Duck Hunters: scatter pays on a 5x5 grid with extreme volatility
By Kristaps Birznieks · updated October 2026
Duck Hunters is a Nolimit City slot that does away with paylines. The game is played on a five-by-five grid, and a win forms when enough identical symbols appear anywhere on it. That changes how you read the screen: there are no lines to follow, only counts of matching symbols. Like other games from this provider, it sits at the very top of the volatility scale.
Provider
Nolimit City
RTP
96.05%
Volatility
Extreme
Max win
30,000x
How wins form
On a scatter-pays grid, position does not matter. According to the provider, a win needs eight or more matching symbols anywhere on the 5x5 field. The paytable shows how the payout grows with the number of symbols, so the first thing to check is the value of eight, ten and twelve of a kind for each symbol. That tells you how much of the game's return sits in small, frequent hits and how much in rare, large clusters.
Bombs and position multipliers
Two named mechanics shape the game: bombs and position multipliers. As the second name suggests, multipliers are tied to positions on the grid, so the same symbol count can pay very differently depending on where a win lands. Bombs are a special symbol type, and the information panel explains exactly what they do to the grid. Free spins concentrate these features. The exact behaviour of each mechanic is documented in the game's information panel; read it before staking, because it is the core of how the game pays.
Extreme volatility in practice
An RTP of 96.05% describes the average over a very long run. With extreme volatility, the distribution is lopsided: most spins return little or nothing, while a small share of feature rounds carries much of the value. The 30,000x maximum is a ceiling. A realistic plan treats the session budget as the price of entertainment and uses a stake small enough to survive long dry spells.
| What to check | Where | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Payout for 8+ symbols | Paytable | Shows the size of frequent wins |
| Bomb behaviour | Info panel | Explains the special symbol |
| Position multipliers | Info panel | Decides the size of big wins |
| RTP shown in game | Info panel | Confirms the version you play |
Duck Hunters versus a live table
If you come from live baccarat, where the Banker bet carries an edge of about 1.06% and a round takes about a minute, a fast, extreme-volatility slot can feel like a different universe. Budgets move much faster here. Treat it as a separate activity with its own limit, not as a way to recover a table loss.
Related guides
Mental is the other extreme-volatility Nolimit City game we cover; Mummyland Treasures also uses a large grid but with ways instead of scatter pays. All eight games are listed in Games, and the RTP and volatility concepts are explained in Slots.