Tippy Tavern Slot Review

Tippy Tavern: Slot Overview

When I first loaded Tippy Tavern, it felt like walking into a lively Irish pub packed with clovers, pipes and frothing beer mugs. Snowborn has lifted the full framework from Pile ’Em Up, so you get the same 5x3 layout, 20 paylines and coin collect mechanics, just wrapped in a leprechaun theme. Stakes run from low, starting around 20p a spin, up to chunky higher limits for those who like pressing it.

On the numbers side, Tippy Tavern runs on high volatility with a recorded RTP of 96.22% at the top setting, though some casinos will use lower profiles. The max win sits at 7,500x your stake, helped by the Coin Booster multiplier that reaches x10 and carries into the bonus features. It is very much a feast-or-famine setup, but when things line up the game can go from quiet to lively in no time.

Coin Symbols & Collect – Tippy Tavern

The regular paytable in Tippy Tavern sticks to a clear split between low and high symbols. Bottle caps with J, Q, K and A act as the small pays and return 1x to 3.75x your bet for five of a kind. Premiums are the pipe, four leaf clover, harp and dice, paying from 12x up to 20x for a full line. It is tidy, easy to read, and you soon know what you are looking for.

Wilds drop on all five reels in both base game and free spins, stepping in for pay symbols and forming wins of their own. Hitting a line of five wilds pays a chunky 111x your stake, which feels strong for a line win and helps plug the gaps on a dry spell. In my sessions, wild lines were not frequent, but when they hit they did a lot of the lifting in the base game.

The standout icons, though, are the golden coin symbols. These land with fixed values from 0.2x up to 50x your bet. On their own they do nothing; you only get paid if a collect symbol appears on reel five at the same time. When that happens, the game totals the coin values and sends them through the Coin Booster multiplier first, then pays the lot. It is a clean, satisfying hit when the right reel five symbol lands.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x111
	4	x44
	3	x22
	Scatter
	3	x1.5
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x16
	4	x4
	3	x2
	5	x14
	4	x3
	3	x1.5
	5	x12
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x3.75
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.25
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.25
	5	x1
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.25
	Bonus
	Collect
	Collect

Coin Booster – Tippy Tavern

The Coin Booster in Tippy Tavern sits on the right side of the screen and starts at x1. Each time a 1UP beer mug symbol lands, it nudges the multiplier up by one step, up to a hard cap of x10. Whenever coins are collected, either in the base game or features, the current multiplier is applied to the total coin value, then the meter drops back to x1. The progress is stored per stake level, which matters if you like switching bets.

Free Spins – Tippy Tavern

Triggering free spins in Tippy Tavern needs three scatter symbols, which only appear on reels one, three and five. Land the set and you get nine free spins, with your current Coin Booster value carried straight into the round. During the feature, any new set of two scatters gives three extra spins, while three scatters award nine extra spins. On a good run you can stretch that initial batch into a surprisingly long session of spins.

All coin symbols that land in free spins are collected into the Respins Pot rather than paying straight away. When the very last free spin finishes, the game gives you a separate shot at winning the entire Pot total, multiplied by the final Coin Booster value you have reached. I like this structure; it keeps you watching the pot value climb, knowing the hit or miss moment is sitting right at the end of the round.

From my own play, the free spins round swings hard. A low Coin Booster can leave the Respins Pot feeling underwhelming even if plenty of coins land, while a late 1UP mug that takes the multiplier towards x10 can turn a modest pot into something serious. You are gambling on both coin volume and multiplier progress, which suits players who enjoy that edge-of-the-seat finish instead of flat, predictable bonus games.

Happy Hour Bonus – Tippy Tavern

The Happy Hour Bonus in Tippy Tavern triggers when you have collected a bonus symbol on each of the five reels over time, with each collected symbol lighting a yellow star under its reel. This progress is saved by bet size, which can work in your favour if you grind one stake. When all stars are lit, you shift into a hold and win style screen with three spins on the counter and your current Coin Booster moved across.

The 200 Spins Tippy Tavern Slot Experience

During my longer test set, roughly 200 spins, the base game felt quite spiky, which matches the high volatility label. Regular line wins from bottle caps and mid symbols did not do much, but the odd collect hit with several coins and a modest Coin Booster kept the balance ticking over. I triggered Happy Hour first, quite early on, and then landed free spins later, which reflects how both features sit in the same overall prize structure.

Tippy Tavern: Slot Verdict

Tippy Tavern is a straight reskin of Pile ’Em Up, but the Irish pub treatment works well, and the mechanics still feel fresh if you like coin collect play. The link between base game, free spins and Happy Hour through the shared Coin Booster ties the whole slot together. When you hit coins with a high multiplier, the game shows exactly where that 7,500x max win figure comes from, even if most rounds sit well below that ceiling.

On the flip side, the high volatility, adjustable RTP ranges and feature-driven wins mean dry spells will happen, especially if the Coin Booster keeps resetting before doing much work. From my perspective, Tippy Tavern suits players who enjoy building progress over sessions, chasing that x10 multiplier and big coin layouts. If leprechaun themes appeal and you fancy a cheerful slot with proper hit potential, this is an Irish Luck outing I am happy to sit in for a while.

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