- A 4ThePlayer slot on 6 reels and 4 rows with 4,096 ways to win
- Money Ways cash prizes, Big Game Prizes, Giant Ice Blox and the Mighty Kraken
- Fighting Respins with Viking features, Hross the Walrus Viking and a 10,240x max win
4 Fantastic Vikings Go Ice Fishing is a 4ThePlayer slot released through Yggdrasil on 27 November 2025. It is the sequel to 4 Fantastic Vikings Go Fishing, which brought together two series: 4ThePlayer’s own 4 Fantastic Fish and Yggdrasil’s Vikings Go Berzerk. For the game where those Vikings started, read our Vikings Go Berzerk review.
This time the Vikings head back to the Njǫrd domain and find it frozen over, so they try their hand at ice fishing. The game has high volatility and a max win of 10,240x the bet. 4ThePlayer says it brings back the features players liked in the first game and adds new ones built around ice.
Reels and Money Ways
The game plays on 6 reels and 4 rows, with 4,096 ways to win. Wins are made by matching symbols on reels next to each other, rather than along fixed lines.
The main mechanic is Money Ways. As well as the normal symbols, cash prizes can land on the reels, and they can form ways wins of their own. The prizes grow bigger from left to right across the reels. 4ThePlayer sums it up as “what you see is what you get”, as long as the cash prize is part of a ways win. So the value shown on a cash symbol is the value you collect, provided it connects.
Big Game Prizes
There are four Big Game Prizes, called Big, Super, Mega and Ultra. They work in the same way as the cash prizes. To win one, it has to land in view as part of a ways win.
Giant Ice Blox and the Mighty Kraken
The base game has two new icy features. The first is the Giant Ice Blox. These frozen slabs can land on any spin and cover several positions at once, in 2×2 blocks or even larger shapes. When they crack open, they reveal what is underneath, which can lead to big combinations.
The second is the Mighty Kraken, as 4ThePlayer calls it. The sea monster returns from the first game, and this time it drops huge symbols onto the reels and smashes them open to reveal Money Ways wins. 4ThePlayer also says the Giant Ice Blox can be smashed open by the Kraken. Both features are about filling large parts of the grid at once, which is how Money Ways wins can build up quickly.
RECOMMENDED CASINOS TO PLAY 4 Fantastic Vikings Go Ice Fishing
Fighting Respins
The bonus is Fighting Respins. In this round, cash prizes lock in place and are collected, and the Vikings fight to award special features. Each Viking feature does a different job:
- Collect: gathers up cash prizes
- Multiply: multiplies cash prizes
- Increment: adds to the value of cash prizes
- Nets: guarantees a cash prize on the next respin
The nets are worth noting, because a guaranteed cash prize helps keep the round going. Coins are collected into pots as the round goes on.
Berzerk Vikings
The Vikings can go Berzerk on any spin. A Berzerk Viking is guaranteed to award his feature when he lands in Fighting Respins. In other words, going Berzerk in the base game is a way of lining up a sure feature for later in the bonus, rather than leaving it to chance.
Persistent Ice Blox and Hross the Walrus Viking
Two more new features appear in Fighting Respins. Persistent Ice Blox are cash prizes that grow in value on every respin. The longer the round lasts, the more they are worth, so they reward a long bonus.
The other is Hross, a new character described as a treasure-toothed Walrus Viking. He joins the Vikings on the reels and can grant extra respins. Since Persistent Ice Blox grow on every respin, extra respins from Hross also give those prizes more time to climb. Henry McLean, co-founder of 4ThePlayer, called him an instant favourite.
Stakes, RTP and Volatility
Yggdrasil lists a minimum bet of €0.10 and a maximum bet of €20, with a default bet of €1. The 10,240x max win works out at €204,800 on the top bet.
The standard RTP is 94%. Lower RTP versions are also offered, and Yggdrasil lists a 90.5% version, so check the game’s information screen before you play. RTP is worked out over a very large number of spins, so it does not tell you what will happen in a short session.
The volatility is high, which fits a game where much of the potential comes from the Big Game Prizes and from cash prizes that build up during Fighting Respins. The game also has a Buy Feature. The Buy Feature is not available to UK players.
About 4ThePlayer
4ThePlayer is a London-based studio, licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. Its 4 Fantastic Fish series is one of its best known, and its link-up with Yggdrasil’s Vikings has been a big success. 4ThePlayer says the first game, 4 Fantastic Vikings Go Fishing, sat in Yggdrasil’s top three titles for a year after launch and is still one of the most-played games across Yggdrasil’s network.
Overall
4 Fantastic Vikings Go Ice Fishing is a sequel that knows what fans liked about the first game and keeps it. Money Ways still makes the cash prizes easy to follow, the Kraken still drops in to shake things up, and the Fighting Respins still hand out Collect, Multiply, Increment and Net features.
The new ice features add to that rather than replace it. Giant Ice Blox fill big parts of the grid in the base game, Persistent Ice Blox grow on every respin, and Hross can add the extra respins that make those growing prizes count.
With 4,096 ways, high volatility and a 10,240x max win, it suits players who enjoyed the first game, or who like cash collect bonuses with plenty going on. Keep an eye on which RTP version your casino is running.