Katmandu X Slot by ELK Studios

Every winning cluster on this 6x6 grid leaves a wild behind. Two or more of those wilds sitting adjacent merge into a single multiplier wild whose value equals the sum of the wilds that formed it - three regular wilds become one 3x multiplier wild. When that multiplier wild participates in multiple clusters at once, it splits back into separate wilds distributed across each cluster, pays out, then merges again. This loop runs through every avalanche in a cascade, and it compounds fast. On top of that, a Total Multiplier tracks every symbol removed from the grid during a cascade. Remove 12 symbols across a chain and the next hit carries 12x. In base game it resets between spins. In Free Drops, it doesn't.

The cluster-pays engine here is borrowed from Propaganda, wrapped in the Himalayan temple aesthetic of Katmandu Gold - gold dragons, mountain stonework, warm amber lighting against snow-capped peaks. Five connected matching symbols form a cluster, get cleared through avalanches, and the wild generation kicks in. Exploding Wilds add a second-chance layer: when no clusters remain, any exploding wild detonates surrounding symbols, bumps the Total Multiplier for each one destroyed, and forces a redrop. Big Symbols come in four sizes up to 4x4 (16 positions), and an Epic symbol paired with one adjacent match is already a cluster by itself.

Wild Strike randomly drops wilds, exploding wilds, or multiplier wilds onto the grid during any spin. The upgraded Super Wild Strike skips regular wilds entirely, placing only the exploding and multiplier variants. ELK's X-iter buy system offers five tiers: 2x for doubled trigger odds, 10x for a guaranteed Exploding Wild, 25x for a forced Super Wild Strike, 100x for direct Free Drops entry, and 500x for the Super Bonus. The gap between 100x and 500x is steep - five times the cost buys a guaranteed Super Wild Strike on every single drop.

Free Drops award 7 rounds where the Total Multiplier persists instead of resetting. Build it to 20x on drop one and every subsequent drop starts there while wilds keep merging on top. The Super Bonus (1 Super Bonus symbol plus 2 regular) runs the same 7 drops but opens each one with a Super Wild Strike before symbols settle. If a regular bonus is already running and a Super Bonus symbol appears, the remaining drops upgrade automatically.