The word ‘Pike’ has several meanings – it can refer to several types of fish, for example, and is often used as a designation of a place. It can also refer to a type of long-thrusting pole weapon, several types of sporting activity, and even has some uses in the field of technology. In this case, I suspect that Foxium’s Fortune Pike Gold slot is using the word in the context of a ‘Pike Expedition’ – a term that was once commonly used to denote an exploration of the Great Plains or Rocky Mountains. Whatever the case may be, this 20-payline online slot has a top jackpot of 10,000x the player’s stake alongside a 96.02% RTP, increasing slightly to 96.22% if the ‘boost mode’ is enabled.
Feature-wise, the reels are littered with dynamite symbols in both the base game, free spins feature, and Dynamite Rush bonus round. The latter requires six dynamite symbols to hit simultaneously to activate, at which point you’ll be awarded five bonus spins, where all dynamite symbols become sticky for the duration of the bonus. There’s also a dynamite shapes table, which reminds me a little of the ‘pattern bingo’ games offered in many 75-Ball bingo games. Match any of the shapes on this table, and you’ll be awarded an instant jackpot prize of up to 10,000x your total bet. There are two ‘Lucky Dinky’ modifiers to watch out for on offer as well, and a bonus bet option that increases your chances of triggering the modifiers and dynamite rush feature at the cost of 50% more per spin.
Dare you take an expedition along some fairly precarious-looking railroad tracks with dynamite lying all over the place? If so, you’re a braver man than me! I’m going to stay right here and spin our free demo slot of Fortune Pike Gold instead, I think!
| Provider | Foxium |
| Reels | 5 |
| Rows | 3 |
| Paylines | 20 |
| Bonus Rounds | 2 |
| Bet Range | 0.20 - 25 |
| Volatility | High |
| Max Win | 10,000x |
| Bonus Buy | No |
| RTP | 96.02% |
| Our Rating | 8.0 |
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Fortune Pike Gold Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols
Slot machines allow you to go on all kinds of expeditions – you could go Over the Moon, for example, or perhaps join the heroic Cat Wilde on her quest to find the Doom of the Dead! One thing all of these expeditions seem to have in common is that they sound kind of dangerous, don’t they? So why not expedition to the bottom of the garden… amongst the birds and the bees? I hear there are a lot of little people down there… they’re called the Demoslot Peas! Well, I think the lyrics went something like that anyway, didn’t they? Fortune Pike Gold is a great-looking game, though, however dangerous its concept might be – the 10,000x jackpot isn’t too shabby either!
All of the best prizes found in Fortune Pike Gold can only be won via the Dynamite Shapes table, and it seems that may not have left a great deal of RTP available for the regular paytable wins. The mine cart symbol is the most valuable of the bunch, awarding 12.5x your bet for a full payline of five of a kind, whilst the sack of blue and purple gemstones will earn you 10x the current stake for all five of those symbols. What appears to be a rolled-up treasure map and a bucket of mining tools share equal returns of 7.5x the total bet for a complete payline, whilst a gas lantern takes the final high-paying spot with a payout of 5x for a five of a kind combination. There are four more low-paying symbols denoted by coloured rocks, all four of which share equal returns of 2.5x the bet for all five symbols. The wild appears below the low-paying symbols for some reason, but this doesn’t have any premium payout attached to it anyway – a full payline will get you the same 12.5x the bet as the highest-paying mine cart symbol.
The minimum/maximum betting limits available in Wild Pike Gold have been set at €0.20 and €25.00, respectively, and there are 14 intermediate bets between those two extremes available as well. Considering that this isn’t the widest betting range around, this seems like an adequate range of bets that should suit most players’ needs.
Base Game & Modifiers
The base game of Lucky Pike Gold utilises the standard five reel, three row video slot layout, spanned by 20 fixed paylines. Most symbols require at least three matches to award a win, except for the mine cart and wild symbols, which have a token prize payout for just two matches starting from the leftmost reel.
Dynamite Symbols
The dynamite symbols can appear in all game modes but only pay out during the Dynamite Rush bonus game. See the bonus rounds section below for more details on the Dynamite Rush bonus game.
Lucky Dinky Random Wilds Modifier
At the start of any base game or free spin, Lucky Dinky may randomly swing in on a rope to add between three and ten wild symbols to the reels in random positions. If this modifier activates during the free spins mode, cave bats will also enrich each wild with a multiplier of between 2x and 5x.
Lucky Dinky Cart Ride Modifier
Lucky Dinky may also arrive on a mine cart at the start of any spin, only this time; he comes bearing gifts of dynamite instead of just wild symbols! Unfortunately, the game doesn’t specify if there is a limit to how many sticks’ he may award you but cross your fingers that his contribution takes you over the six required to activate the Dynamite Rush bonus!
Boost Bonus Bet
Activating the boost bonus bet facility increases your odds of hitting a big win, as well as offering a small bump in RTP of 0.2%. However, this comes at the cost of 50% on top of the normal price per spin, but it may still be worth it because of the increased potential of activating both main bonus features.
Fortune Pike Gold Slot Bonus Features
Bonus scatter symbols appear on reels one, three, and five during the base game, and you’ll need to hit all three of these to trigger 10 free spins. Meanwhile, the Dynamite Rush bonus game requires you to hit six sticks of dynamite on a single spin.
Dynamite Rush Feature
Landing six or more dynamite symbols – either naturally or courtesy of the Lucky Dinky Cart Ride Modifier – will activate the Dynamite Rush bonus game. This will award five free spins, and all the triggering dynamite symbols will become locked in place before those spins begin.
Any additional dynamite symbols that land whilst the feature is in play will also become locked in place. Adjacent groups of dynamite symbols will turn into shapes in the order shown in the dynamite shapes table within the main paytable page.
Smaller groups of dynamite have very low payouts, but once you reach blocks as small as 2×2, you can win up to 1000x your total bet. A full screen of dynamite symbols will pay the game’s jackpot of 10,000x the total bet.
Free Spins
The free spins feature is perhaps less exciting in this game than the Dynamite Rush feature, but that’s not so bad, as it is also much easier to win the Dynamite Rush feature from within the free spins!
Additionally, any wilds added by Lucky Dinky in this part of the game come with multipliers attached of between 2x and 5x your bet. If two scatter symbols land whilst the feature is in play, an additional two free spins will be added to your remaining total.
Pros
- Two interesting and exciting bonus rounds to look forward to.
- Respectable jackpot prize of 10,000x the total bet.
- Dynamite shapes table can be extremely lucrative!
Cons
- The Dynamite Rush feature can be a little misleading at first, as you’ll need to accumulate multiple shapes on the same squares before you can hit the biggest wins on the dynamite shapes table.
- The regular paytable wins are a little small, no doubt, because of the huge prizes available via the Dynamite Rush Bonus Feature.
Final Thoughts
I definitely enjoyed testing this game, and I only wish that Foxium had included a bonus buy facility to make it easier for me to get a better idea of just how easy it is to hit the bigger dynamite shapes shown on the paytable. Nevertheless, I couldn’t take advantage of such a feature in real money mode as a UK player anyway!
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