Dragon Born Slot Review

Dragon Born Megaways Slot Review

Dragon Born Megaways was the first time I saw Big Time Gaming go all in on the Megaways engine, and it still feels raw and aggressive. You sit in front of six reels with a shifting number of symbols on each spin and up to 117,649 ways to win. The backdrop of snowy peaks, forests and rivers looks calm, but the gameplay underneath feels anything but gentle.

I like how Dragon Born piles on stacked symbols, so every spin has that sense of promise even when nothing lands. Any symbol, including the joker wild, can cover a reel. When those wild reels appear with multipliers up to x7 and line up with a decent way win, the screen explodes nicely. Most spins miss, yet the slot has that 'one more' pull that high variance players chase.

When I spin Dragon Born Megaways with the sound on, the birds and soft nature noises form a strange contrast with the harsh maths. It feels almost relaxing between spins, then the reels crash into life when stacked wilds or diamonds hit. It never looks flashy, yet the combination of Megaways, full reel wilds and that slow build of tension keeps me engaged far longer than I plan.

How to play at Dragon Born Megaways Slot?

Getting started on Dragon Born Megaways is simple enough. I set my stake anywhere between 20p and £10 per spin and hit the spin button, with no paylines to fiddle with. Wins pay from left to right on adjacent reels, and the number of ways changes on every spin as one to seven symbols land per reel. More symbols means more ways and a better chance that stacked icons connect.

I usually let a small block of spins run on autoplay, then step in when the balance swings. The key thing for me is treating Dragon Born as a high variance machine even though the paytable looks modest outside the dragon symbol. I keep stakes low, wait for wild reels to drop, and accept that the real swings come when those multipliers appear together or the diamonds line up for free spins.

Symbols and payouts - Dragon Born Megaways

Symbols in Dragon Born Megaways follow a clear medieval line. Dragons are the top payers at 50x stake for six of a kind. Jewels and the shield sit in the middle with wins of roughly three to five times the bet. Card ranks nine to ace handle the small stuff and pay from about 0.8x to 2.5x for six. I like how stacked card reels turn into full character art so wins stand out.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x50
	5	x25
	4	x10
	3	x5
	2	x2
	6	x5
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.3
	6	x4
	5	x2
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.2
	6	x3
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	6	x2.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.15
	6	x2
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.15
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	6	x1.25
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild, Multiplier
	Wild

Payout percentage and variance of Dragon Born Megaways

On paper Dragon Born Megaways comes with an RTP of 95%, which sits a touch lower than many modern Megaways titles. I notice that during longer sessions. The base game can feel quite dry, with stretches of dead spins broken by the odd medium hit from stacked symbols. If you are used to 96% plus slots, the grind here can bite into the balance a little faster than expected.

Variance is high enough that I treat Dragon Born as a proper thrill slot. The paytable tops out around ten thousand times stake, yet that figure rests almost entirely on the free spins lining up with multiple x7 wild reels. In practice I see long nothing stretches, sudden flurries of decent wins, then the occasional spell where one bonus round does more work than a hundred base spins.

Free spins bonus - Dragon Born Megaways

The main feature in Dragon Born Megaways hangs off the diamond scatters. Three to six diamonds anywhere in view trigger the bonus and award six, twelve, twenty five or fifty free spins. Hitting the full set of six is rare in my sessions, yet even three diamonds feel exciting because the whole game shifts into maximum ways mode. From the first free spin you play with all six reels showing seven symbols.

Free spins are where the stacked wild reels and multipliers really earn their keep. Wilds can still cover entire reels and carry multipliers up to x7, and you can land two of those boosted reels on a single spin. Because the multipliers multiply each other, a x6 and a x7 wild together give a hefty x42 push to any way wins running through them. That is when Dragon Born feels truly lethal.

What keeps me hanging around this bonus is that diamonds stay active. Any scatter during free spins adds one extra spin, with no cap in sight, so in theory the feature can run for a very long time. In practice most of my bonuses sit between ten and twenty spins, yet even a modest run with one stacked multiplier reel in play has been enough to dig sessions out of deep holes.

Our overall assessment of Dragon Born Megaways Slot?

For me Dragon Born Megaways is a rough early sketch of what Big Time Gaming went on to perfect later, yet it still has a charm of its own. The RTP is not great and the graphics feel basic, but the stacked wild multipliers and full ways free spins can still throw out savage hits. I fire it up when I want raw Megaways volatility without too many side mechanics getting in the way.

Summary - Dragon Born Megaways

To sum up Dragon Born Megaways in hard numbers, you get six reels, up to seven symbols per reel and a maximum 117,649 ways on every free spin. Stakes start at 20p and go up to around £10 per spin. The theoretical RTP sits at 95% and volatility is high. Top wins hover around ten thousand times stake, though the slot spends most of its time paying in smaller chunks.

Key features in Dragon Born Megaways are stacked wild reels with multipliers up to x7, diamond scatters that award six to fifty free spins, and the fact all free spins run on the full ways layout. Every spin can throw out a different combination of reel heights, and when those tall reels line up with wild multipliers the whole game wakes up. It is a straightforward but punishing Megaways experience.