Summary:
- Pragmatic Play releases Wolf Gold Ultimate slot
- Betting range from $/€0.25 – $/€250.00
- Max win of 5,000x
North American wildlife-themed slots are abundant in today’s gaming world, offering players a familiar journey into nature.
A significant force behind this genre’s popularity is Pragmatic Play’s “Wolf Gold” slot released in 2017, which combines wilderness motifs with a respin feature and free spins that unveil large symbols.
Following its success, Pragmatic Play has expanded Wolf Gold into Power Jackpot, Dice, and Scratch Card versions, now culminating in an upgraded edition known as “Wolf Gold Ultimate“.
The original game brought impressive visuals and immersive gameplay, but the 2024 Wolf Gold Ultimate version doesn’t veer far from the original graphics.
The new game lacks high-tech enhancements, a likely intentional choice by Pragmatic Play, as Wolf Gold Ultimate embraces a rustic, untamed aesthetic reflecting the classic American outdoors with scenic cliffs, rugged landscapes, and iconic animals like eagles, buffaloes, and wolves.
In the base game, players engage with a standard five-reel, three-row grid, and 25 paylines, collecting winnings for left-to-right matching combinations.
The slot operates on a medium volatility model and offers a high RTP of 96.57%. Players can place bets from $/€0.25 to $/€250 per spin, with the option to activate an ante bet for an additional 60% of the base bet, which increases the chances of triggering the Money Respins feature.
The lower-paying symbols are traditional card royals (J to A), rewarding up to 2x the bet for five-of-a-kind.
The higher-value symbols include cougars, horses, eagles, and buffaloes, offering payouts of 8x to 20x for a five-symbol win.
Wild symbols can land on any reel and substitute for other symbols except Money symbols, carrying the same payout as the buffalo symbol when making winning combinations.
Special Features
Wolf Gold Ultimate removes the original’s free spins feature with Giant symbols, shifting its focus entirely to the enhanced Money Respins round, which provides more dynamic rewards.
Money Symbol. These symbols can appear on any reel, displaying a multiplier between 0.4x and 15x, or one of the fixed Mini (20x), Minor (50x), Major (100x), or Grand (1,000x) prizes.
Money Respins. Players who land at least six Money symbols in the main game activate the Money Respins feature, played across three 5×3 grids and one 5×1 grid.
Initially, only one 5×3 grid is active. Players start with three respins, which reset to three each time a new Money symbol appears. Money symbols lock in place until the end of the feature.
To unlock additional grids, players must collect nine Money symbols to activate the second grid, 18 symbols to activate the third, and 32 symbols to unlock the final 5×1 grid. Special symbols on the 5×1 grid include Collect, Plus Cash (adding +3x to +15x value to Money symbols on the same reel), and Multipliers (x2, x3, x4, or x5 across all grids).
The feature ends when there are no respins left or all grid positions are filled. At the end of the round, all visible Money symbols pay out their accumulated values.
Feature Buy. Players can purchase the Money Respins feature for 80x the current bet, guaranteeing the appearance of six to eight Money symbols to start the bonus.
Overall, Wolf Gold Ultimate stays true to its predecessor while offering a refreshed hold-and-win mechanic, though without the Giant symbol free spins.
