Pragmatic Play · 2023
3 Buzzing Wilds is a high volatility 5x4 video slot from Pragmatic Play. This page shows how a round runs and what each symbol pays.
3 Buzzing Wilds numbers
Worried about the top win or the return? The figures below answer both before you spin.
| What it measures | Game number |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player (RTP) | 96.02% / 96.03% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid | 5x4 |
| Maximum win multiple | x5,000 |
| Maximum win in money | A$1,200,000 |
| Release date | 13/07/2023 |
A 5x4 grid, five reels wide and four rows high, carries the bee theme. The regular symbols are a beekeeper boy, a ladybug, a caterpillar, a butterfly, A, K and Q. Three matching symbols is the fewest that pay. WILD and the golden queen-bee SURROUNDING WILD drive the special features described below.
Six, eight or ten free spins make up the feature, depending on the variant you pick after the trigger. Random Wilds places wild symbols on random cells that stay and build up across the round. Expanding Wilds stretches each landed wild to fill its whole reel, and it stays on screen. The golden queen-bee portrait turns the cells around it into wilds.
Buzzing Wilds prizes
The payouts below are in money at the A$0.50 bet, and more symbols in a win pay more.
| Symbol | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ |
|---|---|---|---|
 WildWild | A$2.50 | A$7.50 | A$25 |
 Surrounding WildWild | A$2.50 | A$7.50 | A$25 |
 Honey beehive ScatterScatter | A$1 | A$5 | A$25 |
 Beekeeper boy | A$2.50 | A$7.50 | A$25 |
 Ladybug | A$1.25 | A$2.50 | A$10 |
 Caterpillar | A$1 | A$1.88 | A$7.50 |
 Butterfly | A$0.75 | A$1.50 | A$5 |
 A | A$0.50 | A$1 | A$2.50 |
 K | A$0.25 | A$0.62 | A$2 |
 Q | A$0.12 | A$0.25 | A$1.25 |
Feature just hit
After this, you will know how each Free Spins variant starts and what it adds.
10 free spins follow the Free Spins trigger. On every free spin, random WILD symbols can be added to random grid positions. Any WILD added this way stays sticky and accumulates spin by spin until the round ends. The sunflower field background is in play, and no retriggers occur.
Free Spins triggerSticky random WILDs
8 free spins follow the Free Spins trigger. Any WILD symbol that hits during the feature expands vertically to fill its whole reel. The expanded WILD stays sticky on screen until the round ends. No retriggers happen, and the sunflower field background plays too.
Variant choiceExpanded WILD reels
6 free spins follow the Free Spins trigger. Each SURROUNDING WILD, the golden queen-bee portrait, that hits places WILDs on up to 8 neighbouring cells, clipped by the grid edges. Every SURROUNDING WILD and the WILDs they create stay sticky until the round ends. This variant cannot be retriggered.
Free Spins triggerSurrounding WILD clusters
3 wild events can hit on random base-game spins, each lasting one spin. A Random Wilds event places WILD symbols in random positions. An Expanding Wilds event makes a landed WILD fill its reel. A Surrounding Wilds event lands the queen-bee SURROUNDING WILD and turns its neighbours into WILD.
Base game spinsOne-spin wild events
During free spins
This block shows a win and the free spins screens before you play.
100 times the bet is the price of Buy Free Spins, and the money at the A$2 example bet is in the table.
| Paid feature | Cost | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins | x100 · A$200 | – |
A$100 staked is the base for the return to player figure. Over time the game pays back its RTP share of that amount. The RTP version Neospin runs is shown in the game rules.
| Return level | RTP | Standard pick |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.03% | Available |
| Variant 2 | 96.02% | No |
Know what happens
This block settles the order of a round, from choosing a bet to setting a limit.
Pick a bet from A$0.20 up to A$240 before the first spin. The examples on this page use A$0.50, A$1 and A$2, and each spin costs the bet you set.
A win needs at least 3 matching symbols on the 5x4 grid. Random Wilds can add WILD symbols to random positions at each free spin.
Base-game spins can trigger a single-spin Expanding Wilds or Surrounding Wilds event. The queen-bee SURROUNDING WILD turns its neighbouring cells into WILD.
After the Free Spins trigger, you pick one of three variants. Random Wilds awards 10 free spins, and WILD symbols land in random positions on each spin.
Decide how much you will spend before the first spin, and stop when you reach that amount. Nobody can predict how a session will end, even with the same bet.
A 5x4 grid shows the symbols, not the odds of a bonus. How often the Free Spins round comes is not known in advance, and each spin is random. One session may bring a bonus, a big win or nothing, and no one can predict which. RTP is an average over a very large number of spins, so it does not decide any single session.
96.02 and 96.03 are the two RTP versions of 3 Buzzing Wilds. The game rules state which one Neospin runs, and that is the only place the version in play is shown. Check the rules screen in the game before you play, because the version can differ between sites that offer this slot.
x5,000 the bet is the top of what 3 Buzzing Wilds can pay. It is a ceiling reached very rarely, and no player can aim for it on purpose. Whatever the bet, the result of each spin stays random, so this ceiling is never a plan.
Demo mode
After reading, you will know whether to open the demo or the real game.
The demo needs no money and pays nothing. The real game needs a Neospin Casino account and players aged 18+.
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Decide how much you can afford to lose before the first spin, and stop when that amount is gone.
Set your stopping point before you start, and keep it after a win as well as after a loss.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play, and review them when you change your stake.
If the game stops being fun, take a break or self-exclude through BetStop. Stepping away at any point is your decision alone.
3 Buzzing Wilds guide
Neospin Casino shows the paytable and the rules before you place a bet.
Yes. Buy Free Spins costs A$200 on a A$2 bet, which is 100 times the bet. The price scales with your stake, so the cost is always 100 times whatever bet you set.
Two RTP versions exist: 96.02 and 96.03 percent. The figure is the average return on A$100 staked over a very large number of spins, not a promise for any single session.
Landing SCATTER symbols (the honey beehive) triggers the Free Spins feature. You then choose one of three variants, and none of them can be retriggered. The purchase option leads to the same choice.
High volatility means prizes can be large but the gaps between wins can be long. The maximum win is x5,000 your bet. No session can show in advance when those gaps end.
The lowest bet is A$0.20, so you can start small and raise the stake later. The paytable uses a stake of A$0.50, so you can read each symbol's payout before you bet.
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