ELK Studios • 2026 • CollectR Mechanic
The Fearful Four
Hit the Deep
The most deranged parrot slot of the decade just went underwater. Pirots 6 takes the Fearful Four into the crushing depths of the ocean — and it's absolutely blinding.
New 2026
The Story So Far
From the High Seas to the Ocean Floor
The Fearful Four have sailed every sea, stomped through the Jurassic, robbed every saloon in the Wild West, survived a space bandit, a yeti, fire minions, and a bona fide Inferno. Now they're going proper deep.
The Pirots saga began in 2023 with a crew of mischievous parrot pirates on the high seas, armed with ELK Studios' brand-new CollectR mechanic. It was daft, colourful, and immediately brilliant. Pirots 2 shoved them back in time to a dino-infested world; Pirots 3 dressed them up for the Wild West with duelling bandits and dynamite. Then came Pirots 4 — a multi-chapter sci-fi epic with a Space Bandit, a Yeti, and a proper lava world to round it off. Pirots 5 took the crew somewhere gloriously uncharted, ramping up the tension with each new mechanic piled on top of the last.
For Pirots 6, the creative team at ELK Studios have looked straight down. The deep ocean represents the final frontier the Fearful Four haven't pillaged yet — and given that it's dark, crushingly pressurised, and filled with creatures that glow in the dark, it suits them perfectly. The parrots have traded their spacesuits for deep-sea dive gear, their space station for a crumbling shipwreck, and their Space Bandit for something far more unsettling lurking in the black water below.
The Full Pirots Series
Every Adventure Ranked
Six instalments deep and the series shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. Here's the full lineage of the Fearful Four's increasingly ridiculous escapades.
Pirots 1 • 2023
The High Seas
Classic pirate world, 5x5 base grid, CollectR debut
CollectR DebutPirots 2 • 2023
Jurassic World
Dinosaur theme park, amber gems, dino stampede features
Award WinnerPirots 3 • 2024
Wild West
6x7 grid, Bandit duel mechanic, dynamite & keys
Fan FavouritePirots 4 • 2025
Outer Space
Three chapters, Space Bandit, Yeti, Inferno — 6x6 expanding to 8x8
Multi-ChapterPirots 5 • 2026
Uncharted
Heist theme, deepened CollectR mechanics, cascading multipliers
Latest ReleasePirots 6 • 2026
The Deep
Bioluminescent ocean, the Leviathan villain, pressure mechanics
You Are HereCore Mechanics
How the Madness Actually Works
If you've never touched a Pirots game, the CollectR mechanic is unlike anything else in slots. Here's the full breakdown for Pirots 6.
CollectR Mechanic
Four bird characters roam freely across the grid, each collecting gems of their matching colour. No paylines, no clusters — just birds gobbling up everything in their path. Every collected symbol feeds the feature metre.
Expanding Grid
The base grid starts at 6x6. Pressure vents and sonar pulses — the deep-ocean equivalent of corner bombs — can crack open the grid to a maximum of 8x8, packing in more symbols and significantly more chaos.
Gem Upgrade System
All four gem types start at Level 1, paying 0.05x to 0.1x each. Collect Upgrade symbols to push them to Level 7, where they pay a considerably more satisfying 7.5x to 30x per gem. The higher the level going into the bonus, the better.
Feature Metre
Every symbol a bird collects adds to a shared feature metre. Once it's full, the game awards three chests packed with feature symbols — wilds, upgrades, transforms, coins, and more — unleashing further mayhem on the grid.
Pressure Coins
Deep-ocean pressure coins are Pirots 6's signature instant-win symbols. Each collected coin pays its printed multiplier directly. The Abyss Coin — a rare deep-water variant — pays the remaining amount required to reach the 10,000x max win cap.
Tumble Engine
Once birds have collected every symbol they can reach, a fresh wave of symbols cascades down to fill the grid. Birds keep moving as long as there are matching gems to collect, meaning a single spin can chain into multiple consecutive collection rounds.
