The Dynamite’s Set to Blow in Le Digger by Hacksaw

Lots of treasure sits buried under the earth, just waiting for an ambitious miner to dig it up. Of course, that takes time and patience, and our raccoon friend has little of either. What he does have is a whole lot of dynamite, and he’s about to start throwing it around until the 15,000x jackpot makes an appearance.

Join us for an in-depth Le Digger slot review, as we tackle its graphics, bonus rounds, and payouts. Keep reading to find out if this game is worth your time.

Le Digger Visuals

The visuals are fun and cartoony, as we’d expect from Hacksaw Gaming. It’s a similar style to other games in this series, with Smokey the raccoon sitting off to the side. The slot has a humorous tone, with Smokey’s moustache falling off or the dynamite failing to light up. The rest of the background shows dinosaur skeletons around the reels, with palm trees and clouds visible above the playing area.

All five lower-value symbols are portrayed as playing card royals and have the same payouts. Meanwhile, higher-paying icons include hats, binoculars, backpacks, fossils, and lanterns. Dynamite sticks are Wilds, while the letters FS are Scatters. Other bonus symbols you can collect include coins, diamonds, four-leaf clovers, sacks of coins and crates.

Le Digger Gameplay and Features

You play the Le Digger slot on a 6×5 grid with cluster pays instead of paylines. Forming wins requires five or more connecting symbols anywhere on the grid.

Layers

After every win, the participating symbols disappear from the grid and crack the position beneath them. Each time a crack appears, it breaks a layer and reveals new symbols in those positions. On top of letting you win multiple times in one spin, this also impacts what icons can appear in those positions. The first two layers can have standard symbols, Wilds, and Scatters. However, reaching the third layer will only reveal special icons.

After all the cascades have played out, there is a chance for the raccoon to throw out up to five dynamite sticks. When a dynamite lands, it explodes a 2×2 square around itself. This will remove all affected icons and one layer, restarting the cascading reels bonus. If a thrown dynamite explodes a Wild Dynamite symbol, it creates an explosion in a 3×3 square.

Special Symbols

The following icons can only appear on positions that reached the third layer.

• Bronze coins, which pay between 1x and 4x
• Silver coins, which pay between 5x and 10x
• Gold coins, which pay between 20x and 50x
• Diamonds, which pay between 100x and 500x
• Clovers, which multiply all adjacent squares by up to 20x
• Collectors, which collect the value of all coins and diamonds

Free Spins

Depending on how many Scatters trigger the Free Spins feature, you unlock one of three different bonus rounds. Before the feature is played, you can choose to gamble to try and upgrade to a more valuable Free Spins bonus. All three features grant 10 free spins.

The first bonus round is called Tomb Service. While it is active, a Dynamite Collector sits outside the reels and collects all Wilds that are part of a win. On the last free spin, these Wilds are thrown onto the reels, potentially resulting in more wins. Once the Dynamite Collector has activated, it cannot collect any more Wilds.

The second Free Spins feature is Dig It. A Blast Bar is added outside the grid and increases every time a win or a dynamite explosion removes a symbol. Filling the bar increases the minimum coin type that can be revealed and extends the bonus by five free spins.

Finally, you can benefit from the Gold Digger bonus round. Smokey the raccoon will throw five dynamites on the reels every free spin. Additionally, revealed coins can only be silver, gold, or diamond.

Bonus Buy

Le Digger allows you to increase the likelihood that features activate or guarantee that a certain bonus round will appear. You have the following options in this Hacksaw Gaming slot:

• Bonushunt Featurespins: Makes the Free Spins feature five times more likely to trigger. Costs 3x your stake.
• Dynamighty Featurespins: Each spin guarantees the raccoon will throw up to five dynamite sticks. Costs 75x your bet.
• Tomb Service: Lets you choose between 10 Tomb Service free spins or the equivalent Gamble. Costs 80x your wager.
• Dig It: Pick between 10 Dig It free spins or a Gamble bonus. Costs 250x your stake.

Le Digger RTP and Payouts

The RTP for this Hacksaw Gaming slot is 96.26% per round. The RTP ranges from 96.21% to 96.33% when using the Bonus Buy options, based on which feature you activate and whether you gamble or not. You can win up to 15,000x your bet in this medium-variance game.