Wild Cauldron — every tumble win adds another row

Wild Cauldron by Quickspin starts on a 4×6 grid with 4,096 ways and can expand to 8×6 with 262,144 ways. Quickspin labels it high volatility; the linked sheet supplies numerical reference RTP and a sampled maximum, distinguished below from an active operator profile or contractual cap.

Locking Symbol Tumble

A win locks its winning symbols at the bottom. Non-winning symbols disappear and replacements tumble into the open positions. Every continuing win adds one row, up to eight. The grid resets when the tumble sequence ends.

Win Multiplier

Each Wild landing during a tumble sequence raises the multiplier by 1, up to 7× for that spin. It resets after the sequence.

Free Spins

Four or more Scatters in one tumble sequence trigger the bonus. Six Scatters award the published maximum of 12 Free Spins. Two additional Scatters inside the feature add two spins.

Expanded Ways and the Win Multiplier persist between bonus spins, unlike their base-game reset behaviour. The source does not confirm New Zealand availability.

Verified structure

Quickspin confirms a starting 4×6 grid with 4,096 ways and a maximum 8×6 grid with 262,144 ways. The game is labelled high volatility. A winning combination starts Locking Symbol Tumble: winning symbols accumulate at the bottom, non-winning symbols are removed and replacements tumble in. Every continuing win adds one row until eight rows are active.

A Wild landing during the sequence raises the Win Multiplier by one, up to 7× for the spin. In base play, grid height and multiplier reset after the sequence. Four or more Scatters collected in one tumble sequence trigger Free Spins; six Scatters award the published maximum of twelve. During the bonus, two additional Scatters in one spin add two Free Spins, and both Expanded Ways and Win Multiplier persist between spins.

The short HTML overview omits numerical model fields and the complete Free Spins award table. Its linked sheet adds reference RTP, euro stakes and a sampled maximum. The missing four- and five-Scatter awards, active contractual cap and New Zealand operator access remain unconfirmed.

Why grid size and ways move together

The six-column width remains constant while the number of rows rises. Four symbols on each of six reels produce 4⁶, or 4,096, possible ways under the stated equal-height configuration. At eight rows, 8⁶ equals 262,144. These arithmetic checks explain the published endpoints; the active paytable remains the authority for how a winning way is formed.

Each winning tumble adds one row, not one row per winning combination. Record the height before and after the tumble rather than counting separate wins and assuming multiple expansions. The maximum is eight rows, so later wins at full height continue the sequence without expanding beyond the stated grid.

Locking Symbol Tumble step by step

Identify the winning symbols under the live ways rules. Those positions are retained and accumulated at the bottom. Remove the non-winning symbols, allow replacements to tumble into open positions and evaluate the refreshed board. If it wins, add one row and repeat. If no new winning combination forms, settle the sequence and reset the base state.

The phrase “accumulated at the bottom” distinguishes this mechanic from a standard cascade where all winning symbols disappear. A useful history map records the retained symbols by column and the newly falling symbols separately. Do not assume that every symbol of a matching type locks unless it participates in the qualifying win.

Win Multiplier ledger

Start each base sequence with the displayed initial multiplier. Every Wild that lands during the tumble sequence raises it by one, up to the published 7× ceiling for that spin. Record the multiplier before the tumble, number of newly landed Wilds and value after the update.

Avoid adding old Wilds again merely because they remain visible among locked symbols. The source refers to a Wild landing during the sequence. The live help should define timing when several Wilds arrive together and clarify how the multiplier applies to each win.

At the end of a base tumble chain, the multiplier resets. During Free Spins, the value persists between spins. This is the most important mode difference and should be explicit in any table or screenshot annotation.

Scatter collection and bonus entry

The trigger counts Scatters across one tumble sequence, not just the initial grid. Four or more enter Free Spins. The source states that six is the maximum Scatter count and awards twelve spins, but the readable text does not publish every intermediate starting award. Do not invent the values for four or five Scatters.

During Free Spins, two additional Scatters in a spin add two spins. Preserve the starting counter, subtract completed spins and add two only when the published condition occurs. Do not convert a single Scatter into half a retrigger.

