Beef Up the Bonus - What you need to know
Microgaming's Beef Up the Bonus, is played on a 5x3 grid and offers 20 paylines. This Western, animal-themed game, similar to Bull in a Rodeo, is packed with features, including a prize wheel, hold-and-win bonus, multipliers, and free spins, making it a well-rounded slot title.
Beef Up the Bonus Statistics
Grid Size: 5x3
Provider: Microgaming
Number of Winning Lines: 20
Slot Theme: Western/Animal
Main Bonus Round: Prize Wheel, Hold and Win Bonus, Multipliers and Free Spins
Free Spins?: Yes
Playing Beef Up the Bonus
How to Set Your Stake
To get started, you'll need to set your stake by clicking on the stack of coins button to the right-hand side of the reels.
How to Spin the Reels
When you've chosen your stake, it's time to get spinning. Simply click on the big round spin button underneath the coin stack button, and the reels will start turning. You'll need to land 3 or more matching symbols from left to right, starting from reel one on adjacent reels on one of the 20 paylines.
Bonus Rounds in Beef Up the Bonus
Link&Win Upgrade Trail
There are two types of Link&Win symbols - regular Coin symbols, which you can get in the base game, and Coin Wild symbols, which you can only get during free spins. Occasionally, you might get a Beef Up symbol landing on the regular pay symbol, and if they do, they'll be collected by the Link&Win Upgrade Trail, which has 3 different levels.
Link&Win Feature
You can trigger the Link&Win feature either by landing 6 or more Link&Win symbols or through the wheel feature - and between 6 and 14 Link&Win symbols will be randomly generated. The feature starts with 3 respins, and any other Link&Win symbols you get will be held in place. Every time a new symbol appears, your respin count will reset to 3. Every Link&Win symbol will come with a cash prize of up to 50x your bet, which you'll get at the end of the round.
If you collect 20 Beef Up symbols, you'll reach level 2 - and all blank positions have multipliers - up to a possible 70x.
Collecting 40 Beef Up symbols takes you to level 3 - where multipliers can reach up to 1,030x.
Free Spins
Landing 3, 4 or 5 scatters will award you with 10 free spins. If you land another 3 scatters, you'll be given an extra 3 free spins. The Coin wild symbols in this round will land stacked and move from reel to reel.
Prize Wheel Feature
If you land 3 prize wheel symbols (which can land on reels 1, 3 and 5), you'll activate the Wheel feature, where you can win free spins, trigger the Link&Win feature, or land one of five prizes:
- Mini - 5x
- Maxi - 10x
- Minor - 50x
- Major - 500x
- Mega - 5,000x
21.co.uk Review Of Beef Up the Bonus
If you're looking for a slot with a wide variety of features, Beef Up the Bonus offers plenty of potential options to trigger, including free spins, Link & Wins - and the Prize Wheel, with a max win of up to 5,000x.
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