Dragon Hero -

Introduction 

Try your luck with Dragon Hero, a Pragmatic Play slot with super wild features. Land scatters in the base game or opt to exchange 100x your bet for the free spins round, where you can win anywhere up to 30 free spins. Watch out for the super wilds during the free spins bonus, which become sticky and throw out extra wilds on to the reels. Find out how in this Dragon Hero slot review.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack 

Inspired by ancient Chinese history and mythology, the reels are populated by a golden sycee, a golden fish and a golden frog, a vase, a scroll and three coins threaded together, while the wild features the yin and yang symbol. The lower-tier Ace to 10 symbols are made of decorated wooden shapes and arranged in the style of Chinese written characters. Golden dragons represent the scatter and super wild in this online slot, and they breathe fire when animated. The reels themselves sit above the rooftops of a moonlit ancient Chinese city, with ethereal dragons flitting across the sky as bland, middle-of-the-road music plays.

Dragon Hero RTP and variance

The RTP for Dragon Hero is 96.00%, rising to 96.13% when the buy bonus feature is activated. The variance is high. 

How to Play Dragon Hero online slot

1. Once the game has loaded, you'll be presented with a splash screen outlining the main features of the game. Touch anywhere to continue.
2. Before you begin, touch the information button to find out about the game's paytable, rules and features. 
3. The menu button provides access to the game's settings, including sound effects, music, quick spin and battery saver mode. You can also adjust your total bet in the settings screen.
4. To adjust your bet by coin value or the number of coins per line, touch either the + or - on either side of the spin button. The total bet per spin will adjust automatically.
5. To use autoplay, tap the autoplay button below the spin button. Here you can adjust the number of spins and also the speed of the spin animation. Note that there are no win/loss limits available in the autoplay settings. When using autoplay, even on a free slot, insure that you are ready to hit the stop button before you need to, and always keep an eye on your balance.
6. You're ready to start. Always gamble responsibly and stop when the fun stops.

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins

Bet sizes range between 0.20 and 100 credits per spin. The yin and yang wild has the highest payout on the paytable with 60x your bet for five of a kind, with the sycee the highest of the regular symbols, paying out 40x your bet for five of a kind.

Max-win 5,000x

Volatility High

RTP 94.94%

Dragon Hero Bonus Features 

Super Wild

The super wild appears on both the base game and the free spins game on reels 2, 3 and 4. It carries either one, two or three yin/yang symbols, which correspond with the number of extra wilds it will send to random places across the reels. Super wilds and wilds can then substitute for other symbols to form winning combinations. 

During the free spins bonus round, the super wilds will stick and continue to produce extra wilds with each spin. If one or more scatters land during the free spins round, they will increase the number of yin/yang symbols on each super wild, enabling the super wild to produce another extra wild. It takes two scatters to increase the super wild yin/yang by one.

Free Spins

Land three, four or five free spins during the base game to trigger six, eight or ten free spins reels. The free spins reels each have the numbers one, two or three on them. The reels will spin once. Whichever number lands on each reel determines how many free spins you'll receive. The lowest number is six (six reels each with the number one) and the highest is 30 (10 reels each with the number three). 

Dragon Hero Review

Pragmatic Play have chosen a popular theme for this free slot, but it's presented in an original way with a contrasting background and colourful symbols. The layout may be the classic 5x3 with 20 paylines, but the super wilds add interest to the base game, and when they build up during a longer free spins round there is the potential for some good payouts. The high volatility may not be for everyone, and the buy free spins feature may be enticing. However, there is no guarantee that the total win from a free spins round will equal or exceed the 100x your current bet that it costs. 

Players looking for high volatility but a different layout should check the slot review for NoLimitCity's Tombstone RIP free slot, a 108 ways game with wilds that also increase in number.

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