Cranky Panda Slot by Relax Gaming

Frames are the engine. When a Cranky Panda Wild lands, it leaves a sticky frame on its position even after the spin resolves. The Mega Cranky Panda Wild is rarer but adds 8 to 15 random frames anywhere on the reels in one shot. Stack multiple frames on the same position and that cell builds a position multiplier - +1x per stacked frame, capped at 5x. Frames just sit there spin after spin doing nothing, until the gong lands. The Chau Gong is the activator, and when it appears it converts every framed position on the grid into either Wild symbols or Coin prizes carrying values from 1x to 25x bet in base game. The frames reset after activation. So you're effectively building a payload through dry spins, waiting for the gong to cash it in.

Free Spins flips the math. Coin values jump to 1x-1000x bet inside the bonus, and the Chau Gong serves a second purpose: collect three of them and you advance one level. Four levels total - Level 1 starts at 2x global multiplier with 5 extra spins, Level 2 hits 3x and 5 more spins, Level 3 is 4x, Level 4 caps at 5x with another 5 spins added. The level multiplier stacks on top of position multipliers from frames carried over from base game. Sticky frames don't reset when the bonus starts.

The Booster Pot is the meta layer. It's an urn sitting above the reels showing a 0/50 Panda Coin counter. Yin Yang Scatters add coins to the pot - 1 per 2-Scatter trigger, 1 per Re-Spin step. Fill the pot to 50 and the next Free Spins entry starts at Level 1 with the 2x multiplier already active and 5 extra spins. The pot persists across rounds, which is unusual for a Relax title - most of their meta-progression is single-session.

Buy Free Spins at 50x bet for guaranteed 3-Scatter trigger, 96.5% RTP. Setting is a soft bamboo forest with a green-glowing scroll frame holding the reels, koi fish swirling in blue water as the H1, zen pebble stacks, porcelain bowls with cherry blossoms, and bamboo-shoot Royals tied with colored cord. The Cranky Panda himself only shows up via wild frames - he's not a base symbol. Cap is 5,000x bet.