Butterfly Staxx Slot by NetEnt: Review

Slot machine game Butterfly Staxx by casino software developer NetEnt is packed with gorgeous graphics and a relaxing theme. Sink in to this magical game and enjoy the fluttering wings and gently swaying flowers.

Butterfly Staxx slot is a 5-reel, 4-row, 40-pay lines (fixed) video slot, featuring Free Spins, Wild substitutions, Stacked symbols and Butterfly Re-spins. Bet levels and coin values range from 1 – 10 and 0.01 – 2.00 allowing for bet sizes between $0.20 – $400. Maximum pay on a single pay line is 600 coins or $1,200. One new pay mechanism that Netent has introduced on this slot is the Butterfly Re-Spins feature which activates when a full stack of Butterfly symbols lands on any reel.

Symbols of Butterfly Staxx

Pay symbols of slot can appear stacked covering a number of positions on a reel. Low pays are J’s – A’s while medium slots symbols are a range of flowers in blue, purple and red colors and top symbol of slot is a golden butterfly. Wild symbol is a blossoming flower, substituting for all slots symbols except scatters. A flower arrangement with the word “Scatter” across it is the scatter symbol that can appear on any reel.

Butterfly Re-Spin Feature of Butterfly Staxx Slot

A full stack of Butterflies will activate the Re-Spin Feature, moving all Butterfly symbols to the leftmost position on the same row. Any further Butterfly symbols landing on the Re-Spin will move as well to the left until no further symbols land on the reels or the screen is complete with Butterfly symbols of slot. Our first few hundred test spins showed that the feature activated frequently with about 2/3’s ending in a win, while the reminder had no further butterflies added in the re-spin. The highest win we hit was roughly 54x bet, although the maximum is at 600x bet with a full screen of butterflies.

When no more symbols land visible on the reels during the Re-Spin, Re-Spins end and any bet line wins are paid out. Any Re-Spins wins are added to any wins from the initial spin. Butterfly Spins and Re-Spins cannot be activated simultaneously.

3 or more Scatter symbols appearing anywhere on the reels in the main game activate Butterfly Spins. During Butterfly Spins, only Cocoon symbols can land on the reels.

Cocoon symbols of slot can be dormant or active. Active Cocoon symbols landing visible on the reels turn into Butterfly slots symbols. All Butterfly symbols fly to the leftmost position on the same row not already occupied by a Butterfly symbol, all bet line wins are added to the total win, and the Butterfly symbols remain on the reels until the end of the Butterfly Spins.

Additional Butterfly Spins cannot be won during Butterfly Spins. Butterfly Spins are played at the same bet level and coin value as the round that activated Butterfly Spins. At the end of Butterfly Spins, any wins from Butterfly Spins are added to any wins from the round that activated Butterfly Spins. At the end of Butterfly Spins, the game returns to the round that activated Butterfly Spins.

Butterfly Staxx Slot's Free Spins

3, 4 or 5 Scatters landing on a spin anywhere on the reels will award 5, 6 or 7 Free Spins. During the Butterfly Free Spins only Cocoon symbols can land on the reels. Any active Cocoons will transform into Butterfly symbols which then fly to the leftmost position, just like in the Re-Spin feature, and will remain sticky until the end of the bonus round. Wins are paid on each spin that has at least two butterflies on a pay line.

Slot machine game, Butterfly Staxx, seems well-designed with decent graphics and animations as well as a relaxing soundtrack. The new pay mechanism is wonderful to watch and promises to have some surprise mega or even super mega wins in store when the reels are getting covered with butterflies during the feature.