Pirots 2 slot review

Pirots 2 slot: the sequel in short

The original Pirots introduced CollectR, ELK Studios’ system in which coloured birds travel around a grid collecting matching symbols instead of waiting for paylines. Pirots 2 keeps that core and changes almost everything around it. The collectables are now chunks of amber rather than gems, which gives the game a fossil-hunting feel, the starting board is bigger, and the toolbox of feature symbols grows from six to eight.

The headline maths stays put: 94% RTP and a 10,000x cap. What moves is the volatility, which is rated high rather than medium–high. In plain terms, ELK has kept the average return the same but spread it more unevenly, with more weight on bigger, rarer rounds.

Pirots 2 vs Pirots: what ELK changed

The bigger starting grid matters more than it looks. A 6x6 board has 36 positions against 25, so birds begin each spin with 44% more squares to work across, and the gap to the 8x8 maximum (64 positions) is smaller. Our guide on how slot sequels differ explains why studios often keep RTP fixed and shift volatility instead.

Amber symbols and the seven upgrade levels

Each bird collects amber of its own colour. Every collected piece pays according to its current level, and ELK says amber can be upgraded up to seven times, with each upgrade raising the payout. All collected amber, whatever its colour, adds to the feature meter.

Upgrades are what turn an ordinary round into a strong one. A piece of amber at its first level pays a small fraction of the stake; the same colour after several upgrades pays much more each time a bird collects it. Because the amber level carries into the bonus, upgrades early in a round also improve the bonus if it triggers. The paytable inside the game lists the exact value of each colour at each level, and our symbol upgrade entry explains the mechanic in general.

All eight Pirots 2 feature symbols

When the feature meter fills, three chests open with random feature symbols. These are the eight types ELK lists:

Popcorn and redrops: the two new tools

Popcorn

Once birds have collected amber, gaps appear on the grid. ELK describes popcorn as a symbol that, when collected, fills those empty positions so that a bird can cross each empty space once to reach more symbols. In practice it opens routes that would otherwise be closed, letting a bird reach amber of its colour on the far side of a gap.

Redrops

A redrop gives the board another drop, a fresh chance for birds to find matching amber within the same round. It works in a similar spirit to a respin: you are not charged again, and the help screen sets out exactly what is redropped.

All these features play out inside one paid round. UK rules still apply at least 2.5 seconds between the start of each paid spin, with no turbo or slam-stop.

How to play Pirots 2

1. Open the game information and check the RTP, the amber values at each level and the feature symbol list.
2. Choose a stake within the UK limit: £5 a spin at 25 and over, £2 at 18 to 24.
3. Spin. Amber fills the 6x6 grid and each bird collects pieces of its own colour.
4. Watch the feature meter; when it fills, three chests add feature symbols.
5. Use the board as it grows: expansions, upgrades and popcorn routes carry through the round.
6. Collect three bonus symbols in one round to start the bonus game.

The Pirots 2 bonus game and what carries over

Three bonus symbols collected during one round trigger the bonus game. ELK lists four things that carry over: grid size, feature meter progress, amber payout level and any additional bonus symbol collections. The last item is new compared with the original and rewards rounds that collect more than the minimum three.

The practical effect is that no two bonuses start equal. One that triggers on a fully expanded 8x8 board with upgraded amber has far more potential than one that starts on the basic 6x6 grid. That variation is a large part of why the game is rated high volatility. ELK does not describe the bonus as free spins, so read the in-game help for how the round runs at your casino. Our page on what a slot bonus round is gives background.

High volatility: planning a Pirots 2 session

High volatility means longer stretches of small returns between the rounds that build up and reach the bonus. The simplest way to plan is to work out how many spins a budget buys at different stakes and to choose one that gives the game room to play out.

The average cost of staking £75 is the same at every level, about £4.50, because it depends on the total staked. What changes is how likely you are to see the bonus at all: 300 spins at 25p gives far more chances than 37 spins at £2. Our high-volatility slot guide covers this in more detail, and our bankroll guide shows how to set limits.

Pirots 2 RTP and max win in pounds

The published RTP is 94%, so for every £100 staked the long-run average return is £94. A typical 96% slot would return £96 on the same amount, so Pirots 2 costs about 50% more to play on average. The max win is 10,000x: £1,000 at 10p, £2,500 at 25p, £20,000 at £2 and £50,000 at £5. Reaching it needs a bonus that starts big and keeps building, which very few rounds do. Read more about why RTP differs between sites.

UK version: no X-iter or Super Bonus

Outside Great Britain, ELK’s X-iter offers five paid modes, from a 3x-stake option with more than three times the usual bonus chance up to a 500x-stake Super Bonus with progressive sticky multipliers and instant-pay symbols. Feature buys are not offered to British players, so none of these modes, including the Super Bonus and its multipliers, appear in UK lobbies. There is no autoplay, and stake caps of £5 and £2 apply. Demo play is available after age verification. Our UK slot rules page has the full list.

Pirots 2 vs other grid slots

All four are high-volatility grid games, and the other three publish noticeably higher RTPs. Jammin’ Jars 2 has the highest cap of the group. What none of them has is the collector mechanic, which is the reason to choose Pirots 2. More games like these are on our cluster pays slots page.

Pirots 2 pros, cons and who it suits

Pirots 2 suits players who enjoyed the original and want a bigger board with more moving parts. If you liked Pirots but found its swings uncomfortable, the sequel’s higher volatility is a reason to stay with the first game.

Where to play Pirots 2

Search for Pirots 2 at a UKGC-licensed casino and check the RTP in the game information. Casumo offers new customers aged 18+ a 50% bonus up to £100 on a first deposit of at least £20, with the bonus wagered 10x within 7 days and a £5 maximum bet while it is active; opt-in, game and payment restrictions apply. Read more on our Casumo slots page.

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