Parthenon: Quest for Immortality in South Africa: Wild Zone, Avalanches and x20
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality is a NetEnt slot on six reels, four symbols high on the outer two and five high on the four between them, with 10,000 bet ways. Every win starts an Avalanche, and a winning symbol in the top row of reels 2 to 5, the Wild Generation Zone, turns into a wild. Three scatters start 8 free spins, where each symbol that turns wild raises a win multiplier by one, up to x20. NetEnt's game page puts the hit frequency at 23%.
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What Parthenon: Quest for Immortality looks like
Images: NetEnt, official game page (netent.com); Our still from NetEnt's official promo video (games.evolution.com).
How Parthenon: Quest for Immortality works
The six reels are not the same height: reels 1 and 6 show four symbols, reels 2 to 5 show five. The game's help puts the bet ways at 10,000, also our product of the heights, 4 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 4. A bet way win needs the same symbol in any position on three or more adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost, without a gap. Extra copies on those reels add ways: in the help's example, Medusa heads on reels 1 to 4, one, three, one and two of them, pay on 1 x 3 x 1 x 2 = 6 ways. Only the longest combination per symbol is paid.
The pictures in the game's help show a golden Medusa head, four medallions (a ship on red, a winged horse on purple, a snake on green, a trident on blue) and A, K, Q, J and 10 in coloured stone, the wild as the word WILD over a flaming bowl and the scatter as a FREE SPINS tile framed by laurel. Paytable values change with the stake.
One paid spin, step by step
The order comes from the game's help and NetEnt's game page.
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The reels stop
Wins are counted on all 10,000 bet ways. Without a win, no Avalanche follows. -
Winners leave, the zone keeps its own
Symbols in winning combinations disappear. A winning symbol in the top row of reels 2 to 5 transforms into a wild instead, after the wins are evaluated and before the next Avalanche. -
An Avalanche fills the gaps
A new Avalanche of symbols falls into the space left, and the Avalanches continue until there are no more wins on the reels. -
Scatters are counted
Three scatters anywhere activate 8 free spins, and each additional scatter in the main game adds 4 more, after all Avalanches have happened.
The Wild Generation Zone
The zone is the top row of reels 2 to 5, four positions, and it works in the main game and in free spins alike. Reels 1 and 6 are a row shorter, and the help's pictures draw the zone as a row of four above their tops.
Its wilds substitute for every symbol except the scatter. NetEnt's page says they remain on the reels until they disappear as part of a winning combination or until the next spin, so by our reading a wild made in one drop can help form a win in the next. In free spins, each symbol that turns wild also raises a multiplier, below.
Free spins per number of scatters 🎁
8 for three scatters, then 4 more for each additional one.
| Scatters | Free spins | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 8 | The game's help and NetEnt's game page |
| 4 | 12 | Our sum, 8 + 4 |
| 5 | 16 | Our sum, 8 + 4 + 4 |
Free spins: a collect meter and a multiplier to x20 🎁
Free spins are played at the stake of the spin that activated them, and their total is added to that spin's win at the end.
At the end of each free spin, once the Avalanches have stopped, every scatter on the reels adds a point to a collect meter; at 3, you get 2 more free spins and the meter goes back to 0.
The Free Spins Multiplier starts at x1. Each symbol that transforms into a wild raises it by 1, up to x20, and all bet way wins are multiplied by its current value. The rise comes after the wins are evaluated, so by our reading the win that makes a wild is paid at the old value and the next drop at the new one. NetEnt calls it a progressive multiplier, and the help names no reset of it during the round.
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality in figures
From NetEnt's game page, Evolution's games site and the game's help.
| Detail | Parthenon: Quest for Immortality |
|---|---|
| Released | 13 July 2020 by NetEnt's page; 2021 on Evolution's site |
| Grid | 6 reels of 4, 5, 5, 5, 5 and 4 rows |
| Bet ways | 10,000, from the leftmost reel |
| Free spins multiplier | x1 to x20 |
| Hit frequency | 23% on NetEnt's page |
| Volatility | Medium on NetEnt's page, High on Evolution's site |
| Bonus buy | None listed by NetEnt |
What the numbers say about a session
NetEnt's 23% hit frequency means, by our arithmetic, a little under one spin in four pays something. It counts how often spins pay, not how much.
