Blazing Lake Link & Win Slot Review
A jungle gorge lit jade-green, a lake of lava glowing beneath the reels, two pillars of flame standing either side of a gold logo wrapped in fire. That’s the stage for Blazing Lake Link & Win, and Wishbone have spent almost all of their ambition on it: beneath the fireworks sits a three-reel fruit machine with one bonus feature and a paytable that tops out at 50x. The gap between the presentation and what actually pays is the most interesting thing about this game.
The bones are compact: a 3×3 grid, five fixed paylines, medium volatility and an RTP of 96.21%. Wins pay three of a kind only, and nothing above 1000x the bet is on the table. Sister titles like Fatter Fish Festival and Kingfisher chase bolder mechanics. This one keeps its powder dry for a single feature.
Base Game & Features
The base game is a three-reel, three-row slot with five fixed paylines. Wins run left to right from the first reel, and only the highest combination pays on any single line. Every win is a three of a kind. If two different winning combinations land on the same line in one spin, the higher one is what you’re paid.
Stakes run from 0.01 to 200.00 per spin, which is a wider spread than most games bother with. At the floor, the game works as a penny slot; at the top end it will absorb a serious bankroll.
Hit frequency sits at 5.93%, so roughly nineteen spins in twenty resolve without a win. Medium volatility shows up as occasional mid-sized line hits rather than constant drip-feeding. On a grid this small, a single expanded symbol can be the difference between a dead spin and a decent one.
The paytable below shows each symbol’s value as a multiple of the total bet.
- 77 – 50x for three
- Wild – 50x for three
- Strawberries – 30x for three
- Watermelon – 20x for three
- Grapes – 16x for three
- Mango – 16x for three
- Banana – 4x for three
- Blueberry – 4x for three
- Cherry (single) – 4x for three
- Cherry (double) – 4x for three
Two things stand out in that list. The gap between the fruit tier and everything above it is steep: the Strawberries pay more than seven times what any of the four bottom symbols are worth.
So a screen full of bananas is barely a tickle while a line of Strawberries is a real hit. And the two cherry variants pay identically, so the double cherry is purely cosmetic.
The Wild is the most useful symbol on the grid. It substitutes for everything except Coins, it expands vertically whenever it lands on a reel where it can complete a win, and three of them pay 50x on their own, matching the 77 as joint top symbol.
An expanding Wild on a three-row reel fills an entire column. On a five-line, three-of-a-kind game that usually means several lines paying at once, which is where the bigger base game results come from.
Beyond the Wild, the base game offers nothing in the way of modifiers, random features or second-chance mechanics. There’s no scatter, no free spins round, no wheel. Everything that isn’t a payline win belongs to the Coin symbols, and they only matter on the middle reel.
Bonus Features & Free Spins in Blazing Lake Link & Win
There’s exactly one bonus feature, and there are no free spins to speak of. Three Coin symbols landing on the middle reel is the only trigger in the game. When it fires, the three Coins lift above the reels and the grid changes character completely: only Coin symbols, Diamond symbols and blanks appear for the duration.
You get four chances, and each spin is one chance. Land at least one Coin or Diamond in a spin and the chances reset to four. Blanks are the only losing outcome, so a run of blank spins is what actually ends the round: four in a row and you’re done.
Every qualifying spin collects the value of whatever landed, plus the value of the three triggering Coins, so the feature pays out repeatedly on a single trigger. The total win accumulates across the whole feature rather than resolving spin by spin, and the bet stays the same as the spin that triggered it.
Played out step by step: the trigger lands, the Coins rise, and your first spin arrives with four chances banked. A Coin or Diamond on that spin collects its value and restores the count to four. A blank burns one chance. The round continues on that arithmetic until four blanks line up in a row.
The feature ends when all four chances are used without a fresh landing, and winnings are collected automatically at that point. There are two further rules worth knowing.
- If the total win at the end is under 20x the bet, the chances reset to four and the round continues.
- The total win is capped at 1000x the bet, and reaching it ends the feature immediately, forfeiting any remaining chances.
That sub-20x reset is the interesting clause. A round that has struggled can simply start again, so a weak feature isn’t necessarily a finished one, and the cumulative counter keeps building through the reset. The floor it guarantees is a full 20x the bet, which on a game whose base paytable tops out at 50x is a meaningful sum.
The Diamonds exist purely to feed this loop. They land only during the feature, they reset the chances like Coins do, and their value goes into the same pot. Their job is to keep the round breathing.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.4/10
Playing this is mostly watching a very pretty three-reel machine do very little, waiting for the middle reel to fill with Coins. That’s the one reason to pick it: when the Coins land, the feature runs on reset after reset, and a single trigger can stretch well beyond the four chances it starts with. The lava outside the reels is doing more work than the base game is.
The best thing here is that restart clause, because it puts a 20x floor under every round and keeps the counter climbing. The worst thing is how little there is to do between rounds: five lines, one expanding Wild, and a top symbol worth 50x on a game dressed like a volcano. The 1000x ceiling never feels reachable from a base game this quiet.
This is one for players who like their slots small, patient and cheap to sit at, especially with stakes from 0.01. It isn’t one for anyone who wants variety between bonus rounds or a ceiling worth chasing. As a slow burn over a lava pool, though, it does the job it set itself, and the feature at the bottom of it is genuinely well made.
Blazing Lake Link & Win FAQs
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What is the RTP of Blazing Lake Link & Win?
96.21%. -
Who makes Blazing Lake Link & Win?
Wishbone. -
Is Blazing Lake Link & Win high volatility?
No, it’s a medium volatility slot, so wins and dry patches tend to be more evenly spread than in high variance games. -
How do you trigger the Link&Win feature?
Three Coin symbols need to land on the middle reel. The Coins then move above the reels and the feature begins with four chances. -
Can the Link&Win feature retrigger?
Yes, in two ways. Landing at least one Coin or Diamond in a spin resets the chances to four, and if the feature ends with a total win under 20x the bet, the chances reset to four again. -
What symbols appear during the Link&Win feature?
Only Coin symbols, Diamond symbols and blanks. The Diamonds land exclusively inside the feature and work like Coins: they reset the chances and add their value to the pot. -
What is the maximum win on Blazing Lake Link & Win?
1000x the bet. Reaching that total ends the feature immediately and forfeits any remaining chances. -
How many paylines does Blazing Lake Link & Win have?
Five, and they’re fixed. All wins pay three of a kind from left to right. -
What is the hit frequency of Blazing Lake Link & Win?
5.93%, which means most spins don’t produce a win. -
What is the betting range on Blazing Lake Link & Win?
Stakes run from 0.01 to 200.00 per spin.
