Power Vault Slot Review
A gold-and-blue vault door sits open above the reels, coins spilling across its ledge under a hot pink halo. Push Gaming has built the whole game backwards from that door: on a 3×3, five-line grid, the symbol pays barely matter, because everything worth winning arrives as a value to be collected rather than a line to be matched. It’s a low-volatility collector slot with a 4,112x ceiling, and the argument of the design is that sweeping up prizes beats lining up fruit.
That top end is modest by this studio’s standards. Razor Shark and Big Bamboo chase huge variance; Power Vault sits closer to Power Paws in temperament. The interest isn’t in the symbol pays, it’s in the collecting – values land on the outer reels, get hoovered up by whatever lands between them, and feed the vault overhead.
How the Base Game Pays
The grid is a small one, and the paytable is built to match. Three matching symbols across a line is all there is to it.
Here’s what each symbol pays for three of a kind, as a multiple of the total bet:
- 7 – 50x
- Bell – 25x
- BAR Chest – 10x
- BAR – 5x
- Strawberry or Orange – 2x
- Lemon or Blueberry – 1x
It’s a classic fruit-machine ladder: the 7 and the Bell carry the serious money, the BAR symbols sit in the middle, and the four fruits fill out the bottom of the scale. Because the pays are multiples of the total bet rather than the line bet, every figure here is worth more than it looks on a five-line game.
The Wild is a diamond that matches the top symbol for a full line. It substitutes for every regular symbol except the Coin, Jackpot and Collector Symbols, and it only appears in the base game – once the Bonus Game starts, the vault takes over completely.
Instant Prizes, Jackpots and the Collector
The real economy of Power Vault isn’t in the symbol pays, it’s in the special symbols that can land on the outer reels. Instant Prize Symbols carry fixed values from x1 up to x25, and they’re in play throughout the game, base game and bonus alike.
Jackpot Symbols work the same way but pull from a fixed ladder of base bet multipliers:
- Mini – x15
- Minor – x50
- Mega – x100
- Grand – x1000
Those four values sit next to the reels at all times, so the size of the prize on offer is always in view. Instant Prize and Jackpot Symbols can land on reels 1 and 3 only – the centre reel is reserved for the symbol that does the collecting.
The Collector Symbol
The Collector Symbol is the hinge of the whole game. It can only land on reel 2, in both the base game and the bonus, and it scoops up the value of every Instant Prize or Jackpot Symbol in view.
If more than one Collector lands alongside prizes anywhere on the reels, the values are collected towards all of them.
Each collected Instant Prize Symbol is then removed, and a Dud Symbol is revealed behind it. Duds do nothing and affect nothing; they’re just spent space.
The Power Vault Burst and Bonus Game
Every Instant Prize, Jackpot and Collector Symbol in view fires a trail of stars up to the Power Vault above the reels, for a chance to trigger the Burst Feature. There’s no collecting threshold to fill – it’s a chance-based trigger, and when it hits, the symbols burst back out of the vault onto the reels and award the Bonus Game outright.
The other route in needs a specific combination of symbols, with prizes on both outer reels and a Collector between them. Either way, the vault opens and the bonus begins.
The Bonus Game
The Bonus Game starts with three spins, and the counter resets back to three whenever an Instant Prize Symbol or Collector Symbol lands in view. It’s the classic hold-and-collect loop: keep landing symbols and the round keeps running.
Enhancer Reels, Multipliers and Additions
What separates this bonus from the standard template is the extra 1×3 Enhancer Reel above the main grid. Multiplier and Addition Symbols land there and apply to the Instant Prize or Collector Symbols located below the reel where they appear.
Multiplier Symbols show x2, x3 or x5 on any enhancer reel, with x10 reserved for Enhancer Reels 1 and 3. On the outer reels they multiply the Instant Win Symbols below before those values are added to the active Collectors; on reel 2 they multiply the values held by every active Collector instead.
Addition Symbols work on the same pattern with base bet values of x1, x2, x5, x10, x25, x50 and x100. On the outer reels they increase the Instant Win Symbols below; on reel 2 they add their value to all active Collectors.
A single well-placed addition on the centre reel can lift every Collector at once. Stack a Multiplier on the same reel afterwards and the arithmetic compounds: the Collectors are fattened, then multiplied, and every prize banked since the round began is swept up in one payout. That’s the ceiling of the game in miniature, and it doesn’t need a single line win to get there.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
This is a game about sweeping up, not lining up, and that’s the one reason to pick it: the fruit pays are loose change, and every spin is really a question of what lands on the outer reels and whether anything arrives to collect it. It plays patiently, small and steady, the four jackpot values always in view beside the reels.
The bonus is the best part of it. Most hold-and-collect games just count symbols; the Enhancer Reel gives this one a second layer, where a multiplier or addition on the centre reel lifts every banked prize at once, so a round can pay far beyond what its symbols suggest. What it can’t do is pay huge – the ceiling is modest by this studio’s standards, and anyone hoping for Razor Shark money is in the wrong vault.
It’s for players who enjoy the build-and-collect loop without the bruising swings, and for sessions where steady smaller payouts are the point rather than the disappointment. Chasers of huge variance should keep walking past this door. Power Vault is a small, well-made safe that pays out exactly what it promises, and no more.
Power Vault FAQs
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What is the grid size of Power Vault?
It’s a 3×3 grid with five fixed win lines. -
Is Power Vault high volatility?
No. Power Vault is a low volatility slot, built around steady collect-style play rather than large swings. -
How is the Bonus Game triggered in Power Vault?
Land at least one Instant Prize or Jackpot Symbol on reels 1 and 3 together with a Collector Symbol on reel 2. The Power Vault Burst Feature can also trigger the bonus at random from any spin. -
What does the Collector Symbol do in Power Vault?
The Collector Symbol lands only on reel 2 and collects the value of every Instant Prize or Jackpot Symbol in view. With more than one Collector in play, the values are collected towards all of them, and collected Instant Prize Symbols are removed, revealing a Dud Symbol behind them. -
What are the jackpot values in Power Vault?
The jackpots are base bet multipliers: Mini at x15, Minor at x50, Mega at x100 and Grand at x1000. -
Do the spins reset in the Power Vault Bonus Game?
Yes – three spins to start, and any Instant Prize Symbol or Collector Symbol that lands in view restores the count to three. -
What do the Enhancer Reels do in Power Vault?
During the Bonus Game, a 1×3 Enhancer Reel sits above the main grid. Multiplier Symbols (x2, x3, x5, and x10 on the outer enhancer reels) multiply the prizes or Collectors below them, while Addition Symbols (x1 up to x100) add their value instead. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Power Vault?
Bets run from 0.10 to 100 per spin.
