How to play Jack and the Beanstalk

You’ve surely heard the tale, earliest depicted by Benjamin Tabart, of the adventurous young boy Jack who had to find a way to earn money. Jack comes across an old man that offers to trade some “magic beans” in exchange for the cow, Jack persuades himself, thinking a bargain of a lifetime. Sadly, his mother didn’t feel the same way and throws the beans out the window. The very next day, a giant beanstalk has grown overnight…

Jack and the Beanstalk video slot has the classic setup of 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 paylines. The graphics is set in a 3D environment animated in a whimsical way, complementing the fairytale, while the sound of spring comes to mind with the singing birds and the playful tone during the walking wild, which we will talk more about later.

Play for free or with real money and start at the bottom of the beanstalk with as little as €0.20 per spin or climb all the way up to a max wager of €100.

Jack and the Beanstalk features

Climb the beanstalk along with the fortuitous Jack up into the clouds where a large castle, filled with vast riches awaits. Branches on the beanstalk are made out of low paying symbols such as 10, J, Q, K and A while the youngster, the two-headed giant, a billy goat, a wooden axe and a watering can slots the high paying symbols.

In the base game, you will also notice the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ wild symbol. The walking wild feature substitutes all symbols except Scatter and Key symbols, and appears both in the main game during Free Spins. This symbol can appear anywhere on the reel and walks across the reels, from right to left, causing some welcoming re-spins every time it stops – it even give you a 3x multiplier on any win!

If you hit three scatters, the ground will start shaking, causing a rift in the very foundation of the earth as the beanstalk sprouts out from the grass, up into the heavens and propells Jack straight to the top, rewarding you with 10 Free Spins and the possibility for even more adventurous walking wilds.

Jack and the Beanstalk Free Spins

If you’re looking for the Free spins feature, keep your eyes peeled for the scatter symbol in form of a treasure chest. Once you hit three of them, you ascend the beanstalk into the Free Spins feature. Unlock new walking wilds with a key popping up on the fifth reel. These keys can open up to three different walking walks; for every three keys you get, you unlock a walking wild.

Double Stacked Wild of Two Money Bags

The first thing Jack stole from the cloud castle was money bags. The first three keys you collect, awards you with two extra money bags showing as walking double stacked wilds.

Triple Stacked Wild of Three Golden Hens

Jack gets daring for every single time he visits the castle. He spots hens laying golden eggs. The three next keys you collect unlocks walking triple stacked golden hen wilds.

Expanding Golden Harp Wild

A song is played; Jack hears this elusive tune and finds a self-playing golden harp. Collect 3 more keys and you unlock the walking golden harp wilds. When the golden harp appears on the reels, it expands across the whole reel, possibly creating some immense wins, over and over again.

Jack and the Beanstalk slot bonus symbols

Jack and the Beanstalk in-game bonus features

The walking wild makes this game unique and can potentially give you unlimited wins as the reels re-spin every single time a walking wild appear in the casino slot. Along with Free Spins feature, this game might rocket you up the beanstalk towards giant wins.

Walking Wilds feature

When a wild appear on the reels, it gives you a re-spin as well as substituting all symbols except keys and scatter symbols. In the base game, only the standard walking wild appears. During Free Spins, you get the chance to unlock stacked wilds that may appear over the whole reel.

Jack and the Beanstalk Free Spins feature

As Jack elevates himself along the beanstalk by getting three scatter symbols, you open up the Free Spins feature. For every three keys you receive on reel 5, you unlock another walking wild feature, giving you an expanding walking wild after 9 keys in total.

Mechanics of Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk was released by NetEnt in November 2014. Play for free or with real money across desktop, tablet and mobile platforms.

Max Win (€): 300,000

Max Win (coins): 600,000

Max Bet (€): 100

Min Bet (€): 0.20

Return to player: 96.3%

Volatility: Medium/High

Free Play available: Yes

Final Conclusions

It’s easy to see why it quickly rose to the top of casino slots amongst Mr Greens players. A fairy tale made into an amazing slot, which rewards you with some really big wins thanks to its walking wilds.

Active 10 Free Spins and a whole new adventure lays ahead of you, collect keys and you will even get bigger, badder, better walking wilds that root up multiple wins in a row, almost giving you endless re-spins.

If you have the patience, Jack and the Beanstalk can truly reward you with some golden riches if you know how to unlock the treasures of the giant’s castle in the sky.