Bao Shi: Slot Overview
Bao Shi is a Chinese-themed slot from Play'n GO, built on a 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways to win. I found the main hook pretty clear straight away, the lion guardian Lioras can wake up, drop wilds on the reels, reveal multipliers, and upgrade the best-paying symbol. Fair enough, that gives it a bit more character than a lot of lookalike temple slots.
Bets run from 0.10 to 100 a spin, with the top RTP listed at 96.2%. One review calls the volatility 7 out of 10, and that feels about right to me, because this looks more like a patient slot than a constant-hit one. It has a decent top end too, with a max win of 15,000x.
How to Play Bao Shi
Start by setting your stake, then spin on the 5-reel, 4-row layout where wins pay left to right from the first reel across 1,024 ways. It is easy enough to get into, mate, so even if you are just after a relaxed session, you will know what is going on without much faff.
Bao Shi: Slot Features
Lioras Blessings is the key feature in the base game. Lioras collects Drum symbols when they land, and after a Drum is collected the feature can trigger at random, dropping 2 or 3 Gold Coin wilds. In the base game, those coins can reveal x2 or x3 multipliers, and the values add together and apply to all wins. On top of that, every Lioras symbol on the reels upgrades to Golden Lioras.
Free spins land from 3, 4 or 5 scatters, paying 8, 12 or 15 spins. During the feature, all Lioras symbols are already upgraded, and Lioras Blessings gets stronger, adding 3 to 5 Gold Coin wilds that can reveal x2, x3, x4 or x5 multipliers. Any scatter in the bonus gives +1 free spin, up to a maximum of 100 free spins.
Bonus Buy Options
When Drum symbols are collected, the feature can trigger at random and add 2 or 3 Gold Coin wilds in the base game. These can reveal x2 or x3 multipliers, and all Lioras symbols upgrade to Golden Lioras.
Land 3, 4 or 5 scatters to get 8, 12 or 15 free spins. During the round, all Lioras symbols are upgraded, Lioras Blessings can add 3 to 5 Gold Coin wilds with x2 to x5 multipliers, and each extra scatter gives +1 free spin up to 100 total.
Bao Shi: Slot Overview
Pay symbols are 10 to A royals, plus lanterns, coins, fish, sycees, and Lioras. Regular symbol payouts range from 0.3x to 4x the bet for five of a kind, while the upgraded Golden Lioras pays 6x for five. It is not a monster paytable on paper, so a lot depends on the upgraded symbols and multipliers landing together.
Drum and Gold Coin symbols both act as wilds, though they do not replace scatters. Wilds only land on the three middle reels according to one review, which is worth knowing because it changes how often near-misses pop up. Golden Lioras only appears during free spins and Lioras Blessings.
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