Bison Moon Slot Review

Bison Moon Slot Overview

When I first loaded up Bison Moon from Northern Lights Gaming, I was dropped into a sunset valley under a full, almost blood-red moon. The set-up is classic video slot stuff with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 25 paylines, so you know what you are dealing with straight away. It is a high volatility game built around stacked Bison Wilds, a Link&Win feature, free spins, and an optional Win Booster side bet.

The base game is pretty straightforward, and the semi-blurred backdrop looks like an aquarelle painting with North American wildlife on the reels. Bears, wolves, racoons, and eagles join the bison on the grid, and the stacked wilds add tension because a screen full of them ties into the 12,500x max win. If you like simple line wins backed up by modern bonus mechanics, Bison Moon sits right in that space.

Bison Moon Slot Information

Bison Moon plays from 0.10 up to 20 per spin, which suits both smaller stakes and more serious sessions in my view. A winning combination lands when 3 or more matching symbols hit on consecutive reels from the left, within one of the 25 fixed lines. You can play it on desktop or mobile without any fuss, and the interface packs a lot of buttons and information tightly around the reels.

On the reels, the lower-paying symbols are J, Q, K, and A, paying about 0.8x to 1.6x your bet for five-of-a-kind. The higher-paying picture symbols show racoons, eagles, wolves, and a top-tier bear, which award around 3x to 10x for a full line. The bison itself is the Wild symbol, substituting for regular pays and carrying a huge 500x for five on a line when it lands in its stacked formations.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x500
	4	x20
	3	x2.5
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x15
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.2
	5	x10.5
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.8
	5	x4
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.5
	5	x3
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.4
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	5	x2
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	Special
	Scatter

Wild Symbol in Bison Moon

The Bison Wild in Bison Moon is really the star of the base game for me. It not only substitutes for regular symbols, it also tends to land in stacks, which creates those sweat moments where you watch reels drift past hoping for full coverage. Land five wilds on a payline and you are looking at 500x your stake, and a full screen of stacked bisons ties directly into that headline 12,500x potential.

Link&Win in Bison Moon

The red moons are the Link&Win symbols in Bison Moon, and they sit at the heart of the bonus game. You need at least 6 of them anywhere in view to trigger the feature, and any extra moons beyond that simply carry through. When the bonus starts, all triggering moons lock in place on a cleared grid, so every empty position becomes a possible upgrade as the respins unfold.

You start the round with 3 respins, and only blanks or new Link&Win moons can land. Each new moon that appears becomes sticky and resets the counter back to 3, which gives the bonus that classic push-and-pull feel. Every moon reveals either a straight cash prize, up to around 20x your stake, or one of several fixed jackpot values, so even the smaller hits stop the round from feeling pointless.

Where Bison Moon gets interesting is at the top end of the Link&Win ladder. The jackpots scale through several tiers, and if you manage to fill all positions with moons, you hit the separate Mega Jackpot, which pays up to 5,000x your bet according to the information I have seen. You are guaranteed at least the total value of your triggering moons, so you never walk away empty-handed from this feature.

Free Spins in Bison Moon

The free spins in Bison Moon trigger when you land 3 scatter moons marked “Free Spins” on reels 2, 3, and 4 in the base game. That awards 10 free spins, and the middle three reels merge into a 3x3 mega block for the whole bonus round. The block counts as nine positions of the same symbol, which can create some hefty line wins, especially when it lines up with premium animals or stacked bison wilds.

What keeps this bonus from feeling flat is how the mega block interacts with other features. If the 3x3 block shows scatters, you get another 10 free spins, which can really extend a good bonus. If it shows red Link&Win moons, you are thrown straight into the Link&Win feature from within the free spins, carrying that giant block in as the trigger. Those moments are where I have seen the game really wake up.

Win Booster in Bison Moon

Bison Moon also comes with a Win Booster, which you can toggle between spins. Activating it costs 2.5x your regular stake, so a 1 unit spin becomes 2.5, but in return the reels get extra Link&Win symbols added to their strips. The theoretical RTP climbs from 96.08% to 96.33% with the booster switched on. You do see more red moons in practice, though I still feel the price tag is quite steep for long sessions.

Bison Moon Slot Conclusion

From a seasoned player’s point of view, Bison Moon is a bit of a mixed bag. Visually, it looks fine, but North American wildlife slots often come with sharper graphics than you get here, and the blurred background never really drew me in. On the other hand, the audio work is strong, with that epic, almost Disney-like track and the voice-over chiming in, so the atmosphere is better than the artwork suggests.

Feature-wise, I do feel a little drained by how many Link&Win games hit the market, and Bison Moon does not try to reinvent that wheel. Even so, the stacked high-value wilds, 3x3 mega symbols, and potential for a 12,500x win mean it can still be a very engaging slot, especially for players new to the mechanic. For me it sits as a solid, if unspectacular, high variance shelf-filler that can still deliver big moments.

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