Eight Ball Deluxe pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Clear the seven right drops and hit the lit 8-ball to complete a rack, then repeat on the next ball. Once the carried bonus is large, raise Bonus X at the left inline drops; use the left orbit when the bank is unsafe.
The goal
Complete one rack on each of the first two balls, then multiply the carried Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier. with the left inline drops.
Clear the pool balls
On balls 1 and 2, shoot upward into the seven right drop targets from the left flipper.
Finish the rack
When all seven targets are down, hit the lit 8-ball to finish the rack and light Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack.. The drops stay down.
Build the carried bonus
With Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack. unfinished at ball end, the rack adds 56,000 to carried Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier.. On the next ball, complete another rack to reach the 112,000 maximum.
Multiply it afterward
After the racks, shoot the left inline drops from the left flipper to reach 5X. On the final ball, take only the next award needed to win.
Alternative route: left orbit
Use this when the right drop bank creates unsafe side-to-side returns.
- Repeat the left orbit from the right flipper while its bumper return stays controlled.
- The left-orbit award rises to 70,000. Keep repeating that shot when its safer, repeatable points are enough.
Need to know
- Main route
- Complete one rack on each of the first two balls.
- Long goal
- Complete two racks to lock 112,000 in Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier..
- Safer fallback
- Left orbit: Use this plan when the right drop bank does not return safely.
The right drop bank and lit 8-ball complete racks that build carried Super Bonus, making early racks more valuable than early multipliers. After one or two racks, use the left inline drops for Bonus X; the left orbit, Bank Shot, and corner-pocket collect are later alternatives when their returns are safer.
The goal
Clear the seven right drop targets and hit the lit 8-ball to complete a rack.Build two early racks, then multiply the carried Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier..
- On balls 1 and 2, shoot the seven right drop targets from the left flipper.
- When all seven are down, make the lit 8-ball target your first priority.
- The lit 8-ball lights Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack. without resetting the drops. If Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack. is unfinished at ball end, the rack adds 56,000 to carried Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier. and resets for the next ball.
Super Bonus and DELUXE rules
- Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier.: Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier.
- Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack.: Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack. resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier. during the ball; otherwise it relights Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack. without resetting the rack.
- Use the right flipper for the left orbit. Repeated orbit shots advance its value toward 70,000; completing a rack is not what raises it.
- On rack 2 or later, shoot the left inline drops from the left flipper to reach 5x bonus.
- On ball 3, compare the score gap with the value of one more multiplier target. Take the points that can win.
Top-player proof
- Bowen Kerins cleared the numbered rack, took the lit 8-ball immediately, carried the resulting Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier. between balls, and then added Bonus X before later collects.
Builds toward: 112,000 carried Super Bonus at 5X
- Clear the seven right drops and hit the lit 8-ball to light Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack.. With Hit its six lit standups behind the numbered drops. If rack reset is enabled, completing DELUXE resets the drops and adds 56,000 to Super Bonus during the ball; otherwise it relights DELUXE without resetting the rack. unfinished, the rack banks at ball end.
- Complete a second rack to reach the 112,000 Completed-rack value that carries for the full game and is added before the bonus multiplier. maximum.
- After the racks, shoot the four left inline drops to raise the end-of-ball multiplier to 5X.