Bonus hunt calculator
Put in what the hunt cost, how many bonuses you have and the bet size. You get the break-even average: how many times its bet each bonus has to return, on average, before the start is back. Type each win as the bonus opens, and the live average and the target for the unopened ones move with it.
Calculator
- Break-even average
- 100.0×$1,000.00 / $10.00 in bets
- Opened
- 0 / 10$0.00 won so far
- Average so far
- –won / bets opened
- Rest needs
- 100.0×average on the unopened bonuses
- Result now
- −$1,000.00won − start cost
| # | Bet $ | Win $ | Multiplier |
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| 3 | – | ||
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| 7 | – | ||
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| 10 | – |
Formula: start cost / sum of bet sizes. A bonus hunt has the same RTP as the games in it; the break-even number shows the target, not the odds of reaching it.
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Before the opening
Pick how the bonuses got there first. Hunt with a budget is for when you spun the base game until scatters landed, so the start is everything you put in. Bought bonuses asks for the price of one buy and multiplies it by the count.
Set the bet size most of your bonuses were collected at. If a few were on a different bet, type that bet into its own row below and leave the other rows blank. A $1.20 bonus weighs three times a $0.40 one in the break-even, and the calculator does that weighting for you.
During the opening, type the win in dollars for each bonus as it finishes. Skip the ones you haven't opened. Clear results wipes wins and bet changes but keeps your start and count.
- Break-even average
- start cost ÷ sum of all bet sizes
- Average so far
- won so far ÷ bet sizes of the opened bonuses
- Rest needs
- (start cost − won so far) ÷ bets not yet opened
- Result now
- won so far − start cost
Worked example: $750 start, eight bonuses, mixed bets
An invented hunt, but a typical shape. Bets were $0.40, $0.40, $0.60, $0.60, $0.80, $1, $1 and $1.20, so the bets add up to $6 and the break-even comes out at 125.0×. Here are the first six openings.
| # | Bet | Win | Multiplier | Average so far | Rest needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.40 | $18.40 | 46× | 46× | 130.6× |
| 2 | $0.40 | $6.40 | 16× | 31× | 139.5× |
| 3 | $0.60 | $51.00 | 85× | 54.14× | 146.6× |
| 4 | $0.60 | $22.80 | 38× | 49.3× | 162.9× |
| 5 | $0.80 | $268.00 | 335× | 130.9× | 119.8× |
| 6 | $1.00 | $41.00 | 41× | 107.3× | 155.6× |
Made-up wins, sums from calc.py (2026-11-12). After six bonuses: $407.60 back, result −$342.40, two bonuses left at $1 and $1.20.
Bonus 5 is alone above 125×, and it flips the average from 49.3× to 130.9× in one go. The rest-needs number drops below the start target for a moment, then a 41× on the next bonus pushes it straight back up to 155.6×. Two bonuses left, $2.20 in bets, and they need $342.40 between them. Most of that is riding on the $1.20 one.
What moves the break-even
| Setup | Sum of bets | Break-even average |
|---|---|---|
| All at $0.50 | $4.00 | 187.5× |
| All at $0.75 | $6.00 | 125.0× |
| All at $1.00 | $8.00 | 93.75× |
| Bought: 8 buys at $80 on a $0.80 bet ($640 start) | $6.40 | 100.0× |
calc.py, run 2026-11-12. Bought bonuses: break-even = buy price ÷ bet, here 100×.
Bet size decides more than the number of bonuses. The same $750 collected at $0.50 needs 187.5× a bonus, and at $1 it needs 93.75×. For bought hunts the break-even is just the buy price, 100× in the last row, and if the bonus mode runs at 96% you'd expect about 96× back on average.
What the calculator can't tell you
The calculator tracks the target. It doesn't know which bonus is going to hit and it can't give you the chance of finishing above break-even, because that depends on each game's bonus spread. Opening order doesn't matter either. Opening your highest bets last changes how tense the end feels, never the total.
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Questions
What's a decent break-even for a hunt?
There is no fixed number. Hold it up against the buy price of the slots on your list: a break-even well above 100× on games that sell their bonus at 100× means the hunt cost more than buying would have.
Why does the bet size of each bonus matter?
Wins grow in step with the bet. A 200× on a $0.40 bonus is $80, on $1.20 it is $240, so the bigger bets carry more of the result.
What does "rest needs" mean?
The average multiplier, on their own bets, that the closed bonuses need to reach break-even from where the hunt stands now. Streams often call it the required average.
Does the calculator save my hunt?
No. It runs in your browser and nothing you type is sent or stored. Reloading the page clears it.
Sources
- bonushunt.gg FAQ. bonus hunt, start, break-even and required average as used on streams Checked 12 November 2026
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