Fire Hopper

Cluster Pays & Cascades

To put it into perspective, Fire Hopper is a 7×7 cluster pays slot, the first one with this configuration. The Jammin’ slots are 8×8, whereas Booty Bay and The Shadow Order are 5×5 each. The play is simple though, get 5 or more clusters to win. All winning symbols will implode and the new ones will cascade from the above. The maximum you can win for a combo of 20+ touching symbols is a 200x bet. There are 6 lily symbols, which make up the regular symbols, non-paying Firefly and Bonus symbols, and the star of the show, Leaping Frog.

Leaping Frog

Leaping Frog is a special wild symbol that can substitute for all other symbols. When it sees a Firefly symbol, it will leap to it and turn it into a Wild Gold Frog. Each time that happens, the Leaping Frog’s multiplier increases by +1, which will also be distributed to any additional Gold Frogs.

For example, if both the Leaping Frog and three Firefly symbols appear in a single drop, you’ll get a total of three wild symbols, one with no multiplier, one that has x2 and one with the x3 multiplier. Then there are the instant prize bubbles.

Instant Prizes

Instant prize coins are a recurring theme in Push Gaming slots and for a good reason –they add an element of surprise that can take epic proportions. Each instant coin can be valued up to 1,000x and will attract the leaping frog for a guaranteed win. And yes, any multiplier that comes with the frog will be applied in an instant! Such coin rewards can appear both in the base game and bonus.

Free Spins Bonus

To trigger 7 free games, you’ll need just a single Bonus Firefly symbol on the screen. The free spins will start after all remaining clusters and cascades are complete. It’s an important nuance because it will allow you to accumulate more multipliers that will be carried into the bonus game.

During free drops, the leaping frog will remain on the screen and the win multipliers won’t reset. Unlike Jammin’ Jars, where the special symbols don’t disappear, the golden frogs will cascade off on each spin. However, because the original multiplier is not reset, it will be applied to any new Wild that will be transformed from the lily pad. Also because of that, unfortunately, winning clusters won’t have an effect on the multipliers. See the bonus video above to see how this works.

From practice, I can tell that the feature triggers on average every few hundred spins. But, there is now one more way to claim bonuses in Push Gamin slots, including Fire Hopper.

Bonus Buy

If you feel like today is your lucky day then you can buy the free spins bonus for 124x your bet. Mind you, the feature buy is not available in the UK and that the probability of winning above that is slim given it’s a high variance slot. I recommend you try that feature in freeplay a few times to see how it performs or at the lowest best, which would cost 12.40 credits.

Fire Hopper is the second Push Gaming slot to offer Bonus Buy, so let’s see how the RTPs compare. Unlike Jammin’ Jars, buying the bonus will increase the overall RTP to 96.38% from 96.30%.

Fire Hopper Stats

Let’s throw in some official stats for you to compare as well. The probability for winning the maximum prize on any given spin:

• Jammin’ Jars – 1 in 7,252 (20,000x)
• Fire Hopper – 1 in 77,952 (50,000x)
• Jammin’ Jars 2 – 1 in 82,981 (50,000x).

There are also three different RTP versions of the game, depending on factors like where you live and where you decide to play this game.

• Fire Hopper – 96.30%, 95.39% and 88.51%
• Jammin’ Jars – 96.83%, 95.25% and 90.45%
• Jammin’ Jars 2 – 96.40%, 95.35% and 90.80%.