Wild Wildebeest Wins Slot Review
Sunlit savanna, acacia shade, a hazy line of mountains behind a carved wooden frame tipped with curved horns. Pragmatic Play have taken that familiar backdrop and built the entire game around the one animal safari slots never bother starring: the wildebeest, an ungainly herd animal given top billing, its own symbol, and a meter that counts every one of its kind.
Wild Wildebeest Wins runs on a 6×4 grid with 4,096 ways to win, medium volatility and an RTP of 96.51%. Wins are capped at 10,000x the bet. Stakes run from 0.40 to 240 per spin, and it sits in familiar company alongside Great Rhino, Buffalo King and Gems of Serengeti. Whether the herd’s understudy earns the spotlight is what follows.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins are awarded for left to right adjacent symbol combinations, starting from the leftmost reel. When winning on multiple ways, all wins are added to the total, and only the highest combination counts per way. All wins are multiplied by the bet per way, and values are expressed as actual wins in coins. With 4,096 ways in play, individual wins are sized accordingly: frequent, and mostly small.
The paytable is weighted towards the animals, with the royals filling the bottom rungs. All values below are wins in coins at a total bet of 2.00.
- Wildebeest – 1.00 for 2, 4.00 for 3, 7.50 for 4, 10.00 for 5, 12.50 for 6
- Elephant / Rhino – 2.50 for 3, 5.00 for 4, 7.50 for 5, 10.00 for 6
- Zebra / Gazelle – 1.50 for 3, 3.00 for 4, 5.00 for 5, 7.50 for 6
- A / K – 0.75 for 3, 1.50 for 4, 3.00 for 5, 5.00 for 6
- Q – 0.50 for 3, 1.50 for 4, 2.50 for 5, 4.00 for 6
- J – 0.50 for 3, 1.25 for 4, 2.50 for 5, 4.00 for 6
- 10 / 9 – 0.50 for 3, 0.75 for 4, 1.50 for 5, 3.00 for 6
It’s a conventional ladder. The Wildebeest is the only symbol that pays for a 2-of-a-kind, which matters once the Super Wildebeest symbol starts dropping extra copies of it onto the screen. The premium animals pay solidly across 3 to 6, while the six royals cluster together at the bottom, the Q, J, 10 and 9 near enough interchangeable.
The Wild substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter and can appear on reels 2 through 6. The Scatter lands on any reel and is the route into the bonus round. That’s the standard cast, with one local addition.
The Super Wildebeest Symbol
The Super Wildebeest is this game’s own invention, and it’s the reason the base game has more going on than the paytable suggests. Whenever it hits, a random number of Wildebeest paying symbols are added into random positions on the screen.
Because the Wildebeest is the top-paying symbol and pays from as few as 2, those injections can turn an unremarkable spin into a cluster of premium wins. A filled reel of Wildebeest across all 6 reels pays 12.50, the top line on the table, and a single Super Wildebeest hit can assemble several such combinations at once. It’s a simple idea, executed without fuss.
Free Spins
The round is triggered from the base game by Scatters, and the more you land, the more it pays out up front:
- 3 Scatters – 8 free spins
- 4 Scatters – 12 free spins
- 5 Scatters – 16 free spins
- 6 Scatters – 20 free spins
Special reels are in play during the feature, so the symbol mix differs from the base game. Two things change once the round is running. First, every Wild that lands carries a 2x, 3x or 5x multiplier that applies to all wins passing through it. Where more than one Wild forms part of the same winning combination, their multipliers multiply each other, so a 3x Wild and a 5x Wild in the same win pay 15x.
Second, every Wildebeest paying symbol that hits feeds a collection meter. When the Super Wildebeest symbol appears during the round, it drops a number of paying Wildebeest symbols equal to the meter count, up to a maximum of 15, into random positions on the screen. The longer the round runs, the fuller the meter and the heavier those drops become.
The two mechanics feed each other. The dropped Wildebeest symbols are paying symbols like any other, so each drop lands onto a set of reels where Wild multipliers are already in play, and a big drop crossing a stacked pair of Wilds is where the round’s largest wins live.
Retriggers
The round can be retriggered from inside itself, and the ladder starts lower than the trigger does:
- 2 Scatters – 5 additional free spins
- 3 Scatters – 8 additional free spins
- 4 Scatters – 12 additional free spins
- 5 Scatters – 16 additional free spins
- 6 Scatters – 20 additional free spins
A pair is a notably low bar for a retrigger, and it’s what gives the meter room to grow across a long round. Any free spins won this way are added to the running total, and the round’s full win, including the whole cycle of retriggers, is awarded once it completes.
Buy Free Spins
The Free Spins round can be triggered instantly from the base game by buying it, at a cost of 50x the total bet. The triggering spin guarantees 3, 4, 5 or 6 Scatters hit at random, so the bought round can begin on anything from 8 to 20 spins. The outcome of that random guarantee isn’t known until the spin resolves, which adds a small element of lottery to every purchase.
The RTP when buying is 96.46%, a shade under the standard 96.51%. If the maximum win of 10,000x the bet is reached during a feature, the round ends immediately, the win is awarded and all remaining free spins are forfeited.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 9.1/10
This is a slow grazer of a game that occasionally stampedes. Most of your time is spent watching small ways-to-win payouts land under a warm savanna sky, waiting for the meter to start doing its work, and there’s a genuine pleasure in that build once the free spins arrive.
The bonus round is the clear strength: a meter that grows the longer a round survives, Wilds that multiply each other, and a retrigger bar set at just 2 Scatters means a good round keeps compounding rather than burning out. The weakness is the base game between those rounds. Strip out the Super Wildebeest and you’re left with a paytable that pays small and often, and spins that blur into one another.
It suits players who enjoy a round that builds patiently and pays off at the end, rather than anyone after immediate drama. Safari fans will feel well catered for; high-volatility chasers will find the plains a little too calm. For a game that made the savanna’s most overlooked animal its hero, the wildebeest carries it well.
Wild Wildebeest Wins FAQs
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What is the RTP of Wild Wildebeest Wins?
The RTP is 96.51%. Buying the bonus runs at 96.46%. -
Is Wild Wildebeest Wins high volatility?
No, it’s a medium volatility game. Wins pay out steadily and the range of pays varies from low to very high. -
How many paylines does Wild Wildebeest Wins have?
There are 4,096 ways to win. Wins are awarded for left to right adjacent symbol combinations, and only the highest combination counts per way. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Wild Wildebeest Wins?
Stakes run from 0.40 to 240 per spin. -
Can you buy the bonus on Wild Wildebeest Wins?
Yes. The Buy Free Spins option costs 50x the total bet and guarantees 3, 4, 5 or 6 Scatters land at random on the triggering spin. The RTP when buying is 96.46%. -
How does the Wildebeest meter work in the free spins?
Each Wildebeest paying symbol that lands during the round feeds a collection meter. When the Super Wildebeest hits, it drops paying Wildebeest symbols onto random positions on the screen, one for every symbol collected, to a maximum of 15. -
Can free spins be retriggered in Wild Wildebeest Wins?
Yes, and 2 Scatters are enough. Landing 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 Scatters mid-round adds 5, 8, 12, 16 or 20 free spins to the running total. -
What is the maximum win on Wild Wildebeest Wins?
The maximum win is 10,000x the bet. If a feature’s total win reaches that cap, the round ends immediately, the win is awarded and remaining free spins are forfeited.
