
- The latest addition to the Cygnus series
- Stunning design with a huge play area
- Get more ways to win thanks to avalanches
Cygnus 5 is developed by Elk Studios and this addition to the series takes you back to Ancient Egypt with a stunning display and background. There’s a huge grid to play on which can get even bigger with avalanches, and plenty of other features too. To start you have 6 reels and 4 rows with 4,096 ways to win, so just look out for the base symbols from left to right.
Cygnus 5 Slot Bonuses and Features
Avalanche Feature. Winning symbols explode and are removed from the grid, allowing new symbols to drop down and fill the empty spaces. This can increase the number of rows up to 8, providing up to 262,144 ways to win. The avalanche continues as long as new winning combinations are formed.
Prism Symbol. When a prism symbol reaches the bottom of the grid, it activates and transforms all symbols along one or more lines into matching symbols or wilds. If a prism’s beam intersects with another prism, it triggers a chain reaction, converting additional symbols into the same type. Symbols at intersections become wilds. Feature symbols like multipliers and bonus symbols temporarily change during this process but revert after the win evaluation.
Multiplier Symbol. A multiplier symbol that reaches the bottom or the leftmost column increases the current active multiplier before transforming into a wild symbol. This enhanced multiplier applies to all subsequent wins in the ongoing round. Reaching the top of the multiplier pillar awards the maximum win of 50,000 times the bet. The multiplier resets before the start of a new game round.
Meteor Strike. The Meteor Strike feature triggers randomly after a drop or symbol refill, replacing a number of randomly selected payout symbols on the grid with feature symbols, such as prisms or multipliers.
Free Spins Bonus. A bonus symbol that reaches the leftmost column triggers the Free Spins Bonus, awarding 7 free drops. The current active multiplier carries over and remains persistent throughout the bonus game. Additional free drops can be retriggered if another bonus symbol reaches the leftmost column during the bonus mode. In the Super Bonus Game, a Meteor Strike is guaranteed on every free drop.
X-iter Features. Like most Elk Studio games, you get an X-iter feature, allowing you to buy certain features:
- Bonus Hunt: For 3 times the bet, this mode increases the chance of triggering the bonus or super bonus game by more than threefold.
- Meteors: For 10 times the bet, this mode guarantees a Meteor Strike on the first drop.
- Prisms: For 25 times the bet, this mode ensures at least two prism symbols on the next drop.
- Bonus Game: For 100 times the bet, this mode grants direct entry into the bonus game.
- Super Bonus Game: For 500 times the bet, this mode provides access to the super bonus game, with a guaranteed Meteor Strike in every free drop.
Conclusion
Cygnus 5 slot from Elk Studios is absolutely packed with features and offers lots of ways to win big, with a massive win potential up to 50,000x. It has the excellent visuals and animations you’d expect with multipliers, wilds and much more. If you like the others in the series you’ll certainly enjoy this one too, but as usual the RTP is low and it’s a very volatile game so won’t be for everyone. For other reviews on this series, check out Cygnus 4 slot here.