Pirots X slot
Pirots X is an ELK Studios slot released in October 2024. It pays for clusters of five or more matching symbols on a 5x5 grid that can widen to 7x7. Four coloured Pirots wait above the reels until a nest lands and brings one of them down. It then gathers the symbols of its own colour, and each one it collects raises a global multiplier that is applied to every win.
Editorial note: this guide explains how Pirots X works. Rules, features and payout figures are set by the studio and can differ between operators and game versions, so check the game’s information panel before you play. Slots are games of chance, and nothing here predicts results. Availability at Fortune Games can change.
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Pirots X: key facts
| Studio | ELK Studios |
|---|---|
| Released | October 2024 |
| Reels and pays | 5x5 at the start, expanding to 7x7; clusters of 5 or more matching symbols touching horizontally or vertically (the game screen in our lobby shows the 5x5 grid, and the paytable’s Symbol Payout page lists pays for clusters of 5 symbols and more) |
| Maximum win | 10,000x stake; the paytable’s opening page in our lobby reads “Win up to £50,000” and says the maximum win is based on the maximum bet |
| Top payout on the Symbol Payout page | A cluster of 16 or more red bird symbols: shown as 50.00 on the paytable’s Symbol Payout page in our lobby (marked GBP), the highest figure on the page shown below. That is 50x the £1 bet set on the game screen in the same session |
| Pirots | Four, in red, green, blue and purple, as the game screen in our lobby shows; a nest symbol brings one onto the grid to collect symbols of its colour |
| Global multiplier | Each low symbol a Pirot collects adds 1, each premium symbol adds 2; applied to all wins |
| Wilds | Each removed winning cluster leaves a wild; a wild joined to several clusters splits; two or more wilds in one cluster merge into a multiplier wild worth the number merged |
| Pirot features | Bomb (clears the surrounding symbols for a redrop and can expand the grid to 7x7), Feature Release (a chest revealing wilds, nests, bombs or scatters) and Big Symbol (up to 4x4) |
| Bonus | 3 bonus scatters on one spin or in one cascade sequence: 5 free drops, with the global multiplier carried through the round |
| Super bonus | One of the three is a Super scatter: played at 7x7, with a feature chest at the start of each free drop |
| Bonus buy (X-iter) | Not offered in Great Britain |
| Autoplay and turbo | Not available at sites licensed in Great Britain; UK rules require at least 2.5 seconds between the start of one game cycle and the next |
| Stakes | From 20p a spin in the studio’s range. UK rules cap online slot stakes at £5 a spin, or £2 if you are 18 to 24 |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
| Series | Pirots (compared below) |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
The paytable’s Symbol Payout page in our lobby, marked GBP: clusters of each of the four bird symbols are listed from 5 symbols to 16 or more, where the red bird is shown as 50.00, the purple as 25.00, the green as 20.00 and the blue as 15.00. Game and artwork © ELK Studios.
How Pirots X plays
Wins come from groups of at least five identical symbols joined edge to edge. Each winning cluster is cleared from the board and refilled from above, and every cluster removed in this way leaves a wild behind on the grid, ready to join the next group. The run of drops continues while new clusters keep forming.
Pirots X in our lobby on 14 November 2026, at £1 a spin: the four Pirots sit above the 5x5 grid with a sign reading x1 between them, and a Bonus and a Super Bonus symbol are on the grid. The bar above the game carries a timer and a £ figure, £0.00 here before any spin. UK rules require online slots to show time played and net position. Game and artwork © ELK Studios.
The four Pirots sit above the grid, inactive, until a nest symbol appears. A random Pirot then flies down to it and picks up the symbols that match its colour. Low-paying symbols add 1 to the global multiplier and premium symbols add 2.
Wilds that split and merge
The wilds left by winning clusters behave in two special ways. A wild that touches more than one winning cluster splits, so it can complete each of those clusters at once. When two or more wilds end up in the same winning cluster, they merge into a single multiplier wild, and its multiplier equals the number of wilds that merged: two wilds give a 2x wild, three give 3x. That wild multiplier applies to its own cluster, and the global multiplier then applies on top.
Bombs, chests and Big Symbols
A Pirot can also set off one of three random features. The Bomb clears the symbols around it, leaving space for a redrop, and it can also open the 5x5 grid out to 7x7. Feature Release places chests on the board that open to show wilds, nests, bombs or scatters. Big Symbol drops a large block in the Pirot’s colour, up to 4x4 in size, which replaces the regular symbols beneath it, apart from those of the same type, and counts as a block of single symbols in a cluster.
The bonus and the super bonus
Three bonus scatters start 5 free drops, either together on one spin or gathered across one cascade sequence. The global multiplier keeps building through the whole round. Free drop symbols that appear during the bonus add further drops. If one of the three triggering scatters is the Super version, the round becomes the super bonus: it is played on the full 7x7 grid, and every free drop begins with a feature chest on the board.
Pirots X compared with Pirots 2
Pirots 2 shows how far the series moved with this release. The earlier game uses ELK’s CollectR system, in which four birds walk across a 6x6 grid that can expand, collecting amber symbols of their own colour to create wins. Pirots X drops that system for straightforward cluster pays on a smaller 5x5 grid, and the Pirots become collectors that feed a global multiplier rather than the source of every win. Both games share the same top prize, as the table shows.
| Game | Grid | How wins form | Maximum win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pirots 2 | 6x6 at the start, expanding | CollectR: birds collect amber symbols of their colour | 10,000x stake |
| Pirots X | 5x5 at the start, expanding to 7x7 | Clusters of 5 or more matching symbols | 10,000x stake |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
Pirots X at Fortune Games
Pirots X is listed with the slots in our lobby (18+), alongside the other games in the series. The UK caps in the table apply to every player. There is no autoplay or turbo mode, as at every site licensed in Great Britain. Fortune Games has an app on the App Store and Google Play.
The paytable’s opening page in our lobby reads “Win up to £50,000” and says the maximum win is based on the maximum bet. Game and artwork © ELK Studios.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pirots X?
It is ELK Studios’ October 2024 addition to the Pirots series, and the one that changes how wins are made: clusters of matching symbols instead of birds collecting along a path. The Pirots are still there, but their job is to build the global multiplier. In the free drops, special free drop symbols can lengthen the round.
How are wins multiplied in the Pirots X slot?
In two layers. A cluster containing a merged multiplier wild is first multiplied by that wild’s value. The global multiplier, built up by the Pirots’ collections, is then applied on top of the result. A cluster with no multiplier wild in it is boosted by the global multiplier alone.
Do the bonus symbols in Pirots X have to land on the same spin?
No. The three scatters that open the free drops can land together, or they can build up over the drops of one cascade sequence, since each refill can bring in another. A feature chest can also reveal a scatter. If the Super scatter is one of the three, the super version of the round is played instead.
Related guides
Checked on 14 November 2026 against ELK Studios’ game pages for Pirots X and Pirots 2, the SlotCatalog, OLBG and Gambling.com game records for Pirots X, the PokerListings record for Pirots 2, the Gambling Commission’s stake-limit guidance and remote technical standards, and the game in the Fortune Games lobby on 14 November 2026. Reviewed by Kay Cheadle on 14 November 2026. How we research and check our guides: our editorial policy.