Savannah S Queen Slot Review
Acacia trees stand black against a pink and orange sky, a lone bird crosses the top of the screen, and golden dust drifts over the grassland below the reels. Spinomenal have made Savannah S Queen a beautiful place to spend time, and that matters more than it usually would, because the money here is deliberately old-fashioned. Every prize is a fixed multiple of the bet, and the bonus game’s ladder climbs to a 1000x Mega Jackpot, the top prize that ladder offers.
It runs on a 5×4 grid with 25 fixed lines, and what defines it is shape. A free spins round turns every symbol into a 3×3 colossus on the middle reels, and a bonus game resets its own spin counter for as long as it keeps paying. Stablemates like Majestic White Rhino and 1 Reel Buffalo walk the same savannah; neither of them plays either of those tricks.
The Savannah Reels: Base Game and Paytable
All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line counts. Wins are multiplied by the bet per line, and qualifying combinations across multiple lines are added together for the round. It’s a conventional setup.
The personality lives in the symbols and the frame, which is carved wood with rope lashings at the corners, like a camp noticeboard. The animals carry the money, and the rhino leads the paytable at 500x the line bet for five of a kind:
- Rhino – 25x / 250x / 500x the line bet for three, four, five
- Giraffe – 20x / 150x / 400x
- Zebra – 15x / 100x / 300x
- Snake – 10x / 50x / 200x
- A, K, Q, J – 5x / 20x / 50x
The wild is a lioness, and she’s an unusual one. She substitutes for every symbol except the free spins and bonus scatters, but three or four wilds on a line only pay when they’re followed by a free spins or bonus symbol. As a five-of-a-kind line she’s the joint richest symbol on the grid, matching the rhino’s 500x.
That wild rule is worth a second read, because it’s the only place the paytable behaves unexpectedly. A run of wilds on its own pays nothing at three or four high; the symbol behind them has to be a scatter for the combination to count. Five wilds pay regardless.
The royals sit well below the animals on the paytable. Two scatters run the show beyond that. The free spins symbol lands only on reels 1, 3 and 5 in the base game, so a triggering combination always spans the outer reels.
The bonus symbol is the one to watch. Six or more of it opens the jackpot round, and six scattered symbols on a 5×4 grid is a genuinely crowded board when it arrives.
Staking is per line, adjusted with the plus and minus buttons, and auto play carries a configuration screen for choosing a run of spins. Turbo mode shortens each round, and it can be toggled from the auto play screen or from the settings. During free spins the stake controls are disabled, so the round always plays out at the bet that triggered it.
Free Spins and Colossus Symbols
Three scattered free spins symbols award five free spins and pay 1x the total bet on top. Five isn’t many, but the round works differently to the base game: every symbol appears as a 3×3 colossus in the middle of the slot, covering reels 2 to 4.
Because the whole middle of the grid is one giant block, each spin is effectively one colossus symbol with the outer reels in play around it. Line wins still pay left to right as normal, so a colossus that connects with matching symbols on reel 1 and reel 5 can build combinations across the full width of the grid.
Any scatter that lands does so as a colossus and triggers its feature. A free spins colossus adds three more spins; a bonus colossus opens the bonus game. The bet per line stays the same as the round that triggered it, and the stake controls are locked while the round runs.
Bonus Game and the Jackpot Ladder
Landing six or more scattered bonus symbols opens the bonus game, and the symbols that did the triggering stay locked in place while the round sets itself up. Those locked symbols take their places among the fifteen spots immediately, so the round can begin part-filled.
You start with three spins, and each spin the empty spots can randomly award prizes. The round ends when the spins run out or every spot fills. Here’s the part that makes it tick: any landing that isn’t an empty-spot prize resets the remaining spins back to three. The round keeps extending as long as it keeps paying, and closing it out entirely carries the biggest reward of the ladder:
- Bet multipliers – x1 to x10 the total bet, per spot
- Mini Jackpot – 30x the total bet
- Major Jackpot – 100x the total bet
- Mega Jackpot – 1000x the total bet, for filling all 15 spots
When the round ends, the values on the bonus symbols are summed and the total is paid. Fill all fifteen positions and the Mega is added on top of everything already collected, which makes a full board the round’s ceiling. The ladder values are multiples of the total bet rather than fixed credit amounts, so they scale cleanly with whatever stake you’re running.
Buy Feature
The BUY FEATURE button skips the wait and triggers a free spins round immediately. A window opens first where the bet for the round can be adjusted, and the buy price is set according to that bet. The price scales, so check it against your stake before committing.
It’s the free spins round you’re buying, colossus symbols and all, not the bonus game. The jackpot ladder still has to be reached the traditional way, through six scatters in the base game or a bonus colossus landing inside a free spins round.
That second route is the quicker of the two, since a single colossus scatter counts as its feature triggering, and the free spins round gives you repeated chances at one while it runs.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Most of an hour with Savannah S Queen is gentle grazing: modest line wins, card symbols, a lovely sunset and not much urgency. The reason to be here at all is the two rounds. Five free spins where the middle of the grid becomes one enormous symbol feel bigger than the number suggests, and the bonus game is the better of the pair, because a round that keeps landing keeps resetting its own spin counter. Momentum is the whole design.
That design is also the strength: the reset rule means one good bonus board can run far longer than three spins had any right to. The weakness is the top step: a 1000x Mega Jackpot is the highest prize the ladder offers, and the base game’s fussy wild rule takes three or four lionesses and pays nothing unless a scatter follows them.
So this is one for a long, unhurried session on a pretty reel set, where climbing a ladder matters more than the height of its top step. Anyone chasing four- and five-figure potential will find the savannah too tame. For everyone else, the light stays golden right through to the last spin.
Savannah S Queen FAQs
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How do you trigger the bonus game in Savannah S Queen?
Six or more scattered bonus symbols trigger the bonus game, and the triggering symbols remain locked on screen during the transition. The round starts with three spins. -
How many paylines does Savannah S Queen have?
The game is set to 25 fixed lines, with wins multiplied by the bet per line. Multiple qualifying line wins in a single round are added together. -
What is the grid size of Savannah S Queen?
Savannah S Queen runs on a 5×4 grid with 25 fixed paylines. -
How do you trigger free spins in Savannah S Queen?
Three or more scattered free spins symbols trigger the round and award five free spins plus a payout of 1x the total bet. In the base game the free spins symbol can only land on reels 1, 3 and 5. -
What do the jackpots pay in Savannah S Queen?
The bonus game ladder pays Mini at 30x, Major at 100x and Mega at 1000x the total bet. Filling all 15 spots in the bonus game awards the Mega on top of all other prizes collected. -
Can you buy the bonus on Savannah S Queen?
Yes. The BUY FEATURE button purchases and immediately triggers a free spins round, and you can adjust the bet for that round before paying the buy price, which is set according to the bet. -
Can free spins retrigger in Savannah S Queen?
Yes. A free spins colossus symbol awards three additional free spins. During the round all symbols appear as 3×3 colossus symbols on reels 2 to 4. -
What does the wild symbol do in Savannah S Queen?
The lioness wild substitutes for every symbol except the free spins and bonus scatters. Three or four wilds only pay when followed by a free spins or bonus symbol, while five wilds pay as the joint richest line at 500x.
