xWays Hoarder 2
xWays Hoarder 2 Stats
RTP & Maths
- RTP by Mode
- Main game 96.14% · xBet 96.06%
- RTP Versions
- 96.14% here · Other versions 94.06%, 92.04%, 84.01%
- Hit Frequency
- 21.5
- Max Win Probability
- 1 in 928,247 rounds
- Max Win Rule
- Per game round; a round reaching 25,920x the base bet closes out at that figure (“Wafer thin mint”)
Free Spins & Bonus
- Free Spins
- 3/4/5 Scatters = 7/10/13 Raid Spins; 3/4/5 Scatters with at least 1 Super Scatter = 7/10/13 Plunder Spins; Binge Spins at Radiation Level 4 · Retrigger: Any additional Scatter awards an extra spin; each Radiation level upgrade awards +1 spin
- Ante Bet
- 3x stake · xBet Nolimit Booster: 3x base bet makes the player 4 times more likely to trigger Freespins (RTP 96.06%)
- Multipliers
- xWays symbol size 2-12 (1 xWays = 2-4, 2 connected = 3-8, 3 connected = 4-12) in Raid/Plunder/Binge Spins and Loot Respin · xSplit Wild / xSplit Nudge split symbols to the left on the same row and double them; a symbol split more than once is displayed with a multiplier; xWays multipliers double for every split
Symbols & Pays
- Wild
- Substitutes for any other symbol except Scatter, for the highest possible winning combination · Any reel except reel 1
- Scatter Reels
- Any reel except reel 1 (game rules: the four middle reels)
- Ways Pays
- Top symbol 5x · Lowest 0.2x
xWays Hoarder 2 Demo Overview
Nolimit City’s 2021 wasteland slot returned 96.14%, and so does this one, to the decimal. What the sequel bought with that unchanged number is room above it. The original stopped at 11,030x; this board runs to 25,920x, and the extra distance comes from a single addition. xSplit arrives here in a second form, a stacked symbol that nudges into position, halts just short of whatever special symbol shares its row, then splits every symbol to its left and doubles it. Same six reels, same 729 ways, same 5x top character. Twice the room over them.
Slot Features
xWays on the Middle Reels
xWays lands on the four middle reels and reveals a random paying symbol, and if a second lands, both show the same one. Inside Loot Respin and the three spin modes, an xWays runs 2 to 12 positions deep, drawn by how many connect on one reel: a single xWays expands to 2 to 4, two connected to 3 to 8, three connected to 4 to 12.
xSplit Wilds
An xSplit Wild can land anywhere except reel 1. It splits every symbol to its left on its row and doubles it, and a symbol cut twice or more carries a multiplier. Loot is exempt. Split an xWays, and that xWays multiplier doubles with every pass. As a Wild, it completes any paying combination on the reels, the Access Key Scatter excepted.
Loot Respin
A Loot symbol landing alongside any special symbol in standard play starts Loot Respin. Loot expands over reel 1 and locks it, and every further special retriggers the respin and sticks for the next one. Once a spin brings nothing new, reel 1 unlocks and one last respin follows; a Loot symbol arriving on that freed reel begins the sequence again.
Raid and Plunder Spins
3, 4, or 5 Access Keys award 7, 10, or 13 Raid Spins. A Scatter that an xSplit cannot cut becomes a Super Scatter instead, and a trigger holding one of those runs as Plunder Spins over the same counts, turning the Super Scatter’s position and everything beneath it into sticky xSplit symbols. In both modes, an xWays, xSplit, or xSplit Nudge landing on a middle reel is locked in place to the end of the round, and each extra Scatter adds a spin.
Radiation Levels and Binge Spins
Every third special collected inside a mode raises the Radiation level and adds a spin. Level 1, at three collected, strips the weakest character and object from the reels, and levels 2, 3, and 4 at six, nine, and twelve take out the next three pairs. Level 4 is Binge Spins, where only the two best characters and the best object are left to land. A literal reading of an apocalypse theme, with the poorest symbols dying first.
xBet
The demo carries one Nolimit Booster. xBet is priced at 3x the stake, and with it running Raid and Plunder Spins show up at four times the usual rate. Pays ignore the surcharge, so the booster buys frequency and nothing else.
