Jack and the Beanstalk Slot Review
Jack and the Beanstalk – is another legendary slot from NetEnt that was released in November of 2013. As might have guessed, this game is an adaptation of a famous English fairy tale. Will you be able to help Jack climb up the beanstalk and steal the treasure from the giant that lives in the castle up in the sky? If your answer is yes – please read our detailed description of this video slot so you are prepared for all the surprises of this game.
Jack and the Beanstalk by NetEnt Video Review
Jack and the Beanstalk Bonus Features
General Characteristics
The main part of the game happens on 5 reels, 20 lines, 3 rows and you can bet anywhere from 0.2EUR up to 100EUR. The Maximum Win Multiplier is x3000 and the Maximum Win Value is 300 000EUR if you bet 100EUR a spin. Payout is 96.3%. Volatility is High so be prepared to get huge wins and sometimes have no wins for a while. Hit Frequency is 34.43% which allows you to get a winning combination almost every third spin. Bonus / Freespins Frequency is 0.59%. Bet line wins pay if in succession from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel. The game is optimized for all popular platforms so you can play it even on your way to work.
There are 10 main symbols plus Wild Symbol, and Scatter Symbol. You have to get at least three symbols for the rest of them in a succession from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel in order to get a winning combination.
Symbols
Here is the list of paying symbols ranked from high-value to low-value: 1. Jack(the main character) 2. Two-headed giant 3. Goat 4. Axe 5. Watering can 6. Ace 7. King 8. Queen 9. Jack(the card) 10. Ten
Let us tell you about the Bonus Features of this game.
Free Spins
3 or more Scatter symbols activate 10 Free Spins. 3 or more Scatter symbols during Free Spins activate 5 additional Free Spins. Free Spins are played the bet as the round activating them.
Walking Wild
Whenever a wild symbol appears on the reels you'll get a free re-spin. During the second re-spin, the Wild symbol moves one reel to the left. You can get a re-spin again and again as long as a Wild symbol is on any of the reels.All wins involving Wild symbols come with a coin multiplier of x3. The Walking Wild feature is included in both the main game and free spins
Treasure Collection
Here are the features that are activated by the key found on reel 5 (only in Free Spins)
1. Stacked Money Bags. When three symbols are collected, the following Wild that appears on the reels either becomes stacked or changes to two money bag symbols. A wild symbol that takes up two or three spots on the reel is a stacked wild.
2. Stacked Golden Hens. Collecting six keys unlocks the wild symbol, turning it into a stack of three golden hens.. Depending on how the reel lands, Stacked Wilds may be displayed completely or partially. Re-spins are given when Stacked Wilds occur on the reels. The re-spin comes to an end when the Stacked Wild symbol hits the first reel to the left during the re-spin. There is no scatter symbol on Re-spins, meaning you can't receive more Free Spins.
3. Expanding Golden Harps. If you happen to collect 9 key symbols, the next wild symbol will show up as an expanding one with a harp symbol.
Jack and the Beanstalk Verdict
Even though this is a high-volatility game, we had no problems staying afloat during our first 200 spins. We set the bet amount to 1EUR and started 250 auto-spins. Striving to get those exciting Free Spins bonus rounds, we eventually realized the importance of Walking Wilds. It seemed like those wilds were given to us almost every spin, however, there were spins without any winnings. Thanks to them we got a win around 20x our bet and plenty of re-spins. The music changed drastically depending on the payout. Even without wilds, we were winning decent sums, but not big enough to call them “Big Wins”. After a while, our expectations were met and we caught 3 Scatters on the reels. Jack climbed up the beanstalk making us excited by the anticipation of how many keys we would collect in 10 Free Spins. The Walking Wilds came in handy again, if not for them, we wouldn’t be able to get 9 keys! This activated Expanding Golden Harps and paid us a generous x120 of our bet. Unfortunately, we couldn’t trigger another Free Spins bonus round in the next 100 spins or so. Nevertheless, we made a little bit of money and left the casino happy. We would definitely recommend this slot to you. Good luck and have fun!
