Grug Make Fire is Hacksaw Gaming’s Stone Age slot from July 2026, played on a 5×4 grid with 14 paylines where a Burning Wild sets fire to every symbol above it. Burnt royals turn into wilds and burnt premium symbols into multiplier wilds worth up to 200x, and the top setting returns 96.19% with a 10,000x cap. Rated 4 out of 5 for volatility, it suits players who want a base game that can flare up between bonuses.
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Setting the reels on fire
Each of the 14 fixed lines pays from the leftmost reel on a grid of five reels and four rows, and stakes run between 0.10 and 100 per spin, though casinos in Great Britain cap online slots at £5 a spin, or £2 for under-25s. The royals 10 to A are the low pays, returning 1x the bet for five of a kind, while five prehistoric beasts, mostly dinosaurs, pay 2.5x to 10x for a full line. A little over one spin in five pays something, according to the published 21.45% hit rate.
The Burning Wild is what makes the game. It lands as an ordinary wild and then burns every pay symbol and scatter above it on the same reel:
- A burnt royal becomes a plain wild.
- A burnt high-paying beast becomes a Burnt Wild Multiplier worth x2 to x200.
- A burnt scatter shows a bigger free spins value, covered in the next section.
A multiplier wild applies its value to every win it joins, and when two or more sit in the same win their values are added together: a line with an x5 and an x10 multiplier wild pays 15 times its usual amount. One Burning Wild near the bottom of a reel can therefore turn three symbols into wilds at once.
Counting the spins on the scatters
Each scatter shows a number from 2 to 5, or from 3 to 6 once it has been burnt, and the free spins you receive are the total of the numbers on the scatters that trigger the round. That makes the length of each bonus visible before it starts.
Three scatters open Grug Find Food with 6 to 18 free spins. Four open Grug Fight Dino with 8 to 24 and the Wildfire Bar described below.
Hunting in Grug Find Food
The first bonus keeps the base game rules but lands Burning Wilds more often, so multiplier wilds appear across the grid far more regularly than in normal play. Every scatter that lands during the round adds 1 to 3 more spins, and a burnt scatter adds 2 to 4, which can stretch a short round into a long one.
Climbing the Wildfire Bar in Grug Fight Dino
Grug Fight Dino adds the Wildfire Bar outside the grid. It fills with winning symbols and starts again from empty at each new level, so the four levels take 304 winning symbols in all. Each level guarantees Burnt Reels on every spin that follows:
| Bar level | Winning symbols needed | Burnt Reels each spin |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Level 2 | 46 | 2 |
| Level 3 | 96 | 3 |
| Level 4 | 150 | 4 or 5 |
Once Level 4 is reached, the bar stays there until the round ends. A Burnt Reel works like a Burning Wild over the whole reel, and the real fireworks come when it lands on a reel that has already been burnt: a multiplier wild has its value tripled, so an x10 becomes x30, and a burnt scatter is raised to 3 to 5 extra spins. Each Burnt Reel burns only once per spin. Ordinary scatters in this round add 1 to 5 spins each.
Choosing between the four buys
Casinos in Great Britain leave feature buys out. Where a casino does offer them, Grug Make Fire has four, and each one does something different:
| Feature | Price | Result | At a £1 stake |
|---|---|---|---|
| BonusHunt FeatureSpins | 5x per spin | Ten times the usual chance of a bonus | £5 |
| Grug Play FeatureSpins | 50x per spin | At least one Burning Wild on every spin | £50 |
| Grug Find Food | 100x | The first bonus round | £100 |
| Grug Fight Dino | 200x | The Wildfire Bar round | £200 |
The two FeatureSpins options are charged on every spin while they are switched on, so they drain a balance faster than they look. At the 0.10 minimum stake the Grug Fight Dino buy costs £20, and the free demo above lets you watch the Wildfire Bar at work without spending anything.
Checking which RTP version you get
Hacksaw publishes four settings for Grug Make Fire: 96.19%, 94.28%, 92.27% and 86.22%. The casino decides which one it runs, and the difference is large. Across £1,000 of spins, the top setting returns £961.90 on average and the lowest £862.20, a theoretical gap of £99.70 per £1,000 staked over the long run, not a sum any single session is promised.
The game’s information screen shows the setting in use. It is worth opening before your first spin at any new casino, because the reels, features and 10,000x cap look exactly the same at every setting.
Comparing Grug with Hacksaw’s other wild slots
Fist of Destruction is the closest relative: the same 5×4 grid and 14 lines, with a Fist symbol that rises into a wild reel and collects multipliers from 2x to 200x on the way. Wanted Dead or a Wild swaps burning for DuelReels with multipliers up to 100x and a higher 12,500x cap, while Hand of Anubis moves to cluster pays with even higher volatility and the same 10,000x ceiling.
FAQ
No. Hacksaw publishes four versions, from 96.19% down to 86.22%. Open the paytable info inside the game to see the version a given casino has chosen.
Yes. Every mode can hit 10,000x, from ordinary spins to either bonus round.
Between 6 and 18 in Grug Find Food and between 8 and 24 in Grug Fight Dino, set by the numbers on the triggering scatters, with more spins added during each round.
In Grug Fight Dino, a Burnt Reel landing on a reel that is already burnt triples the value of every multiplier wild already on it.
Keeping the fire under control
With multiplier wilds as large as x200 in the mix, a few big spins can hide a slow drift down, so decide what you are willing to spend before the session and leave when it is gone. Treat the 50x and 200x buys as large bets rather than shortcuts.
Only adults can gamble for money, which means 18 or older. If you would like to talk about your play, GamCare runs the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133, free and confidential whenever you call, with more support at gamcare.org.uk.
