How Sweet Alchemy plays
Clusters of four or more touching sweets on a 5x5 grid pay and cascade, filling a Sugar Rush meter. At 6, 13 and 25 winning symbols in a round it adds Regular, Striped (clears a row or column) or Dotted (clears one symbol type) wilds. At 38 the Mix the Elixir free round starts on a 9x9 grid with three to seven Candy Spells that shuffle the grid, add wilds or blow symbols away. Completing its collection leads to a pick-until-three-match bonus, and every third map level opens a chest worth 15% of base-game winnings since the last chest.
Theme: Sweets, alchemy. Filed under Sweets and candy.
Features in this game
- Cluster pays: A pay system where groups of matching symbols touching each other on the grid win, with no lines or reels-from-the-left rule.
- Cascading reels: After a win, the winning symbols are removed and new ones fall into the gaps, giving another chance to win from the same stake.
- Grid expansion: A feature that adds rows, reels or positions to the grid during play, increasing the ways or space for wins.
- Expanding wilds: A wild symbol that grows to cover its whole reel (or more) when it lands, substituting in every position it covers.
- Free spins: A bonus round of spins played at no extra cost, usually triggered by scatter symbols and often with extra features.
- Pick bonus: A bonus round where you choose from hidden items on screen to reveal prizes, multipliers or the end of the round.
What the figures mean
An RTP of 96.52% is a long-run average across millions of spins. It works out at a house edge of 3.48%, so every £100 staked costs £3.48 on average. A session of 200 spins at £1 stakes £200, and the expected cost of that session is £6.96, although the real result will usually land a long way either side. Work out your own figures.
The provider rates volatility as Medium (provider score 5/10). That describes how winnings are spread: higher volatility means longer runs with little back and rarer, larger wins. It does not change the average. More on volatility, or see it in a simulation.
Questions people ask
What is the RTP of Sweet Alchemy?
Play'n GO publishes 96.52%, and also offers versions at 94.5%, 91.51%, 87.5%, 84.5%. Casinos choose which version to run, so check the game's info screen. Over a very long run that returns about £96.52 for every £100 staked; a single session can be far above or below it.
Who makes Sweet Alchemy?
Sweet Alchemy is made by Play'n GO. It was released in 21 March 2018.
What is the maximum win on Sweet Alchemy?
The provider states a maximum win of 3,000× the stake. At the £5 per spin limit for adults aged 25 and over in Great Britain that would be a theoretical top prize of £15,000; it is extremely rare by design.
Is Sweet Alchemy high volatility?
Play'n GO describes its volatility as "Medium (provider score 5/10)". Volatility describes how wins are spread out, not how much the game returns on average.
Sources
Notes on the data: The provider record flags persistentState = Yes (map/chest progress carries between rounds), hence 'persistent-features'.
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