Introduction to Fivefold the Gold
Fivefold the Gold is a casino slot from High Limit Studios. The game’s aim is to win some shiny gold in a bright, somewhat cartoon-like environment full of lucky symbols, beer pints, barrels and a large number of shiny prizes. It is a follow-up to Fourfold the Gold, and this sequel features the same leprechaun. There is a lot hidden behind the cheerful design, with a number of Lucky Levels being gradually unlocked that give you more ways of taking part in the bonus features. The more progress you make, the more tools are included, which makes the game much more interesting than its fairly simple look might imply.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Fivefold the Gold is a video slot from High Limit Studios with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 25 paylines. The Min.bet is 0.25, while the Max.bet is 40. It has an RTP of 96.01%, a hit frequency of 23.44%, and high volatility. The max win is 5,000x the bet, which is certainly enough to make those little pots of gold worth keeping an eye on.
Fivefold the Gold is bright, lively and fully committed to its colourful appearance. The reels are positioned in the centre of a background of purple and blue, resembling space with twinkling stars. To the left of the reels is a big pot of gold, and above it are the jackpots on display. Above the reels are four four-leaf clovers, each representing a different bonus game. You score wins by landing 3 or more matching symbols on one of the 25 paylines going left to right, starting on the leftmost reel. The game functions equally well on mobile phones and on tablets as it does on a desktop computer, so you can search for gold no matter where you are playing.
The lower-paying symbols in Fivefold the Gold are Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts, and Spades, which award between 2.4x and 3x the bet for five matching symbols. The higher-paying symbols are Pipes, Beer Pints, Horseshoes, and Barrels, paying between 3x and 8x for a 5-of-a-kind win. The Wild Symbol substitutes for the regular-paying symbols when making payline combinations, although it doesn't replace the various Scatter, Booster, Trigger, Prize or Mega symbols.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Fivefold the Gold?
You can win up to 5,000x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Fivefold the Gold?
The features are Wild Symbols, Lucky Levels, Express Collect Prize Symbols, Express Collect, Wheel Bonus, Wheel Bonus Prize Multipliers, Super Wheel Bonus, Multiplier Free Spins, Multiplier Free Spins Booster, Upgrade Free Spins, Upgrade Free Spins Booster, Sticky Free Spins, Sticky Free Spins Booster, Repeat Win Free Spins, Repeat Win Booster, and Random Mega Prize.
Wild Symbols
Wild Symbols take the place of the normal symbols when a winning combination is formed on a payline. However, there are a number of symbols that they cannot substitute for, such as the various Free Spins Scatters, the Boosters, the Prize symbols, the Mega symbol and the Trigger symbols.
Lucky Levels
The Lucky Levels are one of the primary features that cause the game to keep developing as you play. Fivefold the Gold slowly unlocks new ones as you carry out more base game spins.
Lucky Level 1 occurs after 10 spins in the base game, unlocking a Magic Hat that may show up randomly in the base game and lead to Multiplier Free Spins, which in turn add Wilds or Prize symbols to reels 2, 3 and 4.
The Lucky Level 2 becomes active after 30 spins of the base game and causes the Wheel Multiplier Booster to be introduced, which can boost some of the prizes from the Wheel Bonus.
The Lucky Level 3 occurs after 60 spins and enables the Upgrade Free Spins Scatter symbols to show on reels 2, 3 and 4.
To reach Lucky Level 4, you need to complete 110 base game spins, which will unlock the Sticky Free Spins Scatter symbols will then be unlocked.
To reach Lucky Level 5, it takes 170 spins, including the Repeat Win Free Spins Scatter symbol.
The Lucky Level 6 is triggered after 250 spins, at which point the Minimum Win feature becomes available for the various Free Spins options and ensures a prize of between 20x and 200x the bet according to the feature and the amount accumulated on the meter.
Lucky Level 7 doesn't appear until after 350 spins in the base game, and this upgrade transforms the Wheel Bonus into the Super Wheel Bonus, which includes jackpots and a number of Free Spins options on the wheel.
Express Collect Prize Symbols
Prize symbols may appear in the base game as well as in the Multiplier Free Spins and Sticky Free Spins. Split Prize symbols occur during Multiplier Free Spins, and Rising Prize symbols take place during Sticky Free Spins.
Express Collect
You can land trigger symbols on reels 1 and 5 in the base game, Multiplier Free Spins and Sticky Free Spins. If at least one trigger symbol and a prize symbol land on the same spin, the Express Collect feature is activated.
The feature sums all prize values shown and provides the total for each Trigger symbol that has landed. The symbols are worth between 0.8x and 200x the bet.
Wheel Bonus
Prize symbols which appear without a Trigger symbol have the possibility of randomly triggering the Wheel Bonus in the base game, letting you spin the wheel and see what ends up in your pot of gold. The payouts for the different prize types are: Mega (5,000x), Major (500x), Minor (50x), Maxi (10x), and Mini (5x). The Wheel Bonus is only available during the base game.
Wheel Bonus Prize Multipliers
When the Lucky Level 2 has been attained, the Wheel Multiplier Booster symbols begin to assign multipliers to the Minor, Maxi and Mini prizes. Each Booster increases one of these prizes by 1x. The Minor multiplier can reach 5x, the Maxi multiplier 8x, and the Mini multiplier 10x.
The multiplier will be applied the next time that specific prize is won. After a Wheel Bonus has ended with a prize being awarded, all three multipliers return to 1x, so there is no permanent treasure chest situated in the corner.
Super Wheel Bonus
Lucky Level 7 takes the standard Wheel Bonus and converts it into the Super Wheel Bonus. The existing rules and the prize multipliers stay the same, but the wheel is given a whole set of extra wedges.
