Dragon Wealth Review
Dragon Wealth is yet another installment in 3 Oaks’ collection of Hold and Win games, which takes players on an adventure to the Far East. Obviously, the main attraction here is the streak-style respins bonus, and players will also benefit from several different jackpots, free spins, and multipliers.
No one will be surprised by the looks of the Dragon Wealth slot, as it sticks to the standard Asian formula that we’ve already witnessed quite a few times. The red-colored backdrop here showcases silhouettes of Chinese mountains, trees, and traditional Pagoda buildings, while in the center is sitting a 5×4 reel set made up of classic eastern symbols.
Dragon Wealth Slot – Reel Screen
The symbol collection of Dragon Wealth includes 8 regulars, which are split into highs and lows. The latter lot consists of A-J card ranks, and the higher section includes in ascending order golden coins, trees, frogs, and lions. Winning combinations are created when at least 3 matching symbols land adjacently along one of the 25 win lines, and 5-of-a-kind wins are worth from 2x to 8x your bet. As the name implies, dragons are the top symbols here, being the Wilds. They are available on all reels and act as substitutes for any other regular symbols in winning combos. Additionally, they can create combinations of their own, paying up to 15x your bet.
Stakes from £0.2 to £30 per spin are allowed, which should appeal to many. The volatility tends to the high side of the spectrum, while the RTP is disappointingly below the average level at 95.61%. The max win is pretty standard in turn, clocking in at 5,000x the bet, so don’t expect any serious wealth mentioned in the title.
Dragon Wealth Slot Features
The slot relies heavily on the Hold and Win respins feature, and that’s where most wins come from in Dragon Wealth. Cash symbols are key to accessing the bonus. They always display random bet multiplier values ranging from 0.5x to 15x, and should 6 or more appear simultaneously in view, the feature gets activated.
Dragon Wealth Slot – Hold and Win Respins
Once triggered, players proceed to special reels where only bonus symbols and Multipliers are available and receive 3 Respins to start. Upon the start, the triggering symbols lock in place, and all bonus symbols turn sticky during the respins. When a new one lands on the reels, it keeps its position for the remainder of the feature, as well as resets the respins tally back to 3.
The Multiplier symbols in turn, are not sticky, and get collected and added to the meter above the corresponding reel they appear on. The possible Multiplier values are 2x – 10x, which are then applied to all cash values on that reel at the end of the bonus game.
In addition to cash values, some of the bonus symbols can award one of the four jackpot prizes, namely Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand, worth 20x, 50x, 100x, and 5,000x the stake respectively.
Next is the Free Spins feature, triggered when 3 or more Scatter symbols appear on the reels at the same spin. 10 Free Spins are awarded, which operate in a similar way to the base game.
Dragon Wealth Slot – Free Spins
A major difference though is that Wild symbols now have Multipliers, which depend on the number of triggering Scatter symbols:
- 3 Scatters – 2x Multiplier Wilds.
- 4 Scatters – 3x Multiplier Wilds.
- 5 Scatters – 5x Multiplier Wilds.
Review Summary
As far as we’ve seen quite many Hold and Win slots before, Dragon Wealth is hardly capable of really capturing players’ hearts. It is built on the mechanics that every other game developer seems to put their hands on, and the same to the theme. Still, those who can’t get enough of China and streak-style respins would find a dose of entertainment here.
Pros
- Free Spins with Multiplier Wilds
- Hold and Win respins with four jackpot prizes
- Wins up to 5,000x the bet
Cons
- Typical Chinese theme
- Below-the-average RTP
