Forest Spirit

Forest Spirit Overview

Forest Spirit is a Hold and Win slot from Booongo (3 Oaks Gaming), released on 14 August 2023. A white-bearded druid watches over a moonlit forest where wolves, bears and eagles roam, and the game plays on a classic 5x3 grid with 25 fixed paylines. SlotCatalog lists a 95.67% RTP and a betting range from 0.20 to 17 per spin. The studio does not publish a volatility rating for this title.

The Jackpot Ladder

Four fixed jackpots are shown on the left of the reels at all times. At the 10.00 stake we played, they read:

• Grand: 50,000.00 – 5,000x the bet
• Major: 1,000.00 – 100x
• Minor: 300.00 – 30x
• Mini: 150.00 – 15x

The bonus intro screen confirms the top prize in its own words: “Grand x5000”. That is the game’s headline number, and it is only reachable in the Hold and Win round.

Three Boosters Above the Reels

The most distinctive part of Forest Spirit sits above the grid: three carved wooden panels, each with a counter and an animal emblem.

• Extra Mult – the blue wolf
• Double Up – the red bear
• Ultra Spins – the green eagle

Each panel charges up as the game goes on, and a charged booster is carried into the next bonus round. In our round the bonus started with Extra Mult active: the wolf badge appeared next to the “Grand x5000” banner on the intro screen, and inside the bonus a glowing cell carried an x2 multiplier.

The Hold and Win Bonus

Coin symbols carry cash values, and enough of them on screen start the bonus game. The coins lock in place, the other positions spin again, and every new coin resets the respins. The panel at the top counts progress towards the Grand: our round reached 8/15 GRAND, so filling all fifteen positions is what pays the top jackpot.

The coins we saw ranged from 10.00 to 40.00 at the 10.00 stake – 1x to 4x the bet each: three coins of 30.00 across the top row, 30.00 and 20.00 in the middle, 10.00 and 20.00 lower down, and a flaming 40.00 coin. The Extra Mult cell with its x2 sat in the bottom-right corner, waiting for a coin to land on it.

What Our Spins Showed

We played the base game at a 10.00 stake (0.40 per line), and the win messages give a feel for how the paytable works:

• A stack of druids across the first two reels, joined by a satchel, paid 175.00 – 17.5x the bet, the best base-game win in our session.
• Three druids and a pair of mortars paid 77.50 (7.75x).
• Blueberry sprigs with a druid in the middle paid 25.00, and a combination of berries and a druid 15.00.
• A small line of Qs paid 2.50.

The druid is clearly the key symbol: he appears stacked on the reels, and every big win in our session was built around him.

How Our Bonus Round Ended

The screenshot of our round was taken at the very end: the respin counter on the right had run down to 0 and the top panel had switched to COMPLETE. Eight coins were locked on the board – which matches the 8/15 counter exactly – and their values add up to 210.00: four coins of 30.00, two of 20.00, one of 10.00 and the 40.00 coin. At the 10.00 stake that is 21x.

The x2 cell from Extra Mult stayed empty, so the booster did not pay off this time – had a coin landed on it, that coin’s value would have been doubled. It shows how the boosters work: they add potential, but the coins still have to land in the right places.

Where the Value Sits

The numbers from our session put the game’s balance into perspective. The best line win we saw was 17.5x, a modest bonus round paid 21x, and the Grand jackpot sits at 5,000x. The fixed jackpots scale with the stake, so the ladder always reads 15x, 30x, 100x and 5,000x whatever you bet. SlotCatalog files the energy panels under “symbols collection”, which is a good description: the base game is mostly about charging boosters for the next bonus.

Symbols

The high-paying symbols are nature’s gifts – a leather satchel, a mortar with herbs, a sprig of blueberries and a green potion bottle – with the druid at the top. A, K, Q and J make up the low end. Coin symbols with cash values (10.00 and 20.00 in our spins) appear in the base game too, dark until they are needed for the bonus.

Graphics and Setting

The base game is set in a teal-lit forest with twisted trees, and the reels glow with blue lightning whenever a win lands. The bonus game changes the mood completely: a violet night forest, a huge gnarled trunk and glowing standing stones, with gold coins stacked in a 5x3 frame.

Who It Is For

Forest Spirit is for players who like Hold and Win games with a little more strategy in the build-up. The three booster panels give the base game a sense of progress, the jackpots are clearly laid out, and the 5,000x Grand is a real target. The paytable on the lines is modest, so most of the value sits in the bonus.

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