Savannah Legend

You could almost imagine an entire studio department in the middle of a meeting, walls lined with National Geographic posters, developers frantically leafing through safari magazines during their lunch break. And now, in February 2025, true to their passion for Africa’s great outdoors, they’ve taken us on a new wild adventure with the Savannah Legend slot machine.

But who are we to judge? After all, as long as the studio continues to surprise us with other innovative themes in parallel, we can well forgive them for their all-consuming passion for the Big Five. Especially as the result is as polished as ever, if a little generic. Before our eyes stretches a splendid savannah, where the golden grass contrasts with the blue sky, and mountains and solitary trees grace the background. A peaceful watering hole completes the setting like a magnificent African postcard, where we find the game grid inlaid in the rock right in front of us.

With its 5 reels and 4 rows of symbols, the Savannah Legend slot opts for a 1024-payline format. High volatility, an RTP of 96.50% and a winning potential of up to 10,000x the stake make up the game’s technical features, and we’ll be able to start playing amidst the wilds for a bet of between $0.10 and $250 per spin.

To get the highest payouts in the game, you must form combinations of at least five equal symbols on an active payline. This applies to both low-value and high-value symbols, with prizes varying depending on the type of symbol.

Low-value symbols include the classic card royals: 9, 10, J, Q, K and A. A combination of five of these symbols can offer prizes ranging from 1.5x to 2x the bet. The high-value symbols, on the other hand, are inspired by African wildlife and represent a pair of meerkats, a hyena, a zebra, a giraffe and a lion. For these premium symbols, getting a combination of five identical ones guarantees wins ranging from 2.5x to 5x the bet.

Wild symbols can include x2 or x3 multipliers, which combine to significantly increase winnings during free spins.

The Wild symbol, represented by a striking sunset with a tree in the center, appears on the middle reels and substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter. It can include a x2 or x3 multiplier, which increases winnings. If multiple Wilds are involved, the multipliers combine to further multiply prizes.

The Scatter, on the other hand, is depicted by a silver coin with an elephant imprint, pays up to x20 times the bet, and activates special features when it appears in sufficient numbers on the grid.

As special features, Wilds and Scatters will be very useful for unlocking Wild Multipliers and Free Spins with a progressive system of upgrading strong symbols.

Wild Multipliers

The Savannah Sunset is the Wild symbol that can substitute for all symbols except the Scatter. It appears on reels 2, 3 and 4. Wild symbols can carry with them a x2 or x3 multiplier that applies to all wins that cross them. If several Wilds contribute to the same winning combinations, the multipliers will multiply between them.

Free Spins

To trigger Free Spins, you’ll need to find 3, 4 or 5 Elephant Scatter symbols anywhere on the screen. Not only will you win an instant prize equivalent to 2x, 10x or 20x the stake, but you’ll also receive 8, 15 or 20 Free Spins respectively.

During the bonus, all Wild symbols that land on the grid and contribute to a win will necessarily receive a x2 or x3 multiplier that will apply to all wins that pass through them. If several Wilds contribute to the same winning combination, their multipliers multiply each other.

There’s also the presence of the Special Lion symbol, which can appear anywhere on the screen during the bonus. When a Special Lion appears, it is collected and then transformed into the strongest symbol on screen and on the reels:

• After 4 Special Lions are collected, all the giraffes on the reels turn into lions for the remainder of the bonus.
• After 7 Special Lions are collected, all the zebras on the reels turn into lions until the end of the bonus.
• After 13 Special Lions collected, all hyenas on the reels will turn into lions until the end of the bonus.
• After 15 Special Lions are collected, all meerkats on the reels will turn into lions for the remainder of the bonus.

If the 15th Special Lion is collected during the last Free Spin and there are no re-triggers granted by the Scatters during that spin, then an additional Free Spin is won.

Find 2, 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols during the bonus to re-trigger 5, 8, 15 or 20 Free Spins respectively.

Comparison between Savannah Legend and 3 other slots from Pragmatic Play

Buy Free Spins

At any time during the game, you can buy access to the bonus for 100x the stake to get 3, 4 or 5 random Scatter symbols on the grid.

A safari for up to 10,000x the stake

So, yes, Savannah Legend may offer the classic “Safari all-inclusive” menu, but Pragmatic Play has mastered this recipe to perfection. The winning potential, just like the RTP, is correct, the atmosphere is pleasant and the feature of upgrading the strong symbols as the bonus progresses is well thought-out, although it has been seen before. The advantage of upgrading strong symbols is twofold, since the more transformations of strong symbols into lions (the most lucrative) take place, the greater the chance of creating higher and higher winning combinations. The end of the bonus represents the best opportunity for you to win the 10,000x stake, so wait for this moment to occur before your eyes like a patient lion stalking its prey as the sun sets the savannah ablaze.