Scarab Gold

Scarab Gold Slot Review

A pyramid with a gold-tipped capstone, hieroglyph pillars and a reel frame carved like a temple doorway set the scene, and the sand is pale and clean enough to feel expensive. Scarab Gold, from Inspired, spends almost nothing on its base game and stakes everything on one bonus round – no wild, a flat paytable, and a free spins feature where a scarab floods the board with coins that feed an unlimited multiplier. Whether that single bet pays off is the whole question. The 6×5 grid carries up to 15,625 ways to win at an RTP of 94.9%, and the ways-and-cascade setup will feel familiar to anyone who has spun Centurion Megaways or Reel King Megaways.

Ways, Wins and Cascades

Wins form by matching three to six symbols across adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost one. There are no paylines to follow. Instead, the award is multiplied by the number of matching symbols on each reel in the combination.

That’s how a 6×5 grid gets to 15,625 ways. With five rows on each of six reels, a screen full of identical symbols counts every single instance, and the multiplication is what produces the big number. In practice, most wins form from three or four reels and grow from there.

Only the highest award is paid per winning combination. Wins from different combinations are added together, so a cascade that clears room for several new matches stacks them all into one payout.

Every winning symbol is part of a Cascade. Winning symbols disappear and new ones drop in from above, so a single spin can chain several wins as the board keeps refreshing. Cascades continue until no new win forms.

Symbol Values

The paytable splits into four character symbols and four royals, and the gap between them is wide. All values below are multiples of the total bet:

• Cleopatra – 1x for three, 2x for four, 5x for five, 10x for six
• Anubis (purple jackal) – 0.5x for three, 1x for four, 2x for five, 4x for six
• Heron (red) – 0.3x for three, 0.4x for four, 0.8x for five, 2x for six
• Cat (green) – 0.3x for three, 0.4x for four, 0.8x for five, 2x for six
• Crocodile (teal) – 0.2x for three, 0.3x for four, 0.6x for five, 1x for six
• Bull (blue) – 0.2x for three, 0.3x for four, 0.6x for five, 1x for six
• A and K – 0.1x for three, 0.2x for four, 0.3x for five, 0.6x for six
• Q and J – 0.1x for three, 0.2x for four, 0.3x for five, 0.4x for six

Cleopatra is the only symbol that reaches double digits, paying 10x for a full six-of-a-kind. Anubis follows at half that. The two middle pairs, heron and cat then crocodile and bull, share identical values within each pair.

The card royals sit at the bottom, where six J or Q symbols returns less than half the stake. Because the values are multiples of the total bet rather than a line bet, what you see in the list is what each combination actually pays.

The pyramid scatter is the one symbol that doesn’t need to sit on adjacent reels. Land 3 or more anywhere in view and the Free Spins bonus begins. There’s no wild symbol in this game, so every combination has to form naturally from the pay symbols themselves.

Free Spins Bonus

The round opens at 10 free spins for 3 pyramid scatters, and each additional scatter on the trigger adds two more to the total:

• 3 scatters – 10 free spins
• 4 scatters – 12 free spins
• 5 scatters – 14 free spins
• 6 or more scatters – two further spins per scatter, with no stated ceiling on the trigger

Free spins base prizes are the same as the triggering bet, so the stake you leave the base game on is the stake the whole round runs at. Wins during the bonus pay left to right across adjacent reels, exactly as they do in the base game.

The Unlimited Multiplier

Inside the bonus, an unlimited win multiplier increases with every cascade. Because cascades can chain indefinitely, so can the multiplier, which is where the round’s real potential sits.

One long run of connected wins in a single free spin builds the multiplier the whole way through it. Every subsequent win in that chain is paid at the higher figure, not the one before it.

The Scarab Transform and Coin Feature

A scarab icon is at work throughout the round. On every game it transforms into pay symbols or coins, and when coins are awarded the coin feature begins. It’s the engine of the whole bonus: nothing else in the round changes the board this directly.

The sequence runs in steps. First, coins carrying cash awards or extra free spins spin onto each reel position the mystery symbol occupied. The coin reels then stop, and the cash values or extra free spins are paid out.

Finally, the coins themselves cascade, and each cascade increases the bonus multiplier. The round therefore feeds itself: transformations create coins, coins cascade, and cascades grow the multiplier that every subsequent win is paid at.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 6.4/10

Playing Scarab Gold is mostly a wait in a very pretty room. The base game does its cascade work cleanly enough, but with no wild and a paytable that tops out at 10x, the spins between bonuses rarely produce anything worth remembering, and the whole game rides on those ten free spins when the scarab finally starts working.

When it works, it works well. The coin feature is the strength here: coins that pay cash, award extra spins and then cascade into a rising multiplier give the round a genuine build, and one lucky sequence of transforms can turn a flat session around in a single spin.

The weakness is everything outside that round – the base game is scenery, and scenery is all it will ever be. For players who like a cascade slot where the bonus builds rather than one that pays once and stops, Scarab Gold delivers. Anyone chasing a base game that can stand on its own will find the pyramids here have less gold in them than the title promises.

Scarab Gold FAQs

• What is the RTP of Scarab Gold?

  Scarab Gold runs at an RTP of 94.9%.
• How many ways to win does Scarab Gold have?

  Scarab Gold is played with up to 15,625 ways to win, formed by matching symbols on adjacent reels from the leftmost reel across its six reels.
• What is the grid size of Scarab Gold?

  Scarab Gold uses a 6×5 grid of six reels and five rows.
• How do you trigger the Free Spins bonus in Scarab Gold?

  Land 3 or more pyramid scatter symbols anywhere in view during the base game and the Free Spins bonus begins. Scatters don’t need to sit on adjacent reels.
• How many free spins do you get in Scarab Gold?

  The round opens at 10 free spins for 3 pyramid scatters. Every extra scatter on top of those adds a further two spins to the total.
• What does the unlimited multiplier do in the free spins round?

  During the free spins round the win multiplier increases with every cascade and has no limit, so long chains of consecutive wins keep raising the multiplier that all wins are paid at.
• What does the scarab symbol do in Scarab Gold?

  On every game of the free spins round the scarab turns itself into either pay symbols or coins. If coins come up, the coin feature begins: cash values and extra free spins spin onto the positions the mystery occupied, pay out, then cascade to raise the bonus multiplier.
• Is there a wild symbol in Scarab Gold?

  No. Scarab Gold has no wild symbol, so every winning combination has to form from the game’s own pay symbols on adjacent reels from the left.
• Who makes Scarab Gold?

  Scarab Gold is made by Inspired, the studio behind titles like Centurion Megaways and Golden Nugget Megaways.
• When is Scarab Gold released?

  Scarab Gold was released on 27 April 2021.