Dragon Hatch 2

Winning symbols are removed and new symbols drop into the gaps, so a single spin can pay several times before it ends.

What it means for you: Raises the ceiling of any one spin and lengthens it. Sessions feel streakier than the hit frequency alone suggests.

The sheet names the reel type 'Collapsing Reels': after every payout, winning symbols explode and the symbols above cascade down to fill the gaps, tallying further winning combinations in the same round until none remain.

After the reels stop, one symbol type is converted into another across the grid: low-pay to high-pay, or everything to a single symbol.

What it means for you: Produces a large win from a spin that looked dead, which is why it is used in markets where session length is short.

At 80 collected symbols the Dragon Queen Feature triggers: a Wild is added to each of the four corners of the reels and remains for the rest of the spin, and every low-paying symbol on the grid is transformed into a high-paying symbol. Stated in section 2.8 of the same sheet.

Wins come from groups of touching identical symbols anywhere on the grid, usually five or more, rather than from lines or reels. It is almost always paired with tumbling reels, because clearing a winning cluster is what lets the next one form.

What it means for you: Long chains of small clearances broken up by rare grid-filling events. The volatility lives in the length of the chain rather than in any single spin.

Any combination of 4 or more identical symbols touching horizontally or vertically anywhere on the grid forms a winning combination, stated in the paytable section of the sheet.

Substitutes for other paying symbols to complete a win, usually excluding scatters and bonus symbols. This is the baseline symbol behaviour, present on the overwhelming majority of titles, and its exclusions are what actually differ between games.

What it means for you: Raises hit frequency. On its own it does not move volatility.

The Wild symbol substitutes for all other symbols, stated in section 2.2 of the sheet.

A wild symbol stays in place for a set number of spins or for the remainder of a feature, taking part in every winning combination it touches while it holds its position.

What it means for you: Makes free-spin and bonus rounds compound over their duration, shifting return from the base game into the feature and raising volatility.

A Wild symbol is fixed at the third column and third row of the reels and remains there for every round, stated in section 2.3 of the sheet.

Winning symbols are banked into a meter above the reels. When the meter reaches set thresholds, it triggers a feature instead of a normal win.

What it means for you: Lengthens sessions by design, and is worth flagging in a responsible play context even where it is not a regulated feature.

Winning symbols that explode are banked into a collection bar above the reels. Reaching 10 collected symbols triggers the Earth Dragon Feature (removes all low-paying symbols), 30 triggers the Water Dragon Feature (adds a randomly chosen dragon symbol to columns 2 and 4), 55 triggers the Fire Dragon Feature (adds a Wild to random positions on reels 1, 2, 4 and 5), and 80 triggers the Dragon Queen Feature. Stated across sections 2.4 to 2.8 of the game information sheet.