-paying symbols into Wilds and build multipliers for wins.
Quick take: A laboratory Wild feature turns symbol transformations into multipliers that can carry through Free Spins.
Theme and Gameplay
The alchemist’s jars and unusual ingredients give the reels a fitting sense of experimentation. Ordinary spins revolve around matching symbols on the paying lines, with Wilds able to substitute for anything except Scatters. The important interruption is Wild Transformation, when selected high-paying symbols change form.
The jars above the grid represent the symbol types that can be selected. When a type is chosen, its matching symbols on the reels become Wilds. That gives the display a useful purpose: watch the selected jar, then look back at how many corresponding ingredients occupy the board.
Slot Features
Wild Transformation can activate randomly on any spin, selecting one or more high-paying symbol types. Each transformed symbol increases its corresponding multiplier above the reels. Once the transformation finishes, the combined multiplier total applies to that spin’s wins. The same change can therefore help complete a paying line and increase its value.
Three, four or five Scientist Scatters award 12, 15 or 20 Free Spins. During the feature, two Scatters award three additional spins, and the round can retrigger.
Multiplier increases stay in place until Free Spins end. When Wild Transformation activates on a winning free spin, the combined active total multiplies the wins. Keeping those counters gives later transformations something to build on, although a growing display still needs a qualifying winning result to produce a payout.
Feature focus: Watch both the selected jar and its matching reel symbols: several transformations can improve the Wild coverage while building the multiplier used for the win.
RTP and Win Potential
High volatility points to an uneven rhythm of returns, so the multiplier display should not be read as a promise of steady payouts. The Scatter awards offer a more concrete comparison: four or five trigger symbols provide a longer starting round, while two during Free Spins extend the opportunity for further transformations. Extra spins and retained counters create room for development; neither guarantees a strong finish.
My Thoughts On This Slot
The feature gives the alchemy theme a clear gameplay purpose. Transformations can both help form winning lines and build a multiplier, while Free Spins let the counters persist across the round. That makes the bonus feel connected to the base game instead of switching to an unrelated prize format.
The main appeal is that the jars give you something specific to follow above a compact reel set. The trade-off is having to read two things together: the paying combination below and the transformation total above. Someone wanting an immediately settled line game may find that extra layer less appealing, especially alongside high volatility. Forbidden Alchemy is a better fit for players who enjoy visible symbol changes and progress carried between bonus spins.
Final Take: A laboratory line slot whose strongest idea is letting transformed Wilds build lasting Free Spins counters.
