Big Bass Xmas Xtreme is a greatest hits of features from the series, including special modifiers, progression trail and multipliers. Here is how it works:
Money Symbols
Fish symbol carry money values of 0.2x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 200x, 250x, 333x, 500x or 1,000x. Usually these only collect in the bonus round but in this case, like Amazon Xtreme, they are sometimes randomly collected after a base game spin.
And … when this happens a multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x or 50x may be applied to the win.
A cash collect with 4x multiplier in the base gameFree Spins With Modifiers and Re-Triggers
The Round Is Triggered By Scatters
That’s all well and good but the best stuff in Big Bass games is always in the free spins rounds. Here, you need to land 3 or more fish scatters on one base game spin to set the round up.
There is also a ‘Near Miss’ feature that means if you land 2 scatters but no 3rd there is an extra chance to get that 3rd or more. If the 2 visible scatters can nudge down one row and remain on their reels, they do so, before a re-spin ensues. This continues until a 3rd scatter lands or the 1 or both scatters drop off the reels. OR … a Narwhal (an Arctic whale) may appear and simply change one symbol into a scatter to complete the set of 3.
There Is A Pick Me Feature To Choose Modifiers
Before the round starts there is a Pick Me feature to select modifiers that are applied throughout the free spins round. You get to pick from presents under a tree and continue picking until you reveal a boot. If you triggered this part with 4 or 5 scatters then 1 or 2 modifiers are already revealed, giving you a head start.
These are your modifiers:
Free Spins – 1, 2 or 3 extra spins, with a maximum of 6 extra spins awarded via the Pick Me feature.
Guaranteed Fish – 1, 2 or 3 fish GUARANTEED to land on EVERY free spin.
Fisherman Wilds – Up to 3 fisherman wilds are added onto the progression meter at the top of the reels to give you a head start in progressing to the next level, more spins and a bigger progressive multiplier.
Remove Lowest Value Fish – the lowest value fish are removed up to 2 times from the game.
The Pick Me round to choose modifiersCash Collect and Progression Meter
Once it starts, the free spins round works as in every other Big Bass slot. You need to land fisherman wilds on any reel at the same time as money fish to trigger a collect. At the same time, your wilds are collected above the reels and each 4th one extends the round and increases a win multiplier like this:
- 4 Wilds – 10 more spins and 2x multiplier
- 8 Wilds – 10 more spins and 3x multiplier
- 12 Wilds – 10 more spins and 10x multiplier
- 16 Wilds – 10 more spins and 20x multiplier
- 20 Wilds – 10 more spins and 30x multiplier
- 24 Wilds – 10 more spins and 40x multiplier
- 28 Wilds – 10 more spins and 50x multiplier – there is no further multipliers or extra spins after this level
If you’ve played other Big Bass slots you’ll notice now that there is much more scope to increase the multiplier here and extend the round to as many as 80 free spins.
Finally, if you land wilds but no fish, the game may randomly switch money fish in to trigger a cash collect OR a waterfall may appear and randomly change all symbols except for the wilds to give you an extra chance of landing fish.
OR … if there are fish but no wilds then a hook may appear and randomly pull up a reel to reveal a fisherman wild.
OR … if there are no fish or wilds then a hook may appear and bring both onto the screen by pulling up a reel.
