Our rating:
Developer: Hacksaw Gaming
Release date: 7th Mar 2024
Dawn of Kings Slot - Screenshot
RTP: 96.24%
Max Payout: 10,000x stake
Volatility: Medium
Min Bet: 0.10
Max Bet: 100.00
Reels: 5
Paylines: 13
Theme: Egyptian
Jackpot: No

Dawn of Kings

Paul Clare
Reviewed by Paul Clare Last updated:

Dawn of Kings features the popular ‘book of’ style setup with expanding symbols working their magic. There are 3 variations of the bonus round, fairly forgiving volatility and a generous 10,000x max win! It’s all to play for in this latest release from Hacksaw Gaming.

Full review continued below ↓

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Our Rating

“Explore these tombs and win big!”

3.9 out of 5

Features
8/10
Design
8.2/10
Gameplay
8/10
Win potential
7/10

Dawn of Kings Screenshots

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Dawn of Kings Features

Play takes place on a 5x3 game area, on which there are not 10 but 13 paylines. Starting from the first reel, wins consist of matching symbols along the paylines. The 10 to ace card symbols are the low pays, with a 5-of-a-kind potentially worth 10x the stake. In the same way, the high-pay gods, goddesses, pharaohs and main character symbols go all the way up to 1,000x.

The Book symbol is the game’s Wild, substituting for all pay symbols. It also serves as the game's scatter, and depending on the amount you land, will dictate the bonus round you trigger.

The game's Book feature will occasionally trigger during the base game. 3 to 5 instances of a randomly selected symbol will land during the spin, and those symbols will then expand to cover their entire reel. They pay out regardless of where they are on the board and also form part of payline wins, even if other symbols are between them.

The Book of Dawn Bonuses

3 scatters trigger the Book of Dawn Bonus, which gives you 10 free spins. The book mechanic also triggers, so you receive a special symbol, and you’ll need at least 3 instances of said symbol to land to see the symbols expand.

Land 4 or 5 Scatters and you’ll trigger the Triple Book of Dawn Bonus, which starts you off with 12 free spins and 3 Special symbols - at least 1 of these will be a high-paying symbol.

If you land a Best of Bonus Scatter when you trigger the Bonus, you’ll unlock the Best of Book of Dawn Bonus. Whichever Bonus Round you trigger, plays out 3 times and you collect the one that accumulates the most money. During any of the bonuses, 2 or 3 Book scatters get you 2 and 4 extra free spins respectively.

Dawn of Kings - Book Mechanic

Book Mechanic

The Book mechanic can activate at any time in the base game and a random symbol becomes a Special symbol. 3 to 5 instances of said symbol will fall and then expand to cover their entire reels. Plus they pay out no matter where they’re positioned!

Dawn of Kings - Book of Dawn Bonus

Book of Dawn Bonus

Land 3 Scatters and you’ll trigger the Book mechanic plus 10 free spins. Land 3 instances of your special symbol and see those symbols expand to cover their entire reels. Also, if you land 2 or 3 scatters, you’ll win 2 and 4 more free spins respectively.

Dawn of Kings - Triple Book of Dawn Bonus

Triple Book of Dawn Bonus

If players land 4 or 5 scatters in the base game, they win 12 free spins and 3 special symbols instead of 1! At least one of these will be a high-pay symbol. Land more scatters for more free spins.

Dawn of Kings - Best of the Book of Dawn Bonus

Best of the Book of Dawn Bonus

Land a Best of Bonus Scatter along with your other bonus-triggering Scatters and that corresponding bonus round will play out 3 times. After all 3 rounds have finished, you pocket the winnings from the most lucrative of the 3!

Dawn of Kings Review

Egyptian temples, sexy computer sprites and plenty of potential to win big. Yes, Dawn of Kings from developers Hacksaw Gaming has got the lot, plus the ever-popular ‘book of’ mechanic and 3 different bonus game modes. It's got a max win that would temp Lara Croft herself - it doesn't belong in a museum; it belongs in your pocket!

Design

Our young explorer stands beside the 5x3 game area holding a blue-flamed torch and it looks like we’re located in the tomb of a money-hoarding Egyptian pharaoh. Then again, given how liberally the coins have been piled up, we could be in the vault of Scrooge McDuck.

The graphics and colour scheme are really immersive and the resemblance of the main character to Lara Croft suggests Tomb Raider was the main inspiration for this game. That said, the graphics are much more PS5 than they are PS1. The symbols, for example, are really well-rendered and animated, almost 3-D. One tiny little gripe is that the animations of the reels are a little on the clunky side.

Sitar-infused music plays in the background along with the sound of stone grinding against stone giving the game the appropriate feel of tomb-raiding adventure. 

If the game’s presentation is important to you, I’d advise against playing it on mobile. Everything sounds great, but the visual layout is very cramped and the animations are quite clunky.

Game Play

There's always plenty going on, even in the base game, and the Book mechanic isn’t exclusive to the bonus round either. Nonetheless, the free spins round(s) is where the real fun is had with 3 permutations - plenty to keep you exploring to see what treasures you unearth next.

Win Potential

The game has a medium-volatility model and the RTP is 96.24%. I wasn’t hugely surprised that the max win isn't out of this world. However, I think 10,000x is still fantastic and you should hopefully hit winning combos and trigger the bonuses regularly. 

My Verdict

Dawn of Kings is yet another ‘book of’ style classic. The audiovisual presentation is all but perfect, and it’s very easy to play. The base game is quite fun and you've effectively got 3 different types of free spins rounds. This slot will certainly appeal to Tomb Raiders and adrenaline-junkie archaeologists, but will it appeal to you? Try it and find out!

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