How to Play
xSplit Nudge
The stacked form of xSplit is what separates this game from the 2021 board. It arrives as a column, then nudges until it stops just before the nearest special symbol rather than travelling as far as it can. Every position it occupies splits the symbols to its left on that row and doubles them, so one landing can double a row two or three times over, and an xWays caught in the path doubles its own multiplier at each pass. Nolimit City gives plenty of its symbols two jobs like this, and AFK Airport Security is another of the studio’s demos here.
Bet Range and Return
Twenty cents is the smallest stake, and the grid climbs to €100 from there. Standard play runs at an RTP of 96.14%, the same figure the 2021 game carried, and weaker settings of this maths exist away from the demo. A round is capped at 25,920x, which the game files under the name Wafer thin mint, and anything that would run past that figure pays out at it instead.
Extreme is the studio’s own volatility grade for this one, and the Radiation ladder explains that better than the pay table does. Strip four characters and four objects off the reels, and the survivors pay far more often, so a long bonus behaves nothing like the spins that got you there. High is the top tier we grade to, and that is where it lands.
The Pay Table
Wins form on adjacent reels beginning at reel 1, and each way pays its best value once. Karen tops the sheet at 5x for six, the other five characters finish between 1.5x and 3x for a full six, and the five supplies all land under 1.25x, which leaves the splits and the xWays multipliers to do the rest. The Access Key and the special symbols pay nothing directly, and earn their keep through what they start.
| Symbol | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen | 1x | 2x | 3x | 5x |
| Cyborg | 0.75x | 1.5x | 2x | 3x |
| Hoodie man | 0.6x | 1.2x | 1.8x | 2.8x |
| Old man in a cap | 0.5x | 1x | 1.5x | 2.5x |
| Ginger soldier | 0.4x | 0.8x | 1.2x | 2x |
| Angry boy | 0.3x | 0.6x | 0.9x | 1.5x |
| Crisps | 0.25x | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1.2x |
| First-aid kit | 0.25x | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1.15x |
| Green canister | 0.2x | 0.4x | 0.6x | 1.1x |
| Blue bottle | 0.2x | 0.4x | 0.6x | 1.05x |
| Toilet paper | 0.2x | 0.4x | 0.6x | 1x |
Ultimate Slots Verdict
This sequel kept the original's return to the decimal and more than doubled its limit by teaching xSplit to nudge. The Radiation ladder carries the round, though the 729 ways board underneath it is unchanged from 2021 and pays accordingly.
✓ What We Like
- xSplit Nudge stacks, nudges, and doubles a row more than once, which is where the 25,920x limit comes from
- Radiation levels clear eight symbols out of a long mode, and Binge Spins leaves only the three best
- The same return as the 2021 original, to the decimal, with more than twice its cap
✗ What Could Be Better
- 729 ways and a 5x top character are inherited, so spins outside a mode pay in fractions
- Radiation level 4 wants twelve specials collected, which asks for a long round
- The demo carries a single booster, so xBet at 3x is the only lever on how often a mode starts
Detailed Review
Our Demo Experience
One addition carries this sequel. Giving xSplit a stacked form that nudges before it cuts is what lifts the family limit from 11,030x to 25,920x while the return stays exactly where it was, and almost everything else on this board came over from 2021.
The Radiation ladder is the better argument for the sequel. Twelve collected specials clear eight symbols off the reels, and Binge Spins leaves three, so a mode that keeps feeding itself changes shape while it runs instead of paying at one flat rate. Raid and Plunder Spins open on 7, 10, or 13 spins, and every level reached and every extra Access Key adds to that count.
What the sequel left alone is the part you spend most of your time in. Six reels of 729 ways, with a 5x top-character pay in fractions on their own, and the ladder only matters once a mode has run long enough to reach the fourth level, which requires twelve specials collected. Loot Respin softens that, locking reel 1 and holding specials while they keep landing, and it is the strongest thing outside a mode.
Against the rest of Nolimit City’s catalogue, this is a middleweight cap with an outsized bonus, and free play here is the way to watch how far the ladder climbs before a mode runs out of specials. Anyone who wants the studio’s stack of xMechanics without a six-figure limit is the target audience.
