Goldstruck Blasts Slot Review
Purple rock, curved rails and timber supports frame the grid, and a bearded miner waits with his pickaxe beside a hand-painted FREE GAMES sign. It’s a warmer mine than it is a busy one. Goldstruck Blasts from High 5 Games puts nearly everything worth winning behind a single trigger, and the reels in between are deliberately thin.
It runs on a 6×5 grid with 20 paylines, a 96.0% RTP and high volatility, with a fixed 5,000x jackpot waiting at the bottom of the dig. The collection-and-grow design sits comfortably alongside the studio’s work on Da Vinci DeluxeWays and Shadow Of The Panther Infinity. Whether the Wild Train is a scenic ride or the main event depends on how much you enjoy a slow build.
The Mine: Grid, Symbols and Paytable
All six reels are always in play, and line wins need matching symbols on adjacent reels from the leftmost across one of the 20 lines. Only the highest win pays on each line. Scatters are the exception: they award in any position, and their wins are multiplied by the total bet and paid on top of line wins.
The Gold Nugget is wild, standing in for everything except the Wild Train, Mine Cart, Treasure Chest and the scatter Minecart. It’s also the richest symbol on the grid. Credit values for three, four, five and six of a kind:
- Gold Nugget (wild) – 20, 40, 80 and 200 credits for three to six
- Miner Girl – 10, 20, 50 and 100 credits for three to six
- Banana, Purple Potion – 5, 10, 20 and 60 credits for three to six
- Purple, Green, Pink, Orange and Teal Gems – 2, 5, 10 and 20 credits for three to six
It’s a compact paytable. Five gems share the bottom tier, so most base game wins will be modest combinations of coloured crystal, with the Miner Girl and the wild carrying the top end.
The Gold Nugget and the scatter Minecart only appear on reels two, three, four and five, which keeps the premium action away from the edges of the grid. Scatter wins also follow their own rule: only the highest combination pays for each scatter, so stacking the same icon doesn’t double the reward.
Beyond the paying symbols sit four specials that only matter once the train arrives:
- Wild Train – the engine of both features; moves and collects once triggered
- Mine Cart – trails the Wild Train along its path in consecutive adjacent positions
- Treasure Chest – follows the train too, and covers more positions as nuggets are collected
- Minecart (scatter) – appears on reels two to five and carries the bonus’s scatter values
None of them pays a line win of its own, but all four drive the features.
The Wild Train Feature
When the Wild Train, Mine Cart and Treasure Chest appear together with a Gold Nugget or the scatter Minecart on the reels, the Wild Train Feature begins. It’s the trigger for everything else in the game, and it works as a moving collection mechanic rather than a conventional respin.
After winning combinations are awarded, the Wild Train moves one position at a time to overlap with any Gold Nugget or scatter on the grid. The Mine Cart and Treasure Chest follow it along the same path, staying in consecutive adjacent positions behind the engine. When the train reaches and overlaps a Gold Nugget, that symbol is collected.
The Gold Nuggets it gathers here carry through to the bonus, and 21 or more of them across a full run is what unlocks the jackpot. The base game’s job, in practice, is to line that trigger up.
Line wins keep the balance ticking in the meantime. The Wild Train and its cargo are where the real money moves.
Free Games Bonus
The Free Games Bonus is reached through the Wild Train Feature, and it plays the same collection game on repeat with rising stakes. Each spin, after wins are paid, the train moves to overlap Gold Nuggets and Minecarts, with the cart and chest trailing behind. It collects whatever it touches until nothing is left to gather.
Every Gold Nugget and every Minecart collected adds one free game, so a productive round keeps extending itself. Each nugget also grows the train: the total positions covered by the Wild Train, Mine Cart and Treasure Chest always equal 3 plus the number of Gold Nuggets collected across the bonus and the Wild Train Feature that started it. Chests are added or removed as needed to keep that count true.
Each Minecart collected carries a scatter value, paid at the end of the bonus, and a multiplier ladder applies to that scatter total based on how many you gather:
- Each Minecart is worth 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 100, 150 or 200 credits
- Collect 5 – a 2x multiplier on the scatter value total
- Collect 9 – a 3x multiplier
- Collect 13 – a 5x multiplier
- Collect 17 – a 10x multiplier
- Collect 21 – a 21x multiplier on the scatter value total
The multiplier applies only to the collected scatter values, not to line wins. Those scatter values are totalled first and the ladder multiplier is applied to the sum, so a big haul of high-value carts late in the round lifts the entire batch. The bonus ends when no free games remain, which makes every nugget and cart a double win: one extra spin now, one step up the ladder later.
The Jackpot
Collect 21 or more total Gold Nuggets across the Free Games Bonus and the Wild Train Feature that initiated it, and a jackpot of 5,000 times the total bet is awarded at the end of the bonus.
It’s a demanding target: 21 nuggets means a long, productive run of collections, at high volatility, with the growing train doing the work. Reaching 21 carts for the top multiplier is the same climb, and the two tallies run in parallel. The ladder below it, topped by the 21x scatter multiplier, is the more realistic prize.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
This is a long dig with one rich seam. The base game is a pleasant-looking holding area, the line wins rarely amount to much, and the whole appeal rests on whether the Wild Train pulls in. When it does, the trip justifies the wait.
The strength is the Free Games Bonus’s self-feeding loop: every nugget and cart adds a free game and steps the ladder at the same time, so a good run compounds instead of fading. Few collection rounds reward persistence this directly.
The weakness is that there’s no other route in. All of it sits behind one trigger at high volatility, and the base reels don’t offer much to hold onto while you wait. It’s a game for the patient collector who enjoys watching a build gather steam; anyone wanting steady action between features will find the tunnel quiet between visits. Bring the bankroll for a deep dig and the seam is genuinely there.
Goldstruck Blasts FAQs
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What is the RTP of Goldstruck Blasts?
Goldstruck Blasts runs at 96.0% RTP, which is around the industry average, paired with high volatility. -
Is Goldstruck Blasts high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game, so wins tend to be less frequent and the feature carries most of the potential. -
How many paylines does Goldstruck Blasts have?
The game has 20 paylines across a 6×5 grid, with all six reels always in play and line wins paying left to right on adjacent reels. -
Who makes Goldstruck Blasts?
Goldstruck Blasts was created by High 5 Games, the studio behind titles such as Da Vinci DeluxeWays and Shadow Of The Panther Infinity. -
How is the Wild Train Feature triggered?
Land the Wild Train, Mine Cart and Treasure Chest together alongside a Gold Nugget or the scatter Minecart and the feature begins, with the train then moving to collect those symbols one position at a time. -
What do the Minecart multipliers pay in the Free Games Bonus?
Each Minecart collected is worth 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 100, 150 or 200 credits. Collecting 5 applies a 2x multiplier to the scatter total, rising to 3x at 9, 5x at 13, 10x at 17 and 21x at 21 collected. -
How do you win the Goldstruck Blasts jackpot?
Collect 21 or more total Gold Nuggets across the Free Games Bonus and the Wild Train Feature that initiated it. That awards a jackpot of 5,000 times the total bet at the end of the bonus. -
Can the Free Games Bonus retrigger?
Yes, in effect. Every Gold Nugget and Minecart collected during the bonus awards one additional free game, and the round only ends when no free games remain.
