Golden Scrolls: Slot Overview

Cast your mind back to 2021, when one of Slotmill’s earlier titles landed on the Bigwinboard radar. Called Sands of Eternity, it was a scorching, feature-packed Egyptian slot that helped put the studio firmly on the map. Since then, the developer has continued to build momentum, listening to player feedback and rolling out some genuinely exciting releases. Now, in a familiar throwback, Slotmill heads back to the deserts of Ancient Egypt for another trip—soaking up the atmosphere of one of the world’s oldest civilisations and unveiling a fresh entry, Golden Scrolls.

On the visual side, Slotmill’s two Egyptian-themed games share plenty of similarities, although Sands of Eternity leaned more into a bold, exaggerated style with its highly saturated symbols. Golden Scrolls takes a calmer approach: it’s more muted, more grounded, and even feels weightier, with the reels set beside imposing, hieroglyph-covered stone slabs. Pyramids sit in the distance while a moody, evocative melody hums away—like a snake charmer coaxing a cobra from its basket. It may not be the most intricate Ancient Egyptian backdrop around, but it’s tastefully restrained and easy on the eyes.

As you’d expect from a Slotmill release, Golden Scrolls offers several ways to play. The standard setup is to choose a stake of 20 c to $/€80 per spin and spin away in pursuit of those flying scrolls. Additional options can be accessed via the Fast Track menu, along with Burst Mode, both explained further down. The default RTP is 95.2%, with the remaining RTP figures to be revealed shortly. And despite the laid-back presentation, don’t underestimate it—Golden Scrolls uses a math model rated ‘very high’ for volatility.

The game runs on a 6×5 gaming grid with 20 paylines. Winning combinations form when matching symbols land on at least 3 adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost side of the matrix. The paytable begins with the J-A card ranks at the lower end, followed by 3 Ancient Egyptian-themed symbols, and then three character symbols that also fit the setting. Hitting 5 matching royals returns 4 to 4.5 times the bet, 5 mid symbols pay 7 to 12 times the bet, and 5 character symbols award 14x to 20x.

Golden Scrolls: Slot Features

Golden Scrolls doesn’t stop at a single wild type—it features 3 different wild scroll variants, alongside free spins, super free spins, Fast Track buys, and Burst Mode.

Wild Symbols

To begin with, each reel is limited to one wild symbol at a time. The regular wild simply substitutes for any pay symbol—just like the other two wild types. When the Expanding Wild symbol lands, it expands downwards to the bottom of the grid, acting as a wild in every position it covers. With each position it expands into, the multiplier increases by +1 up to a maximum of x6. The Golden Expanding Wild expands both ways, up and down, when it lands, filling the entire reel. It always has an x6 multiplier. If a win includes more than one expanded wild, the multiplier values are added together and then applied. All three wild types share the same payout value as the top-paying symbol when wild-only winning lines occur.

Free Spins

Hitting 3 scatter symbols in the base game awards 8 free spins. During free spins, there is a higher chance of hitting wild symbols. The feature is extended by +1 free spin for each +1 Spin symbol that lands.

Super Free Spins

If the Super Bonus scatter symbol appears during free spins, any remaining free spins are upgraded to super free spins, and +2 extra spins are added. Alternatively, landing 2 scatters and a super scatter in the base game triggers 8 super free spins. In the super free spins feature, all wilds are Golden Expanding Wild symbols. As above, the feature is extended by +1 free spins for each +1 Spin symbol that lands.

Fast Track

Via the Fast Track menu, players can choose from the following feature buy options:

• 3 Wilds – 20x the bet buys a game round, guaranteeing 3 wild symbols (RTP 96.15%).
• 5 Wilds – 60x the bet buys a game round, guaranteeing 5 wild symbols (RTP 96.22%).
• Free Spins – 100x the bet (RTP 96.32%).
• Super Free Spins – 400x the bet (RTP 96.33%).

Burst Mode

Burst mode lets players can pick a bet and a number of spins, then allow the math model to run with minimal visual presentation on top.

Golden Scrolls: Slot Verdict

Golden Scrolls is likely to appeal to players who’ve enjoyed what Hacksaw Gaming has delivered in titles such as Cursed Seas and Stormforged—particularly the way wild symbols expand either downward or both up and down to occupy multiple positions on a reel. Of course, sometimes you’ll only get the regular wild, which can feel pretty unforgiving. This is especially true when using the 3 or 5 wild feature buys from the Fast Track menu. Paying 60x the bet for 5 wilds that don’t expand can be a real letdown. Then again, luck can swing the other way—5 Golden Expanding wilds could land instead, and in that case the outcome could be seriously strong.

The alternative is to play it straight and let Golden Scrolls develop naturally, since free spins are designed to deliver wilds more often, and super free spins—whether triggered directly or upgraded mid-feature—ensure that only Golden Expanding Wilds appear. That’s obviously the ideal scenario. A potential drawback, though, is the relationship between paylines, reels, and rows. Similar expanding-wild mechanics in Hacksaw Gaming slots often use 4 rows, so the issue of expanded wilds not connecting with the needed symbols to form wins didn’t, from memory, stand out as much as it can in Golden Scrolls. Here, the extra row creates a noticeable amount of dead space where wins can be missed because the required symbols sit just outside the reach of the expanded wilds. Consider it a small note of feedback. Others may find it plays differently, and with a top potential of 12,000x the bet, Golden Scrolls certainly isn’t stingy when it comes to possible returns.

Much like Sands of Eternity before it, Golden Scrolls probably won’t redefine the Egyptian slot genre from the ground up, but it’s a dependable entry and a good-looking choice for anyone wanting expanding-symbol gameplay without the usual book theme.