Taco Fury XXXtreme Slot Review
There’s a food truck parked at a desert fairground with human skulls hanging by the side door, a Ferris wheel turning in the sunset haze behind it, and the meanest chalkboard menu on the midway. Taco Fury XXXtreme, from NetEnt, looks like a cartoon and pays like a trap: this is a game that deliberately starves its own reels, holding back almost everything worth having until the wilds arrive. It runs a 5×4 grid across nine bet lines, and the top base paytable value is 10x the total bet for five of a kind.
The XXXtreme badge is shared with Starburst XXXtreme and Reel Rush XXXtreme, and the family resemblance is real: one loud mechanic, pushed hard. The chalkboard isn’t the attraction here. The wilds are.
The Paytable Behind the Chalkboard
Taco Fury XXXtreme runs on a 5×4 grid with nine bet lines, shown as numbered diagrams. Wins pay left to right in succession, and only the highest combination on each line counts.
The wild is the taco itself. It only lands on reels two, three and four, and it substitutes for every symbol except other wilds. That’s the whole of the base-game symbol set – everything else on the truck is a payer, not a doer.
All symbol values below are multiples of the total bet, not the line bet, for three, four and five of a kind:
- Wild (Taco) – 5x, 7.5x, 10x
- Chef (Green Monster) – 5x, 7.5x, 10x
- Bottle (pink, with eye) – 4x, 6x, 8x
- Nunchaku – 3x, 4x, 6x
- Mouth/Teeth Cup and Shoe – 2x, 2.5x, 3x
- A and K – 1x, 1.5x, 2x
- Q, J and 10 – 0.5x, 0.7x, 1x
The wild matches the top-paying symbol, which tells you where the game’s priorities sit. The premium tier is thin: the green chef monster matches the taco’s 10x ceiling, and everything after the pink bottle drops away fast.
The royals tell the rest of the story. Q, J and 10 return your stake or less at five of a kind, so a base-game win built on low symbols is barely a win at all. Nine lines on a 5×4 grid also leaves plenty of dead space between them.
One consequence of the total-bet pricing is that a five-of-a-kind chef or wild pays the same regardless of which of the nine lines it lands on. There’s no line-bet arithmetic to do, and no line worth more than another – the differences between wins come down to which symbols land, not where.
Wild Explosion
Wild Explosion is the feature the whole game is built around. On each spin in the main game, and during the first re-spin, a Wild Reel symbol, a Wild Row symbol and/or a Random Wilds symbol can appear above reels two, three and four.
More than one of these symbols can be sitting above the reels at the same time. When a wild lands on the reel directly underneath one of them, it levels up, and what happens next depends on which symbol is above it:
- Wild Row symbol – the wild covers the adjacent positions to its left and right with wilds
- Wild Reel symbol – the wild covers the other positions on its reel with wilds
- Random Wilds symbol – the wild covers two to three random positions on the reels with wilds
Every wild the explosion creates is a full substitution, standing in for anything except another wild. Because the new wilds land on the middle three reels – the only reels the taco can occupy – a single levelling-up can drop several fresh wilds into exactly the part of the grid where lines are decided.
A wild landing underneath one of these symbols in the main game or during a re-spin also awards a re-spin, which is how the feature feeds itself.
Wild Multipliers
When a wild is covered by another wild, or destroyed in a Wild Explosion, it takes a multiplier of up to x5, with x2, x3 and x5 tiles in play. Any line win running through it gets that multiplier applied.
On a board where wilds are spreading across rows and reels at once, that’s what turns a decent hit into a serious one. A multiplied wild sitting on a stacked reel pays every line it touches at several times face value.
Re-Spins
Wild Explosion activating one or more times during a main game spin or a re-spin awards a re-spin. The important part is what stays: all wild symbols remain on the reels instead of disappearing at the start of each re-spin.
That single rule is the engine of the game. A wild that survives into a re-spin can be covered again by the next explosion, picking up a multiplier on the way, so a chain that keeps triggering builds a progressively more valuable board.
There’s a limit built in, though. The symbols above the reels only appear in the main game and the first re-spin, so a run has one guaranteed push before it has to sustain itself on whatever wilds are already in place.
XXXtreme Spins
XXXtreme Spins can be activated at any time, and they guarantee Wild Explosions on the next spin. There are two tiers:
- 1 guaranteed Wild Explosion – 20 times the bet per spin
- 2 guaranteed Wild Explosions – 60 times the bet per spin
A guaranteed explosion means the symbols above the reels will fire, so a bought spin guarantees the trigger that starts the re-spin chain. It doesn’t guarantee where the wilds land or what they multiply.
So the two-explosion tier is a big stake resting on placement as much as anything else. A guaranteed pair of explosions that scatter wilds across low-value lines still has to make its money back the hard way.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Playing this one is mostly standing in line at the truck: long stretches of quiet spins, then a burst of activity that either pays for the wait or doesn’t. The reason to queue at all is that burst – wilds spreading, stacking and multiplying at once is the most fun a nine-line board can have.
The re-spin chain is the best thing here, because nothing gets cleared between triggers; the board you build is the board you keep, and one lucky wild can quietly become five. The worst thing is how little the base game offers on its own – outside the middle three reels, this is a thin game with a flat paytable.
It’s for players who enjoy a patient grind with a genuine payoff at the end of it, and not for anyone who wants regular wins to keep a session ticking. The truck’s worth a visit, even if the queue is long.
Taco Fury XXXtreme FAQs
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How does the Wild Explosion feature work?
A Wild Reel, Wild Row or Random Wilds symbol can appear above reels two, three and four. A wild landing on the reel underneath it levels up: Wild Row spreads wilds to the left and right, Wild Reel fills the rest of the reel, and Random Wilds covers two or three random positions. The explosion also awards a re-spin. -
How do you trigger Re-Spins in Taco Fury XXXtreme?
Re-spins are awarded whenever the Wild Explosion feature is activated during a main game spin or a re-spin. All wild symbols stay on the reels for the re-spin instead of disappearing. -
What is the wild multiplier in Taco Fury XXXtreme?
Covering a wild with another wild, or destroying it in a Wild Explosion, gives it a multiplier of up to x5. Any winning line that passes through that wild pays at the boosted amount. -
Which reels can wilds land on in Taco Fury XXXtreme?
Wilds can only appear on reels two, three and four, in the main game and during re-spins. They substitute for all symbols except other wilds, and their payouts match the top-paying chef symbol at 5x, 7.5x and 10x the total bet. -
How much do XXXtreme Spins cost?
One guaranteed Wild Explosion on the next spin costs 20 times the bet per spin, and two guaranteed Wild Explosions cost 60 times the bet per spin. -
Can you buy the bonus on Taco Fury XXXtreme?
Yes. XXXtreme Spins can be activated at any time and guarantee one or two Wild Explosions on your next spin, at 20x and 60x the bet per spin respectively. -
How many paylines does Taco Fury XXXtreme have?
There are nine bet lines, displayed as numbered diagrams. Each line pays its single highest combination, with wins reading from the leftmost reel across. -
What is the grid size of Taco Fury XXXtreme?
It’s a 5×4 grid – five reels and four rows – crossed by the nine bet lines. -
When is Taco Fury XXXtreme released?
Taco Fury XXXtreme’s release date is 9 May 2023. -
Who makes Taco Fury XXXtreme?
NetEnt.