The wedges are Multiplier Free Spins, Upgrade Free Spins, Sticky Free Spins, or Repeat Win Free Spins. Examples of the options are 10x Multiplier Free Spins with a minimum win of 200x, 25 Sticky Free Spins with a minimum win of 200x, and 50 Repeat Win Free Spins with a minimum win of 200x.
Multiplier Free Spins
You trigger the Multiplier Free Spins by landing 3 Scatter Symbols. The feature starts with 10 spins, and you can win 10 extra spins by landing 3 more Scatters. Split Prize symbols may appear at random during the feature. If one of them lands on a spin which includes one or two Trigger symbols, it will split into between two and six identical Prize symbols of the same value, and these will take the place of the other symbols on the reels.
There is also a Multiplier Free Spins meter, with a multiplier that can accumulate during the base game before it’s applied to the Express Collect features during Multiplier Free Spins.
Multiplier Free Spins Booster
In the base game, the Multiplier Free Spins Booster symbols can appear at random, and each one increases the Multiplier Free Spins meter by 0.5x. The highest multiplier varies according to your Lucky Level.
Upgrade Free Spins
The Free Spins upgrade becomes available at Lucky Level 3, and it’s triggered by landing 3 Scatter Symbols. The feature uses a special group of 18 positions, each of which spins independently. The upgrade symbols gradually improve the frames surrounding the positions. A normal landing will produce a Pink Frame, then a Green Frame, then a Gold Frame and finally a Rainbow Frame as more upgrade symbols land.
The acquisition of a +1 Spin symbol gives rise to an additional Free Spin, and Super Upgrade symbols can upgrade two or three frames simultaneously. When a position has reached Rainbow, any further upgrades are then assigned to positions which have not yet reached Rainbow.
At the end of the feature, the prize is shown in each frame. Frames that are pink give either 0.8x or 1.2x, green frames give either 2x or 4x, gold frames give either 6x or 8x, and rainbow frames can give any multiplier from 10x up to 500x or even the Mega prize of 5,000x the bet.
Upgrade Free Spins Booster
The Free Spins Booster has the possibility of appearing at random during the base game and causes the Upgrade Free Spins meter to increase by 1. The meter begins at 7 and can rise considerably as the Lucky Levels increase.
At level 7, the feature can have 25 Upgrade symbols, which means that the bonus can begin with a large number of positions. Additionally, from Lucky level 6, the feature also has a Minimum Win meter between 20x and 200x.
Sticky Free Spins
Starting from Lucky Level 4, Sticky Free Spins Scatter symbols become available, and it takes three of them to trigger the feature. The number of Free Spins is determined by the Sticky Free Spins meter.
The feature begins with empty positions, and each position rotates separately. On reels 1 and 5, the trigger symbols can appear in certain positions, while the Prize and Rising Prize symbols take up the other available positions. After a Prize or Rising Prize symbol has landed, it remains in that position for the rest of the spins.
The Prize symbols can have their values increased on each successive spin by a random amount of 0.4x, 0.8x, 1.2x, 2x or 4x, and Express Collect can also be activated during Sticky Free Spins, even though the feature cannot be retriggered.
Sticky Free Spins Booster
Each time the Sticky Free Spins Booster appears in the base game, it increases the Sticky Free Spins meter by one. The meter initially starts at 7 spins and can reach 25 at Lucky Level 7.
The Minimum Win feature is also triggered from Lucky Level 6. It starts at 20x and can reach 200x as the Sticky Free Spins meter fills.
Repeat Win Free Spins
Repeat Win Free Spins will be available from Lucky Level 5, and it takes 3 Scatter symbols to trigger the feature with 3 spins. If the Repeat Win symbol does not appear in those first three spins, then three more spins are added. Once the Repeat Win symbol lands, the prize value it has accumulated is paid out, and the spin counter is reset to 3.
Repeat Win Booster
Each time Repeat Win Booster symbols appear, they increase the Repeat Win meter by 5 times. The meter starts at 5x and can be raised to 50x at Lucky Level 7.
Random Mega Prize
During the base game, there is a chance that a Mega symbol will show on one of the positions of reel 5. If it does appear, it pays out the Mega prize at 5,000 x the bet. There's no need for a complicated meter, no collection sequence and no wheel to spin.
Final Thoughts on Fivefold the Gold
Fivefold the Gold is a slot machine with a straightforward initial impression, but on closer examination, you can see that a great deal is going on beneath the surface. The Lucky Levels give the game a feeling of progression since the various bonus features appear gradually rather than having all of them available from the very first spin. This aspect functions well, particularly when using the demo and seeing the different features come online. However, some players will find it annoying that you have to spin hundreds of times before all features are available.
Our biggest problem with the game is that it feels like we have already played it. Fivefold the Gold is the follow-up to Fourfold the Gold, and the two games are very similar. Indeed, the graphics, the symbols and the payouts are exactly the same. The reels look identical, too; the same set of cheerful gold-themed symbols is used, and the regular symbols pay in the same way. There is one difference, however: Fivefold the Gold has one additional Lucky Level, bringing the total number up to Lucky Level 7. But it’s far from enough to make the game feel fresh.
Fivefold the Gold seems less like an entirely new adventure and more like Fourfold the Gold going back to the casino with a slightly bigger hat. That's not at all a problem if you've already enjoyed the first game, and the feature package is undoubtedly large enough to keep the action going.
Fivefold the Gold from High Limit Studios is a decent high-volatility slot with plenty of bonus mechanics and a respectable 5,000x max win.
