Collapsing Mines, xBombs and Multipliers
During the base game, Fire in the Hole is all about the Collapsing Mine feature. This is triggered by either a win, or by explosions caused by xBomb Wilds or Wild Mining. One new row opens up, winning symbols are removed and new symbols drop in to replace them.
An xBomb triggering with progressive multiplier top rightIt’s a kind of combination of expanding reels and cascading wins. After each collapse, more wins may be created and the process repeats until no more wins are triggered.
If the collapse is caused by an xBomb Wild then when it explodes it also increases a win multiplier that appears above the reels. This multiplier remains throughout the collapse. xBomb Wilds are your friend here – they will trigger on any spins EXCEPT when a Wild Mining event occurs.
Wild Mining
This is a special feature triggered by landing 3, 4 or 5 identical symbols horizontally when there is NO win. These symbols come together to create a 1, 2 or 3 Wilds and cause ALL symbols above them to explode and trigger a new collapse.
Wild Mining Going Off!Lucky Wagon Free Spins
Those are the basics but things don’t really kick on until you unlock the free spins round, Lucky Wagon Spins. You will need at least THREE ‘S’ symbols to trigger this.
Now the game shifts – your reel set starts the round with 2, 3 or 4 rows depending on whether 3, 4 or 5 bonus symbols triggered the round. And you are looking for Coin symbols to land now, each with a multiplier value.
You start with THREE spins and get THREE more EVERY time another coin lands.
As well as these, your prizes can be improved by a set of enhancers that appear at the top or each reel:
- Coin Value – sets the value of all the coins that land on the reel beneath it.
- Multipliers – apply their multiplier to the value of all coins that land on the reel beneath it.
- Dynamite – Where blockers appear on the reel beneath, it explodes these to remove them so coins can drop in, multiplies coin values by its own count, activates chests appearing beneath it, or adds its count to coin values.
- Bags – collect up the value of all the coins on its reel and add them to the coin that triggered it
- Chest – adds up all reel values and clears all other positions except the dwarf symbol.
- Dwarf – collects total value of all coins on the reel and puts them onto the coin that triggered it.
There is also a Collect Chest event – when dynamite explodes, the value of all coins is collected in the chest that sits at the bottom of a reel on EVERY successive spin.
And if at the end of all that you land that 60,000x top win, it’s BEER TIME! You’ll know that because there will be loud ringing in your ears and the red-bearded dwarf will be chugging on a cold beer!
