Wanted Dead or a Wild has three separate free spins features, each triggered by its own scatter symbol and each with a different risk profile. The Great Train Robbery is the calmest ride, Duel at Dawn is the most explosive, and Dead Man's Hand sits between them with a unique two-phase mechanic. All three can also be purchased through the Buy Bonus menu.
Land 3 or more Train Robbery scatter symbols to trigger this bonus. You receive 10 free spins, and every wild that lands stays in place for the remaining spins. As the round progresses, the grid gradually fills with wilds, which improves your chances on every subsequent spin. Hacksaw rates this feature as medium volatility, and the Buy Bonus RTP is 96.27%. It's the least dramatic of the three rounds — you're unlikely to hit 12,500× here — but it's also the least likely to return nothing. If you want predictability from a high-volatility slot, this is your round.
Three or more Duel scatter symbols launch this feature with 10 free spins. The critical difference from the base game: more VS symbols are loaded onto the reels. Each VS symbol that lands as part of a win expands to cover the entire reel and applies a multiplier between 2× and 100×. If you land VS symbols on all 5 reels in a single spin, the entire grid becomes wild with stacked multipliers. That's where the max win lives. The Buy Bonus RTP is 96.33%, and the volatility is labeled 'very high' — expect entire rounds that pay nothing, punctuated by rare spins that pay everything.
Land 3 or more Dead scatter symbols to trigger this two-phase bonus. Phase 1 is a collect round: you start with 3 respins, and only wild symbols, multiplier symbols, and placeholder cards can appear. Every time you land a wild or multiplier, it's collected and your respins reset to 3. You can accumulate up to 20 wilds and a total multiplier of ×31. Three consecutive non-winning spins end the collect phase. Phase 2 is the showdown: 3 free spins where all your collected wilds are distributed across the grid on every spin, and every win is multiplied by your accumulated total. The Buy Bonus RTP is 96.43% — the highest of the three. One player reported buying this feature for 400× and collecting 16 wilds with a 9× multiplier, ending the round with a 4.23× return on the buy-in cost.
VS symbols aren't limited to Duel at Dawn — they appear in the base game too, just less frequently. When a VS symbol lands and is part of a winning combination, it expands across the entire reel. Two outlaws appear with different multiplier values (ranging from 2× to 100×), and they duel. The winner's multiplier is applied to the expanded wild reel. If more than one VS symbol lands, their multipliers are first added together, then the total is multiplied with payline wins. If a VS symbol lands on each of the 5 reels, the entire 5×5 grid becomes wild. This was the first Hacksaw Gaming slot to use the DuelReels mechanic, which later appeared in Duel at Dawn (the standalone sequel) and other Hacksaw releases.