Treasure Trawler Slot by Pragmatic Play

Five Ways to Collect

Treasure Trawler builds around a single question: what happens when Money Symbols meet a Collect symbol on reel 5? Money Symbols land on reels 1 through 4, each carrying a random value between 1x and 100x your total bet. They sit there doing nothing unless one of five Collect symbol types appears on the fifth reel during the same spin.

Standard Collect sums all visible Money Symbol values and pays them out. Simple. Extra Credit Collect adds its own value to every Money Symbol before totaling - so four Money Symbols each get boosted before the payout calculates. Multiplier Collect multiplies every Money Symbol value by its multiplier, then totals everything. Expanding Collect fills entire reels wherever a Money Symbol sits with additional random Money Symbols, then collects the lot. Respin Collect holds all Money Symbols and the Collect in place, respins everything else, then totals whatever lands.

Each Collect type creates a different payout dynamic from the same base setup. Expanding Collect can turn two Money Symbols into eight or ten. Respin Collect gives you a second shot at filling the grid. Multiplier Collect amplifies everything already on screen.

Free Spins with a Growing Multiplier Trail

Three Bonus symbols on reels 2, 3, and 4 award 8 free spins plus a 1x bet payout. During free spins, every Collect symbol that hits (any of the five types) adds to a trail counter. Every 4th Collect in the trail triggers a retrigger: 8 more free spins and a higher multiplier on all money collections.

First retrigger sets a 2x multiplier. Second pushes to 3x. Third maxes at 5x. After three retriggers, no more are possible - you play out your remaining spins. With all three retriggers, that's 32 total free spins with the final 8 running at 5x on every money collection.

The progressive structure means early free spins build toward later ones. Collect symbols in spins 1-8 aren't just paying out - they're filling the trail toward retriggering. A free spins round that retriggers three times delivers fundamentally different results than one that doesn't retrigger at all. That's where the 5,000x ceiling lives.

Medium Volatility, Not Low

Pragmatic Play labels this medium volatility at 3/5. It plays like it. Base game sessions produce steady small returns from regular payline wins, with occasional Money Symbol + Collect hits adding bursts. You won't go 200 spins dry, but you also won't see 1,000x from a single base game collect.

The paytable reflects the medium approach. Top regular symbol pays 250 coins for five-of-a-kind (12.5x at default bet). Second tier pays 125. Five low symbols all pay 50 for five-of-a-kind. The gap between high and low symbols is smaller than in high-volatility Pragmatic games. Regular wins keep the balance ticking while you wait for Collect mechanics to fire.

No Buy Feature

No bonus buy, no ante bet, no progressive jackpots. You spin and wait for three Bonus symbols to trigger naturally. For a game released in February 2024, the lack of a buy option is notable - most Pragmatic Play releases include one. Medium volatility means triggers come more often than in high-volatility games, so the wait isn't punishing. But if you're used to buying your way into bonus rounds, that option doesn't exist here.

Money Symbol values range from 1x to 100x per symbol. Landing a 100x Money Symbol alongside a Multiplier Collect during retriggered 5x free spins creates the theoretical max scenarios. The 5,000x cap limits the ceiling, but the path to getting there involves stacking multiple systems - Money Symbol values, Collect type quality, retrigger multiplier tier, and enough free spins to chain it all together.