Buffalo King Untamed Megaways Slot Review
Under the lashed-timber corral and the blue-hazed mesas, this is a Megaways game that quietly abolishes the thing Megaways is famous for. Buffalo King Untamed Megaways guarantees a floor of 10,000 ways on every spin, which means the suspense of watching the reels settle, never knowing whether you’ve landed a monster grid or a miserable few hundred ways, simply doesn’t exist here. The grid always arrives big.
That guarantee is the whole character of the game. Where the original Buffalo King left its base game bare, this Pragmatic Play rebuild also stuffs the reel strips with a hundred buffalo at random. It runs on a 6×7 grid with up to 86,436 ways to win, at 96.02% RTP and medium volatility, with wins capped at 10,000x the bet. It sits alongside Buffalo King Megaways in the studio’s western stable.
How Buffalo King Untamed Megaways Pays
Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels from the leftmost side, in combinations of any size. The outer reels hold up to six symbols and the middle four up to seven, which is how the ways count climbs so high. Every value below is a multiple of the total bet.
- Buffalo: 1x, 1.5x, 2.5x and 5x for three to six
- Eagle: 0.75x, 1.25x, 2x and 3.75x
- Fox: 0.6x, 1x, 1.5x and 2.5x
- Wolf: 0.5x, 0.75x, 1.25x and 2x
- Deer: 0.4x, 0.6x, 1x and 1.5x
- A: 0.3x, 0.5x, 0.75x and 1x
- K: 0.25x, 0.35x, 0.5x and 0.75x
- Q and J: 0.2x, 0.3x, 0.4x and 0.6x
- 10 and 9: 0.15x, 0.25x, 0.35x and 0.5x
- BONUS scatter: 2x, 5x, 15x and 100x for three to six
Wilds land only on the middle four reels and substitute for everything except the BONUS symbol. Each can carry a random multiplier of 2x, 3x or 5x that applies to all wins on screen, and when several multiplier wilds land together their multipliers multiply each other rather than add.
Two of them sharing a spin is where the base game’s biggest moments come from. A stack of low-paying royals across six reels barely clears the stake, but the same stack through a pair of multiplied wilds pays several times over. It’s the only route to anything substantial outside the bonus.
Random Modifiers
Three things can happen on any spin, and none of them is signalled in advance. There’s no collection meter, no charging symbol, nothing to track. The game simply intervenes.
- A minimum of 10,000 ways to win is guaranteed
- The maximum 86,436 ways can be awarded outright
- 100 buffalo symbols can be added to the reel strips
The ways floor matters more than it looks. A standard Megaways spin can land a miserable few hundred ways, and this one can’t drop below five figures.
The hundred-buffalo drop is the louder effect. When the top-paying symbol floods the strips, a full screen of it becomes a live possibility rather than a fantasy. None of it changes what anything pays; it changes how much of the grid is worth watching, and on a six-reel board that’s most of the difference between a base game you watch and one you tolerate.
Free Spins
Four, five or six BONUS symbols anywhere on the reels award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. Special reels are in play for the round, which typically means a friendlier symbol distribution than the base game.
The round runs on a wild multiplier ladder. Wilds start with no multiplier at all, and every time a wild is on screen while a winning combination forms, the multiplier of future wilds increases by 1x.
The build is permanent for the round, so an early run of wild-inclusive wins quietly inflates everything that comes after. It’s the compounding that makes a long round dangerous, and retriggers can make a round long. Three, four, five or six BONUS symbols during the round award 5, 10, 15 or 20 additional spins respectively, and the trigger is easier inside the round than outside it.
One hard rule governs the whole round: the total win is capped alongside the base game, and the round ends the instant that cap is reached, with the win awarded and all remaining spins forfeited. A round that hits the ceiling early doesn’t get to keep running up the score.
Ante Bet and Bonus Buy
Ante Bet
The ante raises the bet multiplier from 20x to 30x and, in exchange, triples the chance of triggering the free spins naturally. More BONUS symbols sit on the reels while it’s active. Half again on the stake buys three times the trigger odds, with the RTP unchanged either way.
The buy feature is switched off while the ante is on, so it’s one or the other. For anyone chasing the round rather than the journey to it, the ante is the cheaper of the two paths.
Buy Free Spins
The round can be bought outright from the base game for 100x the bet. On the triggering spin, four, five or six BONUS symbols are guaranteed to hit at random, so the buy doesn’t promise the top 20-spin tier, just entry. The RTP is the same 96.02% whether the round is bought or landed naturally.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 8.4/10
This is a game you sit with rather than chase. Medium volatility and a grid that never arrives small make for long, level sessions on the sunbaked plain, and the reason to saddle up at all is the free spins ladder: it starts from nothing and compounds, so a round that runs long ends up paying differently to the one that started it. The herd only gathers if you wait.
The random modifiers are the best thing here, because they fix the exact problem the original had, a base game with nothing in it. The cap is the worst: 10,000x is modest for the format, and the round cuts dead the moment it’s hit, so the dream ceiling arrives with the lights already out.
It’s for players who like a slow build and a grid that’s always got something standing on it, and for anyone who wants the western theme on modern hardware. Chasers of five-figure ceilings will find it too polite. Everyone else gets the frontier at an even trot, and there’s honest pleasure in that.
Buffalo King Untamed Megaways FAQs
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What is the RTP of Buffalo King Untamed Megaways?
The RTP is 96.02%, and it stays at 96.02% whether you use the Ante Bet or buy the free spins outright. -
Is Buffalo King Untamed Megaways high volatility?
No, it’s a medium volatility game. That means payouts tend to come steadily, with a range that runs from low to very high rather than clustering at the extremes. -
How do you trigger the free spins in Buffalo King Untamed Megaways?
Landing four, five or six BONUS symbols in a single spin starts the round with 10, 15 or 20 spins. The symbols can appear on any reel. -
How does the wild multiplier work during free spins?
Wilds start the round with no multiplier. Every time a wild is on screen while a winning combination forms, the multiplier of future wilds increases by 1x, and the build lasts for the rest of the round. -
What does the Ante Bet do in Buffalo King Untamed Megaways?
It raises the bet multiplier from 20x to 30x and triples the chance of triggering the free spins naturally by adding more BONUS symbols to the reels. The buy feature is disabled while it’s active. -
Can you buy the bonus on Buffalo King Untamed Megaways?
Yes. The free spins round costs 100x your bet, and the triggering spin is guaranteed to hit four, five or six BONUS symbols at random. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Buffalo King Untamed Megaways?
Stakes run from 0.20 to 240 per spin, with the 30x ante multiplier priced on top of the base bet. -
When is Buffalo King Untamed Megaways released?
Buffalo King Untamed Megaways’ release date is 20 June 2024.
