Miner Donkey Trouble Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Miner Donkey Trouble Review

The gold mining theme might be overused in the world of online slots, but that’s easy to forgive when you play Miner Donkey Trouble from Play’n Go. The rugged old prospector pairs up nicely with his grumpy donkey standing definitely on the other side of the reels, and you’ll get plenty of antics and assistance from both of them.

Lengthy cascades are most definitely possible here, and random wilds, symbols removal in 3 levels, mega symbols and a multiplier meter will keep you going in the base game. The math model is rock solid too, except for the customizable RTP ranges. Overall, this is a highly competent grid slot that makes the most of its chosen theme, with a dash of humor to boot.

Miner Donkey Trouble Slot Reel Screen

Miner Donkey Trouble Features

When you see a big shiny diamond with a golden “W” smack in the middle, know that you have encountered the game’s wild symbol. It does not hold any value of its own, but it will step in for all regular pay symbols to help you form winning combinations. Take a deep breath, cause things are about to get a lot more complex below.

Every win is followed by the Cascades/Avalanche feature, which removes winning clusters from the grid. A fresh batch drops down from above to fill the gaps, and the process repeats as long as you keep landing new winning clusters of 5+ matching symbols.

On the left-hand side you’ll see the prospector’s moody donkey, and a Donkey Destruction meter below. You have 3 tiers of destruction possible here, and each is triggered depending on how many winning symbols you have collected. It works as follows:

• Donkey Destruction tier 1 (18 winning symbols collected) – destroys all low value rock symbols in sight.
• Donkey Destruction tier 2 (40 winning symbols collected) – destroys all rock symbols, and also all high value gem symbols in sight.
• Donkey Destruction tier 3 (50 winning symbols collected) – destroys all symbols except Gold Nuggets, and you also get up to 5 extra Gold Nuggets added to the grid.

The Gold Nugget symbols have no value of their own, but they are collected when they reach the highlighted button row of the grid. Each nugget collected in the right-hand side meter will increase the multiplier with +1. The multiplier boosts any further cascading wins, but it will reset on the next paid spin.

The Prospector’s Pick-axe is another symbol that also comes with no value of its own. It will sometimes appear as part of a cascade, and the Miner will then collect it.

He waits patiently until the cascading sequence ends, and then he adds between 4 and 10 pick-axe wilds randomly to the grid.

A random Mega Symbol feature can also trigger on non-winning spins, or after a cascading sequence is finished. You will then get up to 2 rock, gem and/or wild symbols in the sizes of 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4.

Not only Pick-axe symbols can appear in cascades, but also the Dynamite scatter. They remove surrounding symbols when they explode, and if you land 3 of them in the same cascading sequence, you trigger the free spins bonus round.

You start with 5 free spins, but the feature can be retriggered up to 20 times. This means that you can get up to 100 free spins at the most, and the progressive multiplier will not reset between spins in the bonus round.

The 200 Spins Miner Donkey Trouble Experience

Our highlights video starts at the point when we ran into a lengthy cascading run, including several pick-axe wild triggers and donkey destructions to keep us going. We racked up the 3 necessary dynamite scatters also, and the bonus round plays out from 1:53 into the 6-minute video. You can see how much we got away with by hitting the play button.

Review Summary

Play’n Go knows how to create solid grid slots, that much has long since been established. Miner Donkey Trouble is no exception, and it beats most of their previous efforts when it comes to potential. The previous “standard” 5,000x max win seems to be a thing of the past for the popular swedish developer, and this alone makes this charming gold mining adventure worth checking out.

The design is flawlessly executed, and you’ll see some funny antics especially from the donkey on the left-hand side.

The features might sound a bit complicated when you read about them, but it all flows smoothly when you play. Cascades lead to random wilds, multipliers and symbols removal, which eventually picks up the 3 dynamite symbols you need to trigger the bonus round.

Pros

• Up to 10 randomly placed wilds
• 3-tiered symbols removal feature
• Collect gold nuggets to increase multiplier
• Bonus round where multiplier doesn’t reset
• Win up to 10,000x your stake

Cons

• Customizable RTP ranges

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