The Big Lebowski builds Character Multiball from character names, Bowling balls, and White Russians. Shoot the mini-playfield ramp to light Bowling, then shoot its scoop or the character saucer to start it. Choose a repeatable character, complete its challenge for that Bowling ball, spell the character, raise its Jackpot, assign White Russian 2x to that shot, then start Character Multiball at the character saucer.

1. Start here

   Hold the right flipper during launch and shoot the mini-playfield ramp to light Let's Go Bowling▶Use the flippers to choose the character whose shot you can repeat most reliably, press Start, then complete the displayed two-ball challenge to collect that character's Bowling ball. A failure scores a zero frame. A success makes the next Bowling qualification require one more letter.BowlingUse the flippers to choose the character whose shot you can repeat most reliably, press Start, then complete the displayed two-ball challenge to collect that character's Bowling ball. A failure scores a zero frame. A success makes the next Bowling qualification require one more letter..

2. Prepare one jackpot

   Collect a Bowling ball▶Doubles that character's jackpot during Character Multiball.Bowling ballDoubles that character's jackpot during Character Multiball. for a repeatable character shot, repeat that shot to spell the character's name and raise its jackpot, then complete the four White Russian targetsShows White Russian targets on the Full The Big Lebowski playfield photographed from directly above. Right-side targets used to assign a character-shot multiplier. and shoot the same character shot.

   • Shoot the mini-playfield scoopShows Mini-playfield scoop on the Full The Big Lebowski playfield photographed from directly above. Relights all jackpots; if all are already lit, it adds 25,000 to their values. Mini-playfield scoop: Relights all jackpots; if all are already lit, it adds 25,000 to their values. or character saucerShows Character saucer on the Full The Big Lebowski playfield photographed from directly above. Saucer used to start and add to Character Multiball. to start Let's Go Bowling▶Use the flippers to choose the character whose shot you can repeat most reliably, press Start, then complete the displayed two-ball challenge to collect that character's Bowling ball. A failure scores a zero frame. A success makes the next Bowling qualification require one more letter.BowlingUse the flippers to choose the character whose shot you can repeat most reliably, press Start, then complete the displayed two-ball challenge to collect that character's Bowling ball. A failure scores a zero frame. A success makes the next Bowling qualification require one more letter.. Use the flippers to choose the character whose shot you can repeat most reliably, press Start, then complete its bowling▶Use the flippers to choose the character whose shot you can repeat most reliably, press Start, then complete the displayed two-ball challenge to collect that character's Bowling ball. A failure scores a zero frame. A success makes the next Bowling qualification require one more letter.BowlingUse the flippers to choose the character whose shot you can repeat most reliably, press Start, then complete the displayed two-ball challenge to collect that character's Bowling ball. A failure scores a zero frame. A success makes the next Bowling qualification require one more letter. challenge to collect that character's Bowling ball▶Doubles that character's jackpot during Character Multiball.Bowling ballDoubles that character's jackpot during Character Multiball..
   • Repeat that character shot until its name is spelled, then keep repeating it to raise its jackpot.
   • Hit all four White Russian targetsShows White Russian targets on the Full The Big Lebowski playfield photographed from directly above. Right-side targets used to assign a character-shot multiplier., then shoot that same character shot. Repeat other character shots until more names are spelled.

3. Collect Character Multiball jackpots

   Shoot the character saucerShows Character saucer on the Full The Big Lebowski playfield photographed from directly above. Saucer used to start and add to Character Multiball. to start Character Multiball, then keep relighting the prepared jackpot.

   • When several character names are spelled, shoot the character saucerShows Character saucer on the Full The Big Lebowski playfield photographed from directly above. Saucer used to start and add to Character Multiball. to start Character Multiball. Every character lit before the start adds a ball and joins the starting-character jackpot multiplier.
   • Shoot each active character jackpot once.
   • When the set is complete, return to the prepared character shot after it relights; shoot the mini-playfield scoopShows Mini-playfield scoop on the Full The Big Lebowski playfield photographed from directly above. Relights all jackpots; if all are already lit, it adds 25,000 to their values. Mini-playfield scoop: Relights all jackpots; if all are already lit, it adds 25,000 to their values. to relight every jackpot sooner.