Golden Scrolls Slot Review

Golden Scrolls: Slot Overview

Golden Scrolls from Slotmill drops you in the middle of an Egyptian desert, with a six row, five reel grid sitting between huge stone pillars and distant pyramids. I play it from 20 pence up to 80 pounds per spin, on twenty fixed paylines. The theoretical return sits at 95.20 percent, with very high volatility and a maximum win of twelve thousand times your bet, so the slot can swing hard both ways.

The free spins feature triggers, on average, about once every 227 spins if you play normally, so I tend to treat base game as set up for those bigger rounds. Still, regular wins from stacked premiums and wild scrolls keep things ticking over. I like the slightly toned down, realistic art style from Slotmill here, and the soundtrack fits the ancient Egypt mood without becoming annoying during longer sessions.

Golden Scrolls Symbols and Paytable

Golden Scrolls uses a mix of card ranks and Egyptian icons. The lower paying J, Q, K and A symbols pay between four and four point five times your stake for five of a kind. Above them sit Eye of Horus, Ankh, triangle eye, cat, dog and bird symbols. These premiums climb from seven times your bet up to twenty times for a full line of the best symbol.

The scroll wild symbol carries the same payout as that top premium, up to twenty times the wager for five on a line, while acting as a substitute for all regular symbols. Scatter bonus symbols do not pay much by themselves, but landing three at once is where the real value lies, as they open the free spins and super free spins, where Golden Expanding wild scrolls can dominate huge sections of the grid.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x20
	4	x8
	3	x2
	5	x15
	4	x6
	3	x1.5
	5	x14
	4	x6
	3	x1.4
	5	x12
	4	x5
	3	x1.2
	5	x10
	4	x4
	3	x1
	5	x7
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.7
	5	x4.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x4
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.4
	5	x4
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.4
	5	x4
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.4
	Wild
	5	x20
	4	x8
	3	x2
	Scatter

Wild Symbols in Golden Scrolls

For me, the whole game revolves around the three wild scroll types. Only one wild can land per reel, but they all substitute and carry that twenty times top line win. The basic blue scroll is just a standard wild. The Expanding Wild scroll drops in and stretches downwards, adding a multiplier that grows by one for each extra position, up to six times. The Golden Expanding Wild always fills the reel both ways with a fixed six times multiplier, and multipliers add together when more than one expanded wild connects on a line.

Free Spins and Super Free Spins in Golden Scrolls

Triggering free spins in Golden Scrolls needs three scarab scatter bonus symbols in the base game, which gives eight spins. During this feature I notice wild scrolls dropping in far more often, so those expanding reels show up regularly. Special plus one spin symbols extend the round, one extra at a time, which feels handy when you have multipliers in place and just need a few more chances for premiums to connect across.

Super Free Spins in Golden Scrolls take that same feature up a level. If a Super Bonus scatter hits during free spins, all remaining spins turn into super free spins and you get two extra spins on top. You can also trigger eight super free spins directly with two regular scatters and one super scatter in the base game. In this upgraded mode, every wild scroll on the reels is a Golden Expanding Wild with a six times multiplier, so stacked wins can explode fast.

Bonus Buy Feature

3 Wilds Guaranteed to land three wild symbols.
Feature Cost:	x20 Bet
RTP:	96.15%
Volatility:	High
5 Wilds One spin with a guaranteed 5 wild symbols.
Feature Cost:	x60 Bet
RTP:	96.22%
Volatility:	High
Free Spins Guaranteed launch of the free spins round.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.32%
Volatility:	High
Super Free Spins You can buy Super Free Spins by paying 400x your bet.
Feature Cost:	x400 Bet
RTP:	96.33%
Volatility:	High

Bonus Buy and Fast Track in Golden Scrolls

Golden Scrolls comes with Slotmill’s Fast Track menu, which I use when I do not feel like waiting for features. The cheapest option is a three wilds buy, priced at twenty times your bet with a stated return of 96.15 percent, giving a single spin that guarantees three wild scrolls. Stepping up to the five wilds option costs sixty times the stake and nudges the return slightly higher, to 96.22 percent.

If you prefer jumping straight into bonus rounds, the standard free spins buy sits at one hundred times the wager with an RTP of 96.32 percent. The most aggressive choice is Super Free Spins, which costs four hundred times your stake and carries 96.33 percent RTP. I find the five wilds and Super Free Spins buys the swingiest options, as the slot can deliver either empty screens of regular wilds or full reels of golden expanding scrolls.

Burst Mode in Golden Scrolls

Burst Mode in Golden Scrolls strips away most of the animations and lets you pick a stake and a batch of spins, then watch results fly by almost instantly. I use it when I want to grind towards a bonus round or test how the maths behaves over longer stretches without staring at every reel stop. The core mechanics and payout model stay the same; you just get a faster, more compact spin cycle.

Golden Scrolls: Slot Verdict

From my sessions, Golden Scrolls feels like a strong, if not revolutionary, take on the Egyptian theme, carried by those expanding wild scrolls. When they land right, especially in super free spins, the game can throw out thrilling screens of stacked wilds and premiums. When they stay as single, non expanding wilds, runs of dead spins are common, which fits the very high volatility label and the twelve thousand times max win potential.

One thing I notice is how the six row layout leaves extra space for wilds to miss connecting symbols, especially when an expanding scroll stops just short of a needed icon on another reel. That slightly awkward spacing can feel frustrating, though it also sets up those moments where multiple expanded wilds line up and combined multipliers turn a modest hit into something serious. It is a slot that rewards patience and a steady stake plan.

Overall, I see Golden Scrolls as a solid choice when I fancy high risk sessions with clear feature focus. The base game RTP of 95.20 percent sits a bit below many modern slots from other studios, so I personally lean on the Fast Track options when the bankroll allows. If you enjoy chasing big hits from stacked wild reels and do not mind stretches of calm in between, this Slotmill title earns a regular place in the rotation.

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