Lost treasure

Lost Treasure uses two multipliers with different scopes

Lost Treasure uses five reels and 20 paylines.

The explorer Wild carries a x2 result-level effect.

The Free Spins feature uses a separate x3 multiplier state.

Those numbers belong to different parts of the game.

The Wild's x2 matters when the explorer participates in a qualifying line.

The feature's x3 belongs to wins during the Free Spins round.

Understanding the source of each multiplier is more useful than treating the title as having one generic multiplier system.

The explorer Wild changes both symbol identity and value

The explorer acts as the Wild.

It substitutes for eligible ordinary symbols while remaining separate from the Scatter.

When the Wild contributes to a qualifying win, the documented x2 rule becomes relevant.

The same symbol can therefore affect two layers of the result.

It can help create the line by substitution.

It can also change the value of the line it helped form.

That effect belongs to the current result rather than becoming a permanent x2 state for later base-game spins.

Scatter opens 15 Free Spins

The Free Spins route awards 15 spins.

Once the feature begins, wins use the x3 bonus multiplier.

That state does not require the explorer Wild to appear.

The x3 rule belongs to the feature itself.

This is what separates the two value layers most clearly.

Base play can contain a x2 Wild result.

Free Spins move the whole active feature into a x3 environment.

The same 20-payline geometry remains underneath both.

Feature entry changes value rather than reel shape

Lost Treasure does not need a second hold-and-respin board or a variable-height grid to make Free Spins mechanically different.

The reel layout stays familiar.

What changes is the multiplier context.

That makes the transition easy to read.

Before entry, the special value rule is attached to the explorer Wild when it participates.

After entry, the feature-wide x3 state applies to winning bonus results.

The game changes how value is handled while leaving the reel structure intact.

Wild x2 and Free Spins x3 should not be combined by assumption

Seeing x2 and x3 in the same title can tempt a simple multiplication claim.

The safe reading is source-based rather than arithmetic.

Identify which rule caused the value change shown by the game.

The Wild has its documented x2 role.

The Free Spins feature has its documented x3 state.

Any exact interaction when both are relevant on the same bonus result should be read from the game's own displayed evaluation rather than assumed from multiplying the labels together.

This keeps the explanation precise.

Twenty paylines keep the result interpretable

The fixed line map provides a stable reference.

A Wild can participate in more than one possible payline depending on its position.

During Free Spins, those same lines are still used.

The player therefore does not need to relearn how combinations are formed when the bonus starts.

The useful change is the value layer, not the line geometry.

That continuity makes Lost Treasure mechanically straightforward despite having two different multiplier sources.

Gamble is a later decision

Lost Treasure also includes Wazdan's post-win Gamble feature.

That belongs after the reel result has been settled.

It does not create the Wild x2 effect.

It does not trigger the 15 Free Spins.

It does not establish the x3 feature state.

The line result and any relevant multiplier rule come first.

Only then can Gamble become a separate decision around the existing award.

Keeping that order clear prevents three value-related systems from being described as one feature.

The treasure theme maps neatly onto symbol roles

The explorer Wild and treasure-oriented Scatter are visually easy to separate.

That makes the two main feature layers easier to recognise.

The explorer is tied to line construction and x2.

The Scatter is tied to entry into the 15-spin x3 state.

The theme therefore supports recognition without needing a long story section.

The mechanical difference between the two symbols remains the useful information.

Lost Treasure is easiest to read by multiplier source

Start with the ordinary payline result.

If the explorer Wild participates, the x2 rule belongs to that result.

If Scatter moves play into Free Spins, shift to the feature-wide x3 state for the 15-spin sequence.

Do not merge those values into one ladder.

They answer different questions.

Which special symbol affected this line?

Which game mode is active?

Lost Treasure gets its depth from layering symbol-level and mode-level value rules on the same five-reel, 20-payline frame.

The same winning line can be read under different value contexts

The 20-payline map gives Lost Treasure a useful constant for comparing base play and Free Spins.

A matching combination follows the same line geometry in both modes.

What changes is the value context around that line.

In base play, an explorer Wild can introduce the x2 symbol-level rule when it participates.

During Free Spins, the feature itself supplies the x3 state.

That means the player can understand the bonus without relearning how lines are formed.

The same structural result is being evaluated under a different mode-level rule.

Multiplier scope is more important than multiplier size

The difference between x2 and x3 is not only numerical.

The x2 belongs to a symbol condition.

The x3 belongs to a game mode.

That scope determines when each rule matters and when it stops mattering.

A Wild x2 ends with the result it affected.

The Free Spins x3 remains relevant across the 15-spin feature.

This is the clearest way to understand why Lost Treasure can contain two multipliers without needing a progressive multiplier meter.