Wolf Gold 4 Pack: Slot Overview
Hang around an online casino for any length of time, and there is a good chance that you’ll eventually bump into Pragmatic Play‘s slot Wolf Gold. Released in 2017, it’s one of those games that sorta sticks in the unconscious, either because similar features appear in other slots, or because Pragmatic Play has released it in different forms, such as Wolf Gold Ultimate, or maybe it simply has a winning personality. Whatever the reason may be, Pragmatic Play has added another edition to the lineup in the form of Wolf Gold 4 Pack, the 4 in this case hinting at some quad matrix action to come.
Wolf Gold is known for sun-swept rocky terrain somewhere in the northern parts of America, and Wolf Gold 4 Pack follows suit. It’s the sort of place where the moon rises full, wolves howl, eagles soar, nature is yet to be crushed underfoot, and civilisation feels a million miles away. Well, it would, if the screen wasn’t also covered in a feature buy button, five jackpot prizes, and a spinning prize wheel. Factor all that in, and Wolf Gold 4 Pack feels like classic gambling, but with a hint of wildlife thrown in to liven up the place.
In the base game, the action takes place on a single 5×3 reelset where there are 25 paylines evaluating winning combinations. From 25c to $/€250 may be wagered on each spin, in a highly volatile slot with a max RTP that clocks in at 96.51%.
Wolf Gold 4 Pack’s pay symbols are J-A card ranks, cougars, horses, eagles, and bison. Royal 5 OAK wins pay 2 times the bet, and picture symbol 5 OAKs pay 8 to 20 times the bet. The wolf is wild, so it substitutes for any regular paying symbol. It hits on all reels, and has the same value as the bison if making all wolf wins.
Wolf Gold 4 Pack: Slot Features
Moving onto Wolf Gold 4 Pack’s features, we find a bonus wheel, Moon symbols, Gold Moon symbols, instant prizes, a bonus round, a super bonus round, and a feature buy.
Bonus Wheel
A bonus wheel spins at the top of the screen, while scatter symbols are present on the leftmost, middle and rightmost reels. Hitting 3 scatters triggers the bonus wheel which spins to award either the bonus round, the super bonus round, a cash prize of the 10x Mini, 25x Midi, 100x Minor, 500x Major, or the 5,000x Grand prize.
Moon and Gold Moon Symbols
When the Moon symbol lands, it comes with a prizes of 1x to 5,000x the bet, while the Gold Moon hits with a value of 2x to 5,000x.
Bonus Round
The bonus round is triggered from the bonus wheel or by landing at least 5 Moon symbols. The feature begins with 3 respins and is played on up to four 5×3 reelsets that land only blanks, Moon or Gold Moon symbols. If Moon symbols triggered the feature, the triggering symbols start on the top left matrix. All Moon symbols remain in place till the end of the round.
The top two reelsets start unlocked, but hitting a Gold Moon symbol unlocks both of the bottom two reelsets. When the bottom reelsets are unlocked, the respins counter resets back to 3. Hitting a Moon symbol resets its corresponding reelset respin counter back to 3, while a landed Gold Moon resets all respin counters back to 3. The round ends when no respins are left or all unlocked reelsets are filled with Moon or Gold Moon symbols, then all values in view are paid. If a reelset is full, a 1,000x prize is paid.
Super Bonus Round
Hitting 6 Moon symbols or 5 Moon symbols and at least 1 Gold Moon symbol triggers the super bonus round, or it can be won from the bonus wheel. The rules are essentially the same as a regular bonus round, except the super bonus is played on four 5×3 reelsets from the start.
Feature Buy
Rather than wait for the bonus wheel to do its thing or land the requisite number of symbols, players can buy one spin on the bonus wheel by buying it for 100x the bet.
Wolf Gold 4 Pack: Slot Verdict
If you like Wolf Gold and quad matrix features, then the chances are good you’ll have a swell time with Wolf Gold 4 Pack. Those who are outside this exclusive club may find that a fondness for Wolf Gold 4 Pack is a lot less guaranteed to occur. The game has a dated faux-land-based look that you either love or hate, and which doesn’t seem to have moved on much since the original came out all those years ago. Although a link to the past is likely to be one of the game’s main selling points for prospective customers. As well as the take it or leave it presentation, the same can be said for the features.
For better or for worse, the free spins section from Wolf Gold hasn’t made the cut, so massive symbols and the x3 multiplier have been left out. This leaves the bonus wheel and the two hold ‘n win rounds as the principal ways of collecting bigger prizes. The bonus wheel’s a wheel; there isn’t much crazily special about it, nor is there much overly special about the bonus or super bonus round. Any special symbols (Collect, Plus Cash, Multiplier), aka Wolf Gold Ultimate‘s fourth grid, have been omitted, which leaves sitting back to watch Money symbols land and stick as about all there is to it. Gold Moon symbols unlock more matrices, for even more landing and sticking action, but unlike The Dog House Multihold, Wolf Gold 4 Pack’s feature has no real meaningful connection between grids to raise intrigue levels.
Filling a matrix with Moon/Gold Moon symbols would be pretty sweet, since the game grants 1,000x, and the overall win cap is a healthy 5,100x the bet. But as mentioned, unless you have a major enthrallment to all things Wolf Gold or feel compelled to try every single quad grid slot that gets released, there isn’t a lot about Wolf Gold 4 Pack which is going to hold much interest.
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