Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis Slot Review
Sunset over an Egyptian sanctuary, a red-lit stone gateway glowing over dark water, and a jackal-headed god in black and gold standing guard at the reels with a staff that hums green. Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis is Ash Gaming‘s take on ancient Egypt, and the twist here is that the setting doesn’t just look wealthy, it pays in locked gold.
It’s a high volatility game on five reels of uneven height and 4,608 ways to win, with a jackpot ladder riding alongside the reels. Sister titles in the same stable include Gold Hit Dragon Bonanza, Gold Hit Link JP Bacon Co and Gold Trio Sinbad’s Riches. The gold here doesn’t spill, it accrues, and whether that accrual pays is the whole question.
Reels, Symbols and Ways to Win
The grid is an expanding wedge: the first reel stands roughly two rows tall, growing to around five on reels four and five. That lopsided shape is what feeds the 4,608 ways to win, and it means the later reels carry most of the symbol space. Wins form when three or more matching symbols land anywhere on consecutive reels from left to right.
Every win is multiplied by the coin bet, which works out as the total bet divided by ten. The Bonus, coin and Collect symbols don’t take part in ways wins at all; they belong to the features. The wild substitutes for everything except those three, and it’s the only helper the base game offers beyond the Gold Hit coins themselves.
The paytable stacks up like this:
- Anubis: 10x for three, 20x for four, 50x for five (coin bet multiples)
- Cobra / Falcon: 4x, 10x, 20x
- Ankh / Shell: 4x, 8x, 15x
- A / K / Q: 2x, 5x, 10x
- J / 10 / 9: 2x, 4x, 8x
The symbol pays are modest, and they were never where this game keeps its money. A jackpot ladder sits alongside the reels, stepping from Mini up through Minor and Major to Mega. The values move with the stake rather than sitting at fixed figures.
Those tiers ride on the coin symbols themselves rather than on a separate bonus round, so the ladder is fed by the same locked gold that gives the game its name.
The Gold Hit Coin Lock
Gold Hit is the feature the game is named for, and it runs constantly through the main game rather than waiting on a trigger. Whenever a coin symbol lands, it shows a cash prize on its face and locks in place for at least three spins. Coins don’t pay and leave, they stick around and build.
Those cash prizes also include the jackpot tier awards, so a single coin can carry the Mega, Major, Minor or Mini prize on its face. The job of the reels is to fill them up, and the game gives you two mechanisms for turning locked coins into a payout:
- Coin symbols lock for at least three spins when they land
- A Collect symbol locks on arrival and sweeps up every prize locked to its reel, taking on the value of the sum it collects
- Collected prizes stay on the reels after being taken
- Filling a reel entirely with coin and Collect symbols pays every prize on that reel at once
The Collect symbol is the clever half of the pair. Because it becomes the sum of everything it takes, a full reel of coins with a Collect among them stacks the whole reel’s value into one symbol. That stacked reel then counts towards the full payout when it fills.
Locked coins with values from small change up to 50.00 pile up across the wedge-shaped grid, which is exactly why those wide later reels matter. A five-row reel holds more coins, and more coins means a bigger sum for a Collect to sweep.
Free Games and the Wheel
Three or more Bonus symbols in view trigger the Free Games feature, and the more you land, the more you get:
- 3 Bonus symbols award 10 Free Games
- 4 Bonus symbols award 12 Free Games
- 5 Bonus symbols award 15 Free Games
Inside the free games, the Gold Hit mechanic changes shape. Coin and Collect symbols that land during the round lock for its whole duration rather than for three spins, so the reels accumulate value with every free spin. Nothing expires, and nothing pays out until the round closes.
The other addition is the wheel. Fill a reel with coin and Collect symbols during free games and a wheel spins, multiplying every prize on that reel by up to 10x. With coins locked rather than expiring, filled reels are far more reachable here than in the main game.
A 10x wheel on a reel stacked with a large Collect value is the round’s biggest swing, and when the free games end, every prize in view is awarded at once.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a slot you watch more than you win. Most of a session is spent eyeballing half-stacked reels and hoping the coins outlast their three spins, and the reason to choose it over any other Egyptian game is that the shrine visibly fills up as you play. Watching gold accrue in front of you is a more interesting way to wait than watching symbols blur past.
The best thing here is the free games round, where every lock becomes permanent and the wheel can turn a crowded reel into the game’s biggest swing. The worst is the main game, where the thin symbol pays mean the coins do all the work and the gaps between anything happening run long.
It suits players who like watching a build come together and who already enjoy the Gold Hit formula. Anyone chasing frequent small hits or quick bonus rounds will find the waits here longer than the Nile. Anubis guards his gold carefully, but he does hand it over eventually, and the patient are the ones who’ll see it.
Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis FAQs
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What is the Gold Hit feature in Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis?
Coin symbols display a cash prize and lock in place for at least three spins whenever they land. A Collect symbol locks when it lands and collects all prizes locked to its reel, taking on their combined value, and collected prizes stay on the reels afterwards. Fill a reel entirely with coin and Collect symbols to win all prizes on that reel. -
Is Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game, so wins tend to be less frequent but with more potential for larger payouts. -
How many ways to win does Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis have?
There are 4,608 ways to win, formed by matching three or more symbols anywhere on consecutive reels from left to right. -
What is the grid size of Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis?
It’s a five-reel game with uneven reel heights, starting around two rows on the first reel and growing to roughly five rows on reels four and five. -
How do you trigger the Free Games feature?
Three or more Bonus symbols in view trigger the Free Games feature, awarding 10 free games for three Bonus symbols, 12 for four and 15 for five. -
What does the wheel do in the free games?
During free games, coin and Collect symbols lock for the whole round. Fill a reel with them and a wheel spins, multiplying all prizes on that reel by up to 10x. When the round ends, all prizes in view are awarded. -
Does the Collect symbol pay anything on its own?
No. The Collect symbol’s value comes entirely from what it gathers: it locks when it lands, collects every prize locked to its reel, and becomes the sum of everything it has taken. Collected prizes remain on the reels, and a fully filled reel pays out everything on it. -
What are the jackpot prizes in Gold Hit Shrine Of Anubis?
There are four tiers: Mega, Major, Minor and Mini. The values scale with your stake, and the tiers are carried by the coin symbols themselves rather than by a separate bonus round.
