Dam Beavers Slot Review

The Dam Beavers Slot Game

Dam Beavers from ELK Studios throws you into a multi-layered beaver resort that feels part slot, part cartoon. The action starts on a cosy 5x5 grid in the beavers’ living room, then opens up to 6x6, 7x7 and finally 8x8 as you break through the floors. Stakes range from £0.20 to £100 a spin, so I can treat it as either a casual time sink or a high-roller punt.

At the heart of Dam Beavers is the CollectR mechanic, shared with the Pirots series. Four suave beavers in red, yellow, blue and green wander the grid, hoovering up fruit of matching colours one symbol at a time. Each move chips away floorboards, exposing coins, passages and progression tiles. The vibe shifts from chilled cabin to wild underground party as you descend, and those mood swings keep the grind surprisingly fresh.

Symbols and Payouts in Dam Beavers

I had to adjust my brain a bit, because Dam Beavers skips regular paylines and uses pure collection. The only paying symbols are the blue, green, orange and red berries, gathered by the matching beaver when they stand orthogonally adjacent. Base payouts are tiny at 0.05x or 0.1x the stake per collected fruit, but each colour has eight payout levels, so upgraded symbols can turn a single sweep into a proper hit.

Firework symbols and Breaking Points upgrade these fruits, and that is where the slot really comes alive. At level eight, blue and green berries can pay up to 7.5x per pick, while orange and red climb to 10x and a chunky 50x the bet. Because every collected berry pays separately, a long run with high-level reds next to an active beaver can spit out those big clusters of wins you chase.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	1	x50
	1	x0.1
	1	x10
	1	x0.05
	1	x7.5
	1	x0.05
	1	x5
	1	x0.05
	Special
	Special
	Special
	Special
	Scatter
	Wild

Dam Beavers Slot Bonus Features

Bonus play in Dam Beavers revolves around the feature meter and an army of special tiles hidden under the floorboards. Every collected fruit or wild feeds the meter above the grid. When it fills, one of three feature cards flips and then triggers as soon as the beavers can no longer move. Wild Scatter sprays extra wilds, Refresh Symbols wipes the grid clean, and Symbol Swap trades two symbol types around.

Feature symbols only do their thing once a beaver actually walks over and collects them, which gives every move a bit of tension. Firework powers up a beaver’s fruit to the next payout level, TNT blows open random floorboards, and Blender slams the meter straight to maximum, often chaining fresh features. Coins sit below the boards as chunky instant wins, sometimes stacked on top of each other, paying their shown value times your current stake.

Breaking Points are 2x2 tiles that push you down to the next floor once fully revealed, upgrading every fruit symbol by one level on the way. Clear all floorboards on a floor and Beaver Night Fever jumps in, flushing the grid and refilling it with pre-upgraded fruits. Reach the fourth floor and the corners have no boards at all, hiding the giant Max Win coin that tops your total up to 10,000x.

Bonus Buy Feature

Bonus Hunt One drop with 1 bonus symbol already collected, and with more than four times the chance to trigger the bonus game at the cost of 3x the selected bet.
Feature Cost:	x3 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Eager Beaver One drop that starts at floor level 2 with all paying symbols upgraded to payout level 2 at the cost of 10x the selected bet.
Feature Cost:	x10 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Dambuster One drop that starts at floor level 3 with all paying symbols upgraded to payout level 3 at the cost of 25x the selected bet.
Feature Cost:	x25 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Bonus Guarantees a game round with entry to the bonus game at the cost of 100x the selected bet.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Super Bonus Guarantees a game round with entry to the bonus game starting at floor level 3 with all paying symbols upgraded to payout level 3 at the cost of 500x the selected bet.
Feature Cost:	x500 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-

How to Win at Dam Beavers Slot

I approach Dam Beavers the same way I handled Pirots: start with modest stakes, learn the rhythm of the CollectR system, then nudge the bet up once I feel how often the game wants to run. Wins come from getting beavers next to high-level fruits, digging into deeper floors for richer coins, and lining up feature meter bursts rather than from quick hits, so patience and a decent session budget matter far more than turbo spins.

Dam Beavers Slot RTP & Volatility

On paper, Dam Beavers is not generous, with a 94% RTP and high volatility that ELK rate as roughly seven out of ten. In practice, it feels swingy even by their standards. Dead drops can chew through a balance while the beavers wander about doing almost nothing, yet when the symbol levels climb, floors open up and coins start dropping, the game can jump from stale to explosive in a single extended sequence.

The Final Thoughts on Dam Beavers

After a decent stretch on Dam Beavers I’d say it feels like Pirots rebuilt with sharper pacing and a sillier theme. The beavers ooze character, the animations when TNT erupts or Beaver Night Fever hits are genuinely funny, and the constant shift between cosy lodge and wild disco keeps me watching the screen. It is not a quick spin-and-see slot though; rounds often become little adventures that either fizzle or snowball.

The flip side is that the ruleset is busy and the return rate sits on the low side, so casual players or bonus hunters might bounce off it. I see Dam Beavers as a machine for sessions where I am in the mood to sit back, let the characters trundle about and hope they stumble onto that hidden Max Win coin. When it all lines up, the ride can be pretty special.

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