6 Rubies of Tribute

6 Rubies of Tribute Slot Review

Deep inside a stone interior lit dim blue as if by moonlight, a gold frame carved with an Aztec step-key border holds the reels, jade-green plaques clamped along the bottom rail and vines creeping over the walls behind. 6 Rubies of Tribute is a rarer thing than it looks: a collection slot where the line wins barely matter. Everything worth having here arrives on the back of a Ruby symbol, and the base game’s job is to hand you over to the feature.

Old Skool Studios built this one around a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines, medium volatility and stakes running from 0.10 to 100.00 a spin. The rubies of the title are collectable cash symbols, and collecting enough of them is the whole point of the game. A hit rate of 28.28% means wins land often enough to keep the base game moving.

Base Game & Features

The base game runs on 25 fixed lines across five reels, paying left to right from three matching symbols. Only the highest win per line counts. It’s a conventional setup, and the game doesn’t complicate it.

The wild substitutes for any paying symbol, helping to complete line wins on the reels where it appears. A scatter pays anywhere and is the route into the free spins round, and the Ruby symbols carry their own cash values and trigger the collection feature when six or more arrive.

The paytable is a single ladder with no surprises at either end:

• Red Creature: 1x, 10x, 20x your line bet for three, four and five
• Gold Bird Mask: 0.8x, 5x, 15x
• Blue Monkey: 0.5x, 4x, 12x
• Green Mask: 0.5x, 2x, 7.5x
• Heart: 0.4x, 1x, 3x
• Spade: 0.3x, 1x, 2.5x
• Diamond and Club: 0.3x, 1x, 2x

That’s a steep drop from the Red Creature down to the card suits. The Heart is the last symbol that pays more than its stake for a full line, at 3x for five of a kind. The Spade, Diamond and Club all return less than the line bet even at the top of the ladder.

Nothing on the ladder pays below three of a kind, so a pair of matching symbols returns nothing whatever they are. Scatters are the only symbols that ignore line positions entirely. Line wins alone won’t carry a session here.

Ruby values scale with your stake. At a 2.00 bet, individual rubies show values such as 2.00, 4.00, 6.00 and 16.00, so a single symbol can be worth several times the spin that collected it. The gap between the smallest and largest of those is eight-fold, which is why a well-filled grid adds up quickly once the feature gets going.

6 Rubies of Tribute Link&Win and Free Spins

Link&Win

Landing six or more Ruby symbols anywhere on the grid starts the Link&Win feature. The reels switch to showing only Ruby symbols and blank positions, so every position is either a cash value or an empty space waiting to be filled. Each Ruby can award a Multiplier prize, Mini prize or Minor prize.

The feature begins with three spins. Every time a Ruby lands, it locks in place for the rest of the feature and the spin counter resets to three. That reset is the engine of the whole round: a run of consecutive Ruby landings can stretch it well beyond the opening three spins.

The round runs until the spins are used up with nothing new landing, or until every position on the grid is filled. When it ends, all prizes on the collected rubies are paid together. The three fixed prizes on offer during the feature are:

• Major: 1000x total bet
• Minor: 100x total bet
• Mini: 30x total bet

The ladder steps hard at the top. Minor is a tenth of Major, and Mini a third of Minor, so the jumps between tiers are worth more than the tiers below them. A grid full of multiplier rubies can also outearn the fixed prizes on its own, which is what makes a full board the round’s real target rather than any single jackpot.

Link&Win can trigger in both the base game and the free spins round, and a single spin during the feature can win up to 1300x your bet. That figure is the game’s stated ceiling, and there’s no separate maximum win published anywhere else.

Free Spins

Three scatters award five free spins. For the duration of the round, reels two, three and four merge into a single reel carrying Colossal symbols, each of which counts as nine ordinary symbols. A Colossal scatter still counts as a single scatter, so a retrigger needs three of them just as before.

Landing three scatters during the round adds another three free spins, with no stated limit on how many times that can happen. Bets and lines stay the same as the spin that triggered the feature, so the merged reel plays at whatever stake opened the round.

The merged reel is what makes the round interesting. Colossal symbols landing across the middle of the grid create nine-symbol blocks that the 25-line layout can pay through repeatedly, and a full drum of matching Colossal symbols fills nine grid positions in a single stop.

That’s how the biggest line wins of the round arrive. With the top symbol paying 20x for five of a kind, a Colossal-heavy sequence can build several full lines at once.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7/10

Playing this is mostly waiting in very pretty surroundings. The spins tick by, small wins trickle in, and every one of them is forgettable the moment a sixth ruby lands and the real game starts. That collection round, with its resets and its 1300x ceiling, is the reason anybody picks this over another Mesoamerican slot.

Its strength is that the round can keep going long after it looks dead: one landing late in a run changes everything, and the merged Colossal reel in the free spins gives the second feature its own legs rather than being an afterthought. The weakness is everything in between. Five of a kind on the top symbol pays 20x the line bet, and it drops off a cliff from there, so the base game pays like a lobby.

This is for players who like one big build and don’t mind spinning through filler to get there; anyone who wants the reels themselves to pay won’t find it here. The stonework glows, the goldwork is lovely, and the rubies pay the temple’s bills.

6 Rubies of Tribute FAQs

• What is the RTP of 6 Rubies of Tribute?

  6 Rubies of Tribute has a stated RTP of 96%.
• Is 6 Rubies of Tribute high volatility?

  No. The game runs at medium volatility, which means a steadier balance between win frequency and win size than a high-variance title.
• What is the hit frequency of 6 Rubies of Tribute?

  The hit frequency is 28.28%, so roughly one spin in three and a half returns a win of some size.
• How many paylines does 6 Rubies of Tribute have?

  There are 25 fixed paylines, paying left to right across the five reels. Only the highest winning combination on each line is paid.
• What is the grid size of 6 Rubies of Tribute?

  The game uses a standard 5×3 grid: five reels and three rows. During free spins, reels two, three and four merge into one reel with Colossal symbols.
• What is the minimum and maximum bet on 6 Rubies of Tribute?

  Stakes run from 0.10 up to 100.00 per spin, which covers casual play and higher-stakes sessions alike.
• How do you trigger the Link&Win feature in 6 Rubies of Tribute?

  Land six or more Ruby symbols anywhere on the grid. The feature starts with three spins, and every Ruby that lands locks in place and resets the spin count to three. Filling every position awards the Major prize of 1000x your total bet.
• Can you retrigger free spins in 6 Rubies of Tribute?

  Yes. Three more spins are added whenever three scatters land during the round, and there’s no cap on how often that can happen. Colossal scatters count singly, so you still need three of them to retrigger.
• Who makes 6 Rubies of Tribute?

  The game comes from Old Skool Studios, and its release date is 5 September 2022.