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Hexbreaker 3
On cruise ships
Reported on 1 ship across 1 cruise line
Royal Caribbean
How it plays. All five reels start three symbols tall. A horseshoe makes its reel grow, and when a reel reaches full height you win the prize in the Luck Zone orb above it, after which the reel drops back to three rows. More on how it plays
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Where Hexbreaker 3 has been reported
1 dated public report from 1 named ship, grouped by ship: mostly player videos, plus articles and cruise line pages. Machines move during refits, so check on board.
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How Hexbreaker 3 plays
How it plays
Reel heights and orb prizes stay as the last player left them, so this is a persistence game, and taller reels also mean more ways to win. Three bonus symbols on reels 2-4, or a bonus orb, start Change Your Luck free games. In free games the reels grow downward toward a Jinx Zone of cash orbs, skull orbs and the white-cat progressive, and the round runs until a skull ends it. Mystery symbols that transform into matching groups help base-game wins.
Features
- Horseshoes grow individual reels; a full reel pays its Luck Zone orb and resets
- Luck Zone orbs can hold credits, free games or the black-cat progressive
- Change Your Luck free games run until a skull orb is hit
- Symbol transformations into one to four matching groups
- Wins pay left-to-right and right-to-left
At a glance
- Maker
- IGT
- Series
- Hexbreaker
- First released
- 2020
- Type
- Persistence
- Mechanics
- Expanding reels that persist, Luck Zone prize orbs, Both-ways ways pays, Change Your Luck free games, Per-bet progressive (cat awards)
- Theme
- Superstition (black cats, broken mirrors, horseshoes)
- Layout
- 5 reels that start 3 rows tall and grow with horseshoes; 243 ways at minimum, up to 59,049 ways per IGT; wins pay both directions
- Cabinets
- CrystalCurve
- Denominations
- Usually 1¢ (Wizard of Odds)
- Bets
- 80–400 credits ($0.80–$4.00 at 1¢), per Wizard of Odds
- Volatility
- High (review rating)
- Jackpots
- Progressive cat awards: the black cat in reel 3's Luck Zone in the base game, and the white cat on the middle reel in free games. Wizard of Odds says each bet level has its own progressive, starting at about 141x the bet. Other orbs pay fixed credits or start free games.
- Payback
- Not published. On ships, the operator sets it and doesn't post it.
In the Hexbreaker series
Tips from players and reviewers
- Reel heights carry over between players. Wizard of Odds' preliminary guidance is to look for at least 3,500 combinations (the reel heights multiplied together), or a middle reel at six rows or more. It calls this an educated guess.
- Forum players report large swings even at good setups, and some think software updates changed how often the middle reel grows, so treat any threshold as rough.
- The progressive you chase is the one for your bet level, so check the cat meter at the bet you plan to use (Wizard of Odds).
Tips can't change the odds of any spin. They help you pick a bet level and a machine.
Industry standing and land-casino jackpots
Casino Journal listed Hexbreaker 3 among 2020's most innovative gaming products, and IGT said at the time that it regularly ranked near the top of performance charts. Players can see the reel heights at a glance, which has made it a well-known advantage-play target and keeps it in forum and YouTube coverage.
Why it's popular
- Named one of Casino Journal's 2020 Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products; IGT said it regularly ranks near the top of performance charts
- Wizard of Odds published an advantage-play analysis calling it a popular IGT game
- Long Wizard of Vegas forum thread (2022-23) on when the reels are worth playing
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How reports are checked
- Only signed-in members with a confirmed email address can report.
- One report per member for each game, ship and month, from the line's fleet list.
- Up to 20 reports a day per member.
- A report without a note is published straight away. A report with a written note is held until an editor has read it.
- Editors can approve or reject held reports and remove any report. You can delete your own reports at any time.
- Published reports show the line, ship, month and note, never your name or email.
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Sources (8)
- Public Gaming: IGT sole supplier with three wins in Casino Journal's 2020 Top 20 (Sep 2020) press
- Wizard of Odds: Hexbreak3r review
- Wizard of Vegas forum: Hexbreak3r (2022-23) community
- SlotCatalog: HexBreaker 3 review review
- VegasSlotsOnline: Hexbreak3r 3 review
- PlayUSA: Hexbreak3r review
- Casinos.com: Hexbreaker 2 review
- High Seas Slots with Brian: I Can't Believe I Hit the Progressive on Hexbreaker! community
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