Hoot Loot Slot Review

How to play

Hoot Loot is a five-reel video slot with three rows in each reel. There is also the hoot line feature which provides an additional winning line. This game has 20 paylines that are fixed and you cannot change the amount in-play.

For the bet value, you can only change the total value using the arrow selectors in the bottom right-hand corner of the game. You can select a bet value from between 20 to 20,000 credits.

There is also an autoplay feature that can be configured in numerous ways. You can select the number of spins from 10 through to 100. Also, you can select loss limits, and to stop the spins if you gain a set value single win. This offers excellent control for those who just want to burn through their spins but not lose too much in the process.

Symbols and payouts

Hoot Loot has nine symbols in its basic paytable. These are all various creatures or plants found in the forest. We like the cartoon graphics of the characters. The symbols include a leaf, strawberries, mushrooms, a pawprint, a nest of eggs, a hedgehog, a fox, an elk, a bear, and an eagle.

The different fruits and plants are the lowest paying symbols, whilst the cartoon animals are the highest paying base symbols. For basic gameplay, only the highest win is paid on each line, and line wins are multiplied by the bet per line. Also, winning symbols must appear on adjacent reels starting from the left reel.

The lowest paying symbols are the mushrooms, strawberries, and leaves which give a payout multiplier of 5 for three matching symbols on a payline. Alternatively, the highest paying symbol is the eagle which gives a multiplier of 500 when landing five symbols on the reels.

There is also the Hoot Loot wild symbol which has the highest single payout in the game. This is the hoot loot logo and it substitutes for all other symbols except the hoo’s safe symbol. Also, the wild symbol can appear on any reel. The maximum payout multiplier for the wild symbol is a staggering 20,000 for five wild symbols. This is a huge win and can potentially be life-changing.

Aside from the basic symbols, there is also the Hoot Line Feature. This is an additional combination of symbols that is shown below the standard reels. Each spin, random symbols are allocated as hoot line symbol and have a blue border around them. If you get a line win of matching symbols on the hoot line, you earn a separate win with a multiplier of 22x.

Best Hoot Loot bonus feature

The bonus feature for this game is Hoo’s Safe Bonus. There are unfortunately no Hoot Loot free spins, but this bonus feature does give you the chance to win additional cash prizes. The Hoo’s Safe Bonus is activated if you get three safe symbols on reel one, three, and five.

Once the bonus round is activated you can then pick from one of three safe symbols. Behind each symbol, there is a random reward of between 5x to 25x your initiating bet value. The bonus round ends when there are no remaining safe symbols on the reels. Once the bonus round has ended, you are then awarded the additional winnings. 

RTP & Volatility

The Hoot Loot RTP is 95% which is decent and on par with the current accepted average of between 95-96%. It is classed as a medium volatility slot which means you can expect semi-frequent wins with some higher paying jackpots thrown in too for good measure.