101 Candies

101 Candies slot review

101 Candies is a video slot developed by NetEnt that features a lighthearted and colorful candy theme. The game sets the reels against a backdrop of a countryside landscape with the slot itself incorporated into a candy truck.

101 Candies utilizes a cluster pays mechanic on a 7×7 grid. Winning clusters are formed by landing at least 5 matching symbols horizontally or vertically adjacent to each other, with no gaps between the symbols. Winning clusters are removed from the reels, triggering an Avalanche feature where new symbols cascade down to fill the empty spaces. This Avalanche feature continues until no new winning clusters are formed.

Symbols

The slot features a variety of candy-themed symbols. Six lower-value symbols are represented by unwrapped candies in various colors. Three mid-value symbols come in the form of wrapped candies. Both low and mid-value symbols pay out according to the number of symbols in a winning cluster, ranging from 0.05x to 15x the bet for 5-of-a-kind clusters and up to 2x to 30x the bet for clusters of 12 or more matching symbols.

Wild Symbol

The Wild symbol in 101 Candies substitutes for all other symbols except the Scatter symbol. Wilds appear on a horizontal reel positioned above the main reels, known as the Wild Conveyor. Each Wild symbol on the Conveyor carries a multiplier value ranging from 2x to 101x.

Scatter Symbol

The Scatter symbol is depicted as a candy dispenser. Landing 3 to 8 Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels triggers the Free Spins bonus round.

Bonus Features

• Wild Conveyor: With each Avalanche, the leftmost Wild symbol on the Conveyor is dropped onto the main reels, and all other Wilds move one position to the left. New Wilds with increasing multiplier values fill the vacated positions on the right side of the Conveyor. Any Wild symbol that lands on the reels applies its multiplier value to the total win of a cluster. Multipliers from multiple Wilds within a winning cluster are added together.
• Gold Coin Modifiers: During Avalanches, one of four Gold Coin modifiers can be randomly awarded:
  • Upgrade: Increases the value of all multipliers on the Wild Conveyor by 1x, up to a maximum of 101x.
  • Destroy: Removes 5 Wild symbols from the leftmost positions on the Conveyor.
  • Scramble: Shuffles the order of the Wild symbols and their multipliers on the Conveyor.
  • Transform: Changes instances of a randomly chosen symbol type on the reels into another symbol type.
• Free Spins: Landing 3 to 8 Scatter symbols awards 10 to 15 Free Spins, respectively. The Wild Conveyor only resets between Free Spins rounds, not after each Avalanche. This allows multipliers to persist and accumulate throughout the Free Spins bonus, offering the potential for significant wins.
• Buy Feature: Players have the option to purchase 10 or 15 Free Spins for a cost of 100x their current bet amount.

• Software: NetEnt
• Release date: September 5, 2023
• Theme: Candies, Sweets, Food, Sugar Rush, Casual
• Reels: 7
• Paylines: Cluster Pays
• RTP: 94.07% – 96.08% (variable configurations)
• Volatility: Medium
• Max Win: 3,580x total bet
• Bonus Feature: Wild Conveyor, Gold Coin Modifiers (Upgrade, Destroy, Scramble, Transform)
• Free Spins: 10-15 free spins awarded for 3-8 scatter symbols
• Wild: Wild symbols with multipliers from 2x to 101x on the Wild Conveyor belt above the reels
• Scatter: Candy dispenser scatter symbols
• Min Bet: 0.20
• Max Bet: 120.00
• Progressive: No
• Bonus Buy: Yes, option to buy 10-15 free spins for 100x bet cost