Beat The Beast: Krakens Lair

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 10 June 2026

Dare you take on the power of the Kraken with the Beat the Beast: Krakens Lair video slot from Thunderkick themed on Norse Mythology? Features include a bonus game and Expanding Wins and you can potentially pocket up to x7,777 of your wager.

About the slot

Beat the Beast: Krakens Lair is a 5 reel, 9 payline slot, which is playable across desktop, tablet and mobile devices from 10p up to £100 per spin.The reels are surrounded with an ornate metal frame and sit on the ocean bed surrounded by relics of sunken ships. Symbols are the 10 to the Ace royals, treasure chests, pendants, gold Kraken statue, tridents and the Kraken, the latter having the highest value, landing 5 on a payline will give you x500 of your wager.The gold Kraken emblem is both the scatter and wild symbol.

Gameplay

The Expanding Wins feature is triggered when the Kraken emblem forms part of a winning combination, the symbols that were in the winning combination will then expand and fill the reels.The bonus game comes into play when 3, 4 or 5 scatters appear on the reels, this will reward you with 2, 20 or 200 times of your wager respectively. You will then be given 10 bonus spins and a Kraken Emblem will be placed at random on the reels at the beginning of each bonus spin. If 3 or more scatters appear during the feature, you will be awarded with another 10 bonus spins.Beat the Beast: Krakens Lair has quite plain graphics and animations but the appeal will be in the free spins feature which can be re-triggered without limits on this high variance slot which has an RTP of 96.12%

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