Giant fern fronds arch over a mossy path, lit from inside by fireflies that have not yet noticed the sunrise. Anyone can walk it without signing up, and its free round glows brighter the deeper you go.
Frondlight Tunnel is the path Nubbin keeps clear for every visitor, and its reels wake up as soon as the page does. Its temper is middling: little wins drift in at a regular rate on paid spins, and the brightest stretches belong to the bonus. Frond Seal, the wild, plays any part on the reels apart from the Bell Bloom. Land three Bell Blooms anywhere and Deeper Glow lights ten free spins, the multiplier creeping up through the first four before holding at four times. Four blooms light fifteen, five light twenty-two, and any blooms that open mid-round lengthen the walk.
Deeper Glow. Free spins are multiplied x2, x2, x3, x3, then x4 on the fifth spin and on every spin after it until the round is over; inside a round the glow never dims.
Only free virtual coins are used at this corner. Nobody gambles real money here, a win holds no real-world value, and nothing is sold in the app. Results are drawn by a random number generator, and every spin is blind to the one before.
Measured by running this page's own engine for 5,000,000 spins: coin RTP 98.1%, hit frequency 35.5%, free spins about once in 138 spins, a win of 10x your stake or more about once in 119 spins. Coin figures only — no money is staked or returned.
Open the page and the satchel is already full of play coins. There is no name to give and no app to fetch.
Set a stake and spin. The Frond Seal wild fills a gap in a line for any picture but the Bell Bloom.
Three Bell Blooms light Deeper Glow: ten free spins paying x2 on the first pair, x3 on the second pair, then x4 for the rest of the walk.
Newcomers to the valley, and anyone who would like to try the trail before taking a dig permit. A middling pace, with a bonus that brightens the further in you go.
Paid spins hand back a light, regular trickle of small wins. The tall multipliers sit at the far end of Deeper Glow, so that is where the memorable walks tend to happen.
| Valley symbol | Five alike on one line | Same win as a slice of the stake |
|---|---|---|
 Frond Seal (wild) | 6,000× line bet | 240× your stake |
 Dawn Firefly | 3,000× line bet | 120× your stake |
 Lilac Moth | 1,400× line bet | 56× your stake |
 Wicker Lamp | 850× line bet | 34× your stake |
 Glow Jar | 550× line bet | 22× your stake |
 Curl Shoot | 320× line bet | 12.8× your stake |
The five card ranks (10 to A) pay the least. Three Bell Blooms anywhere open the free round. Full values for three and four of a kind are in the paytable.
No. The firefly tunnel opens for everybody from the page itself; Greenstone Hall and Tumblefern Spring are the two that want a free account.
Yes. Nubbin tips them in on top of the 100,000 coins that every new permit carries.
Yes. Three or more blooms mid-walk add spins, and the glow keeps the multiplier it had already reached.
The task list refreshes daily and counts at every corner. Doing them is entirely optional.
Behind a curtain of roots in the fossil cliffs, jade idols glow along the ledges of a hall nobody remembers carving. It is the calmest machine in the valley, and a blank paid spin holds every wild in place for one more free go.
A mossy rock waterfall spills into a stone pool where copper koi circle beneath the tree ferns. Winning symbols wash away, new ones tumble down with the spray, and each fresh fall in a chain pays a bigger multiple.
Spin for the fun of it, and stop once the fun runs out. Choose a time limit before you begin and take breaks. If gambling of any kind is causing you trouble, ConnexOntario is free and confidential on 1-866-531-2600, 24 hours a day, or visit Responsible Gambling Council and CCSA. Our responsible play policy has the rest.
Fern Fossil Valley is open only to adults aged 19 or over. Each reel in the valley turns on virtual coins of no monetary value, coins that can never be bought, sold, withdrawn or exchanged. Nubbin’s satchel hides no coin shop, the fern path passes no payment page, no prize of real-world value is on offer, and success here does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
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A single satchel of coins pays at all three corners. Your free account unlocks every one and holds coins, favourites, level and daily missions safely between walks.
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