Go Huntin’ for Riches in Nugget Slot
In Disney’s Toy Story, one of the phrases that Woody says when the string on his back is pulled is, “There’s a snake in my boot.” I always thought it was a funny throwaway line that a cowboy might say. It was, however, apparently a common hallucination experienced by cowboys who abused alcohol. Talk about a dark line to add to a kids’ movie.
So, when you go huntin’ for riches in Nugget slot from AvatarUX, maybe avoid the sauce.
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When a Payday symbol lands on the reels, it will trigger one of three Wild West Rewards, which can be seen to the left of the reels (on the desktop version of the game). The three bonus features are X-Mode Gunslinger, Mystery Symbols, and Low Pay Removal. The only one that’s not self-explanatory is X-Mode, which really just adds a few multiplier values to symbols on the reels.
Each time you receive a Wild West Reward, you will receive a random number of “lives,” which represent the number of spins that the reward will be active for. In the base game, you can receive one to four lives, while during a round of free spins, you’ll be able to receive between one and five lives.
The most noticeable element of Nugget slot is the extra reel that spins from right to left above the six standard reels. This is called ZapReel. It basically acts as an additional payline that goes from top to bottom. A round of the slot’s free spins feature is triggered with the appearance of three or more bonus symbols. Before a round of free spins commences, you’ll have a shot at the Prospector and Gamble wheels. The Prospector wheel will determine the number of free spins and ways to win you enter the feature with. The Gamble wheel will let you gamble that amount for a more lucrative deal with the possibility of losing the round altogether.
If you’re not keen on waiting around for a gold nugget to fall into your lap, you can select to purchase a round of the slot’s bonus features.
Is Nugget slot pure gold or fool’s gold?
Nugget slot allows a maximum bet of $10, allowing you to play for up to $250,000 in winnings thanks to the very healthy 25,000x max multiplier. If, however, your balance isn’t quite that healthy, the betting starts at just $0.20 a spin. The slot has an RTP of 96% and a high volatility, which means you won’t be able to count on small, consistent wins.
I’m not sure what to make of Nugget slot. It seems to be confused as to whether it’s a cowboy-themed slot or a mining-themed slot. I know that in the Wild West, cowboys and the Gold Rush went hand in hand, but it does feel like the slot is trying to cover a lot of bases while failing at covering any at all. The bonus features are plentiful and somewhat well-themed, but none of them really made me want to come back for more. All in all, this one is a bit forgettable, which is disappointing because AvatarUX has been releasing some really interesting slots lately. I give this one a six out of ten.
If you’re looking for a few top-tier slots from AvatarUX, I recommend trying out Donkey and The GOATS and Zombie aPOPalypse.