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sky bounty slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

My two sisters are both devoted fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, although I must be honest and say that I didn’t entirely share their passion for Jack Sparrow and his shipmates. Pirate-themed slots, on the other hand – now that’s something that I can get behind wholeheartedly!  I had a blast reviewing GONG Gaming’s Pirate’s Quest, giggled at Captain Glum Pirate Hunter, and sighed with disappointment at Pragmatic Play’s own Pirate Golden Age. Whilst real-life pirates are a terrifying concept, the vision of them that we are sold in popular culture is typically fun, humorous, and entertaining – the trouble is, Sky Bounty isn’t any of those things. Whatever else might be good about this machine, the “pirate theme” is severely lacking… I guess I can stop it with the ridiculous lingo now then. Arrr.

And now the real question – does it matter? To answer that, let’s begin by exploring the game's paytable. The highest-paying symbols are the wild and crossed swords, both of which return up to 20x the total bet when a full pay line of six of a kind forms on the playfield. The cannons will pay you 12x the current stake for all six symbols, whilst the boat’s turning wheel and a bottle of rum is a little less valuable at 8x and 6x, respectively. That’s the lot as far as the high-paying symbols are concerned – the remainder of the paytable comprises seven low-paying gemstones, which seems a little unfair given that there are only four symbols in the high-paying group. The red, purple, and yellow stones share equal returns of 3x the total bet, whilst the orange, green, blue, and pink stones can only pay up to 2x each.

As for the betting range, the majority of Pragmatic Play’s machines allow players to take advantage of a fairly wide spread of potential wagers, but this game takes things further than most. The minimum/maximum limits have been set at €0.25 and €250.00 per spin when the game is in its default configuration, increasing slightly to €0.30 and €300.00 if you decide to play with the ante bet facility switched on.

base game & modifiers

The base game of Sky Bounty utilises a relatively huge reel set comprised of six columns and six rows. Most games that feature a grid of this size tend to use payways, scatter pays, or cluster pays rather than traditional paylines, which makes Pragmatic Play’s choice to use the latter somewhat unusual. 

This unusual combination of mechanics would typically cause a game to return a lot of dead spins, but the developer has done their best to avoid this by arranging symbols in large stacks on all six reels. Nevertheless, you’ll still need to catch three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the left to score yourself a win.

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sky bounty slot bonus features

Landing three or more bonus scatter symbols will activate the free spin bonus round, which always starts with six free spins regardless of the number of triggering symbols. There is a small cash premium for hitting more than three symbols, but it’s so tiny that it’s barely worth a mention – even a six-scatter trigger will only award you 4x the total bet.

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