Beacon takes you to a sunny tropical cove. Palm fronds and orange hibiscus frame a 5×5 grid built from driftwood and rope, a red-and-white lighthouse stands on a rocky islet across the turquoise water, and five glass lamp domes sit along the top of the reels waiting to be switched on. I started out at 1.00 per spin with a 1,000 balance.
Theme and Gameplay
Everything about the look is sunny and holiday-friendly. A seagull in a sailor’s cap, an overflowing treasure chest and a miniature lighthouse lead the pay table, while wooden royals with leafy trim make up the smaller prizes. A golden W in a rope-bound frame acts as the wild, and a lighthouse badge marked Bonus serves as the scatter.
All 20 lines play on every spin, line wins are totalled, and the Lighthouse Wild covers all regular symbols apart from the scatter.
Slot Features
The five lamp domes are the Beacon Reels. Tap a dome to light its reel, and each one adds 0.25x to your base stake. Lighting a reel doesn’t guarantee a Lighthouse, but on a lit reel the Lighthouse Wild is treated as if it covers the whole reel, and it expands only when that full-reel wild would complete a winning line. On an unlit reel it behaves as an ordinary wild.
An expanding Lighthouse locks its reel and awards a respin, which can chain into more expansions. Each Lighthouse carries a multiplier of x2, x3, x5 or x10, and those values add together rather than multiply. A Second Chance can also come to the rescue: if a spin wins nothing and doesn’t trigger the bonus, the board may be rerolled once.
Landing three, four or five scatters awards 10 free spins. Any reels you lit stay lit, and if the scatter tier needs more, extra reels are chosen at random. At least one Lighthouse activation is guaranteed across the round, and multipliers can also reach x25 and x50.
RTP and Win Potential
Beacon returns 96.00% in every mode, and one round can pay as much as 25,000x the base stake. The flexible stake structure lets you scale the cost of each spin from the plain base bet up to the full five-reel setup.
For direct access, three purchasable tiers of 10 free spins are available. The 3 Reels Bonus costs 100x the base stake with three random reels active, the 4 Reels Bonus costs 300x with one Lighthouse guaranteed on the first spin, and the 5 Reels Bonus costs 600x with all reels lit and two guaranteed Lighthouses. That 25,000x ceiling puts it firmly in high volatility territory.
My Thoughts On This Slot
I enjoyed having a real decision to make before each spin. Lighting reels feels like setting up your own volatility, and seeing a Lighthouse lock a reel and trigger a respin is satisfying every time. The breezy coastal art makes it pleasant company.
The 600x top-tier buy is steep, and lighting every reel adds up quickly over a long session. A couple of lit reels feels like the sweet spot.