Serengeti Kings

Lion Feature & Panther Feature

The game is all about the Lion and Panther features.

You start with the Lion feature and then the Panther. Both last for 12 spins, during which all Lion or Panther symbols are collected. On the last spin, the feature gets activated and all collected symbols get randomly placed on the reels. Symbol overlaps automatically create extra Wilds and multipliers (eg Lion + Panther = Wild, Lion + Lion = x2 Lion, Panther + Wild = x2 Wild, etc.).

No matter which of the two cat symbols you get, you’ll be better off either way as sooner or later they’ll be added to the reels. The good news is that they also appear stacked, so up to 20 of them can appear on a single spin.

The Wild is the highest-paying symbol at a max payout of 50x; the Lion and Panther both pay up to 5x, Hyena, Giraffe, Zebra and Meercats all pay 2x-3x at most. The royal symbols all have the same value of up to 1x each. So it’s very easy to keep track of everything.

👍 Tip: As usual with these types of features, changing your bet will reset the meters to the starting values, but it saves your progress so once you change back to that same bet you’ll continue from where you left off.

That said, relatively big, 35x wins are common in the base game, but you need more than that to break even in the long run, which is where the free spins come in.

Free Spins Bonus

Get 3 or more Scatters to trigger 12 freespins. The more Scatters you get, the more Lion or Panther symbols will be transferred over to the bonus games.

The bonus spins are no different from the base game, other than the fact that on the very last free spin both the Lion and Panther symbols are added onto the reels, so the payout potential is maximised.

Buy Free Spins Feature (Bonus Buy)

Players who get to play Serengeti Kings with the bonus buy will have 3 options to play the free spins right away.

You have the option to buy 3, 4 or 5 Scatters at once. The price for the cheapest feature buy is always 58.7x your bet, whereas the rest are priced depending on game progress, because both Lion and Panther symbols will go with that.

Time and again has the feature buy performed really well for me, which goes to show that a bit of risk can go a long way in this game. Unfortunately, players in the UK won’t be able to use it due to local regulation restrictions.

👍 Tip: RTP is the highest (96.7%) when you buy Free Spins with 4 or 5 Scatters using the optimal strategy. The optimal moments will be highlighted with flames on the Buy Free Spins pop-up. Based on personal experience though, I’d collect as many symbols as possible before a feature buy for the best possible start. Remember, there’s no guarantees.