3 Dragon’s Pots

3 Dragon’s Pots Slot Review

High above peach and cream cloudbanks, on a misty Chinese mountain peak where pines poke through the fog and pagoda roofs half-sink into cloud, Zillion Games have built the smallest game the prosperity theme has carried in years. 3 Dragon’s Pots is a 3×3 grid with five paylines, and its argument is a bold one: that three reels, a sticky collector and a jackpot ladder are enough to carry a modern high-volatility slot. The base game leans on those few lines hard, the bonus does nearly all the paying, and the whole design rests on whether you accept that bargain in miniature.

Volatility is high, and the top prize is a 6,000x cap. The studio’s Train of Fortune covered similar ground; this one narrows the focus to three reels and a single idea.

Base Game & Features

Three reels, three rows, five paylines. All symbols pay left to right on the highlighted lines, starting from the leftmost reel, and only the highest combination on each line counts. There’s nothing exotic about the setup, and that’s clearly the point.

What the grid lacks in size it makes up for in density: every spin is a quick read, a win or not, no ambiguity. With so few lines, the paytable is short and steep. The values below are for three of a kind on a payline.

• Wild (red dragon face): 100
• Gold pot with coins, red frame: 60
• Gold frog, magenta frame: 40
• Blue dragon swirl: 32
• Gold turtle, green frame: 32
• A, K, Q, J: 8

That’s the whole ladder, and the shape of it tells you how the game plays. The two mid-tier symbols pay more than four times what the card royals do, and the top pot pays more than seven times what they do. On five lines, the difference between a premium hit and a filler hit is the difference between a decent spin and a nothing spin.

The wild is the best payer of the lot and substitutes for every symbol except the BONUS. On a three-reel grid that’s a powerful combination: it can complete a line on its own at 100, or fill the gap in almost anything else. It can’t stand in for the BONUS, so the bonus symbols have to arrive on their own.

Between wins, the more interesting work happens above the reels. Three coloured piles sit there, labelled TWIN, MULTI and EXPAND, and every BONUS symbol that lands during the main game is collected by the pile matching its colour. Collecting them builds towards the Bonus Game and shapes what it looks like when it arrives.

3 Dragon’s Pots Bonus Game & Features

The Bonus Game

Landing three BONUS symbols, special coloured ones included, starts the Bonus Game. Each BONUS symbol carries a cash value shown in currency on the symbol itself, from 1x up to 5x the bet. It’s a hold-and-respin round at heart.

You begin with three re-spins. Every new BONUS symbol that lands sticks in place and resets the count back to three, so a round can keep extending for as long as symbols keep arriving. The Bonus Game ends only when three re-spins pass with nothing new.

Royal Bonus Symbols

Reel 2 is where the Royals live. ROYAL BONUS symbols can only land there, and once they do they stay stuck for the entire round. Their job is gathering: each one collects the values of every BONUS symbol that lands anywhere, including the Mini, Minor, Major and Grand jackpot symbols.

When the round finishes, everything each Royal has absorbed is added to the total win. That’s the mechanic the whole game is built around. A single Royal sitting on reel 2 for a long round can quietly accumulate most of the value on screen, and several of them compound the effect.

Bonus Symbols Features

Whenever one or more BONUS symbols appear in the main game, there’s a chance the Bonus Game triggers with a feature attached. The TWIN, MULTI and EXPAND piles above the reels each collect symbols of their own colour, and the mix of colours in the triggering combination determines which features you get.

Once a feature fires, the triggering symbols transform into BONUS or ROYAL BONUS symbols at the start of the round. So the collecting you do in the base game doesn’t just open the door; it decides what’s standing on the other side of it.

The Twin Feature

When a TWIN BONUS symbol is part of the activating combination, every ROYAL BONUS symbol in the round is guaranteed to be doubled. Given how much the Royals gather, that’s the feature with the clearest upside: it multiplies the collector, not just the collected.

Jackpots

The ladder sits on screen throughout, labelled with the game’s name and four tiers. As multiples of the bet:

• Mini: 15x
• Minor: 30x
• Major: 100x
• Grand: 1,000x

Jackpot symbols are gathered by the Royals like any other BONUS symbol, so the ladder pays through the same collection mechanic rather than a separate draw. There’s no wheel and no pick-me; the jackpots ride in on the same sticky reels as everything else.

The 6,000x maximum win sits well above the Grand, which tells you the ceiling comes from stacked collection and multipliers rather than a single fixed prize. Landing the ladder top and a doubled Royal in the same round is where the big numbers live.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.2/10

Playing 3 Dragon’s Pots is mostly a waiting game on a very pretty mountain: quick three-reel spins, small drips of progress into the coloured piles, and the sense that everything you’re doing is preparation for one round. That round is the reason to sit through it. When the Royals stick and the re-spins keep resetting, the tension builds exactly the way this format should.

Its strength is that the bonus doesn’t just pay; it compounds. Doubled Royals gathering a jackpot ladder in a single round is real, layered win potential, and the 6,000x cap backs it up. Its weakness is everything either side of that: the royals pay 8, the wild pays 100, and between bonuses five thin lines don’t give you much to look at.

This is for anyone who loves a compact hold-and-collect round and is happy for a game to do one thing properly. Anyone who wants variety from the base game won’t find it here; the mountain keeps its treasure in one pot.

3 Dragon’s Pots FAQs

• What does the wild symbol do in 3 Dragon’s Pots?

  The red dragon wild substitutes for all symbols except the BONUS symbol, and it’s also the game’s top payer at 100 for three of a kind.
• Who makes 3 Dragon’s Pots?

  3 Dragon’s Pots is made by Zillion Games.
• How do you trigger the Bonus Game in 3 Dragon’s Pots?

  Three BONUS symbols, including the special coloured BONUS symbols, activate the Bonus Game. Each BONUS symbol carries a value from 1x to 5x the bet.
• What does the Royal Bonus symbol do in 3 Dragon’s Pots?

  The Royal Bonus symbol only lands on reel 2 and sticks there for the whole Bonus Game. It gathers the values of all BONUS symbols, including the Mini, Minor, Major and Grand jackpot symbols, and everything it collects is added to your total win when the round ends.
• How do re-spins work in the 3 Dragon’s Pots Bonus Game?

  You start with three re-spins, and every new BONUS symbol that lands resets the count back to three. The round continues until you go three re-spins in a row without a new symbol landing.
• What does the Twin feature do in 3 Dragon’s Pots?

  When a TWIN BONUS symbol is part of the combination that activates the Bonus Game, the Twin feature guarantees that all Royal Bonus symbols in the round are doubled.
• What are the jackpot values in 3 Dragon’s Pots?

  As multiples of your bet, the ladder pays Mini at 15x, Minor at 30x, Major at 100x and Grand at 1,000x. The jackpots are collected through the Royal Bonus symbols during the Bonus Game.
• What is the grid size of 3 Dragon’s Pots?

  It’s a 3×3 grid with five fixed paylines, and all symbols pay left to right starting from the leftmost reel.