PG Soft’s Prosperity Lanterns: a 1,000x multiplier on a row filled with prize symbols
A rundown of PG Soft’s new release Prosperity Lanterns. On a 5×3 grid, 6 or more prize symbols trigger 3 bonus respins, and a row filled with prize symbols gets the right reel multiplier of up to 1,000x. RTP 96.77%, max win 10,000x.
Key takeaways
- On September 1, PG Soft released Prosperity Lanterns, themed around a lantern festival.
- On the 5×3 grid, 6 or more prize symbols start the bonus with 3 respins.
- During the bonus, the rightmost reel multiplier (up to 1,000x) is applied to a row filled with prize symbols.
- RTP is 96.77%, max win is 10,000x, and volatility is high.
Around the spring equinox, lanterns rise one by one into the sky over a fictional city called Yundeng. Beneath the indigo night sky, silhouettes of tiled roofs stretch along, and fireworks burst in the distance. This is the opening screen of Prosperity Lanterns, released by PG Soft on September 1.
PG Soft introduced this game as “an experience that honors sincerity, dreams and prosperity.” The theme is an Eastern festival, but the formula on the grid is quite calculated.
Lucky symbols on a 5×3 grid
The grid is 5 reels by 3 rows, which is modest for a PG Soft game. Against a backdrop of red and gold buildings, traditional lucky symbols such as gourds and gold ornaments appear alongside card suit symbols. Compared with the big grids and complex cascade structures PG Soft has released often lately, the starting point is simple.
PG Soft stressed that it put real effort into the animation and music. The opening screen, where lanterns slowly rise, sets the mood before the grid even appears. Once inside the grid, red pillars and golden eaves frame the screen.
The important symbol in this game is the prize symbol. In the base game it is the key that opens the bonus, and inside the bonus it is the win itself.
Each prize symbol has an amount written on it. In the base game the goal is to collect 6, but once you enter the bonus, those amounts turn into actual wins. The most frustrating spin is when the prize symbols stop at 5 in the base game.
6 prize symbols open the bonus
If 6 or more prize symbols land on a single base game spin, the bonus starts. The bonus has 3 respins. It is a Hold & Win style structure where you collect and build up the prize symbols on the grid.
PG Soft also set the bonus at 3 respins in its farm-themed release from a month earlier. Putting the two games side by side shows the difference.
| Category | <a href="/magazine/farmstead-fortune-pg-soft">Farmstead Fortune</a> | Prosperity Lanterns |
|---|---|---|
| Base grid | 5×5 | 5×3 |
| Bonus terms | 3 scatters | 6 or more prize symbols |
| Bonus respins | 3 spins | 3 spins |
| Multiplier cap | 100x | 1,000x |
| RTP | 96.76% | 96.77% |
The right reel multiplier applies to the entire row
The core of the bonus is the rightmost reel. A multiplier is attached to the right reel, and its cap is 1,000x. If any row is filled with prize symbols during the bonus, that row’s prize is multiplied by the right reel multiplier.
The math is simple, but the range of results is wide. Fill a single row and the right multiplier is applied as is, so the moment a row completes while the multiplier is high is the biggest moment in this game. On the other hand, if the row is not filled, the multiplier goes unused.
The bonus starts with 6 or more prize symbols already on the grid. A row has 5 positions. The contest is how many of the remaining positions you can fill within 3 respins. Because the number of respins is short, you find yourself watching the screen closely at the end of every spin.
By the numbers
Max win is 10,000x your bet and RTP is 96.77%. Volatility is high, and hit frequency is 34.01%, roughly one win in every three spins. The bet range is 0.2 to 100. The grid is small, but thanks to the 1,000x multiplier, the max win is on par with PG Soft’s top tier.
There is also a bonus buy option. In the free demo, however, purchasing is blocked, so in the demo you have to collect 6 prize symbols yourself to open the bonus. Just watching how many prize symbols land per spin in the base game shows you the game’s rhythm.
Festival themes are PG Soft’s home turf
Eastern festival themes are PG Soft’s home turf. Games aimed at the Asian market, such as Fortune Ox and Mahjong Ways, are counted among the company’s flagships. Prosperity Lanterns sits in that lineage, but with a far simpler grid structure.
The setting of the city Yundeng and the spring equinox is PG Soft’s own invention. Rather than transplanting a specific country’s holiday, it mixed familiar symbols such as lanterns, tiled roofs and gourds to create a festival atmosphere that works across several markets.
PG Soft ended its press release with the line “Release a lantern and make a wish.” You can see the right reel multiplier applied to a single row for yourself in the free demo.
Source: PG SOFT official news