Eastern Fury: Wild Reels That Fill From Right to Left and a 100x Multiplier
A rundown of Pragmatic Play’s new release Eastern Fury. An expanding wild with a 2x-100x multiplier lands on reel 5, and if there is no win, a respin spreads it to reels 4 and 3. In free spins, the wilds stay locked in place. RTP is 96.53% and max win is 10,000x.
Key takeaways
- Pragmatic Play released the 5×5 slot Eastern Fury on August 27.
- An expanding wild with a 2x-100x multiplier lands on reel 5, and if there is no win, a respin spreads it to reel 4 and then reel 3.
- 3 to 5 scatters give 10, 15, or 20 free spins, and wilds stay fixed throughout the bonus.
- If a Super Scatter is mixed in, the minimum wild multiplier rises to 10x.
Neon signs flash through a broken window. A gang member in pink sunglasses lights a cigarette. Eastern Fury, released on August 27, is set in the rough back alleys of a city where rival gangs fight for control. It has a crime noir mood that Pragmatic Play has not used in its recent new releases.
A wild that starts on reel 5
The grid is 5 reels by 5 rows with 15 paylines. In both the base game and the bonus, an expanding wild can land on the fifth reel. When it does, it covers the whole reel and carries one of two competing multipliers. The multiplier range is 2x to 100x.
If there is no win, it doesn’t end there. The wild stays in place and a respin is awarded. On the respin, more expanding wilds can land on the fourth reel and then the third. The structure spreads wilds from right to left until a win lands.
When three wild reels stack up from the right, most of the 15 paylines pass through a wild. You only need matching symbols on the two left reels to win, and each wild’s multiplier is added on top. Since the multiplier range is wide, from 2x to 100x, the same respin can end very differently depending on which wild lands.
The phrase “two competing multipliers” ties into the game’s setup. Two rival gangs fighting over the city each have their own wild. Depending on which gang’s wild lands, a different multiplier range applies. The exact multiplier distribution has not been disclosed, but on screen the two are distinguished by wilds of two different colors.
Wilds stick during free spins
3 scatters give 10 free spins, 4 give 15, and 5 give 20. Within the bonus, expanding wilds and their multipliers stay fixed until the end. Wilds land in right-to-left order, filling in from the fifth reel one after another.
Once about three fixed wild reels stack up, spins in the later part of the bonus win almost every time. What remains to watch is the multiplier. If the first wild to land has a low multiplier, you carry that multiplier through the whole bonus. The first wild largely decides how big this bonus will be.
The difference between the base game and the bonus is also clear. In the base game, when a win lands, the wild disappears and the board returns to the start. Respins continue only when there is no win. In the bonus, the wilds stay even after a win. The three wild reels you only glimpse in the base game keep stacking from start to finish in the bonus.
What the 5×5 board means
Eastern Fury uses a square 5×5 grid, which is an unusual shape in a Pragmatic Play lineup where 5×3 or 6×5 is common. With five rows, a single expanding wild covers five cells. A wild that would have covered only three cells on a 5×3 grid touches far more lines on this grid. All 15 paylines are built to pass through this wide wild.
It matters that the wilds start from the right. Line wins have to connect from the left, so when the right reels fill with wilds, you only need matching symbols on the first two or three reels on the left. If the wilds had started from the left, the first reel would have blocked things and the effect would have been weaker. The grid shape and wild direction are designed to work together.
Super free spins
If one of the scatters that opens the bonus is a Super Scatter, it becomes Super Free Spins. There is one difference: the minimum expanding wild multiplier rises to 10x. You no longer have to worry about a 2x wild showing up. In a fixed wild structure, a 10x minimum makes a noticeable difference.
By the numbers
| Category | Average frequency |
|---|---|
| Base game wins | 1 in 4.21 spins |
| Free spin entry | 1 in 289 spins |
| 1,000x or more | 1 in 36,844 spins |
| Up to 10,000x | 1 in 4,255,319 spins |
Max win is 10,000x, and volatility is high. A win of 1,000x or more comes about once every 37,000 spins, so big results show up fairly often relative to the cap. Bonus buy costs 100x and 500x, Super Spin costs 20x and 300x, and Ante Bet adds 5x. Bets range from 0.2 to 240, and the maximum payout limit is 2.4 million. RTP is 96.53%.
Super Spin 20x and 300x are special spins that cost more than a regular spin but make Super Scatters or high multipliers show up more often. Bonus buy 500x appears to be the option that goes straight to Super Free Spins. If you alternate between the regular and super buys in the demo, you can immediately feel how much the 10x minimum multiplier changes the whole bonus.
Same structure, different game
The way wilds start on the right reel and spread has a different feel from Helios – Triple Sun, released two weeks later, and from Fury of Anubis, released the same year. Eastern Fury has no tumbles and no pay anywhere, and builds tension with a single wild on a classic payline slot. With rules this simple, the moment the screen fills in toward the left is clear. You can check it with the free demo.
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