Persistent bonus state

The bonus carries both current row count and Win Multiplier from one feature spin to the next. A round log therefore needs a starting and ending height plus a starting and ending multiplier for every spin. If a spin ends without a further tumble win, the feature state remains rather than dropping to 4×6 and its base value.

Persistence creates visible progress but does not guarantee that later spins will win. A maximum-height grid supplies more ways under the rule set, while the actual symbol outcome remains random. The 7× ceiling similarly does not promise another qualifying win to use it.

Example state ledger

Suppose a feature spin begins at six rows with a 3× multiplier. A first win locks symbols and the next tumble adds a row. One new Wild lands, moving the multiplier to 4×. A second win expands to eight rows and another Wild moves the value to 5×. When the sequence stops, the next Free Spin begins at eight rows and 5× under the persistence rule.

This is an illustration of state transitions, not a typical outcome or probability claim. Exact wins and multiplier application must be reconstructed from the live paytable and server history.

RTP and paytable verification

The abbreviated HTML overview omits numerical RTP; the linked sheet supplies the reference model below. Check deployed help for a matching identifier, RTP, stakes, winning-way direction, Wild rules, symbol values and multiplier application. Attribute active values to that version and date rather than calling the reference universal.

High volatility does not provide a personal forecast. The sheet reports a sampled maximum and rounded promotional potential, not an independently verified contractual cap. Keep the active exposure rule unresolved rather than deriving it from the top multiplier, ways count or simulation observation.

New Zealand scope

The global Quickspin page does not confirm a New Zealand casino offering Wild Cauldron. Verify the operator’s accepted-country terms and signed-in catalogue, then ensure the help panel names the same provider and version. A demo proves neither local eligibility nor payment support.

Do not bypass a regional restriction. Operator registration, KYC, currency, bonuses, deposits and withdrawals require separate first-party evidence.

Mobile and accessibility review

At maximum height, 48 cells must fit on a phone while locked symbols, newly falling symbols and Wilds remain distinguishable. The row count, ways count, multiplier and Free Spins counter should not overlap. Test with reduced motion and muted audio so every state update remains understandable.

After reconnection, verify grid height, retained-symbol map, multiplier, remaining spins, round ID and balance. A visual replay can restart, but the server settlement should remain consistent.

Support evidence

Save provider, title, version, time, stake, currency, balances and round ID. Add one image or state row per tumble with locked coordinates, row count, newly landed Wilds, multiplier and collected Scatters. In Free Spins, include the carry-over state before and after every spin.

Use authenticated support. Never disclose passwords, authentication codes, private keys or wallet seeds. Ask for the game log and version-specific rules when the client display cannot explain the settlement.

Responsible-play view

An expanding grid and persistent multiplier can encourage a progress narrative. Neither state is money by itself, and neither guarantees a later win. Do not increase stakes because a previous sequence reached seven rows or ended at a high multiplier.

Set fixed session and loss limits. Use a break or self-exclusion tools if the urge to rebuild a reset base state leads to chasing. Real-money play is 18+ where lawful and can lose the full stake.

Ways arithmetic at intermediate heights

If all six columns share the same height, five rows would provide 5⁶, or 15,625, ways; six rows provide 46,656; and seven rows provide 117,649. These calculations follow the published equal-height expansion from four to eight rows. They are useful checks on the interface, not promises about winning combinations.

The game page describes adding a row to the grid, so all columns expand together. This differs from titles where each reel has an independent height. An article image should not depict a staggered six-column board unless the deployed rules show one.

Locked-symbol accounting

The locked set grows at the bottom after a win. Note the number of locked positions per column and which symbol types form the qualifying combination. When non-winning symbols disappear, they are not part of the carried state even if they match a symbol elsewhere.

On the next tumble, determine whether the new arrangement creates a winning combination under the ways rule. If so, update the bottom collection and height. If not, the base sequence ends. This board-first method prevents the row counter from being advanced merely because the animation continued.

Free Spins award gaps

The primary page gives the entry threshold of four Scatters and explicitly states that six Scatters award twelve spins. It does not publish the four- and five-Scatter starting awards in the readable text. A useful guide should name that limitation instead of filling a neat table with assumed steps.

