Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure Slot Review
Three goldfish bowls sit in a row on a sunlit tropical seabed, each holding a single fish over a bed of matching gems, while the reels spin inside a gold frame that looks like a treasure-chest lid adrift in open water. Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure, from Light & Wonder, hides almost everything worth having behind one trigger, and I’d argue that’s its smartest design decision rather than a flaw: the base game is deliberately starved so that the bonus feels like surfacing with a mouthful of gold.
It’s a 5×3 grid with 50 paylines, medium volatility and a top prize of 6,500x the bet, and the game’s own legal notices state an expected return of 95.98%, reflecting the theoretical return across many plays. The fish appearing in the bowls overhead has no effect on triggering anything, so enjoy them purely as set dressing. Stakes run from 0.20 to 30 per spin.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, across 50 fixed paylines, and only the highest win per combination counts. Everything in the paytable is a multiple of the total bet rather than the line bet, which is worth keeping in mind when the numbers look small. The fish symbols lead the way.
- Gold Fish: 2.5x for five, 1.25x for four, 0.5x for three
- Green Fish and Red Fish: 1.5x for five, 0.75x for four, 0.4x for three
- Of a Kind (jewellery and net icon): 0.75x for five, 0.5x for four, 0.25x for three
- A, K, Q and J: 0.5x for five, 0.2x for four, 0.1x for three
One quirk sits in the reel set itself: after each spin initiates, a random reel set is selected, and up to two types of fish symbol can appear on the reels for any given spin. So the cast of fish changes from spin to spin. You won’t see all three colours at once in the base game.
The wild is a treasure chest that substitutes for every paying symbol, but it only exists during a Free Spins Bonus, so the base game runs without it. Bonus symbols arrive as coloured buckets, and any position containing one gets filled with a random variation of the bonus symbols, which is how the three fish colours combine.
That random fill matters more than it looks. Because a single position can carry several colours at once, it’s possible to collect all three from fewer symbols than you’d expect.
The Free Spins Bonus and the Coin Mechanic
One or more scattered bonus symbols landing fully on the reels award the corresponding bonus and its listed number of free spins. Which bonus you get depends on the colour of the fish on the symbols that landed, and each colour opens a different slice of the coin system.
- Red Fish Bonus: 6 free spins, with Prize Coins and Bonus Spins Coins available
- Green Fish Bonus: 8 free spins, with Add Wilds Coins available
- Gold Fish Bonus: 10 free spins, with Jackpot Coins available
- Extreme Bonus: 24 free spins, with all four coin types available
The Extreme Bonus is the one worth chasing. It triggers on any combination of bonus symbols such that all three colours appear on at least one symbol, and it’s the only route to every coin type at once, plus the biggest spin count by some distance. Twenty-four spins with wilds, jackpots and retriggers all live is a different game to six spins of small prizes.
What the Coins Do
During the Free Spins Bonus, a coin appears above each reel. Every bonus symbol that lands fully on a reel awards the coin sitting above that reel, and the bonus type you triggered decides which coin types can appear up there. It’s a simple collection loop with four possible payouts.
- Prize Coin: awards 1x to 40x the current bet
- Bonus Spins Coin: awards 2 to 4 additional free spins
- Add Wilds Coin: places 6 to 9 wild symbols on screen before winning lines are evaluated
- Jackpot Coin: awards the value displayed in the corresponding jackpot meter
The Add Wilds Coin is the quiet star. Six to nine wilds dropped before evaluation, in a game where wilds don’t otherwise exist, can turn an ordinary spin into a screen of connected lines. Bonus Spins Coins extend the round, and Prize Coins keep the meter ticking between the bigger events.
Because each reel carries its own coin, a spin that lands bonus symbols on several reels at once can pay out several coins in a single go. Stack a Bonus Spins Coin on top of an Add Wilds Coin and the round grows while the screen fills, which is where the free spins round produces its biggest moments.
The coins land fully or not at all. A symbol cut off by the reel edge awards nothing.
The Jackpot Ladder
Jackpot Coins pay whatever the matching meter shows, and the ladder runs from a Mini worth 10x the bet up to a Grand worth 1,000x. Between them sit a Minor at 25x and a Major at 100x.
Because the meters are the payout route, the Gold Fish Bonus, with its exclusive Jackpot Coins, is the round for ladder hunters, while the Extreme Bonus simply includes them alongside everything else.
Turbo Mode
Turbo Mode speeds up each spin and can be switched off at any point. When a bonus is awarded it turns itself off automatically, though you can switch it back on during the round. It has no influence on results. A small courtesy, but a sensible one when 24 free spins are on the table.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.5/10
Playing this is a long swim through quiet water with one real meal at the end of it. The reason to pick it is the Extreme Bonus, and the three bowls above the reels make waiting for it prettier than it has any right to be. That round, with all four coins live and 24 spins to collect them, is the game’s best moment, and the Add Wilds Coin makes it genuinely tense each time a bonus symbol lands fully on a reel.
The weakness is that three of the four bonuses aren’t worth the wait they share a trigger with. Six spins of Prize Coins is a snack, and the colours you happen to gather decide whether you eat or feast, which the game gives you no control over.
It suits a patient collector who enjoys a bonus structure with real steps in it, and it isn’t for anyone who wants the base game to do more than tread water. Keep feeding it and the big round does eventually arrive, and the aquarium looks lovelier for it.
Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure FAQs
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How do you trigger the Extreme Bonus in Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure?
The Extreme Bonus triggers on any combination of bonus symbols such that all three colours appear on at least one symbol. It awards 24 free spins and makes every coin type available during the round. -
What does the Add Wilds Coin do in Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure?
During the Free Spins Bonus, an Add Wilds Coin places between 6 and 9 wild symbols on screen before winning lines are evaluated. Wilds only appear during the bonus, so this is the game’s main route to big line wins. -
How many paylines does Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure have?
The game has 50 fixed paylines on a 5×3 grid, with wins paying left to right on adjacent reels. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure?
Betting starts at 0.20 per spin and tops out at 30. -
What is the maximum win on Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure?
The maximum win is 6,500x the bet. -
Is Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure high volatility?
No, it’s a medium volatility slot, so wins tend to arrive at a steadier rhythm than in high variance games. -
Who makes Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure?
Light & Wonder, the studio behind titles like Reel ‘Em In! A Bit Fishy and Huff n’ More Puff. -
When is Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure released?
Gold Fish Feeding Time Deluxe Treasure’s release date is 2 July 2024.