NetEnt's page shows a medium volatility badge, the label this page uses, and Evolution's site says high. Both give the return as 96.03%; the game's own help states, under Return to Player, the theoretical return of the game you open.
NetEnt gives two top-win figures. Its page's figures list 'Max payout' as 4,600 x bet, and its description, repeated on Evolution's site, speaks of wins 'as high as 5,000x your stake'. As the two differ, this page names no single maximum.
No staking pattern or betting system beats the house edge, so pick a stake your budget can sustain for the session.
Parthenon, not Pyramid
NetEnt also lists Pyramid: Quest for Immortality, a separate game with its own figures: its NetEnt page dates it 22 January 2015 and gives it five reels and 720 bet ways. This review covers Parthenon, and the operators listed on this page are those where we have found it.
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality RTP and volatility 📊
NetEnt gives Parthenon: Quest for Immortality's return to player as 96.03%.
Volatility is medium: small wins mixed with occasional bigger ones.
Paying for Parthenon: Quest for Immortality in rand
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality is in the lobby at 10 operators we list: all of them take cash vouchers and cards; 9 take Ozow; 6 take Capitec Pay.
The smallest first deposit for Parthenon: Quest for Immortality among them is R5, at Interbet.
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality winnings are paid by EFT to an account in your own name, after FICA.
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Is Parthenon: Quest for Immortality legal in South Africa? 📜
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality is a slot, which licensed bookmakers carry under their provincial betting licences.
All 10 operators we list for Parthenon: Quest for Immortality hold a South African provincial licence.
Before you play with real money ⚠️
Set your Parthenon: Quest for Immortality budget and a deposit limit before the first round, not after a losing one. If it stops being fun, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation helpline is free on 0800 006 008.
Pros, cons and verdict ⚖️
- Winning symbols in the top row of reels 2 to 5 turn wild
- Each wild made in free spins adds 1 to the multiplier, up to x20
- A collect meter adds free spins during the round
- No bonus buy
- By our arithmetic, about three spins in four pay nothing
- NetEnt publishes two top-win figures, 4,600x and 5,000x
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality builds its play around one row: winning symbols at the top of reels 2 to 5 become wilds, the wilds carry into the next Avalanche, and in free spins each one pushes the multiplier towards x20. It suits a player who likes cascading reels and a round that builds; anyone after a bonus buy will find none listed by NetEnt.
Parthenon: Quest for Immortality FAQ ❓
How do you trigger free spins in Parthenon: Quest for Immortality?
Three scatters, the FREE SPINS tiles, anywhere on the reels in the main game activate 8 free spins, and each additional scatter adds 4 more, after all Avalanches have happened.
How does the free spins multiplier work?
It starts at x1. Each symbol that turns into a wild raises it by 1, up to x20, once the wins are evaluated, and every bet way win is multiplied by its current value.
What is the Wild Generation Zone?
The top row of reels 2 to 5. A symbol there that is part of a win turns into a wild before the next Avalanche, and stays until it is part of a win itself or the spin ends.
Can free spins be extended?
Yes. At the end of each free spin, every scatter on the reels adds a point to a collect meter; when it reaches 3, you get 2 more free spins and the meter goes back to 0.
What is the maximum win?
NetEnt gives two figures: 'Max payout' 4,600 x bet among its game page's figures, and 'as high as 5,000x your stake' in the same page's description. As they differ, this page names no single maximum.
Where to play Parthenon: Quest for Immortality in South Africa
Licensed South African operators we have found carrying Parthenon: Quest for Immortality, each with its licence and our score, and the date where we saw the game in the lobby ourselves. Ordered by that score. How we score Offers checked September 2026.
Also carrying Parthenon: Quest for Immortality. Bonus, payment and payout terms for each are on its review.