3 Big Barrels Elfin’ Rich

3 Big Barrels Elfin’ Rich Demo (Koala Games)

Above the reels of 3 Big Barrels Elfin’ Rich, three elves on plinths mark the upgrades that shape its Hold and Win.

Made by Koala Games for Christmas, it uses 25 fixed lines on a 5×3 grid, with a Santa WILD on reels 2 to 5 only that replaces any symbol bar the barrels. The line pays and barrel rules are those of 3 Big Barrels Buffalo and 3 Big Barrels Aztec.

How to Play

The Blue Elf’s Multipliers

The blue elf on the MULTI plinth stands for the Multiplier feature, which one or more blue barrels may bring into Hold and Win. Then, any respin can drop x2, x3, or x5 onto one or more random barrels. Stacked multipliers on one barrel multiply each other. All of them apply as the feature closes.

Barrels on Hold

Hold and Win can begin at random on a spin showing a barrel. Those barrels stay fixed while each other cell spins alone for 3 respins, and every new barrel holds and restores the count to 3. When the respins are used up or the grid is full, each barrel pays its value, and a full grid of 15 also awards the 1,000x Grand.

Red Elf, Green Elf

Red barrels may bring Double Reels, duplicating the triggering barrels onto a second set of reels that counts its respins and rolls its multipliers separately, and filling both sets awards the Grand twice. Green barrels may bring Extra Respins, lifting the count to 4 at the start and after each new barrel. Upgrades can combine on one spin.

3 Big Barrels Elfin’ Rich RTP

This Christmas build lists a 94.31% RTP against the 96.33% of Buffalo and Aztec, so the same rules return less over the long run, in theory. The buy price for Hold and Win is 75x the total bet, from the base game only, at a 94.32% RTP, and the option may be missing at some bet levels.

Line Pays

The columns give each symbol’s line pay for five, four, three, or two of a kind, shown with the barrel prizes as multiples of the total bet.