Vulcan pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
In Vulcan, collect numbers 1 through 4 in the top lanes and number 5 at the right standup. Each number lights one white drop target; complete all five white drops to light 2x Bonus. Once all five numbers are lit, repeat the left orbit for its five star rollovers and 5,000-point orbit award.
The goal
Collect 1-5. Complete the white and green banks. Then repeat the lit left orbit.
Plunge for a missing 1-4 top lane. Collect 5 at the right standup target.
- Each collected number lights one white drop target and one star rollover in the left orbit.: Each collected Each collected number lights one white drop target and one star rollover in the left orbit. lights one white drop target and one star rollover in the left orbit.
Use the left orbit to return to the top until at least three numbers are collected.
Hit the lit white drop targets. Each hit advances the end-of-ball Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000. faster.
Complete all five white drop targets to light 2x Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000..
- Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000.: Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000.. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000.
Complete the four green drop targets. Each target adds 1,000 to the upper-right saucer, up to 5,000.
After 1-5 is complete, repeat the left orbit. Its five star rollovers score 1,000 each, and the orbit scores 5,000.
Use the top lanes and bumpers after each orbit. Then shoot the orbit again from the right flipper.
Alternative route: Bonus only
Use this plan when the left-orbit return is unsafe.
- Collect numbers 1-4 through the top lanes. Collect Each collected number lights one white drop target and one star rollover in the left orbit. 5 at its standup target only when its rebound is controlled.
- Hit the matching lit white targets.
- Complete the white bank for 2x Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000..
- Stop forcing the orbit. Protect the 38,000 maximum Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000. payout.
Need to know
- Main route
- Collect 1-5.
- Long goal
- Build the base Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000. to 19,000 with drop targets.
- Safer fallback
- Drop targets build a maximum 19,000 base bonus. The 2x award raises the maximum payout to 38,000. only: Use this plan when the left-orbit return is unsafe.