The Villain
Meet the Leviathan
Summoned from the Abyss
Every chapter in the Pirots saga brings a new antagonist to make the Fearful Four's lives thoroughly difficult. In Pirots 3 it was the Bandit; in Pirots 4 it was the Space Bandit, then the Yeti, then Charlie the fire demon. Pirots 6 introduces the Leviathan — a colossal, ancient sea creature that emerges from the crush zone to menace the grid.
When the Leviathan surfaces during the Crush Zone feature, it can freeze bird movement, swallow gems before they're collected, and apply its own multiplier to the haul it steals before returning to the depths. The twist: a defeated Leviathan doesn't disappear. It slinks back down, and its multiplier — built up during its rampage — is transferred directly to the birds' next collection round.
The Leviathan Coin Game triggers when all four birds corner the creature. Each bird collects coins from the grid whilst the Leviathan circles, its multiplier ticking upward with every pass. Land the Leviathan symbol during this phase and the multiplier applies to the entire haul, producing some of the most spectacular payouts in the series.
Bonus Rounds
Where Things Get Properly Tasty
Pirots 6 carries forward the series' tradition of stacked bonus options. Collect three anchor scatter symbols to trigger the bonus, or skip straight to the action via X-iter.
Bonus Game
Triggered by three anchor scatter symbols. Grid size, gem upgrade levels, and the feature metre all carry over from the base game. Extra drops are awarded each time an additional anchor lands during the feature.
Super Bonus
Starts immediately on the maximum 8x8 grid with all gem upgrade levels boosted from the off. A feature chest is awarded at the start of every single drop. This is where 10,000x becomes a genuine possibility rather than a distant dream.
Crush Zone
An exclusive Pirots 6 feature triggered mid-bonus. The Leviathan emerges, building its multiplier across multiple collection rounds. Each time it swallows symbols, its counter rises — and a successful bird duel returns that multiplier to the next drop.
Leviathan Coin Game
Triggered when all four birds corner the Leviathan. Birds collect coins across the deep-ocean grid as the creature circles with a growing multiplier. Collecting the Leviathan symbol applies the full multiplier to the entire coin haul.
Key Stats
The Numbers, Plain and Simple
RTP
94.0%
Consistent across all bet modes and X-iter options
Volatility
High
Extended dry spells balanced by massive bonus potential
Max Win
10,000x
Achievable via Super Bonus + Leviathan Coin Game chain
Bet Range
0.20–100
Available in GBP, EUR, USD, and other supported currencies
Base Grid
6×6
Expands to 8x8 via pressure vents and Leviathan events
Developer
ELK Studios
UKGC & MGA licensed. Est. Stockholm, 2013.
X-iter Bonus Buy Options
Feature Symbols
Everything That Can Happen on the Grid
Feature symbols are released when birds exhaust their available moves or specific trigger conditions are met. Each one does something properly useful.
Wild
Substitutes for any gem at its current pay level. Placed by feature chest releases or collected during Crush Zone when the Leviathan retreats.
Upgrade
Boosts the pay level of all gems matching the collecting bird's colour by 1 to 3 steps, up to a ceiling of Level 7 (30x per gem).
Upgrade All
Rare. Upgrades every gem on the grid by 1 to 3 steps simultaneously, regardless of colour. Often the catalyst for the big-number rounds.
Transform
Converts a cluster of adjacent symbols into the colour of the bird that collected it, and may also convert a portion of them into further feature symbols.
Pressure Coin
Pays its printed multiplier value instantly when collected. Values range from 1x to several hundred times the bet. The Abyss Coin tops up to the 10,000x maximum.
Sonar Pulse
The Pirots 6 variant of the corner bomb. Sits in a grid corner until triggered, then expands the grid outward and clears a wedge of symbols to create fresh collection opportunities.
Current Drift
Unique to Pirots 6. Places current symbols in empty grid spaces, allowing birds to traverse the gaps in a single move — extending collection chains that would otherwise dead-end.
Leviathan Symbol
During the Leviathan Coin Game, collecting this symbol applies the creature's full accumulated multiplier to the entire current coin haul. High-value target above all others.
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