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Wild Panda Slot Strategy

Written by: Filip Gromovic Reviewed by: Nashon Khamala

Read time: 5 minutes

Wild Panda is a masterpiece pulled from the Aristocrat playbook. The image of the protected cute black and white panda appears in the game, adding to the already colorful cocktail of symbols that all promote Asian culture. It is not surprising that we have received hundreds of mails from the gambling community asking for Wild Panda slot tips and tricks. Read more below.

Wild Panda Pre-Game Preparations

We were so stunned by the graphics and music of this game that it was really hard to stop playing. Guess that helped us to stay long enough to enjoy the treasures hidden in the temple and the belly of the pandas. This game has 5 reels and 4 rows randomly occupied by lower and higher denomination symbols.

There are a few things that we didn’t like though, and we think it is best to get them out of the way quickly before proceeding to the good stuff. The first on the list of our dislikes is the Return To Player percentage which stands at 94.36% which feels way lower than the 96% payback percentage we are used to.

You know how in other online slots you can play a bonus round and retrigger the process to add more free spins to your account? It doesn’t happen in Wild Panda. Once you activate the bonus round, you will get 5 free spins and upon exhausting them you will return to the base game. The advantage offered by free spins is limited to five games at a time.

Apart from these two features, every other aspect of the game was remarkable. You win by matching 3 to 5 of the same symbols on concurrent reels, starting with the first on the left. Spell the word «PANDA» across the reels and activate the bonus round where you will get the free spins. There is also a scatter (a gold coin) that pays out a jackpot if you land five of them in one spin.

Wild Panda Slot Machine Strategy

Wild Panda slot is like two games in one with clear similarities and differences between them. In the base game, there is no wild. Instead, the player will try to spell the word «PANDA». Upon spelling the word across the reels, it will trigger the bonus game. The letters P-A-N-D-A will then be substituted by the passport of a panda which becomes the wild and can substitute every other symbol in the game to form a winning combination except the scatter.

The most important strategy in Wild Panda if you are playing for the jackpot is to make sure you play on the max coin. When you do so and land five scatters on the reels in one spin, you can walk with your shoulders raised high and momentarily brag as the luckiest person on earth. Aristocrat has included a «Max Bet» button to allow you to play each spin with the maximum allowed number of coins, so you don’t have to worry about mashing buttons on the screen.

Let’s step back a little. Before you can play Wild Panda, you must set your bet. There is a «+» and «–» button below the reels that you will use to select the denomination and how many credits you want to spend per spin. Your overall bet will be displayed in a small window just beside your preset.

We like playing slots with the Auto Spin feature and we are glad it was included in this game. Imagine if you had to tap the «Spin» button every time for hundreds of spins. That would be really traumatizing. Therefore, one of our important Wild Panda slot machine tips for players who spend half an hour or more in a session is that they should activate the Auto Spin, which will continue to play their presets until the bonus round is unlocked or they have had their fill and manually turn it off.

Final Spin and Bonus Round Tactics

The letters P, N and D can only appear on the first, third and fourth reels while the letter A can appear on both the second and fifth reel to form the word «PANDA», which activates the bonus round.

Wild Panda’s bonus round is by far the shortest we have seen—and that makes us a bit sad. You only get 5 free spins which cannot be retriggered because the letters used to activate the round will transform into black and white bears that become the wild. The wild can substitute every other symbol in this round to form a winning combination. The only icon that cannot be substituted is the gold coin wild.

Talking about symbols, the most important in this game is the temple. Match five of them on the payline and you will receive 2,000 coins. The goldfish and the umbrella pay 1,500 and 1,000 coins respectively, which makes them the second and third most important symbols in the game.

You can take solace in the fact that this game has up to 100 paylines. By having more paylines, Wild Panda makes up for its lower payback percentage and players can be sure they will win smaller amounts regularly. Once your five spins are exhausted, you will return to the base game. If you play long enough, there is a huge chance that you can activate the bonus round several times in one session.