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Three scatters land, the screen cuts to a chamber of clay pots, and you’re picking pots to reveal modifiers, extra spins, guaranteed fish, already-collected wilds, stripped-out low values, until a boot ends the selection and sends you in loaded. That pre-feature setup is the detail that makes Big Bass Amazon Xtreme feel different. The familiar fishing formula is still here, but Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom have added a layer of preparation that changes how the bonus round begins, and occasionally how dramatically it pays.
The fish on the reels double as money symbols, each assigned a random cash value at the start of every spin. The possible range runs from 0.2x up to 1,000x total bet, covering 0.2x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 200x, 250x, 333x, 500x, and 1,000x. Those values sit dormant until a fisherman wild collects them during free spins. There’s also a random base game event where the values on screen are collected immediately with a multiplier of 1x to 50x applied. It doesn’t happen often, but it adds a small element of unpredictability to standard play.
When 2 scatters land without a third, the game can intervene in one of two ways. The scatters may shift down one position and trigger a respin on the remaining reels, potentially landing a third. Alternatively, a crocodile can appear and transform an existing symbol into a scatter. Neither event is guaranteed, but both give you a second look when you’re one short of the feature.
Triggering the free spins with 3 scatters takes you to a pick screen. Pots are revealed one at a time until a boot is found. The boot ends the pick phase and confirms which modifiers carry into your round. The available modifiers are:
Hitting 4 or 5 scatters on the trigger spin starts the pick phase with 1 or 2 boot items already revealed, shortening the selection.
The feature opens with 10 spins, plus any extras from the pick bonus. During free spins, the fisherman wild appears on all reels and collects every money symbol value visible on screen when he lands. Wilds accumulate throughout the round. Every 4th wild collected retriggers the feature with 10 more spins and advances the collection multiplier along the trail: 2x, 3x, 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x, 50x across eight levels. After the eighth level, no further retriggers are possible. The multiplier does not reset between spins within a level.
Several random events can also fire during free spins. A hook can pull reels upward to drag fisherman wilds and money symbols onto the screen. A waterfall animation can clear the board except for fisherman wilds already present. Money symbols can appear randomly at the end of a spin when a fisherman is present but no fish are showing.
Activating the Ante Bet increases your total stake by 50% and places more scatter symbols on the reels, raising the natural trigger frequency. While Ante Bet is active, the Buy Free Spins option is disabled. The RTP adjusts slightly to 96.06% under this setting.
Pay 100x the current total bet to trigger the free spins feature directly, with 3, 4, or 5 scatters landing randomly on the triggering spin. This is available when Ante Bet is not active. The RTP stays at 96.07% on the buy. Worth noting: Pragmatic Play offers this game at multiple RTP configurations and some operators run it below the standard 96.07%. The info panel confirms which version is active wherever you’re playing.
The scatter assist changes the feel of standard play on this fishing slot. Two scatters landing without a third doesn’t always mean nothing. The crocodile intervention or the shifting respin can keep a near-miss alive, and knowing that adjusts how you read a quiet spin. Outside the feature, the game plays at high volatility across 5 reels and 10 fixed paylines, with bets running from $0.10 to $375. Symbol wins pay left to right from the first reel, and the paytable values are modest. The real weight is in the free spins, specifically in what modifiers you carry in and how far the retrigger trail goes.
The Ante Bet and Buy Free Spins options sit on the left of the screen and can be toggled before any spin. They can’t both be active simultaneously, as Ante Bet disables the buy option while it runs.
The soundtrack leans into the tropical setting, upbeat and adventurous, with birdsong woven in behind the music. It fits the Amazon theme well without overplaying it.
At a $2.00 stake, symbol values are as follows. Payouts scale with your chosen bet.
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind | 2 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Float (top) | $400.00 | $40.00 | $10.00 | $1.00 |
| Toucan | $200.00 | $30.00 | $6.00 | n/a |
| Fishing Rod | $100.00 | $20.00 | $4.00 | n/a |
| Backpack | $100.00 | $20.00 | $4.00 | n/a |
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | $20.00 | $5.00 | $0.40 |
| K | $20.00 | $5.00 | $0.40 |
| Q | $10.00 | $2.00 | $0.40 |
| J | $10.00 | $2.00 | $0.40 |
| 10 | $10.00 | $2.00 | $0.40 |
The float is the only symbol that pays on 2-of-a-kind. All other premiums and low symbols require at least 3 to form a win. The fisherman wild substitutes for all symbols except the scatter, though he only appears during free spins.
Amazon Xtreme added the pre-feature pick bonus to the Big Bass formula, a format the series has since returned to repeatedly. The crocodile scatter assist adds something extra, whilst the 96.07% RTP is a step down from both Splash and Bonanza 1000, which holds it back from a higher rating. A solid mid-table entry in one of the most crowded genres in slots.
Big Bass Amazon Xtreme introduced the pre-feature pick bonus to the series, a mechanic that now appears in several later entries. Pick pots and collect whatever modifiers reveal themselves into a boot stops you, then head into free spins with something extra in your corner. Going in with two guaranteed fish on every spin is a different proposition than going in blind. Remove Lowest Fish changes the value distribution. Already Collected Wilds compresses the distance to the first retrigger. None of it is revolutionary, but it adds texture to a formula that, across fifteen-plus entries, has started to run thin.
The free spins themselves follow the established structure. Fisherman wilds collect money symbols. Every four wilds collected retriggers the round and pushes the multiplier up the trail. The trail here reaches 50x at the eighth level, though getting there requires sustained wild collection across a long run of retriggers. Our session hit three retriggers and the x4 multiplier level, finishing at $990 from a $2 stake. A subsequent bonus buy at $200 returned $232. One strong run and one quiet one, a sample of two doesn’t mean much, but the gap between them shows what high volatility actually looks like in practice.
Visually, it’s a strong setting. The Amazon backdrop has real depth to it, water moving, fish drifting across the reels, the fisherman dozing on his boat above and light shimmering behind the trees.
Think of it as the middle child. Big Bass Splash is the simpler, cleaner game with a better RTP (96.71% against Amazon Xtreme’s 96.07%), and players who just want the core formula without extras will find Splash the more satisfying experience over time. Big Bass Bonanza 1000 is the more powerful game at the other end: 20,000x cap, higher RTP again, and a feature structure that makes the 1,000x money symbol feel like a realistic outcome rather than a theoretical one. Amazon Xtreme sits between them. It adds more to the pre-feature experience than Splash ever did, but it can’t match what Bonanza 1000 does once the round is actually running.
What Amazon Xtreme did do was open the door for how the series handles bonuses now. The pick bonus format has since appeared in multiple later entries, which is as good a sign as any that it worked. As a standalone game, it’s genuinely enjoyable, particularly if a strong start to the pick phase sets up the round well. But if you’re new to the series and want to go straight to the best version of what this formula can do, Bonanza 1000 is still the answer.
The summary screen confirms your starting modifiers before the free spins round gets underway.
The final spins of our bonus round, with the retrigger trail showing modifiers collected and multiplier level reached.
