The hawkish January 2022 video slot Desert Hawk relates to its developer Ainsworth’s games Eagle Dollar (August 2022), Kanga Cash duology, Mustang series, Eagle Rider (October 2022), and Eagle Bucks (September 2014).

Featuring desert animals, eleven of the Desert Hawk’s twelve symbols create left-to-right combinations in its 20 nonadjustable win lines; other notable features: two pay tables, (more) free games, eleven bets, and sticky hawks.

One symbol (cougar) requires two to five-of-a-kind, with: X0.25 to X25 regular and X0.25 to X12.50 free games’ payouts. Ten symbols (oasis, gray fox, red fox, scorpion, A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9) require three to five combinations, with X0.25 to X100 payouts.

Desert Hawk Game Characteristics

The Red Desert—in Wyoming State— amid an orange-and-golden overcast is the setting for the freestanding reels in the Desert Hawk’s frameless, translucent, and brown-lined 5X3 grid.
The Desert Hawk’s total bets: $1.00 (minimum), $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, $40.00, and $50.00 (maximum).

The Desert Hawk’s two special symbols: substituting “wild” hawk; and a free games-activating golden sunset-lit oasis (scatter; in inner reels). Ten ordinaries: snarling cougar; gray fox; red fox; red scorpion; purple A; orange K; golden Q; blue J; red 10; and green 9.

First, the Desert Hawk’s regular payouts.
$1.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $0.25, $0.50, and $5.00; Q pay $0.25, $1.00, and $5.00; A/K pay $0.25, $2.00, and $7.50; scorpions pay $0.50, $2.50, and $10.00; red foxes pay $0.50, $3.75, and $10.00; gray foxes pay $1.00, $5.00, and $20.00; oases pay $5.00, $10.00, and $100.00; and cougars pay $0.25, $1.00, $5.00, and $25.00.

$2.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $0.50, $1.00, and $10.00; Q pay $0.50, $2.00, and $10.00; A/K pay $0.50, $4.00, and $15.00; scorpions pay $1.00, $5.00, and $20.00; red foxes pay $1.00, $7.50, and $20.00; gray foxes pay $2.00, $10.00, and $40.00; oases pay $10.00, $20.00, and $200.00; and cougars pay $0.50, $2.00, $10.00, and $50.00.

$3.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $0.75, $1.50, and $15.00; Q pay $0.75, $3.00, and $15.00; A/K pay $0.75, $6.00, and $22.50; scorpions pay $1.50, $7.50, and $30.00; red foxes pay $1.50, $11.25, and $30.00; gray foxes pay $300, $15.00, and $60.00; oases pay $15.00, $30.00, and $300.00; and cougars pay $0.75, $3.00, $15.00, and $75.00.

$4.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $1.00, $2.00, and $20.00; Q pay $1.00, $4.00, and $20.00; A/K pay $1.00, $8.00, and $30.00; scorpions pay $2.00, $10.00, and $40.00; red foxes pay $2.00, $15.00, and $40.00; gray foxes pay $4.00, $20.00, and $80.00; oases pay $20.00, $40.00, and $400.00; and cougars pay $1.00, $4.00, $20.00, and $100.00.

$5.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $1.25, $2.50, and $25.00; Q pay $1.25, $5.00, and $25.00; A/K pay $1.25, $10.00, and $37.50; scorpions pay $2.50, $12.50, and $50.00; red foxes pay $2.50, $18.75, and $50.00; gray foxes pay $5.00, $25.00, and $100.00; oases pay $25.00, $50.00, and $500.00; and cougars pay $1.25, $5.00, $25.00, and $125.00.

$10.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $2.50, $5.00, and $50.00; Q pay $2.50, $10.00, and $50.00; A/K pay $2.50, $20.00, and $75.00; scorpions pay $5.00, $25.00, and $100.00; red foxes pay $5.00, $37.50, and $100.00; gray foxes pay $10.00, $50.00, and $200.00; oases pay $50.00, $100.00, and $1000.00; and cougars pay $2.50, $10.00, $50.00, and $250.00.

$15.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $3.75, $7.50, and $75.00; Q pay $3.75, $15.00, and $75.00; A/K pay $3.75, $30.00, and $112.50; scorpions pay $7.50, $37.50, and $150.00; red foxes pay $7.50, $56.25, and $150.00; gray foxes pay $15.00, $75.00, and $300.00; oases pay $75.00, $150.00, and $1500.00; and cougars pay $3.75, $15.00, $75.00, and $375.00.

$20.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $5.00, $10.00, and $100.00; Q pay $5.00, $20.00, and $100.00; A/K pay $5.00, $40.00, and $150.00; scorpions pay $10.00, $50.00, and $200.00; red foxes pay $10.00, $75.00, and $200.00; gray foxes pay $20.00, $100.00, and $400.00; oases pay $100.00, $200.00, and $2000.00; and cougars pay $5.00, $20.00, $100.00, and $500.00.

$30.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $7.50, $15.00, and $150.00; Q pay $7.50, $30.00, and $150.00; A/K pay $7.50, $60.00, and $225.00; scorpions pay $15.00, $75.00, and $300.00; red foxes pay $15.00, $112.50, and $300.00; gray foxes pay $30.00, $150.00, and $600.00; oases pay $150.00, $300.00, and $3000.00; and cougars pay $7.50, $30.00, $150.00, and $750.00.

$40.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $10.00, $20.00, and $200.00; Q pay $10.00, $40.00, and $200.00; A/K pay $10.00, $80.00, and $300.00; scorpions pay $20.00, $100.00, and $400.00; red foxes pay $20.00, $150.00, and $400.00; gray foxes pay $40.00, $200.00, and $800.00; oases pay $200.00, $400.00, and $4000.00; and cougars pay $10.00, $40.00, $200.00, and $1000.00.

$50.00 bet: 10/9/J pay $12.50, $25.00, and $250.00; Q pay $12.50, $50.00, and $250.00; A/K pay $12.50, $100.00, and $375.00; scorpions pay $25.00, $125.00, and $500.00; red foxes pay $25.00, $187.50, and $500.00; gray foxes pay $50.00, $250.00, and $1000.00; oases pay $250.00, $500.00, and $5000.00 (maximum win); and cougars pay $12.50, $50.00, $250.00, and $1250.00.

In the free games: 10/9/J/A/K/Q pay X0.25, X0.50, and X2.50; scorpions pay X0.25, X1.25, and X5; red foxes pay X0.25, X2, and X5; gray foxes pay X0.25, X2, and X10; oases pay X5, X10, and (also 6+ oases pay) X100; and cougars pay X0.25, X0.50, X2.50, and X12.50.

3+ oases unlock eight free spins (at an oasis), with hawks in the inner reels. Re-landing 3+ oases offers +5 free spins. Alternatively, the originally landed 3+ oases may yield eight free spins, with: hawks avoiding reel one only; and a mode-long, hawk-locking fifth reel.

The Desert Hawk software has: “max” bet; 5/10/15/20/25 auto games; bet history; and on/off ringing, clinking, rustling, retro, jingling, hawk call, whooshing, and growling sounds.
The animated 3D graphics: stinger-shaking scorpion, golden glow, beak-opening hawk, flipping, glittering, gushing, swaying palms, hawk flying by, and hordes of gleaming desert flies.

Luck in Desert Hawk

A game of luck, the Desert Hawk’s RTP rate is 95.88%. House edge: 4.12%.