Valkyries

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 10 June 2026

Inspired by Norse Mythology, Valkyries is a 2021 slot release from Peter and Sons in partnership with Yggdrasil. Features include power reels, scatters, locking wilds and a top prize of 20,000x the bet.

About Valkyrie

This is a highly volatile 5-reel video slot with 10 winning ways. It’s available on desktop and mobile devices from 10p up to £50 per spin and the theoretical RTP of 96% is around the industry average.Inspired by Norse mythology, the visuals and operatic soundtrack are stunning and suit the theme well. The frameless reels sit on a stage of an opera house with various weaponry scattered on the floor.Symbols are the 10-Ace royals in a Nordic style font, 4 Valkyrie characters and the God Odin, the latter is worth 11x for 5 on a payline. Other significant symbols include wilds, dropping wilds, locking wilds and a shield scatter.

Gameplay

Landing 2 scatter symbols activates the Power Reel, located at the bottom of the grid. If a blue symbol appears a locking wild is added to the reel above it, if it shows a red symbol a dropping wild is added, more than one symbol can be revealed at the same time.Locking wilds award at least 2 respins, the wilds lock into position and come with multipliers worth 1x up to 10x attached.If you are lucky enough to land both wilds, the respins continue until the dropping wilds disappear from the screen. Dropping wilds also appear at random and have multipliers worth 1x-10x attached. If wilds overlap their multiplier values are combined.3 shield scatter symbols landing on the same spin awards 10 free spins and a power reel is unlocked. Each locking wild landing on the reels awards another 2 free spins.

Verdict

Valkyries is a Norse Mythology inspired slot with stunning visuals and quite unique in nature. The bigger wins come once the Power Reels and multipliers are activated where you could grab a whopping 20,000x the total bet on a spin.

Matthew Kennedy

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