Nitro Ground Shaker pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
In Nitro Ground Shaker, shoot the right spinner into the top-center saucer to light the spinner and cycle the left collect arrow, right collect arrow, and 2x lamp. On five-ball rules, build both base bonuses before lighting their collect arrows; once both arrows and 2x are lit, shoot the upper-left saucer to collect both bonuses at 2x.
The goal
Shoot the right spinner into the top-center saucer to light the spinner and select the two collect arrows. Build both base bonuses, light 2x, then shoot the upper-left saucer for the collect on The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus..
Plunge for the top-center saucer. Watch the upper-left saucer reject and kickout.
From the left flipper, shoot the right spinner to return the ball to the top-center saucer.
- Top-center saucer: Ten-point switches cycle the left and right arrows every switch. The 2x lamp toggles every second switch, independently of the arrows.
- A made saucer also lights the spinner for 1,000 per spin.
Collect the left arrow, right arrow, and green 2x award at the top-center saucer.
From the right flipper, shoot the upper-left saucer. Repeat it while the made-shot and missed-shot returns stay controlled.
- The saucer advances both base bonuses by three before collecting the side or sides shown by the lit arrows.: The saucer advances both base bonuses by three before collecting the side or sides shown by the lit arrows.
- The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus.: The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus.
- The full repeatable value needs both base bonuses at 29,000, both collect arrows lit, and 2x.
On The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus., build both bonuses before lighting their collect arrows. After both collects and 2x are ready, use the upper-left saucer for the full value.
Alternative route: A-F carried bonus
Use this when the upper-left saucer will not hold the ball or its kickout is unsafe.
- Collect A-F through the two top lanes, two top standups, and two return lanes.
- Complete A-F once for 20,000 carried end-of-ball bonus.
- Complete it again for 30,000 carried end-of-ball bonus.
Need to know
- Main route
- Shoot the right spinner into the top-center saucer, build both bonuses, light both collect arrows and 2x, then shoot the upper-left saucer.
- Long goal
- On The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus., shoot the upper-left saucer while neither collect arrow is lit until both base bonuses reach 29,000.
- Safer fallback
- A-F carried bonus: Use this when the upper-left saucer will not hold the ball or its kickout is unsafe.
In Nitro Ground Shaker, ten-point switches cycle the two collect arrows at the top-center saucer and toggle its 2x lamp every second switch. Shoot the right spinner into that saucer to light the spinner and select the needed awards. On five-ball rules, first build both base bonuses to 29,000, then light both arrows and 2x before shooting the upper-left saucer for the 116,000 collect. On three-ball rules, the upper-left saucer advances both bases before collecting the lit side or sides.
The goal
Shoot the right spinner into the top-center saucer to light the spinner and select the two collect arrows.Build both base bonuses, light 2x, then shoot the upper-left saucer for the collect on The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus..
- Plunge for the top-center saucer. Watch the upper-left saucer reject and kickout.
- From the left flipper, shoot the right spinner to return the ball to the top-center saucer.
Top-center saucer scoring details
- Top-center saucer: Ten-point switches cycle the left and right arrows every switch. The 2x lamp toggles every second switch, independently of the arrows.
- A made saucer also lights the spinner for 1,000 per spin.
- Collect the left arrow, right arrow, and green 2x award at the top-center saucer.
- From the right flipper, shoot the upper-left saucer. Repeat it while the made-shot and missed-shot returns stay controlled.
Three-ball rules and Five-ball rules rules
- The saucer advances both base bonuses by three before collecting the side or sides shown by the lit arrows.: The saucer advances both base bonuses by three before collecting the side or sides shown by the lit arrows.
- The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus.: The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus.
- The full repeatable value needs both base bonuses at 29,000, both collect arrows lit, and 2x.
- On The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus., build both bonuses before lighting their collect arrows. After both collects and 2x are ready, use the upper-left saucer for the full value.
Top-player proof
- At the Bulls&Balls Okayest Weekend 2022, Craig Pennuto shot the spinner and top saucer, then repeatedly collected the side indicated by its lit bonus arrow.
Builds toward: Repeatable double bonus collect
- On The saucer advances each base bonus once only while neither collect arrow is lit. Once a collect is lit, the saucer collects without advancing that bonus., shoot the upper-left saucer while neither collect arrow is lit until both base bonuses reach 29,000.
- Use the top-center saucer to light both collect arrows and 2x. Read the arrow and 2x lamp cycles independently.
- Shoot the upper-left saucer to collect both 29,000 bonuses at 2x for 116,000.