Gold Hunter

Overview Gold Hunter

This latest online slot game from prolific digital gambling content producer Booming Games takes players down deep into some gold mines. Where or when this fictional gold hunt is taking place, we aren’t sure. However, games like this one tend to be modelled in the spirit of the great American Goldrush on the west coast of the USA. Like the intrepid pioneers of yesteryear looking for their fortune in the mountains and streams of Oregon, players of this game will also engage in the age-old combination of risk and reward.

The main headline feature for this game is the Wild Multiplier reel. This reel is a permanent reel that stays active on the playing board regardless of if you are playing the base or free spins game. The Wild Multiplier reel is the fifth reel in the set and will reward players with a multiplier wild if four previous matching symbols land on the previous four reels. These multipliers can grow as large as 50x. In addition, there is also a standard wilds bonus and a free spin round that gives you an extra chance of finding winning combinations.

Theme and Symbols

The theme is fairly self-explanatory, players will indulge in the exciting and earthy aesthetics of a working gold mine. However, rather than dwell on the perhaps less glamourous side of mining, Booming games have wisely chosen to fill the screen with rubies, diamonds, gold and fun images of dynamite. What helps enliven this game is the constant chatter of one of the miners played over the top of the game who celebrates in your wins, whooping and hollering as he has just struck the motherload.

The background for this game is a mine shaft that is dimly lit by a range of old-fashioned oil lamps. This gives the whole screen a pleasant orange glow that reflects off the various precious gemstones and gold that you find deep in the mine. The level of detail is pretty high as with moist of Booming Games. This means that even small aspects of the background such as the ropes or buttresses used to display the inside of the mine are precisely drawn and detailed to give players as realistic an experience as possible.

The board has been made from the various mine carts that have been placed in this particular warren part of the mine that players are given an insight into. Within each of these carts are the various symbols that land with every fresh spin.
The symbols for this game as mentioned look like they are sitting within a mine cart which adds an interesting depth to the slot. The low-paying symbols for this slot are the standard card symbols, the comprise the J, Q, K and A. The Ace is the most valuable of these symbols, paying out at 15x the bet per line, for five of a kind. Up from these are the high-value symbols. These comprise the lamp, Gold and the Gold Miner.

The Gold Miner is the most valuable of these paying 80x your stake for five on a pay line. In terms of specials, there is the dynamite which is this game’s wild symbol and the free spins scatter which is decorated as the game’s logo.

Game Play

Gold Hunter is played on a 5-reel, 3-row gameboard with 10 pay lines. The betting range for this game is 10p to £250 per spin. To achieve wins on this slot, players must match 3 of a kind on a pay line or use the special symbols to make combinations. Each combination made must start on reel 1.

To adjust their bet levels players can toggle their stake up and down using the coins tool located to the left of the big orange spin button in the centre of the screen. Information about the slot, including the paytable and the auto spins options, can be found via the menu button on the very right-hand corner of the reels.

Volatility for this slot has not been released by the designer. The return to player percentage for Gold Hunter is 95.50%, a little under average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,320x your stake.

Features

As discussed in the introduction, the Wild Multiplier reel is the best feature in this game. It is the fifth reel on the board. If you manage to land 4 matching symbols on reels 1 to 4 on a pay line, the 5th reel automatically applies a wild multiplier, turning the 4-way combination into a 5-way combination. Up to 50x wild multipliers can be applied.

There is also a regular wild feature in Gold Hunter. These wilds can fall on reels 1 to 4 and can substitute for any other regular symbols to help form winners. These symbols as you’ll remember are the dynamite bundles.
Lastly, there is a free spins round which is triggered when players land 3 or 4 scatters on the reels at the same time. These give you 3 or 7 free spins respectively.

Conclusion

The excellent level of detail. Amazing theme and top quality payout are all reasons why players will love this slot. On the other hand, the RTP is a little low and the feature list could probably be improved. All in all, though, this is a top draw product from the Booming Games studio.