If the live help supplies the missing awards, record them with version and date. Do not treat a value observed at one casino as universal without matching configuration evidence.

Bonus counter example

Suppose a feature shows eight remaining spins before a round. One spin completes, leaving seven. If exactly two Scatters land under the published retrigger rule, add two and expect nine. A single Scatter produces no stated addition in the public copy.

The example is arithmetic only. It does not assert that eight is a starting award or that a retrigger is likely. Keep examples visually separated from verified product values.

Multiplier application questions

Quickspin states that each Wild increases the Win Multiplier by one and caps it at seven for a single spin, with bonus persistence. The detailed help should state whether the updated value applies immediately to the win on which the Wild lands, only to later tumbles, or to an accumulated sequence amount.

That order cannot be safely invented. During an audit, record the multiplier shown before symbol evaluation, after the Wild lands and beside the settled win. Ask support for the server calculation when those displays conflict.

Interface hierarchy

The grid should receive most of the visual space, followed by the multiplier and row/ways indicators. The Free Spins counter must be persistent but should not cover the expanding rows. On small screens, collapsed rules need a direct route back to the detailed paytable.

Avoid presenting the 262,144 ways figure as a promotional guarantee. Its useful purpose is to show how grid expansion changes the number of possible symbol paths.

Comparison with ordinary cascades

In many cascade games, winning symbols disappear. Here, winning symbols lock and non-winning symbols are replaced. That reversal changes what a reader should watch: the retained bottom collection is the core state, not just the newly falling symbols.

The row and multiplier also develop in parallel. A sequence can expand without receiving a new Wild, or receive a Wild during an already expanded state. Tracking the two meters independently avoids assuming they always rise together.

Questions a complete live help should answer

The game sheet should define the winning-way direction, minimum matching count, treatment of locked symbols, Wild substitution, initial multiplier, when a new Wild changes that multiplier, and the amount to which it applies. It should also list starting Free Spins for each permitted Scatter count and the active RTP.

If one of these is missing, do not reverse-engineer it from a short demo. Ask the operator for the configuration document and keep the field unavailable until it can be attributed.

State recovery after interruption

For base play, save the paid round ID, current height, locked bottom collection, multiplier and last completed tumble. For Free Spins, add remaining spins, persistent height and carry-over multiplier. After reconnecting, compare all fields before pressing another control.

If the game resumes at the beginning of an animation, wait for the server result. A repeated visual sequence is not necessarily a repeated wager. The balance ledger determines whether an extra debit occurred.

Short answers

What is the starting grid? Four rows by six columns.

What is the maximum grid? Eight rows by six columns.

How many ways are available at full expansion? 262,144.

What is the maximum per-spin multiplier? 7×.

What triggers Free Spins? Four or more Scatters in one tumble sequence.

Is New Zealand availability confirmed? No.

Official source

• Quickspin: Wild Cauldron
• Linked Wild Cauldron technical sheet

A row increase is not a matching-symbol payment

Consider a hypothetical bonus ledger starting at five rows across six columns, with a displayed multiplier of 6×. Its equal-height position product is 5⁶ = 15,625, and thirty positions are active. Suppose a qualifying winning tumble adds the next row while four genuinely new Wilds arrive. The six-row board has thirty-six active positions and 6⁶ = 46,656 potential ways. The provisional multiplier calculation 6 + 4 = 10 is clipped to the published 7× ceiling, not reported as 10×.

Those changes describe different stocks. Position count rises by six, or 20%; the product rises by 31,031, about 198.6%. Neither percentage is a change in win probability, RTP or credited money. Six new positions do not mean six multiplier steps; only the recognised new Wild arrivals drive that ledger. Conversely, several new Wilds do not create several new rows from one winning tumble.

Illustrative snapshot	Rows	Active cells	Potential ways	Multiplier
Before accepted winning tumble	5	30	15,625	6×
After one added row and four new Wilds	6	36	46,656	Capped at 7×
Next bonus spin, no further growth assumed	6	36	46,656	Persistent 7×

The middle row assumes the history actually confirms that winning tumble and those new arrivals. It does not prescribe which Wild positions are possible, their probability or when the updated multiplier enters settlement. Save the locked winning set separately from the newly falling symbols, then use the actual paytable to resolve awards.

