Wolf Fang Eclipse Slot Review
An eclipse hangs over a forest at dusk, its dark disc ringed with fire while embers drift through an orange haze and conifers crowd the edges of the screen. The scene is gentle; the maths underneath isn’t. This is a top-heavy game on a 5×3, 30-line grid, built so that everything points you towards the premium animals at the top of the paytable.
Spinomenal keep everything else simple: an RTP of 95.83%, and a free spins round that hands you a genuine choice. It sits in similar territory to Majestic King and Tiger Charms, with the same fondness for big animals and warm light.
The Forest Floor and Its Symbols
Wolf Fang Eclipse pays left to right from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line counts. Wins across multiple lines in the same round add together into the total. Stakes are set by adjusting the bet per line, with the 30 lines fixed underneath.
The reel frame itself is dressed to match the scene: carved stone and timber wrapped in vines, with golden foliage crowding the bottom corners and a mossy ledge under the reels. It’s a painterly look, and the warm haze behind the grid gives the animals on the reels a proper backdrop rather than a flat gradient.
The wild does the usual job, standing in for any symbol except the free spins scatter. Five wilds on a winning line pay 1,000x the line bet.
The paytable is animal-led at the top, with royals filling the bottom half. The values below are what each symbol pays for three, four and five of a kind, shown in credits at the game’s 0.30 total bet.
- Bear: 40, 200, 1,000
- Leopard: 30, 80, 400
- Moose: 25, 50, 200
- Eagle: 20, 40, 120
- Ace: 15, 25, 50
- King and Queen: 10, 20, 40
- Jack and Ten: 5, 10, 30
Below the eagle, the drop is quick. The ace pays 50 at the top end against the eagle’s 120, and the royals trail off from there. The jack and ten prop up the bottom of the list, paying just 5 credits for three at the same 0.30 stake.
Line wins in this game are multiplied by the bet per line, so the credit figures above scale directly with whatever stake you’ve set. With 30 fixed lines, the bet per line works out to a thirtieth of the total bet, which is worth keeping in mind when you read the paytable: the headline animals are paying against 30 lines at once, not one.
Free Spins With a Choice to Make
Land three or more scattered free spins symbols anywhere on the reels and the free spins game begins. Before it starts, you pick one of two options, and the choice is the whole character of the feature:
- 20 free spins with all medium symbols appearing as 1×2 stacked symbols
- 10 free spins with all medium symbols appearing as 1×3 stacked symbols
Stacked medium symbols pay exactly what their 1×1 versions pay; the stacking changes how much of the grid they cover, not what they’re worth. A 1×3 stack fills a whole reel with one symbol, which means every payline passing through that reel sees the same premium animal.
A 1×2 stack covers two rows instead, so a single stack can complete combinations on several lines at once without dominating the reel. On a 5×3 grid, that difference adds up across a round.
10 spins with full-height stacks concentrate the action: fewer rounds, but each one carries a better chance that bear or leopard stacks line up across adjacent reels and the steep top of the paytable comes into play.
20 spins with half-height stacks spread the same idea across twice as many rounds, with more room for the wild to bridge gaps between partial stacks.
Retriggers
The scatters stay live once the round is running. If three or more of them land again mid-feature, the game adds 5 more free spins on the same option and at the bet you originally selected
The bet controls are disabled during free spins, so the option you picked at the start is the one the round keeps. That applies to retriggers too: a 20-spin round that retriggers stays a 20-spin round, just a longer one.
Buy Feature
A buy button skips the scatter wait and takes you straight to the free spins round. The process runs in three steps:
- Click the buy button to open the purchase window.
- Set the bet you want to play the free spins round at; the buy price adjusts to match it.
- Confirm the purchase, and the free spins round begins immediately.
The option choice still matters on a bought round, exactly as it does on a triggered one. Picking the 10-spin route buys you full-height stacks from the first spin; picking 20 buys the longer, gentler shape. Whatever the round pays out afterwards is settled at the bet you set in the buy window.
Bought rounds retrigger on the same terms as triggered ones. Three or more scatters during play add another 5 spins at your original option, so a purchase isn’t locked to the spins it started with.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing Wolf Fang Eclipse is mostly a quiet wait under a very pretty sky, punctuated by one real decision: 10 spins with tall stacks or 20 with short ones. That choice is the reason to open it, because not many 5×3 games let you set the shape of your own bonus round before it begins.
The stacking is the best thing here. Full-height premium stacks hand several paylines to the same animal at once, which is the only realistic route to the top of that steep paytable, and the retrigger honours whichever shape you picked. The weakness is the RTP: 95.83% sits a shade under what most players now treat as the baseline, and nothing in the feature makes that back.
It’s a sound pick for anyone after a handsome, mid-weight game with one meaningful decision in it, and stacking fans in particular will get on with it. Anyone chasing varied features will find it thin. For slow spins beneath a burning eclipse, though, it does nicely.
Wolf Fang Eclipse FAQs
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What is the RTP of Wolf Fang Eclipse?
Wolf Fang Eclipse runs at an RTP of 95.83%. -
How many paylines does Wolf Fang Eclipse have?
The game is set to 30 fixed paylines, so every spin covers all 30 lines and wins pay left to right from the leftmost reel. -
What is the grid size of Wolf Fang Eclipse?
Wolf Fang Eclipse plays on a 5×3 grid of five reels and three rows. -
How does the free spins round in Wolf Fang Eclipse work?
Three or more scattered free spins symbols trigger the round. You then choose between 20 free spins where all medium symbols appear as 1×2 stacked symbols, or 10 free spins where they appear as 1×3 stacked symbols. Stacked symbols pay the same as their standard versions. -
Can free spins retrigger in Wolf Fang Eclipse?
Yes. If three or more scattered free spins symbols land during the round, the game adds five more free spins on the same option and at the bet you originally selected, and this can happen more than once. -
What does the wild symbol do in Wolf Fang Eclipse?
The wild counts as any symbol except the free spins scatter. Five wilds on a winning line pay 1,000x the line bet. -
Can you buy the bonus on Wolf Fang Eclipse?
Yes. The buy feature lets you purchase and immediately trigger a free spins round, and the price you pay scales with the bet you choose for it. -
Who makes Wolf Fang Eclipse?
Wolf Fang Eclipse is made by Spinomenal, and its release date is 25 October 2023.
