5 WILD BUFFALO 2™ GAME RULES
INTRODUCTION
5 WILD BUFFALO 2™ is a 5×4 1,024 Ways slot created by 4ThePlayer.com. Ways removes paylines making it easier to see where the win is. A win is formed from consecutive symbols from left to right starting from the first reel.
Stacked Buffalo symbols on the reels combine to form single symbols with massive multipliers to increase their win potential. Golden Buffalo can trigger 1 of 3 in-reel features. Play Free Spins with a moving stack of Golden Buffalo and Wilds that expand to fill the reels and multiply your wins. Win 1 of 5 Fortune Prizes on the Fortune Wheel at any time – these prizes are boosted every time a Diamond badge lands on the reels.
HOW TO PLAY
The player chooses their bet amount using the plus and minus buttons. For details on win payouts see the game paytable.
To play the game, the player presses the SPIN BUTTON. If playing on PC and if enabled in the game options menu, the space bar can also be used to spin the reels.
Winning symbols are raised over the reels when the spin stops.
Wins pay from left to right.
Simultaneous or coinciding wins on different ways are added.
SYMBOLS
WILD
The Wild symbol substitutes for every symbol apart from scatters.
Wilds have no payout and can appear on any reel.
DIAMONDS
Diamonds can appear on any symbol that lands on any reel.
See the “BOOSTING FORTUNES” section for more information.
BONUS SCATTER
Landing 3 or more Bonus Scatters in view on the reels triggers the Free Spins bonus.
Bonus Scatters can land on any reel.
Landing more than 3 Bonus Scatters in view will increase the number of Free Spins that is awarded.
BOOSTING FORTUNES
There are 5 dynamic Fortune prizes in this game: MINI, BIG, SUPER, MEGA, and ULTRA.
Each Fortune prize sits above a reel.
Landing a Diamond on a symbol will increase the value of the Fortune prize above that reel.
Landing a Wild symbol in Free Spins increases the value of the Fortune prize above that reel.
Fortune prize values scale with bet changes.
Increasing the value of a Fortune prize does not affect game RTP.
On any bet where 1 or more Diamond scatters land, the Fortune Wheel bonus may trigger.
The Fortune Wheel consists of a wheel divided into coloured segments. Each segment is associated with a different Fortune prize.
The landing wheel segment will award the associated Fortune prize.
Graphical collections of Diamonds on the wheel in the game is purely for visual entertainment and as such does not influence awarding a Fortune prize.
The Fortune prize that is awarded will reset to its starting value.
The paytable displays the starting value of each Fortune prize.
The probability of triggering the Fortune Wheel will change as the Fortune prize values change.
This feature cannot trigger at the same time as Free Spins.
This feature can be triggered in the base game only.
BUFFALO THUNDER
In the base game or Free Spins, landing 4 Buffalo symbols on the same reel on a single spin will trigger the Buffalo Thunder feature.
The 4 Buffalo symbols will combine to form a single Buffalo symbol.
The new single Buffalo symbol will be given a stack multiplier between 5X and 10X.
The stack multipliers that can be awarded are 5X, 6X, 7X, 8X, or 10X.
This stack multiplier will be used when calculating how many symbols are on this reel during the win calculation. For example, a stack multiplier of 6X will denote that there are 6 symbols on the reel.
See the “HOW TO CALCULATE A WIN WITH 1024 WAYS” section for more information.
GOLDEN BUFFALO STACKS
Golden Buffalo stacks are counted as normal Buffalo symbols for the purpose of calculating wins.
Golden Buffalo stacks do not land as single symbols – they will always land in view as a full 4-high stack of symbols.
Golden Buffalo stacks will have a stack multiplier of 10X.
In the base game, Golden Buffalo stacks will always land as part of or before one or more of the following features:
- GOLDEN BUFFALO SUMMON
While the reels are spinning, between 1 and 4 Golden Buffalo stacks will be placed on the reels, replacing any symbols that would land on those reels. - GOLDEN BUFFALO SHUFFLE
After the reels have stopped spinning, 1 or more Golden Buffalo stacks will move to an alternative reel. This will either create a new winning combination or improve an existing win combination. - GOLDEN BUFFALO NUDGE
After the reels have stopped spinning, 1 or more reels that have a Golden Buffalo stack either partially in view or just out of view will move so that the Golden Buffalo stack is fully in view.
These features cannot occur during Free Spins.
FREE SPINS
In Free Spins, Wild symbols that land in view will expand to fill the reel as a single Wild symbol.
The new single Wild symbol will be given a stack multiplier between 6X and 12X.
The stack multipliers that can be awarded are 6X, 7X, 8X, 10X, or 12X.
This stack multiplier will be used when calculating how many symbols are on this reel during the win calculation. For example, a stack multiplier of 6X will denote that there are 6 symbols on the reel.
Landing a Wild on the reels will also boost the Fortune prize above the reel.
During Free Spins, a Golden Buffalo stack will move between the reels on every spin.
The Golden Buffalo stack cannot trigger Golden Buffalo Summon, Golden Buffalo Shuffle, or Golden Buffalo Nudge.
The Golden Buffalo stack may cover between 1 and 4 reels on any given spin.
Landing Bonus Scatters on the reels can award extra Free Spins. See the paytable for more information.
POWER BET
Activating Power Bet will increase your chance of triggering Free Spins.
Activating Power Bet will increase your Total Bet by 25%.
HOW TO CALCULATE A WIN WITH 1024 WAYS
To calculate the total Ways win, add all the symbol wins together. All way wins are summed together after the spin. To calculate a single symbol win, count the number of consecutive reels that contain the symbol, starting from the leftmost reel.
If the number of consecutive reels containing the symbol is 2 or greater counting from the left find the corresponding win amount in the pay table.
If any of the reels contain more than 1 instance of the symbols, the win will be multiplied. Multiply the number of symbols on each of the reels to get the final payout multiplier
For example, if the first column contains 2 symbols, second column 3 symbols and third column 2 symbols, the paytable value is multiplied by 2*3*2=12.
GAME PANEL
- Menu – The menu icon expands or collapses the game menu.
- BALANCE – Displays the player’s account balance.
- BET – Displays the current bet.
- WIN – Displays the current win
- Spin Button – Places the bet, spins the reels and starts the game.
GAME MENU
- Sounds – Mutes and unmutes the game.
- Paytable – Displays the paytable, which contains an explanation of the key features in the game and displays the payout for each symbol.
- Press Space To Spin – Players can use the space bar on desktop in some markets to spin. Where this is possible, this option allows players to disable the feature.
- Game History – Displays the last spins with an option to rewatch.
- Game Rules – Displays the rules of the game.
(Some features and options may not be available in your jurisdiction)
RETURN TO PLAYER
- The expected payback reflects the theoretical return across a very large number of spins by numerous players over an extended period of time and cannot be affected by the player’s strategy.
- The overall theoretical RTP (return to player) is 94.00%.
RANDOMIZATION
- The reels are spun with a fair and equal chance for each stop position by a certified random number generator.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- If your game is interrupted during play, you may replay the game round after restarting the game within 1 hour after interruption. After that time, any winnings from the interrupted game will be added to your account. If you choose to skip the replay, your win will be added to your balance immediately.
- In any situation where the replay functionality is not sufficient, please contact the support team of your gaming website.
- In the event of malfunction of the gaming hardware/software, all affected game bets and payouts are rendered void and all affected bets are refunded.
