Arch Dragon King - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Arch Dragon King Slot Overview

Dragon Kings. Dragon wilds. Dragon Evolution. There’s no question which mythical creature dominates the Arch Dragon King slot from Red Tiger. What’s still unknown is the layout (5 reels, 243 ways to win), the progress bar (wilds that increase in size and multipliers) and the free spins (with wilds and multipliers of their own). Here we are with the answers.

Ice Dragon

When you think of Western dragons, you probably think of fire. The Arch Dragon King slot is the opposite. It takes place amongst dark and freezing mountains, with snow on every peak. The reels are edged in silver, the torches burn with a cold, green light. Even the occasional glint of gold is muted. Symbols include card suits patterned with dull-coloured dragon scales, plus generic fantasy icons like rings, horns, books and treasure chests.

Arch Dragon King RTP & Volatility

The RTP of the Arch Dragon King slot is 96.05%. The volatility is high at 5/5.

How to Play Arch Dragon King

Peer into the darkness with our Arch Dragon King slot overview:

1. Dragons are famous for hoarding. You should be the same.


2. To pick a stake, use the plus and minus symbols. You can go as low as 10p.


3. Find mute and full screen in the top right.


4. This is also where you’ll locate the menu, with the paytable and rules.


5. All that’s left is spin. See where the reels land.


6. Whether you find winning symbols or not, decide whether to re-spin based on your limits.

Have fun and be responsible.

How to Win at Arch Dragon King

Slots are always random in terms of where the reels land, which is why we often advise using timeout or self-exclusion functions to stop you chasing losses. It’s all about chance, but it focuses on particular combinations of symbols, or the triggering of the various available Arch Dragon King bonus features.

Arch Dragon King Gameplay Flow & Systems

There’s no question that a lot of momentum in both the Arch Dragon King base game and bonus round comes from its wild. Even non-winning spins have value if they ignite Archfire, whilst the ongoing grind of filling the Dragon Evolution progress bar can turn it into more than a substitute symbol, even if you’re unlikely to complete the meter for free spins, scatter symbol and expanded playing area.

Arch Dragon King Win Rules & Symbols

Rather than confining winning combinations to a few fixed paylines, the Arch Dragon King slot allows you to match 3-5 identical symbols in 243 left-to-right ways, which is the maximum possible on 5x3 layout. We’re talking about the base game here, bonuses can expand the layout and ways to win.

Arch Dragon King Top Win

• All four card suits have the same payout potential, with 5-of-a-kind awarding 0.5x your stake.


• For the 5 themed symbols, the top payout range is between 0.8x and 15x.


• The wild symbol and scatter symbol don’t pay individually.


• Overall, the maximum win is x20,000.

Arch Dragon King Bonuses

Like Pirates' Plenty, most of these features depend on completing a progress bar, this time called Dragon Evolution. It’s how you make your wild grow in size, add multipliers, and create the scatter symbols you need for free spins and expanded reels. It doesn’t control reel cloning. That’s just the wild.

Archfire

A spin that lands a wild but no winning symbols may randomly ignite the Archfire feature. Any reel or combination of reels, except for reel 1, could be set alight. Its symbols (minus any wilds) will be cloned on to its left, meaning it’s more likely you’ll create a matching row.

Dragon Evolution

You’ll see the Dragon Evolution progress bar over the reels, with a dragon’s head and three stages. To complete this, you need to collect gold coins, which can appear in the corner of regular symbols. You’ll move on to the next stage when you reach 30, 60 or 90 coins.

Stage 1: The wild grows to 1x2 in size, with a x2 multiplier. That means if it features in a winning combination, it’ll count as 2 symbols. It stays on the reels for 1 more spin after the win is paid.

Stage 2: A 1x3 wild with a x3 multiplier. After featuring in a win, the multiplier grows by 1.

Stage 3: A 1x4 wild and x4 multiplier, plus additional scatter symbols.

If you complete all 3 stages, the progress bar will be replaced with an extra row of symbols, turning this into a 5x4 slot with 1024 ways to win.

Free Spins

You’ll be awarded 7 free spins every time you find the 3 scatters, but 4 or 5 means a starting wild multiplier of x10 or x25. Another scatter during the round means 2 more spins. If it doesn’t appear anywhere else, a sticky wild will land on the central reel. If a wild is already on the reels, any existing multiplier is carried through.

Max-win 20,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 96.05%

Arch Dragon King Overview

It’s not the first time we’ve seen progress bars in Red Tiger slots, but it’s a mechanic that can be frustrating. You may enjoy watching coins build towards the next stage, but that can tempt you to ignore loss limits and as you strain for completion. This particular meter takes time to fill, and you can’t unlock all the bonuses, including free spins, until it’s done. The unusual number of roles for the wild are interesting, especially non-winning Archfire.

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