Butterfly StaxxTM

About Butterfly Staxx

The theme, of course, is what the name of the game conveys, namely butterflies. You get to journey to a tropical, alluring environment, where you will want to glimpse butterflies and blooms on the reels for decent payouts. Of course, you'll want the zany features for even more fantastic returns.

Game features

NetEnt is known for coming up with new gaming features. Although Butterfly Staxx may not have as many features as you might expect from a NetEnt slot, it doesn't disappoint. You're still going to get caught up in the features of this game, with butterflies that flutter on the reels and fly to new positions on the reels to give you more chances to win.

Otherwise, the game is quite classic in its design, with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 40 bet lines. The theoretical payout sits at 96.8%, which is okay. But if you like jackpots, then, there is no such thing in this game.

Your objective, however, should be to land the scatter symbols so that you can get Butterfly Spins activated. Even the feature that gives you Re-spins can lead to decent payouts if fortune is smiling upon you. The Butterfly Staxx slot machine, of course, can be enjoyed on your home computer or laptop, but it is also playable on your mobile phone, meaning you can sit in the summer sun and enjoy the butterflies of reality as they flock to the $ing flowers.

Random wilds

The wild symbol is a vibrant tropical flower that can appear in any place on the reels in both the main game and Re-spins mode. As is customary in NetEnt's games, it can stand in for all symbols, save for scattered ones. A butterfly free spin is a free spin mode elevated to a level slightly above the ordinary. When this mode of free spins is enacted, a scatter symbol cannot come into play. Why that is will be explained in much more detail later.

Re-spins

In Butterfly Staxx, just like in many other NetEnt slot machines, the Re-spins feature occurs. It is triggered when a stack of the shimmering butterflies, the Butterfly symbols, cover an entire reel. Then the game gets a really nice effect, because all the butterflies fly to the wheel as far to the left as possible, right next to a reel that does not have a Butterfly symbol on it. If there had already been a Butterfly symbol on one of the lines, the one that ended up in the same position would stay next to it, guaranteeing another Re-spin.

What makes it even better is that the butterflies hold their positions for the entire Re-spin mode, which only ends when no more Butterfly symbols are showing on the reels. If you're really lucky, you might even get several back-to-back Re-spin rounds before you get paid for your winnings.

Scatter symbols

Naturally, the game features a scatter symbol that, like the wild symbol, is a tropical flower. These scatter symbols are responsible for activating the special Butterfly Spins feature. This is no run-of-the-mill free spins feature, although it might appear to be just that when triggered and displaying the number of Butterfly Spins on the screen. You can get a maximum of 7 Butterfly Spins, which seems paltry when other games can hand out as many as 10 free spins and even more.

Here's how many free spins you can earn in Butterfly Staxx, based on the number of scatter symbols that land in view:

3 scatter symbols – 5 Butterfly Spins
4 scatter symbols – 6 Butterfly Spins
5 scatter symbols – 7 Butterfly Spins

Butterfly spins

Activating Butterfly Spins mode is when the fun truly begins. This is a kind of Free Spins mode, where you get free game rounds. What we meant by it being different from a regular free spins round is that only the Cocoon symbol appears on the reels in a first position. As we mentioned earlier, the wild symbol cannot land on the reels when this mode is activated. You also cannot get Re-spins during this feature, so the initial number of free spins you are promised is also what you get and after that you proceed to the main game and the round that activated Butterfly Spins.

The Cocoon symbol in the Butterfly Spins feature represents a cocoon, precisely as the name implies. It is drawn as a green cocoon matching the backdrop of a sunset. When the feature commences, the backdrop music toggles to something more upbeat, and the player is taken through a couple of game rounds that are all about cocoons and butterflies. The special thing about the Cocoon symbol, however, is that it can be either dormant or active. In its active state, it lights up and, in turn, releases the stunning Butterfly symbol.

Following this, the procedure is repeated almost identically to how it is performed during the Re-spins function. That is, the Butterfly symbol makes its way to the far-left position of the row in which it just ended up, landing on a square that is not already occupied by a butterfly. It will remain in its new position until the Butterfly Spins feature has run its course.

Golden Butterfly

We would like to add that the golden yellow butterfly in Butterfly Staxx is also the symbol with the highest payout value, which of course adds to The Butterfly Spins, as it becomes the only symbol besides The Cocoon symbol that appears. This allows you to get a payout of up to $480,000 during the Butterfly Spins round.

The flowers, the second most valuable symbols in the game, are equal in value whether they are pink, purple, or blue. The least valuable symbols are A, K, Q, and J, and they too are equal in whatever value they add to your payout. Of course, this is all clearly laid out in the slot's payout table, which you can read by clicking on the "i" in the lower left corner of the game.

With the game allowing a maximum bet of $4,000, wins can be really huge in Butterfly Staxx, despite the absence of a jackpot feature noted earlier. But what really draws us in when we play this slot is the lush, tropical visuals and the sight of the beautiful, fluttering butterflies.