Captain Gold Claw

Pirates are remarkably easy to distract. Give them rum, a tropical island, a suspicious-looking compass or something that needs hitting with a sword, and there is probably an adventure waiting to happen. Mention treasure, however, and suddenly everyone remembers why they boarded the ship.

Anyone familiar with the Pirates of the Caribbean will recognise the spirit. Captain Gold Claw gathers an equally colourful crew for a voyage built around danger, tropical waters and the eternal pirate question: where is the gold?

Dragon Gaming puts the adventure on a compact 3-4-3 layout with 10 fixed paylines. This online casino game has a 95.31% RTP. (more about RTP HERE)
Volatility is medium, which means frequent payouts. The bets range from just $0.10 to $100, while the richest possible haul is 5,000x the stake. 

Theme And Symbols

It's clear thatCaptain Gold Claw didn'thire for nuance.. His crew includes a hook-handed parrot, a pirate turtle carrying blades and an octopus whose collection of swords suggests nobody was brave enough to tell him one would probably be sufficient. Add rum bottles, crossed swords, a compass and a smoking volcano in the distance, and the pirate credentials are safely in order. 

The reels are slightly less conventional. Rather than using a standard rectangle, Captain Gold Claw works with three symbol positions on either side and four through the centre, creating its distinctive 3-4-3 shape.

The Captain himself is the Wild, substituting for regular symbols but not Specials and forming combinations of his own. Special symbols carry random values from 0.5x to 500x the total bet. Five or more appearing anywhere award the combined value of those Specials. 

Pirates may enjoy the voyage, but eventually everything comes back to the gold.

Betting Options & Special Features

With bets available from $0.10 to $100, players have plenty of room to choose how heavily they want to back the Captain's latest financial decision. Quick Spin and Auto Spin are also available for anyone who prefers to keep the ship moving. 

The 8 Treasure Spins Feature is where Captain Gold Claw becomes particularly honest about its priorities. There is no Scatter hunt or visible collection required to start it. Treasure Spins can simply trigger at random during any spin. 

And apparently treasure requires everyone's full attention.

Everything else vanishes when treasure shows up.

During the eight spins, the regular symbols vanish and only Special symbols can land. Five or more are still required for a payout, with their displayed values added together. Since an individual Special can be worth as much as 500x the bet, an ordinary base-game spin can unexpectedly become a very different kind of treasure hunt. 

It is a simple feature, but simplicity suits the game. Captain Gold Claw doesn't bury its treasure beneath layers of meters, keys and complicated bonus routes. The crew sails, the Wild helps with regular wins and, every now and then, treasure takes over the entire screen.

Conclusion

Every pirate crew needs stories. Otherwise, what exactly are they going to exaggerate over the rum later?

This online slot provides the crew a good deal of the character, but the game itself knows where it is going. Its medium volatility and straightforward 10-payline setup keep the voyage accessible, while the randomly triggered Treasure Spins provide the moment when all those colourful distractions are pushed aside.

Among Dragon Gaming's other releases, Captain Gold Claw takes a relatively uncomplicated approach, using its unusual 3-4-3 layout and surprise treasure feature to give a familiar pirate theme its own character.

The parrot can keep the stories. The octopus can keep the swords.

Captain Gold Claw is here for the gold.