xWays Hoarder 2 Slot Review

xWays Hoarder 2 Overview

xWays Hoarder 2 from Nolimit City drags me straight back into the post‑apocalyptic nuclear wasteland, with Karen and her gang still looting whatever scraps they can find. The action now starts in a dingy underground bunker, complete with a sinister Feed Tube, before the free spins haul you up to the ruined surface. It plays on 6 reels with 3 rows and 729 ways to win, and the tone is as irreverent and grubby as ever.

Stakes range from 20p up to £100 a spin, so I can grind it low or push things hard when I fancy. Volatility is rated extreme, a full 10 out of 10, and the default RTP is 96.14%, with lower settings of 94.06% and 92.04% floating about. The Wafer Thin Mint max win of 25,920x the bet hangs over every session, but you pay for that with savage swings.

xWays Hoarder 2 Slot Details

On the maths side, xWays Hoarder 2 sticks close to Nolimit City’s usual template. You get a hit frequency of 21.5%, so on paper a win about every 4.6 spins, though in practice the streaks can be brutal. Around 60% of the RTP comes from the base game and roughly 36% from the features. The main bonus lands on average once in 305 spins, while wins of 100x or more show up about once in 1,139 spins.

Theme, Audio + Symbols in xWays Hoarder 2

The theme continues the first Hoarder outing nicely. In xWays Hoarder 2 I start deep in a fortified bunker, surrounded by rusted metal, warning signs and that ominous Feed Tube. Hit the free spins and an elevator rattles me up to the blasted surface, with radiation notices, barbed wire and toxic barrels. The soundtrack is the same swingy, rock‑and‑rolly tune from the original, still one of my favourite slot soundscapes and a perfect fit for the chaos on screen.

Low‑value symbols are the junk every self‑respecting hoarder clings to: an almost empty loo roll, an XXX bottle of poison, a gas can, a battered first‑aid kit and a bag of Shitties. Six‑of‑a‑kind ways pay from 1x up to about 1.2x the bet, so the line wins alone never look special. Wilds show up as Vinegar Crisps, standing in for all regular pay symbols and helping glue those scrappy ways together.

The premium set is where the slot’s personality kicks in. You get Nerd, Hillbilly, Fuzzy, Dr Dwayne, Skeletor and, of course, Karen herself, back looking even more unhinged. Six matched characters pay between 1.5x and 5x the bet, with Karen at the top. On top of that you have xWays, razorblade xSplit Wilds, stacked xSplit Nudge symbols, Loot symbols, Access Key Scatters and Access Key Super Scatters, which all come into play once the features start firing.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x5
	5	x3
	4	x2
	3	x1
	6	x3
	5	x2
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.75
	6	x2.8
	5	x1.8
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.6
	6	x2.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	6	x2
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.9
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	6	x1.2
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x1.15
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x1.1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1.05
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2

Bonus Features in xWays Hoarder 2

Feature‑wise, xWays Hoarder 2 is absolutely stuffed. The xWays symbol lands on reels 2 to 5, reveals a random regular symbol and can expand between 2 and 12 positions depending on how many connect on the same reel, sending the ways to win through the roof. xSplit Wilds land on reels 2 to 6 and slice every symbol to the left on their row, doubling them and adding multipliers when the same symbol gets chopped more than once, including super‑charged xWays stacks.

xSplit Nudge symbols also appear on reels 2 to 6 as vertical stacks. They nudge into full view but stop just before any special symbol, then act like xSplit Wilds on each row, doubling everything to the left. The Loot Respin is the clever twist: land a Loot symbol on reel 1 together with any special symbol and reel 1 expands and locks. All special symbols stick, respins play until no new ones land, then you get a final spin with the whole x‑laden grid active, and Loot can retrigger it.

Free spins come in Raid Spins, Plunder Spins and Binge Spins. Hit 3, 4 or 5 Scatters for 7, 10 or 13 Raid Spins, with xWays, xSplit Wilds and xSplit Nudge symbols turning sticky and every third collected bumping the Radiation Level, stripping out pairs of low symbols and adding a spin. Plunder Spins need at least one Super Scatter and work in a similar way, but the Super Scatter reel becomes a stack of sticky xSplit symbols. Reach Radiation Level 4 in either mode and you upgrade into Binge Spins, where only Karen, the next best character and the bag of Shitties stay on the reels. Outside the UK, Nolimit Booster bets and Nolimit Bonus buys let you pay extra for better odds or direct entry into Raid or Plunder spins, right up to a pricey option with two guaranteed Super Scatters.

Bonus Buy Feature

Raid Spins Raid Spins can be buy for 80x the bet.
Feature Cost:	x80 Bet
RTP:	96.20%
Volatility:	-
Plunder Spins Plunder Spins can be buy for 300x the bet.
Feature Cost:	x300 Bet
RTP:	96.09%
Volatility:	-
Plunder Spins 2 Plunder Spins 2 can be buy for 800x the bet.
Feature Cost:	x800 Bet
RTP:	96.13%
Volatility:	-
Lucky Draw Lucky Draw can be buy for 312x the bet.
Feature Cost:	x312 Bet
RTP:	96.12%
Volatility:	-

xWays Hoarder 2 Expert Verdict

As someone who hammered the original xWays Hoarder, this sequel hits exactly the right notes for me. The bunker setting feels nastier, the humour around Karen and her Shitties is even darker, and that iconic soundtrack still drives the game along. On the reels, the upgrade to 6x3 with 729 starting ways, the extra xSplit Nudge and the Loot Respin make the whole xMechanics package feel more dangerous and more rewarding when it all lines up.

It is not a slot I touch when I am feeling fragile. The combination of adjustable RTP, extreme volatility and feature‑heavy gameplay means long barren patches and plenty of dead spins. But when the Loot Respins start stacking x‑symbols, or a Plunder Spins round powers through the Radiation Levels into Binge Spins, xWays Hoarder 2 shows what it can do. For me, it is a savage, funny, post‑apocalyptic ride well worth taking if you can stomach the variance.

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