Bonny’s Treasures Slot Review
Bonny’s Treasures hides its best game beneath its ordinary one. The tropical cove, the gold leaf, the rope-lashed driftwood frame and the hatted octopus looming behind the reels are all dressing for a plain 25-line spinner – but four separate features pull from the same jackpot ladder underneath it, and that’s where every real win in this cove lives. It’s a collect game first and a pirate slot second, which is exactly the right way round for players who’d rather chase a 5,000x Mega than line up royals.
Gold Coin Studios have built it on a 5×3 grid with 25 fixed paylines, at 96.09% RTP, high volatility and a hit rate of 26.7%. Bets run from 0.25 to 50.00 per spin. Players who know the studio’s Amelia’s Mugs and Jugs or the Fishing Floats Connectify Pays games will recognise the collect-and-jackpot architecture, pushed further than usual here.
Base Game & Features
The base game is a straightforward 25-line affair. Wins pay left to right from the first reel, matching symbols have to land adjacent on a payline, and only the highest combination on each line counts. Everything else is summed into the total for the spin.
Payouts are based on the initial bet placed rather than the total, and the paytable adjusts its displayed values to match whatever bet is currently selected. Roughly one spin in four produces a winning combination at the stated 26.7% hit rate, which for a high-volatility game means the small wins arrive regularly even though the big ones don’t.
Four symbols do the interesting work. The wild substitutes for everything except the Free Spins Scatter, Prize, Bonus and Collect symbols, never appears on reel 1, and pays nothing on its own. It’s active in both the base game and free spins. The other three all feed the collect system that carries the game.
- Prize symbols land on reels 1-4 and carry credit values or the Minor and Mini jackpots.
- Collect symbols land on reel 5 and gather whatever Prize symbols are on the reels.
- Bonus symbols land on reel 1 and open the Octopus Bonus when a Collect lands alongside.
- Free Spins Scatters land on reels 2, 3 and 4, pay nothing themselves, and three of them start the free spins.
The first of the collect mechanics is Express Collect. Land Prize symbols on reels 1-4 with a Collect on reel 5 and every displayed prize is awarded on the spot. The prizes are a mixed bag, and the ladder steps like this:
- Mega Jackpot: 5,000x the bet
- Major Jackpot: 400x the bet
- Minor Jackpot: 40x the bet
- Mini Jackpot: 20x the bet
- Credit values: from 0.20x up to 100x the bet
Every time Prize symbols are collected to the barrel, there’s a chance the Pick Bonus fires at random. Twelve Pick Bonus symbols appear and you choose them one at a time, each revealing a jackpot prize. The first jackpot you match three of is awarded, the feature ends, and the ladder is the same one Express Collect pays from.
It’s a pick game with no skill in it. What gives it weight is the top of the ladder, and the fact that it can interrupt any collect, at any point in a session, without warning.
Bonny’s Treasures Free Spins & Bonuses
Free Spins
Three Free Spins Scatters on reels 2, 3 and 4 award 10 free spins, played at the same bet and lines as the triggering spin. Wins during the round are added to base game wins, and the round can retrigger. The scatters themselves pay nothing, so the value here comes entirely from what the round does differently.
The Multiplier Trail
What it does differently is the multiplier trail. Reel 5 carries the trail, and every Collect symbol that lands there during free spins advances it one position from left to right.
Up to three Collect symbols can land on a single spin, so the trail can jump three places at once. Reaching an upgrade position does two things: it adds five free spins to the remaining count, and it applies a new multiplier to all future Express Collect wins in the round.
Because retriggers play at the current multiplier, a long round compounds. The trail is the reason to want the free spins rather than merely tolerate them, and Collect symbols suddenly matter a great deal more than they do in the base game.
The Octopus Bonus and Link&Win
A Bonus symbol on reel 1 with a Collect on reel 5 in the base game wakes the octopus, who hands over one of the four jackpots. There’s no skill and no choice in it.
The octopus can also open the Link&Win feature, and that’s where the game keeps its deepest dive. Link&Win starts with three spins. The Bonus symbol, the Collect symbol and every Prize symbol are held in place, and each unheld position spins on its own.
Every new Prize symbol that lands is held and resets the spin count to three. The round ends when the spins run out or when all 15 positions hold Prize symbols.
Filling all 15 positions awards the Mega prize, added to the sum of everything held on the Bonus, Collect and Prize symbols. Multipliers of 10x, 5x and 2x the Prize symbol value apply to the base game win that triggered the bonus, Minor and Mini prizes included.
Held symbols can carry credit values from 0.20x to 100x the bet, or either of the two smaller jackpots. At the end of the feature the Bonus and Collect symbols reveal a credit value or a Minor or Mini prize as well, so a full board stacks several layers of payout at once. The 2x, 5x and 10x multipliers only touch the triggering win, never the held symbol values, so what lands on the grid is banked as shown.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Playing Bonny’s Treasures is mostly waiting for the octopus to feel generous. You spin a cheerful, busy little cove, the barrels fill, and sooner or later one of four collect routes pays out – that single shared ladder is the reason to be here, because nothing you trigger can ever be a wasted feature.
The best of those routes is free spins, where the multiplier trail quietly turns a dull round into a compounding one. The weakest is the Octopus Bonus itself: one symbol each side of the reels for a flat jackpot draw is thin next to everything layered around it.
This one suits jackpot hunters who don’t mind a plain base game between payouts, and anyone who enjoys watching a hold-and-win board fill. It won’t satisfy players who want the paylines themselves to do the work – the treasure here sits under the sand, and you have to dig for it.
Bonny’s Treasures FAQs
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How do you trigger free spins in Bonny’s Treasures?
Land three Free Spins Scatter symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4 to trigger 10 free spins. The scatters don’t pay anything themselves, and the round is played at the same bet and lines as the triggering spin. -
What does the Free Spins multiplier trail do?
During free spins, Collect symbols on reel 5 advance the trail instead of gathering prizes. Reaching an upgrade position adds five free spins and applies a new multiplier to future Express Collect wins, so a long round compounds. -
How does the Link&Win feature work in Bonny’s Treasures?
It can be triggered inside the Octopus Bonus. It starts with three spins, holding the Bonus, Collect and Prize symbols while the remaining positions spin individually. New Prize symbols reset the spin count to three, and filling all 15 positions awards the 5,000x Mega jackpot on top of the held prizes. -
What is the biggest jackpot in Bonny’s Treasures?
The Mega Jackpot pays 5,000x your bet. It can be won through the Pick Bonus, the Octopus Bonus or by filling all 15 positions in the Link&Win feature. The rest of the ladder is Major at 400x, Minor at 40x and Mini at 20x. -
What is the RTP of Bonny’s Treasures?
The RTP is 96.09%. That’s the total expected return, and it sits just above the usual benchmark for an online slot. -
What are the minimum and maximum bets in Bonny’s Treasures?
Bets run from 0.25 to 50.00 per spin, and the 25 paylines are fixed, so every spin covers all of them. -
When is Bonny’s Treasures released?
Bonny’s Treasures’ release date is 12 August 2024. -
Who makes Bonny’s Treasures?
Gold Coin Studios. The game runs on a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines and high volatility.
