Blood Diamond at X3000
By Henrik Åström, casino analyst — updated August 2026
Blood Diamond is a dark gem-themed slot that plays a lot harder than its polished front screen suggests. I ran roughly 500 spins at 2 kr and ended about 310 kr down, having seen the free spins round twice — once for almost nothing, once for a little over sixty times the stake. That is the shape of a high-volatility game: the average is carried entirely by the feature, and the base game is mostly a waiting room.
The presentation is the best part. Symbols are crisp, the reels resolve quickly, and there is no drawn-out animation between spins to pad the session. My reservation is the same one I have about most gem slots: with so little happening in the base game, it is very easy to raise the stake out of impatience, and that is precisely the wrong response to a long dry run.
How the game works
The grid pays on matching symbols across fixed lines, with the gems forming the low tier and the diamond itself as the premium. Wilds substitute for everything except the scatter, and a line completed with a wild is often what turns a dead spin into a small return — which in a game like this means recovering part of the stake rather than winning.
Scatters are what you are actually playing for. Landing enough of them opens the free spins round, and the round is where the multipliers live: each qualifying win during the feature increases a counter that applies to the spins that follow, so the value of the round depends less on how many spins you get than on how early the first win arrives.
Specifications
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Provider | Listed in the game info panel |
| Type | Slot with free spins and a multiplier counter |
| RTP | approx. 96 % |
| Volatility | High |
| Minimum bet | from 1 kr per spin |
| Maximum bet | up to around 2 000 kr per spin |
| Max win | Listed in the game info panel |
Take every one of these figures from the info panel inside the game before you stake anything. The studio, the RTP configuration and the bet range are all printed there, and the same title can run with a different RTP setting from one lobby to the next.
Bet size and bankroll in kronor
The minimum deposit at X3000 is 200 kr. At 1 kr per spin that is around two hundred rounds before returns, which usually stretches to three hundred or so — enough to reach the free spins round once if the session is average, and not at all guaranteed. At 5 kr per spin you have forty rounds, and forty rounds on a high-volatility slot is a lottery ticket, not a test.
I keep the stake at roughly one two-hundredth of the balance for games in this class, which means 1 kr on 200 kr and 5 kr on 1 000 kr. If you are playing through the welcome bonus, remember the 50 kr cap on the stake per spin while bonus funds are active; going above it can invalidate the whole bonus balance.
Playing on mobile
The slot runs in the browser without any download and holds its layout in portrait, with the paytable one tap away behind the menu button. It loaded in about three seconds on 4G in my testing and did not stutter during the free spins animation, which is where cheaper ports usually show strain. If a round is interrupted by a lost connection, the result is already settled on the server and will be shown when the game reloads.
Frequently asked questions
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