Ultimate Golden Dragon Inferno Review

Game Features

Game features in Ultimate Golden Dragon Inferno include a variety of boosters, including Stacked Mystery Symbols, Cash Pots, Pick Bonus, and the Hold & Win bonus round. There is even the Buy Feature  option. There are also Wilds that replace all icons on the grid, appearing on all reels except reel 1.

Stacked Mystery Symbols

Red door symbols appear as stacked icons on all reels. When the reels stop spinning in a round, these stacked doors transform into all matching symbols of one randomly chosen symbol type. This then increases winning potential and helps players score wins, but the stacks cannot turn out to be Wilds and Bonus symbols.

Nudging Wild Reel

Reel 3 occasionally lands a Wild Reel. The Wild Reel also has the ability to nudge into position. If it nudges, you get a Multiplier, but if you don’t win anything, you get a Respin that might grant you a new chance to score something.

Hold & Win Feature

The game’s main feature. Landing 6 or more Bonus symbols initiates the Hold & Win round, which is also played on a novel, expandable grid of up to 10×6. The new grid is split into four parts, and you unlock part by part by landing enough Bonus symbols.

During the round, Bonus icons may carry either prizes or a name of a jackpot (there are 5 jackpots).

• Mini Jackpot: 15x the stake
• Minor Jackpot: 30x the stake
• Major Jackpot: 40x the stake
• Maxi Jackpot: 100x the stake
• Super Jackpot: 400x the stake
• Grand Jackpot: 2,000x the stake

The round ends either when you fill out the entire grid or there are no Respins left. At the start of the round, you begin with 3 Respins and every new Bonus symbol locked on the grid resets the counter to 3. However, if a Respin has no new Bonus symbols landing, it is lost.

Cash Pot

The Cash Pot is available in the game as it is visibly placed on the top of the reels. Bonus symbols that land during the base game can trigger the Cash Pot.

The Cash Pot then can trigger Hold & Win feature, Hold & Win feature with higher Bonus symbols, or the Pick Bonus.

Pick Bonus

Triggered randomly during the base game, this feature lets players pick icons to match and reveal jackpot prizes, offering a chance to win up to the Grand Jackpot.

This is a random mini game that lets you select icons and if you match 3, you get a payout. The payout is one of the jackpots – Major, Maxi, Super, or Grand.

Buy Feature

If you want to skip the wait and access the Hold & Win round instantly, you can purchase the Buy Feature for 80x the stake, ensuring optimal RTP. However, this might not be possible in every market, as some jurisdictions have banned the use of Buy Bonus.

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Our Experience with Ultimate Golden Dragon Inferno

Betsoft’s Ultimate Golden Dragon™ Inferno is not the first Golden Dragon slot we’ve played. It’s the third game in the series, following in the footsteps by Golden Dragon Inferno and Super Golden Dragon Inferno.

While we don’t consider it the very best online slot ever, it certainly delivers a visually engaging and feature-packed experience. While its RTP and hit frequency ensure regular small wins, the true excitement lies in its bonus features.

The Hold & Win round and Nudging Wilds add layers of unpredictability, though the jackpots’ moderate sizes may deter high-stakes players.

It’s a game that came out in close proximity with Coins of Zeus and Coins of Christmas, and while we struggled to forgive Betsoft for those transgressions, the release of Ultimate Golden Dragon Inferno made things a bit better. Not a lot, but enough not to make us forsake every future Betsoft game before even trying it out. So, there’s that. A win in our books.