The gameplay in Honey Hunters is built around a clever progressive meter when extra features are unlocked along the way. This is how it works.
Honey Forge
You will notice that bee symbols carry little pots that are sometimes filled with honey when they land. If that is the case the honey is collected in a meter to the left of the reels. The meter holds 5 bonuses, each of which is unlocked in turn when enough honey is collected to activate its button.
When a feature is activated you need to click the button to claim it. This costs you 1x and all the honey currently saved for that feature is used up at this point.
The features available through the Honey Forge are:
- Spreading feature with a guaranteed wild and 1 to 4 spreading frames
- Free Spins
- Free Spins with Petal Paladin unlocked
- Free Spins with Nectar Nomad unlocked
- Free Spins with Cardinal Chief unlocked
Spreading Feature
When wilds land they may carry premium symbols within them. If this happens, then that premium symbol will be spread to a random number of positions on the grid.
Wheel Feature
This can open-up at random at any point in the base game when honey is collected. The wheel spins, and if it lands on a prize sector then a prize is awarded and a re-spin. You keep going until the wheel lands on a non-prize sector. Then all prizes collected are awarded and the feature ends.
The prize wheel will either award honey (with a max prize option that fills the meter entirely), coins with multiplier win values on them, or a spin with a guaranteed wild and spreading frames.
Free Spins Feature
Free spins can be unlocked through the Honey Forge OR by landing 3 or more of the BONUS symbols on a spin. You start with 4 spins and only ONE of the premium symbol types available on the reels, starting at the lowest value Stringer Steve.
However, by collecting honey you can unlock the next symbol up, and earn yourself an extra 4 spins.
And finally, landing a wild during free spins also earns you an extra spin and triggers spreading symbols which stick until enough honey is collected to upgrade to the next level.