For example, if the live calculation explicitly reports a pre-multiplier award of 2B and applies the new 7× to it, its credit is 14B. If the help instead applies a multiplier at a different stage, that calculation cannot be transplanted into the earlier event. The hypothetical 2B is not a published symbol prize. No amount follows just from seeing 46,656 ways on screen.

When this illustrative chain ends in Free Spins, the six-row height and 7× value persist into the next feature spin. Ending an otherwise identical base chain would reset those states according to the base rules. Keep the counterfactual modes separate: an attractive carry-over screen is not proof that the base game stores progression for the next paid round.

Does clipping four Wild arrivals discard their identities?

No. Preserve all four new symbol IDs in the event map even though the multiplier only advances from 6× to 7×. The cap changes the numerical result, not the number of arrivals recorded for support. Do not recount those same IDs if the locked set remains visible on a later tumble.

Reference model: contributions versus conditional returns

The linked single-page supplier sheet identifies wildcauldron, volatility 5 on its one-to-five scale, reference euro bets €0.10–€100 and a €1 default. These are a model reference, not a statement about current account eligibility, accepted currency or an operator’s permitted maximum wager.

Its RTP panel separates base play at 10.19 percentage points, base feature at 60.06 and Free Spins at 25.84. The arithmetic is 10.19 + 60.06 + 25.84 = 96.09%, matching the printed total. The 60.06 contribution does not mean that 60.06% of spins enter a tumble feature, nor that each feature pays back 60.06% of its originating stake. Trigger probabilities and conditional feature returns are different measurements.

The maximum row reports 21,199.5 times bet within a one-hundred-billion-spin sample; the promotional text rounds its description to potential up to 21,000 times bet. Preserve those different labels. Do not replace the sample with a universal 21,199.5B contractual ceiling or infer a frequency for that observed largest outcome. A current exposure claim needs compatible active rules.

Full height does not end every other update

Suppose a different hypothetical bonus spin starts at eight rows and a 3× multiplier. A new accepted winning tumble remains at eight rows because the height cap has already been reached. Two newly landed Wilds could move the multiplier to 5× under its separate update rule. The position total stays forty-eight and the potential product stays 8⁶ = 262,144: neither becomes nine rows or 9⁶ simply because another win occurred.

The locked-symbol map can still change while those two geometry figures remain unchanged. A full-height screen is therefore not evidence that the round has stopped developing. Conversely, a new multiplier value does not prove a new row appeared. Reading the row and multiplier fields independently avoids turning every event into the same kind of “progress.”

If the accepted history contains no further winning combination after this event, the tumble chain stops. During the bonus, the eight-row and 5× states persist to the next feature spin under the published mode rule. That statement does not make the old winning symbols an additional cash credit merely because their artwork appeared in the earlier locked set. Every subsequent award still needs its own evaluated combination and settlement.

An interruption at this boundary creates two separate questions: was the last tumble already credited, and was the next Free Spin already consumed? A restored image showing eight rows answers neither. A counter decrement without a new round-credit entry, or a replayed animation without a second decrement, needs the actual server record before being described as another paid result. The persistent bonus state helps identify continuity, not extra wagers.

Bottom line: follow locked symbols, row count, ways and multiplier as four linked but separate states.

How to verify the version you can actually open

A provider page proves that a title exists and describes the supplier's intended rules. It does not prove that a casino accepts players in New Zealand, that the title is enabled for a particular account, or that the highest published RTP is the version in the lobby. Treat availability, operator eligibility and product configuration as three separate checks.

Start with identity, then configuration

Open the game only through the authenticated casino lobby. The information or help panel should identify Quickspin, the exact title and the active mathematical return. Compare the reel or grid layout, paylines or cluster rules, named features and symbol behaviour with the official product material. Similar artwork or a matching title is not enough when the help file is missing or inconsistent.

