Dragon Maiden — RTP, volatility and max win

Dragons, fire and red mountains shape the fantasy world of Dragon Maiden by Play'n GO, with a ring among its motifs. When the wild lands, it stretches over the whole reel and stays put for a re-spin.

The 5×3 grid starts with 243 ways, but that count is not fixed: in the free spins it grows to more than a thousand. Wagers per round span €0.20 to €100. Dragon Maiden came out on November 15, 2018, so it is one of the dragon titles Play'n GO has carried for years. The title heroine and the dragons are the premium symbols, while fire and mountains set the red and yellow backdrop.

Wins pay left to right: a matching symbol has to show on each neighbouring reel from the first one onwards, in any row. In its base state the three rows on five reels give 243 ways. When the reel set changes, the grid gains positions and the number of ways climbs sharply. The stake of €0.20 to €100 stays the same and always covers every active way.

The wild drives the base game: it expands over the full reel and triggers a re-spin in which it stays locked.

Landing the scatters is what starts the free spins. There the reel set switches to a larger grid with more ways and expanding symbols can cover entire reels. That is where the hits big enough to reach the max win come from, while the base game lives mostly off the wild re-spins.

Since Dragon Maiden starts on a fixed number of ways and the grid grows past a thousand ways in the free spins, it fits right in with other slots with ways to win.

RTP 94.46%, lower than 82% of the 400 Inferno slots. Background: how RTP works on a slot. Volatility High, like 9 of the 17 slots in the Fire dragon theme. Background: what slot volatility means. Max win 5,000× (€500,000 at the highest stake). Background: what max win means on a slot.

The return of Dragon Maiden is 94.46%, lower than most titles in the catalogue manage. Its max win is mid-table: around 51% of slots are capped lower. Much of the high volatility traces back to the free spins on the enlarged grid, where the wins concentrate.

The return of Dragon Maiden varies from casino to casino, so the RTP comparison of inferno slots is useful to check before playing.

Fans of Dragon Maiden: other slots with a high volatility level, flames along with a roughly equivalent RTP.