Aztec Fire 2 Slot Review
A waterfall tumbles down the cliff behind a heavy carved golden frame, stone bowls of burning coals sit at the foot of the reels, and mist hangs over the green ridgelines in the distance. Aztec Fire 2 makes a strong first impression, and it needs to, because the artwork does more of the work here than the base game does.
3 Oaks Gaming runs it on a 5×4 grid with 20 fixed paylines, and a six-step jackpot ladder that peaks with a Royal Jackpot worth 10,000x the total bet. It sits on the studio’s shelf alongside 3 SuperPower Diamonds and 4 Dragon Pearls, with 4 Super Clover Pots for company.
The fire in the title, though, is kept for the bonus round. That round is the reason to be here at all.
Base Game & Features
Five reels, four rows, 20 fixed paylines. There’s no configuring the lines, and no unusual win structure on top of them; a payline is a payline. Only the highest combination on each line counts towards a win.
The premium symbols are an explorer, a leopard, a toucan and a frog, with A, K, Q and J filling out the low end. The wild is a woman in a feathered headdress, and she fills in for anything except the scatter and the bonus orbs. The scatter is a pyramid, and the bonus orbs are fireballs carrying cash values.
The explorer, the top-paying symbol, pays exactly these amounts:
- Three of a kind: 0.40
- Four of a kind: 2.00
- Five of a kind: 6.00
The base game’s job is to keep the balance ticking until the bonus symbols arrive. It doesn’t offer much else to do while you wait. A few comforts help: autoplay and a turbo spin mode, held on a single button, let you push through the quiet stretches quickly.
The setting carries the rest. The reels sit in that carved golden frame on a stepped stone platform, broad jungle leaves push in from the corner, and a tiered waterfall falls away behind the right side of the reels. Even the spinning is easy on the eye.
Aztec Fire 2 Bonus Game & Free Spins
Hold and Win Bonus Game
Six or more bonus symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the Bonus Game. The reels change over to bonus symbols only, shown on a three-reel bonus grid with the triggering symbols locked in place. You start with three re-spins.
Each new bonus symbol that appears locks in and resets the re-spin count back to three. That reset is the whole engine of the round: a run of consecutive landings keeps it alive indefinitely, and a run of three empty spins ends it.
The round runs until the re-spins run out or all 40 bonus symbols have been collected. Filling the screen is the top outcome, and it’s a long way from six symbols to 40. When it ends, the values of every bonus symbol on the screen are summed and paid as one Bonus Win.
The orbs themselves carry cash values of these sizes:
- 0.5x the total bet
- 1x the total bet
- 1.5x the total bet
- 2x the total bet
- 3x the total bet
- 4x the total bet
- 5x the total bet
Jackpots
Not every orb carries a cash value. Some come with jackpot labels instead, and those orbs are the route to the ladder. Six fixed jackpots step down like this:
- Royal Jackpot: 10,000x the total bet
- Grand Jackpot: 1,000x the total bet
- Major Jackpot: 100x the total bet
- Minor Jackpot: 40x the total bet
- Midi Jackpot: 20x the total bet
- Mini Jackpot: 10x the total bet
The gaps between the steps are steep. Second place pays a tenth of the top prize, third pays a hundredth, and everything below Major is closer to a decent symbol win than a jackpot. What the ladder adds to every spin is a second layer of value sitting on the same orbs you’re already collecting.
Free Spins
The scatter round plays out at the bet that triggered it, and landing more scatters can start it again from inside. Retriggers aren’t capped, so a good run can extend itself.
The Bonus Game can also trigger inside Free Spins, and it plays at the Free Spins triggering bet, so the two rounds stack rather than compete. That’s the sequence everything in the base game is aimed at: scatter round first, sticky orbs on top.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
The honest picture is a base game that exists to feed a bonus round. Wins in the regular reels are modest by design, which takes some sting out of lining up the premium symbols. What the game is really selling is the collector: a screen that fills with sticky orbs, re-spins that reset on every landing, and a 40-symbol cap that pays the lot in one sum.
The jackpot ladder is the best thing here. It gives every orb two possible meanings, and the step from Grand at 1,000x to Royal at 10,000x gives the top of the screen real pull. The Royal is the ceiling, and 10,000x is a serious one for a 20-line game.
This suits hold-and-win collectors and jackpot hunters who don’t mind a quiet base game while they wait. The scenery is genuinely lovely, the bonus round does the business, and for players who like watching a screen fill up, the fire is worth sitting through the jungle for.
Aztec Fire 2 FAQs
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How does the Bonus Game trigger in Aztec Fire 2?
Landing six or more bonus symbols starts the Bonus Game. From there you get three re-spins, each new symbol resets the count, and the round finishes when the re-spins are used up or the full 40 symbols are on screen. -
What is the top jackpot in Aztec Fire 2?
The Royal Jackpot pays 10,000x the total bet. Below it sit the Grand at 1,000x, Major at 100x, Minor at 40x, Midi at 20x and Mini at 10x. -
Can Free Spins retrigger in Aztec Fire 2?
Yes, the scatter round can be started again from inside itself, and there’s no cap on retriggers. The Bonus Game can also fire during Free Spins and pays at the same triggering bet. -
What does the wild substitute for in Aztec Fire 2?
The headdress-wearing wild fills in for every regular symbol, but it won’t replace the pyramid scatter or the fireball bonus orbs. -
What happens when all 40 bonus symbols are collected?
Collecting all 40 bonus symbols is the maximum outcome of the Bonus Game. The round ends there, and the values of every bonus symbol on the screen are summed and paid as a single Bonus Win. -
How many paylines does Aztec Fire 2 have?
Aztec Fire 2 has 20 paylines, and the number of bet lines is fixed, so you’re always playing all 20. -
What is the grid size of Aztec Fire 2?
Aztec Fire 2 plays on a 5×4 grid: five reels and four rows, with 20 fixed paylines across them. -
What values can the bonus symbols carry in Aztec Fire 2?
Bonus symbols carry values of 0.5x, 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x the total bet. When the Bonus Game ends, all values on screen are summed and paid together. -
Do all symbols in Aztec Fire 2 pay the same?
No, the paytable is tiered by symbol; the explorer, the top-paying symbol, returns 0.40 for three of a kind, 2.00 for four and 6.00 for five, while the bonus round remains the main source of the big wins. -
Who makes Aztec Fire 2?
Aztec Fire 2 is made by 3 Oaks Gaming.
