Nine Tails
Anime folklore slot with a nine-tail prize collection
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SlotRanker Score: 74 — Nine Tails by Habanero
https://slotranker.com/habanero/nine-tails#scoreSlot Summary
How It Plays
The 5x5 grid evaluates wins through 259 connected ways rather than fixed lines. Matching symbols must connect through neighboring positions on consecutive reels from left to right.
During base play, the fox lady can change form and add either a scatter, several wilds, or a group of matching premium symbols before evaluation.
Theme & Atmosphere
Japanese folklore and Anime styling frame the central character as a woman who can reveal her nine-tailed fox form, linking the Mythology and Animals themes.
The Asia and Fantasy setting is functional rather than ornamental: transformation controls the base-game modifiers, while the fox's 9 tails become the bonus prize meter.
Features & Win Potential
Wild symbols substitute for ordinary paying symbols across the connected grid. Scatter symbols pay separately and determine entry into the free-spins feature.
Additional free spins can be earned through retriggers, giving the tail collection more time to reach all 9 filled positions before the feature ends.
Bonus & Free Spins
Three, four, or five scatters award 7, 27, or 57 free games. Every winning combination adds either a 7 or 77 prize to one tail.
When all 9 tails contain prizes, selected values are upgraded before payment. Any values left at the end of free games are paid without that complete-collection upgrade.
True Cost to Play
Expected average based on this slot's 96.75% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.
Estimate only, for entertainment purposes — treat gambling as entertainment, not a way to make money, and set a budget you can afford to lose.
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Compare Nine Tails with other games
 Nine Tails Score 74This game |  Kitsune Sakura Fortune Score 74 |  The Power of Kitsune Score 59 |  Xing Guardian Score 72 |  Tale of the Nine Tailed Score 62 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||||
| Studio | |||||
| Released | 10/26/2021 | 4/11/2023 | 8/17/2023 | 3/22/2017 | 3/31/2023 |
| Math | |||||
| RTP | 96.75% | 96.04% | 95.98% | 97.01% | 96% |
| Volatility | Medium volatility | Medium/High | — | Medium volatility | — |
| Max win | 46,865× | 3,000× | 2,000× | — | — |
| Format | |||||
| Reels | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Layout | 5x5 | 5x4 | 3-4-5-4-3 | 5x4 | 5x3 |
| Paylines | 259 | 100 | 20 (Bothway) | 1024 | 243 |
| Min bet | 0.3 | 0.1 | — | 0.01 | 0.4 |
| Max bet | 300 | 10 | — | 3 | 480 |
| Features | |||||
| Progressive | — | — | ✓ | — | — |
| Wild symbol | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free spins | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scatter symbol | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiplier | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bonus game | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Respins | — | — | — | — | — |
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Questions & Answers
Nine Tails FAQ
Every winning combination during free games places a prize on one fox tail. Filling all 9 tails triggers upgrades before the collected values pay.
Three, four, or five scatters award 7, 27, or 57 free games respectively, and the feature can retrigger.
Her random forms can place one scatter, three wilds, or four matching high-paying symbols onto the grid.
Nine Tails uses 259 connected ways, so matching symbols must touch through neighboring positions across consecutive reels from the left.
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