Miss Wildfire

Theme and Design

Fun Cartoon-Styling And Crazy Magic Theme In Miss Wildfire

Miss Wildfire has a typically off-beat design style for an ELK Studios slot. The setting is something like a scientist’s laboratory, though this one seems to be interested in wood rather than chemicals and test tubes! We don’t see the mad scientist himself but instead, personality is brought to this cartoon game by the star, Miss Wildfire and the peperoni-style log with huge grin and raised eyebrows, who has a key role to play throughout. It’s an odd-looking game with a weird mix of aesthetics – there are also some random premium symbols including a Philosopher’s Stone - but like all ELK games, it just seems to work.

A mention should also go out to the sounds team who have done a great job of bringing the reels to life with mad cries from the log as it sets on fire, and bonkers supernatural-style tune that builds and builds as you accumulate wins in the free spins round.

RTP and Variance

Miss Wildfire has an RTP of 96.1% which is about average for a UK slot and above average for an ELK Studios game, some of which sit in the 94% to 95% range. So, no complaints there. This is a medium variance slot so less volatile than most ELK games and a good entry point for casual slots players who want to experience what this creative studio has to offer.

Maximum Win

The top payout in Miss Wildfire is just 5,000x. That is much lower than big-paying slots from ELK like Avalon Gold (25,000x) or Dropz (25,000x) but it’s about what you would expect from a medium variance slot.

Symbols and Paytable

Miss Wildfire plays out on a 6 reel and 4 row reel set with 466 paylines which pay from left to right, starting at the left-most reel.

The paytable is a little bit different. At the very bottom we have a log symbol which pays at 0.1x, 0.2x, 0.3x or 0.5x for 3, 4, 5 or 6 on a line. These logs act as special symbols as well, transforming into wilds if they catch fire – more on that below – and triggering a level-up when enough are collected.

The rest of the paytable has both low payers and premiums. The low payers are the playing card symbols from 10 through to Ace that deliver between 0.2x for 3 10s and 1.2x the bet when 6 Aces. There are just 3 Premium symbols and they are depicted as a Wave within a pyramid, a Flower encased in a cube and the Philosopher’s Stone which deliver between 0.8x for 3 of the pyramids and 10x for 6 Philosopher’s Stones.

There is also a standard Wild, depicted with a burning W, which substitutes for all symbols bar the Scatter to help complete paylines with standard pay symbols. And a Bonus Scatter,  3 or which are required to unlock the free spins round. Neither of these have a pay value.

Features and Gameplay

Miss Wildfire is, as you might expect, heavy on Wild symbols and variations of them including Spreading Wilds. In testing I found that these features drop regularly and there is rarely a dead spin.

The Wildfire Feature – Spreading Wilds

First of all, look out for the log symbols, these are the lowest value but they have an extra power. If a Wild lands next to one then it will set it on fire, turning it into another wild. This can spread to surrounding reels, causing other logs to turn into Wilds too. I like this clever version of the popular spreading wilds feature from other slots. 

Miss Wildfire Walks With Re-Spins

This is a big one to look out for in the base game. It showed up 6 times over 200 spins for me. You start with a Miss Wildfire symbol anywhere on the reels. She acts like a standard wild but also triggers a re-spin. When the re-spin occurs, she moves one reel to the left each time until she falls off the left side of the reels.

You want the Miss Wildfire to land as far to the right as possible at the start to give you as many re-spins as possible. I landed a 35.4x win in this way.

Another nice part about this feature is that Bonus Scatters will remain locked in place for the duration of the re-spins, giving you an added chance of triggering the free spins round.

Super Miss Wildfire With Sticky Logs

This elusive feature never triggered over 200 spins in tests, but it looks powerful. The Super Miss Wildfire symbol has a sort of neon pink haircut. When she appears, you get re-spins but this time, unlit logs stick on the reels too, giving you more chance of turning them wild.

Free Spins Round With Level-Ups And Symbol Upgrades

The free spins round in Miss Wildfire comes in a progressive format which can go off in a big way if things fall right for you.

First, you need at least 3 Bonus Scatters to trigger it. Now, between 1 and 4 Miss Wildfires will appear on reel 6 for the first free spin. They are going to move one reel to the left with each spin, so you have 7 free spins at least.

The fun part is, any log that lands is collected in a meter to the right of the reels. And when you have collected your first 20, then you move a level up and another Miss Wildfire is added to reel 6, giving you 7 more spins. And with each level up, a low value symbol from the paytable is upgraded to a log. This gives you more chances of creating wilds through the Wildfire feature AND more chances of collecting enough logs to level-up again.

The tricky part is, the number of logs required to level-up each time increases. So, you need 20 logs to go to level 2, 40 to level 3, 60 to level 4, 80 to level 5 and 100 to level 6. At level 6 ALL low payers are now transformed into logs.