Pirots 2

Pirots 2 review

Pirots 2 sends ELK Studios' parrot crew into a jungle full of dinosaur eggs in search of barrels of sweet rum, and it starts on a bigger board than the first game: a 6×6 grid instead of 5×5. There are no paylines. Under the CollectR mechanic, birds walk across the grid and collect amber symbols of their own colour, while feature symbols expand the grid, upgrade the ambers or add wilds. ELK's game data sheet lists a 94.0% RTP, volatility of 8 out of 10, a 25.4% hit frequency and a max win of 10,000x the bet. The free demo on this page runs on virtual credits, so you can watch the feature meter and the amber upgrades build up before deciding whether to play for real money. Demo results are for practice only and do not predict real-money outcomes.

Features & bonus round

• Key specs:
• Provider: ELK Studios
• Release date: 7 November 2023
• RTP: 94.0%
• Volatility: high (8 out of 10 on ELK's scale)
• Max win: 10,000x the bet
• Hit frequency: 25.4% (about 1 win in 3.9 spins)
• Grid: 6×6 at the start, expanding during play
• Pay type: CollectR, no paylines
• Bet range: €0.20 to €100 (ELK default)
• Bonus Buy: X-iter modes from 3x to 500x the bet
• CollectR: birds move across the grid and collect amber symbols of their own colour. Collected ambers pay out and fill the feature meter, and a full meter awards three chests with random feature symbols.
• Amber upgrades: each amber symbol can be upgraded up to 7 times, and every step raises its payout.
• Feature symbols: there are eight types: instant coin wins, symbol upgrades, wilds, grid expansions, redrops, symbol transformations, popcorn and bonus symbols.
• Popcorn: a collected popcorn symbol fills the empty positions, so the birds can cross each empty space once to reach more symbols.
• Bonus game: three bonus symbols collected in one round trigger the bonus. The grid size, the meter progress, the amber payout levels and the collection of extra bonus symbols all carry over into it. ELK also lists a separate Super Bonus game.
• X-iter: five modes. Bonus Hunt costs 3x the bet and gives more than three times the normal chance of triggering the bonus; Popcorn Fiesta costs 10x; a 25x mode plays a round on the expanded grid; the Bonus Game costs 100x; the Super Bonus costs 500x and is played on the maximum grid, where upgrade symbols always upgrade all amber symbols.
• Within the series: the original Pirots plays on a 5×5 grid and Pirots 3 on 6×7, so Pirots 2 sits in between; ELK lists a 25.4% hit frequency for Pirots 2 against 25.2% for Pirots 3.

Pirots 2 is for players who like a board that changes from round to round: the grid grows, the ambers level up and the bonus inherits all of it. With high volatility and an RTP of 94.0%, which is on the low side, quiet stretches between bonus rounds are normal, so the X-iter buys deserve caution. Try the free demo first, then set a budget before playing for real money.