Gold Pile: Orangutan Slot Review

Gold Pile: Orangutan Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Gold Pile: Orangutan slot uses a 5 reel, 3 row, 20 payline machine. Create a winning combination by landing 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols or wilds from left to right on a payline, beginning from the leftmost reel.

Stakes here range from 10p to £500 per spin. The latter is available if you opt for the max bet with the Gold Meter set at 100% (I’ll look at this option in more detail below). Paytables amounts are show in cash rather than coins.

The Gold Pile: Orangutan RTP is 96.46% which is a better than average number. Medium variance, the bigger wins will come from the bonus features. The maximum win is 2,500 x your total stake.

Theme – Audio & Design Features – head on a jungle safari

Set against a dense jungle backdrop, the Gold Pile: Orangutan slot is based on Orangutan great ape which can be found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Created by RareStone for Playtech, it’s rather simple visually.

You’ll hear a gentle thrum of the jungle in the background while you spin alongside more generic bangs, bleeps and jingles which are commonly found in Playtech slots. It’s a bit of a strange mash up really.

The reels here are made up of colourful A to 9 royals and 5 wild animals. The top standard symbol is the elephant which pays 12 x your total stake if you land 5 on a payline.

The diamond is the wild. This substitutes for all the standard symbols when it makes up part of a winning combination. It also pays 80 x stake if you land 5 on a payline. Like the standard symbols, it has a gold equivalent which can land on reel 5 and bring the jackpot prizes into play. The Orangutan of the title is the game’s scatter.

The bright and colourful jungle design works nicely if you’re playing on a mobile, tablet or desktop device. The gameplay can take a little getting used to regardless of what type of devices you’re using though.

Gold Pile: Orangutan Bonus Features

The wild animal theme on offer in Gold Pile: Orangutan might be very familiar but the gameplay here offers something different. With 3 bonus features, central to the action are special gold symbols which can bring with them potential jackpots. There’s also a classic free spins bonus complete with jumping wilds.

Gold Pile feature

Each standard symbol has a gold equivalent that can land on reel 5 only. You can adjust the size of your stake to add to the Gold Meter which increases your chances of landing 1 of those gold symbols. Known as the Gold Pile feature, there are stake increments that alter the Gold Meter percentage to 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% or 100%.

These gold symbols come into their own when part of a 5-of-a-kind win. These can lead to 2 fixed jackpots or access to the Grand Chase feature:

• Mini or Maxi Jackpot: 5-of-a-kind win including a Gold symbol on reel 5 and at least 1 wild
• Mini Jackpot: 5-of-a-kind win combination made up of A, K, Q, J, 10 or 9. It’s worth 25 x stake.
• Maxi Jackpot: 5-of-a-kind win made up of 1 of the higher value animal symbols. It’s worth 75 x stake.
• Grand Chase feature: 5-of-a-kind win that includes a gold symbol on reel 5 and no wilds

Grand Chase feature

The Grand Chase feature is activated from the Gold Pile feature. Once triggered, you’ll receive 3 spins. 1 of the positions on reel 5 is highlighted. This reel contains only gold triggering symbols and special Grand symbols.

If you land the Grand symbol, you’ll win the Grand Jackpot which is worth 2,500 x stake. Land the Gold triggering symbol and you’ll win the Mini or Maxi prize depending on the value of the symbol. To remind you, the Mini, Maxi and Grand Jackpots are worth 25, 75 and 2,500 x your total stake respectively.

Free Games feature

Land 3, 4 or 5 orangutan scatter symbols anywhere on the reels on the same spin and you’ll win a payout equal to 2, 20 or 100 x your total stake. You’ll also activate the Free Games feature.

Your reward is 8 free spins. On each free spin, 2 wilds will be added to random positions on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4. These come in addition to wilds that land naturally.

Landing 2 or 3 scatters on the same spin will add another 4 or 8 free spins to your total, with no limits. It’s possible to trigger the Gold Pile and the Grand Chase features from within the free spins, just like in the base game.

Gold Pile: Orangutan Review Summary – familiar theme, unusual gameplay

The setting in the Gold Pile: Orangutan slot might be very familiar but the gameplay offers something a bit fresher. The free spins with wandering wilds are standard enough. It’s the Gold Pile feature and the jackpots it can deliver that is the unusual element here.

The biggest wins will come from the fixed jackpots with the Grand Jackpot paying 2,500 x your total stake. Saying that, you can only win 800 x stake from a screen full of wild symbols (the most valuable one).

If you like the wild animal theme and want to try a slot that offers something a little different, a trek with Gold Pile: Orangutan should appeal. Fancy slots with apes? Gorilla Kingdom from NetEnt and Forgotten Island Megaways by Microgaming are better alternatives.