Book of Duat: Slot Overview
Book of Duat is a 5x3, 10-payline release from Quickspin built around familiar book-slot maths, but with a more involved bonus setup. What stands out here is the pre-feature Pick and Click round, which can add extra spins, extra expanding symbols and multipliers before Free Spins even begin. I find the core idea strong, even if the Egyptian setting feels deliberately traditional.
Anna the Explorer returns here, this time in an Ancient Egypt backdrop of rocky cliffs, hieroglyphs and tomb interiors. The design choice to keep the base game recognisable makes its positioning clear, this is aimed at players who like the old book formula, but want a few more moving parts once the feature lands. RTP is 96.27%, volatility is high, and the top win reaches 32,760x.
Book of Duat Symbols and Paytable
5 reels, 3 rows and 10 fixed paylines keep the pay model straightforward. Wins land from left to right, and the symbol range is classic for the theme. Low symbols are 10, J, Q, K and A, paying up to 10x to 15x for five of a kind, while Sobek, Anubis and Pharaoh cover the mid-tier and reach 75x to 200x.
Anna the Explorer is the top regular symbol and pays 500x for five on a line. The book is the key icon because it works as both wild and scatter. As a wild, it substitutes for regular symbols. As a paying symbol, it can award up to 2,500x for five, and 3, 4 or 5 books trigger the bonus sequence.
Symbol Payouts
Scatter, Wild
Substitutes for regular symbols and also acts as the scatter that triggers the bonus.
Anna the Explorer
Highest-paying regular symbol.
Pharaoh
High-paying Egyptian character symbol.
Anubis
Mid-paying Egyptian god symbol.
K
Royal low-paying symbol.
10
Royal low-paying symbol.
Book of Duat: Slot Features
3, 4 or 5 book scatters trigger the bonus and award 3, 6 or 12 picks in the Pick and Click round. Those picks are taken from a 5x4 grid with 20 tiles. Each tile can reveal +2, +3, +5 or +10 free spins, +1, +2 or +4 expanding symbols, or +1x, +2x or +5x multipliers. By default, the feature starts with 4 free spins, 1 expanding symbol and a 1x multiplier.
During Free Spins, regular wins are paid first, then qualifying expanding symbols stretch to cover whole reels for another evaluation. Compared to the studio's previous work with Anna, the design choice to add a pre-bonus setup makes the feature feel more personalised from one trigger to the next. If multiple expanding symbols appear, they are evaluated one after another, and they do not need to land on adjacent reels to pay.
Retriggers are important here. If 3, 4 or 5 book scatters land during the feature, they add 2 extra free spins plus 1, 2 or 4 extra picks. In the best-case setup from 12 starting picks, the bonus can reach all 9 regular symbols as expanding, an x9 multiplier and 23 additional spins. A full screen of Anna pays 5,000x before any multiplier is applied, which explains how the slot reaches its headline ceiling.
Bonus Buy Options
Triggered before Free Spins after 3, 4 or 5 book scatters, awarding 3, 6 or 12 picks from a 5x4 grid of 20 tiles that can add free spins, expanding symbols and multipliers.
Starts with 4 free spins, 1 expanding symbol and a 1x multiplier. Expanding symbols cover full reels after regular wins are paid, and extra scatters during the feature add 2 spins and extra picks.
Three purchase options guarantee at least 3, 4 or 5 scatters to start the bonus with 3, 6 or 12 picks.
Feature Cost: 150x, 500x, 1600xRTP: 96.50%, 96.71%, 96.91%
Book of Duat Slot Features
96.27% RTP and high volatility place Book of Duat firmly in the high-risk bracket. Some reviews also mention reduced 94% and 90% versions, so RTP checking matters more than usual. The base game can drag a bit, and I think that is the main trade-off in the maths model, long quieter stretches in exchange for a feature that can scale hard once picks and retriggers stack up.
Bonus Buy is available with three tiers, 150x for at least 3 scatters, 500x for at least 4 scatters, and 1600x for 5 scatters. The associated RTPs are 96.50%, 96.71% and 96.91%. I can see the appeal because the bonus does most of the heavy lifting here, but the top tier is a serious outlay and not everyone will enjoy that risk profile.
