Paylines
20 fixed paylines
The grid opens at five reels by three rows, but that's just the starting shape. Landing enough gold coin symbols expands the playfield downward, pushing it to a full five by eight. Those extra rows aren't cosmetic. The Ultra Hold and Win bonus rewards you for filling more of the grid, and an expanded grid means more positions to fill before the respins tick down to zero.
The base game runs on 20 fixed paylines with the usual suspects as premiums. Bison, wolf, eagle, cougar, and a couple of low-pay royals. The wolf pays nicely enough, but the real heavy lifting happens when the Wild Buffalo Herd stampedes in and scatters random wilds across the reels, which then complete line wins wherever they land.
Here's where it splits from the usual buffalo clone. Land three or more bonus symbols and you spin the Buffalo Bonus Wheel, which decides whether you enter Hold and Win or skip straight to one of the four fixed prizes. Those prizes sit at the top of the screen during every spin so you can't miss them: Grand 2000x, Major 250x, Minor 50x, Mini 20x. The Grand is capped at 2000x, which is honestly a bit stingy when the overall game can pay 5000x. You're better off chasing the full-grid scenario than hoping the wheel hands you the big one.
Inside the respins, every gold coin carries a value and sticks where it lands. Three respins refresh on each new landing, standard Hold and Win pacing. The Ultra Reel is the wrinkle worth knowing. Fill a full reel with coins and it upgrades, applying a multiplier (x2 through x25 by the looks of the meter) to every coin value stuck on that column. Chain a couple of upgraded reels together and that's where the 5000x ceiling actually becomes reachable.
Visually it's standard western fare. Red mesa cliffs, prairie grass, a sky that fades from blue to dusty orange behind the reel frame. The symbol art sits against jewel-toned tile backgrounds, each premium on its own colored stone, which gives the grid more life than the usual wood-panel saloon treatment. Wild west buffalo slots are a crowded shelf, so the Ultra Reel is really what earns this one its spot.