Buried by Night

Slot Overview

Buried by Night is a Hacksaw Gaming video slot arranged over 5 reels and 4 rows, with 14 paylines active on each spin. The RTP is declared at 96.32%, putting it roughly where most online slots sit. Volatility is rated high, which means that results tend to come in uneven patches, with quiet stretches between the spins that return anything substantial. Staking runs from €0,10 at the lower end to €50,00 at the upper, a ceiling that keeps the game outside the reach of heavier play. The maximum payout is set at 15,000x the bet.

Slot Theme

Behind the reels lies a canyon at sunset, its sky moving through dark red, orange and yellow, with cacti dotted across the ground below. Movement comes from a cowboy character standing to one side of the grid. The symbols on the reels take the clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts and carve them into wood, and they share space with wooden wheels, bull skulls, cowboy hats, pistols and sheriff badges. Audio beneath it all complements the setting.

Slot Bonuses & Features

DuelRows: VS symbols land on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. A VS symbol that arrives stretches out horizontally across its row, and that expansion converts into a DuelRow provided it forms part of a winning combination. An expanded DuelRow functions as a Wild row, standing in for every symbol in the paytable. The reach of the expansion is set by the reel the VS symbol came down on:

• From reel 2, it covers reels 1 to 3.
• From reel 3, it covers reels 1 to 5.
• From reel 4, it covers reels 3 to 5.

1 DuelRow cannot expand across another.

The Duel: Each expansion starts a duel between 2 duelists, with a multiplier assigned to each of them on that DuelRow. Whichever duelist survives has their multiplier applied over the full row and to every win attached to it. Should 2 or more DuelRows feed into the same winning combination, their multipliers are summed before being applied. The values in play are 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x, and 100x.

Trigger Warning: 3 FS Scatters landing together in base play pay 10 Free Spins. Base game mechanics carry over into the round, with one change: VS symbols turn up more frequently. Further FS symbols landing together prolong the round, with 2 adding +2 Free Spins and 3 adding +4.

Shoot to Kill: 4 FS Scatters landing together pay 8 Free Spins. Base game mechanics again remain, joined by a progressive DuelSpin Bar sitting outside the grid. Each FS symbol that lands advances the bar by a step, and every 3 steps completed lifts it a Tier. A DuelSpin comes with each Tier, and the guaranteed package differs by level:

• Tier 1 brings at least 1 VS symbol, 3 Nudges and 2 Free Spins.
• Tier 2 brings at least 2 VS symbols, 4 Nudges and 2 Free Spins.
• Tier 3 brings at least 3 VS symbols, 5 Nudges and 2 Free Spins.
• Tier 4 brings at least 4 VS symbols, 6 Nudges and 2 Free Spins.

A Nudge shifts every reel down by 1 row at the same time, with wins settled after each Nudge before the following one goes ahead. DuelSpins arrive straight after the Free Spin that unlocked them, and they are not deducted from the Free Spin total. Where a single spin awards more than 1, they play out one after another before the next Free Spin opens.

Six Feet Under: 3 Hot 100 Scatters landing together pay 1 Free Spin. Across that single spin, Nudges keep firing without interruption until 100 wins have been paid, tracked on the Hot 100 Meter outside the grid. Nudges stop once the meter hits 100. FS symbols are absent from this bonus.

Bonus Buy: Four options are on offer, each running at very high volatility:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins, at 2x the bet, for odds on triggering a bonus game raised by 3x on every spin.
• Fast Hands FeatureSpins, at 60x the bet, for a guaranteed minimum of 1 VS symbol per spin.
• Trigger Warning, at 80x the bet, for direct feature access.
• Shoot to Kill, at 200x the bet, for direct feature access.

Conclusion

Buried by Night turns on the VS symbols: each one expands into a Wild DuelRow, and the duel that follows decides which multiplier, up to 100x, applies across that row. Several DuelRows in one win have their multipliers added together. 3 or 4 Scatters open Trigger Warning or Shoot to Kill with its four-Tier DuelSpin Bar, while 3 Hot 100 Scatters run a single spin of continuous Nudges. Four buy options cost 2x to 200x.