Introduction to Bounty Cove
Bounty Cove is a casino slot from Red Tiger Gaming. A bounty is a reward, treasure, or just something valuable, while a cove is a sheltered bay or coastal inlet. Coves are popular in pirate-themed pop culture, and this game is another contribution to that culture. When you start this tropical adventure, you may stumble over an abundance of treasures. The grid has 3 hidden rows that you can unlock by making consecutive wins during chain reactions, and there’s also a progress bar that unlocks features for you while you’re advancing in the adventure. Let’s have a look at how it all works.
Theme, Gameplay, and Payouts
Bounty Cove is a video slot from Red Tiger Gaming featuring 5 reels with 3 rows and 243 ways to win from the start of the game. However, you can unlock 3 extra rows, resulting in 7,776 ways to win. The Min.bet is 0.2, and the Max.bet is 20. The game’s default RTP is 96.07%, but you can also play versions of 95.09%, 93.15%, and 91.16%. Bounty Cove has high volatility, a max win of 20,000x the bet, and a hit frequency of 25.81%, which means that about every fourth spin is a winner, on average.
The game is set in a small cove at a pristine beach. Several treasure chests, full of jewelry, are scattered around in the shallow water, and the sea continues as long as the eye can see, with high green mountains to the sides. There are also some green plants on the cove’s rocks. The reels stand in the middle of the screen, showing 3 rows, hinting at 3 more rows that are covered by a net. To make a win, you need to land 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting on the first reel to the left. The game is available on mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers.
The lower-paying symbols in Bounty Cove are 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A. They pay between 0.25x and 0.3x the bet for a 6-of-a-kind win. The higher-paying symbols are hooks, anchors, compasses, guns, pirate hats, and pearls. They will give you between 0.35x and 12.5x the bet for wins of 6 symbols. The Wild Symbol substitutes all the mentioned symbols, but not the Scatter Symbol.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Bounty Cove?
You can win up to 20,000x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Bounty Cove?
The features are Chain Reaction, Grid Expand, Wild Symbol, Progress, Free Spins, Super Free Spins, Second Chance, and Feature Buy.
Chain Reaction
When symbols create a winning combination, they disappear from the reels and make way for new symbols that fall into the empty spaces. If you can create new winning combinations when the grid is refilled, those symbols will also be removed. A chain reaction continues as long as new wins keep appearing.
Grid Expand
There are 6 rows on each reel, but only the 3 bottom ones are visible at the start of a spin, and the 3 top ones are covered by a net. Every time you make a winning combination, you unlock one row upwards during a chain reaction, increasing the ways to win. The grid resets back to the original 3 active rows at the start of every spin.
Wild Symbol
The Wild Symbol substitutes for all regular-paying symbols to help complete winning combinations. It can appear on reel 3 until the final Progress stage, when it also appears on reel 4.
Progress
There’s a Progress Bar with a counter and 4 stages to the right of the reels. For every pearl symbol that appears, the counter moves a step. Collecting a preset number of pearls will get you a level up.
Stage 1 unlocks the Young Pirate, Stage 2 the Famous Pirate, and Stage 3 the Legendary Pirate. When reaching Stage 4, you unlock the highest level, and Free Spins scatters are added to the reels, which makes it possible to trigger the Free Spins and the Super Spins. The Second Chance feature is also activated.
Young Pirate
The Young Pirate Wild, identified by its brown hat, expands to cover all active rows on its reel. After contributing to a win, it remains on the reel until all 6 rows have been activated. When the Young Pirate Wild is part of a winning combination, it counts as multiple symbols.
Famous Pirate
The Famous Pirate Wild, recognized by its black hat, works like the Young Pirate Wild but also carries a random multiplier between x2 and x10. Any win that includes the Famous Pirate Wild receives its multiplier. If multiple multiplier Wilds are involved in the same win, they’re multiplied together.
Legendary Pirate
The Legendary Pirate Wild functions like the Famous Pirate Wild. However, once all six rows have been activated, it remains active for up to three winning spins before disappearing.
Free Spins
Free Spins Scatter Symbols are added to reels 1, 2, 5, and 6 after all Progress stages have been completed. Landing 3 of them on the same spin triggers 5 Free Spins, with a guarantee of landing at least one pirate on every spin. Landing 3 or 4 Scatters during the feature awards you 5 or 10 extra spins, and upgrades the feature to Super Free Spins.
Super Free Spins
You trigger the Super Free Spins by landing 4 Scatter Symbols in the base game. On every spin, you’re guaranteed to land at least two Pirates.
Second Chance
The Second Chance feature becomes available only after all Progress stages have been completed. It can trigger randomly on a spin that does not produce a win, immediately unlocking all 6 rows.
Feature Buy
For 30x the bet, you get a spin that guarantees to land an expanding Wild Pirate, and 250x the bet gives you 2 guaranteed pirates. You can also pay 100x the bet for the Free Spins or 600 the bet for the Super Free Spins.
Final Thoughts on Bounty Cove
Bounty Cove is a cheerful pirate adventure where the treasure doesn’t always come easy, but the journey is half the fun. The mix of expanding rows, chain reactions, and that ever-teasing progress bar keeps you engaged, like you’re slowly cracking open a chest that refuses to cooperate. There’s a great feeling of progress when you spin the 3-row reels, and they gradually expand to give you more symbols and ways to win.
The Wild Pirate Trio gives the game its personality. The pirates don’t just pop in and leave, but stick around, grow, multiply wins, and generally behave like they’ve had one quite a few mugs of rum. Add in the Free Spins and Super Free Spins, where pirates for once show up reliably, and you’ve got a really entertaining game.
However, the progress bar isn’t all good;; some players will not like having to advance through all four levels before the Free Spins even become available. With a max win of 20,000x the bet, it may be worth waiting for the Free Spins to unlock, though.
For other pirate-themed games, don’t miss NetEnt’s Pirates Party or Quickspin’s Pirate’s Charm.
Bounty Cove from Red Tiger Gaming is a lively slot that builds momentum and occasionally surprises.