When the supplier publishes several RTP values, report all of them as configurations. Do not assume the highest option is deployed. RTP is a theoretical long-run measure across a very large number of rounds; it is not a refund rate for one player and cannot predict the next result. Volatility is different: it describes how unevenly results are distributed on the provider's scale.

Read stake controls as money, not interface decoration

Provider sheets often quote a reference range in euros. That range does not establish New Zealand-dollar support or the limits in a specific account. Before a paid round, identify the total amount that will leave the balance. If the interface separates denomination, coins and lines, verify the combined total. If Extra Bet is active, calculate its full cost before pressing spin.

Feature-buy prices are multiples of the current bet, not promised returns. A 100x purchase at a $1 stake costs $100; at a $2 stake it costs $200. Availability can vary by market and some mathematical configurations may not support the control. If the live help does not explain the price, delivered feature and active RTP, leave the option unused.

Keep simulation figures in their proper scope

A game sheet may publish a maximum result observed in a large simulation. That is not automatically the contractual maximum payout and never describes a likely session. Preserve the provider's wording, sample size and configuration. Check the live rules for a binding cap and the operator terms for any separate payout limit. Do not turn an extreme result into a promotional headline.

Audit a disputed round

If an animation freezes or a connection drops, do not repeat the wager immediately. Reopen the game through the authenticated lobby and inspect round history. Record the time, total stake, balance movement and round identifier. The result can be settled by the gaming system even when the device never displays the final animation. Send evidence through verified operator support; never disclose a password, recovery phrase or one-time code.

Read the paytable as a calculation document

The paytable should explain what creates a win, which symbols substitute, where special symbols can land and how multiple awards combine. For line games, confirm direction and active paylines. For cluster games, confirm adjacency, minimum group size and the order of collection. For respins, identify what remains locked, what resets the counter and what ends the feature. A graphic effect can illustrate those rules but cannot replace them.

Separate addition from multiplication. Several prize values may be added before a multiplier applies, while reel-specific multipliers can sometimes multiply together only when each reel participates in the same win. Reconstruct one low-stake result from game history. If the arithmetic cannot be matched to the help file, stop and ask the operator rather than guessing.

Do not confuse hit frequency with a profitable round

Provider sheets can publish hit frequency or category probabilities. A hit simply means a round returned a qualifying amount; it can be smaller than the stake. “Big”, “Mega” or “Epic” thresholds are provider reporting categories, not promises. They are useful for comparing mathematical versions only when definitions and samples are the same.

Random outcomes do not become due after a long gap. A feature that appeared repeatedly in a demo or marketing clip has no obligation to repeat in a funded session. Previous rounds do not create a debt from the next random result.

Confirm market and device behaviour independently

A title can exist in the supplier catalogue while an operator disables it for a territory, currency, device or bonus. Language localisation is not evidence of legal availability. Confirm the operator's identity, accepted countries and current lobby separately from the provider review.

On mobile, verify that balance, total bet, feature state and help remain visible without overlap. On desktop, check that browser zoom does not hide a purchase control or change the apparent denomination. Mathematical configuration should not change merely because the screen changes; if the help shows another RTP, treat it as a different deployment and record it.

Keep a compact evidence record

For any fact used in a review, save the title, provider, official URL, document date when available, access date and exact territorial scope. For a live session, add the operator domain, Game ID, RTP, currency and a non-sensitive screenshot of the help panel. This makes later corrections possible when a supplier updates a sheet or an operator changes configuration.

Missing information should remain missing. Do not estimate an RTP from results, convert a euro reference range into an operator's NZD limit, or treat another casino's configuration as evidence. A transparent “not confirmed” is more useful than a precise-looking number without the correct source.

Use limits that survive the feature design

Collection meters, expanding grids, sticky symbols and near misses can make a session feel unfinished. Unless the rules explicitly preserve progress, the visible state has no value after the round or feature ends. Set a money limit and time limit before launch, count feature buys immediately, and stop at the limit even when a meter appears close to an upgrade.

No random game is an income plan. Do not borrow, use essential funds or raise the stake to recover a loss. If play stops feeling recreational, use timeout, deposit-limit or self-exclusion tools and consult the site's responsible gambling guide.