Cygnus 6 Slot Review

About the Game

Cygnus 6 is a 6-column, 4-row slot from ELK Studios featuring drop symbols. The reels can expand to a maximum of 8 rows. The minimum bet is €0.20, and the maximum is €100.00. Each bet is worth €100.

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The X-iter feature offers several different game modes. All X-iter rounds played from 1 to 4 use the special constellation Cygnus instead of the four standard constellations. Cygnus consists of nine stars.

• Starfall: Get a multiplier from 2 to 10 on the obelisk and a constellation of 1, 2, 3, or 4 stars on the right obelisk for x500 of your selected bet. All collected stars in the constellation will be placed on the playing field as Mystery symbols. Guaranteed Cygnus Kingdom.
• Bonus: Guaranteed entry into the bonus game for x100 of your selected bet. When successfully activated, the Cygnus Kingdom features the constellation Cygnus.
• Cosmic Spins: Get a multiplier from the obelisk worth x50 of your chosen bet. The round is played with the maximum number of lines: 8.
• Mega Bonus Hunt: One hit with a 6x chance triggers the bonus game worth x5 of your chosen bet. Successfully activating the Cygnus Kingdom features the constellation Cygnus.
• Bonus Hunt: A single hit has a chance of activating the bonus game at a cost of 2.5x the selected bet. If the Cygnus Kingdom is successfully activated, it features the constellation Cygnus.

The X-iter feature can only be activated in the regular game. The minimum X-iter bet is €0.50, and the maximum is €50,000.00. The theoretical return to player (RTP) for all game modes using the X-iter feature is 94.0%.

How to play Cygnus 6

Payouts begin on the leftmost column and are paid from left to right only on adjacent columns. Gaps between columns are not counted. Only the longest line on each active payline is paid. An active payline is considered the longest winning combination of symbols. A game round at the selected bet level begins when the player presses the Spin button.

The game has three modes: regular, bonus with bonus Drops, and the Kingdom of Cygnus with Cygnus Drops.

At the start of the game, the following features are available: Starlight, Multiplier, Wild symbols, and Bonus symbols.

The game begins with the first constellation, a butterfly of three stars.

If the Starlight feature, the Cygnus Kingdom, or the bonus game are successfully activated, a new constellation appears on the board. This is also indicated by a one-step advancement on the right column.

The next stage is the second constellation, a hummingbird with five stars.
The next stage is the third constellation, a jaguar with seven stars.

The fourth constellation, a llama with nine stars, is the final stage. The system then returns to the first constellation. The number of unlocked constellations is retained at each bet level. They will also be retained if the bet level is changed.

• Multiplier

A multiplier symbol reaching the bottom of the field or the leftmost column increases the current multiplier by 1 and turns into a Wild symbol. The multiplier increases before the payout. The first multiplier symbol to reach the bottom or the leftmost column activates the current multiplier and resets the initial value. The currently active multiplier multiplies all wins. The currently active multiplier is reset before the start of a new round.

• Bonus Drops

A bonus symbol landing on the leftmost column triggers the bonus game. The bonus game can be retriggered.

• Star Charger

Each star in the constellation has three states: inactive, active, and spent. Each star starts in an inactive state. A star becomes active after the symbol before it becomes part of a winning combination. A star becomes spent after becoming part of the Starlight feature.

The Star Igniter symbol is activated when it reaches the bottom row of the game board. It activates one, two, or three stars in the constellation before transforming into a Wild symbol.

Wild

The Wild symbol substitutes for any payout symbol.

Max Win

The Max Win symbol, when it reaches the leftmost column, immediately pays out the amount needed to achieve the maximum win. A Max Win symbol landing in the bottom row of columns two through six is ​​removed and, if possible, replaced by the nearest left column. This replacement occurs at the end of the current Avalanche cycle and only once per cycle.

A Max Win symbol landing in the bottom row of columns two through six is ​​removed and, if possible, replaced by the nearest left column. This replacement occurs at the end of the current Avalanche cycle and only once per cycle.

Star Constellations

The Starlight feature is triggered when two or more stars in the current constellation are active at the end of an Avalanche B spin. When activated, it transforms all symbols along one or more lines of the constellation into a single payout symbol or Wild.

After activation, all active stars in the constellation are immediately deactivated and cannot be used to trigger the Starlight feature again in the current game round.

The multiplier, bonus, and Max Win symbols in the directions selected by the Starlight feature temporarily transform into the selected symbol. After a win is assessed, the feature symbols are returned. Before moving on to the Cygnus Realm, the game round continues until all wins or bonus Drops are exhausted. The Cygnus Realm is played on a 6 x 8 grid. The currently active multiplier is carried over to the Cygnus Realm.

Starlight

This mode features three symbol types: Mystery, premium Mystery symbols, and blockers. At the start of the Cygnus Kingdom, three Cygnus Drops are awarded, and all symbols before the constellation’s stars are transformed into Mystery symbols. Landing a premium Mystery symbol resets the drop counter to 3. During each Cygnus Drop, all blocker symbols are removed and replaced with other blocker, Mystery, or premium Mystery symbols.

Cygnus Realm

When Cygnus Drops ends, all Mystery and Premium Mystery symbols transform into a random payout symbol. The win is then assessed, after which the round ends. If both feature symbols are activated in the same drop, the Multiplier symbols trigger first, rather than the Star Igniter.

A bonus symbol landing in the bottom row of columns two through six is ​​removed and, if possible, replaced by the nearest leftmost column. This replacement occurs at the end of the current Avalanche cycle and only once per cycle.

A bonus symbol landing in the leftmost column activates the bonus mode with bonus Drops. Seven bonus Drops are awarded, and the currently active multiplier is carried over to the bonus game. The bonus game begins when winning combinations are exhausted.

A bonus symbol reaching the leftmost column during the bonus game reactivates the bonus mode with three additional bonus Drops.

Each new bonus Drop begins with a number of rows corresponding to the current safe level and the currently active multiplier. The active multiplier carries over into the bonus game.

The safe level starts at 4 rows and increases by 1 row at the end of each winning bonus Drop. The maximum safe level is 8 rows.

The bonus game ends when there are no bonus Drops left or when the maximum win is reached. You cannot change your bet once the round has started.

Paylines

All symbol drops in the normal mode in Cygnus 6 start with 4 rows and 4096 winning combinations, and also without an active multiplier.

All wins from the current symbol drop are added together, after which all symbols in the winning combination explode. The remaining symbols fall vertically, sliding left and then right until they reach a stable position. An additional row appears at the top, and new symbols fall into the vacated spaces. The Avalanche feature continues as long as new winning combinations appear.

Each new symbol appearance adds an additional row of symbols, up to 8 rows. The number of winning options increases as the number of rows increases.

• 4 rows: 4,096 winning combinations
• 5 rows: 15,625 winning combinations
• 6 rows: 46,656 winning combinations
• 7 rows: 117,649 winning combinations
• 8 rows: 262,144 winning combinations

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