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Stake OriginalStake Pump: rules, difficulties and multipliers
With each pump, the balloon grows and the multiplier rises. Explore four difficulty levels and their stages in the Pump table.
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The balloon inflates, the multiplier climbs, then Pump hands the decision back to you. Cash out or try one more pump. Unlike Crash, nothing advances on its own: every new action brings the suspense back.
One balloon, two buttons
Choose your bet and difficulty, then press Pump. A successful pump grows the balloon and increases the multiplier. Cashout ends the round at the displayed amount. If the balloon bursts before you cash out, the bet is lost.
The pause between actions gives Pump its particular rhythm. You see the result of each pump before deciding what comes next.
Get to know the interface
Inside the Stake interface
Stake Original Pump in pictures
The balloon sits in the centre. The side panel contains the bet, difficulty and Manual and Auto modes. An option disables animations; this changes the presentation, not the round’s calculation.
In manual mode, one command triggers one pump. In Auto, you set the target number of pumps per round and the number of rounds, among other options. Win and loss limits are settings to check before starting the series.
Easy, Medium, Hard or Expert?
Easy moves in small steps and allows the longest runs in the table. Expert raises the multiplier much faster, with a lower chance of success per action and 15 possible pumps in the grid shown.
On the first pump, the table ranges from 1.02× on Easy to 1.63× on Expert. After five successes, that gap runs from 1.23× to 17.34×. The difficulties give the same balloon very different rhythms.
Pump multiplier table
Choose the row for successful pumps, then the difficulty column. After three pumps, the values are 1.11×, 1.46×, 1.98× and 4.95×, from Easy to Expert. Empty cells mean that run length does not exist in the relevant mode.
Open the full-size table to compare stages, or find it in the Stake Originals payout tables.
From multiplier to cashout amount
With a 20-unit bet and a cashout at 1.46×, the total return is 29.20 units, including 9.20 profit. The multiplier always represents the return including your bet.
The displayed value remains potential until cashout. Another pump can increase that return or end the round without a payout. A previous run does not predict the next burst.
Frequently asked questions
Does Pump advance automatically?
In manual mode, it waits for your next action after each success. Auto executes your chosen series settings.
Does the table show the burst point?
No. It gives multipliers for successful stages. Provably fair is used to check the result after the game.
Can I cash out after the first pump?
Yes, after a success, at the amount shown in the round.