Book of Duat: Slot Overview

Quickspin’s adventurer Anna the Explorer returns for another escapade in Book of Duat. As you’ve probably guessed instantly, it’s Anna’s first ‘book of’ style slot, complete with expanding-symbol free spins and a heavy dose of Egyptian visuals. Even if that sounds standard on paper, Book of Duat isn’t just another ‘book’ clone. Quickspin spices up the bonus with a pick-and-click stage that can add extra spins, additional expanding symbols, and multipliers.

Although the bonus is reworked, the base game is instantly familiar. Craggy rock faces and hieroglyphs fill the backdrop, with a roaming Egyptian soundtrack threading through the action. The scenery even brings to mind the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, and when free spins land, the view shifts indoors to where the feature plays out. Overall, Book of Duat delivers a classic look and vibe—aside from the sharp-eyed Anna symbol, sporting cheekbones that look like they could slice papyrus.

Book of Duat runs on a standard setup of 5 reels, 3 rows, and 10 fixed paylines. Anna may be pushing her luck here, because Book of Duat is a highly volatile slot, scored a full 5 out of 5 by the developer. Hit frequency would also be useful context, since testing showed plenty of dead spins, though Quickspin doesn’t publish the figure. One notable detail is that 56.69% of the RTP is assigned to the base game, which felt surprising given how quiet it appeared in play. The headline RTP is 96.27%, but 94% and 90% variants exist too, so it’s worth checking which one you’re on. It’s available across devices, and stakes run from 20 p/c to $/€100 per spin.

Symbol-wise, the set leans hard into the Ancient Egyptian theme. Lower payouts come from J-A royals dressed up with those familiar slot embellishments, while mid-tier symbols include Sobek, Anubis, and a gold Pharoah paying up to 75-200x the bet. The only top-paying symbol is Anna, awarding 500x the bet for five of a kind.

Book of Duat: Slot Features

The core attraction is expanding-symbol free spins, but first there’s a pick-and-click phase that shapes how the feature unfolds. The book symbol acts as both wild and scatter, substituting for other icons to help form winning lines. As a scatter, hitting 3, 4, or 5 books triggers the bonus round and grants 3, 6, or 12 picks, respectively.

Before free spins begin, a 5×4 grid of 20 tiles appears. You select tiles one at a time until you’ve used all your picks. Each tile can reveal +2 to +10 free spins, +1 to +4 expanding symbols, or +x1 to +x5 multipliers.

At the starting level, the feature awards 4 free spins with one expanding symbol—plus whatever your pick-and-click results add on top. During free spins, once standard wins are paid, expanding symbols expand to cover the entire reel and the reels are checked again. These expanded symbols pay on all lines from any position. If multiple expanding symbols appear, they’re evaluated one after another. If 3, 4, or 5 scatters land during free spins, +2 additional spins are awarded along with 1, 2, or 4 extra picks, respectively.

Where available, Book of Duat includes a three-tier bonus buy. Players may pay 150x (96.5% RTP), 500x (96.71% RTP), or 1,600x (96.91% RTP) the bet to secure at least 3, 4, or 5 scatters to start free spins.

Book of Duat: Slot Verdict

This is classic, no-nonsense ‘book of’ slot action. Judging purely by potential, it sits as a clear rival to Nolimit City’s Book of Shadows. In terms of overall gameplay, though, Book of Duat sticks closer to tradition. For long stretches it feels like a straightforward Ra-style slot—same kind of reel setup, presentation, audio, and general rhythm. Where Book of Shadows introduced options like multiple row configurations to add depth and player choice, Book of Duat skips that entirely. Anna keeps it uncomplicated: keep spinning until free spins arrive, then the new mechanics take over.

Dropping a pick-and-click into a ‘book of’ format is one of those smart additions that seems obvious once you’ve seen it. This is where the game breaks from the standard pattern. Much like Golden Fish Tank 2 Gigablox, many picks tended to award extra free spins—though since you begin with only 4, that’s hardly a drawback. More expanding symbols is always useful, but it’s the multipliers that push Book of Duat into top-tier ‘book’ territory for both excitement and upside. A full screen of Anna symbols pays 5,000x the bet by itself, and with a multiplier in play, that number can climb fast.

The feature buy will likely appeal to plenty of players, especially since the base game can feel slow, and the higher tiers provide a hefty number of picks. That said, the cost is hefty too, putting Book of Duat in the same kind of bracket as Tiger’s Glory Ultra. Notably, the strongest results in testing actually came from the cheapest bonus buy. That’s partly because it can still land more scatters than the three you’re paying for, which helps. It also didn’t hurt that retriggers across all levels seemed fairly frequent, adding both extra spins and extra picks.

Even though the biggest cash amounts came from the 5 wild option, the best multiples relative to the feature cost came from the 3 wild choice. Naturally, results vary, so treat this as a point of reference. For instance, one five wild bonus buy started with 24 spins, an x4 multiplier, and five expanding symbols from the pick ’n click. On paper that’s a dream setup, and it did perform—finishing around 1,660x the bet. But with a 1,600x price tag, the net gain wasn’t huge. The ceiling is there, though: in simulated play, Quickspin recorded wins up to 32,760x the bet. And yes, that’s a touch higher than Book of Shadows. The key difference for now is that Book of Shadows has already proven itself in real-world play. Whether Book of Duat consistently reaches its full promise is something time will tell.

With Book of Duat, Quickspin has delivered a genuine must-try for ‘book’ fans. It should suit players who want a familiar Ra-style foundation, but with a heavily upgraded bonus round capable of producing wins far beyond what these games typically allow.