Shen Long Bao Shi pairs a gem-and-dragon theme with a feature that can turn one Wild into a full locked reel. The five-reel, three-row game has ten fixed lines that pay in both directions. Its golden dragon appears on reels two, three and four; when it lands, it expands into a stacked Wild reel and starts respins with that reel held in place. Further dragon Wilds can expand and lock additional reels, creating another respin. The feature has a clear start and continuation rule, but no separate free-spin round.
Shen Long Bao Shi at a glance
| Provider | Skywind Group |
|---|---|
| Genre / theme | Asian |
| Game type | Video slot |
| Reels / grid | 5×3 |
| Reference RTP | 96.1% |
| Payout mechanic | 10 fixed paylines, both ways |
| Main features | Dragon Wild on reels 2–4 expands to a full reel and triggers locked-reel respins; new Wild reels lock and add a respin, with two Wilds in one respin adding only one extra step. |
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Ten lines, paying from either side
The base game uses five reels and ten fixed paylines. The reviewed exact-title descriptions say wins can be evaluated left to right and right to left, so both ends of a line matter. Regular combinations include colored gems, a red Chinese coin and a gold 88 symbol. The sources describe these ordinary symbols as paying on combinations of three or more; the coin and 88 sit above the gems in the cited payout hierarchy. Exact symbol values are not repeated because the detailed paytable was not consistently available across the pages checked.
That two-way rule is distinct from an all-ways system: the game still has ten named lines, but each can qualify from either direction. Players can therefore read a screen from both ends while keeping the fixed-line map in view. The dragon is not just another high-value picture symbol. It substitutes for ordinary symbols and, on the middle three reels, can transform the reel into a stack of Wilds. This creates a bridge between ordinary line formation and the respin feature, although the available rules do not confirm a Wild substitution for every special symbol.
How the dragon respins build
A golden dragon Wild on reel two, three or four triggers the Wild Respin. It expands to fill that entire reel with three stacked Wild symbols. The game first awards any winning combinations from the expanded state, then starts a respin with the Wild reel locked while the other reels spin. The locked reel is the feature’s persistent element: it remains in place while new symbols arrive on the remaining columns, giving another chance to form a winning line without rerolling the Wild that started the sequence.
If a new dragon Wild lands during a respin, it expands into another locked Wild reel and causes one additional respin. Reels already locked remain held, so the visible Wild coverage can grow across successive stages. If two new Wilds land on separate reels in one respin, both can expand, but the official rules describe a single extra respin for that event rather than two independent respins. This cap on the added step is important: multiple new Wild reels can increase the number of covered columns without multiplying the number of respins one-for-one.
A focused feature, with disputed math
Exact-title listings report a 96.1% RTP, and the older detailed game description calls volatility high. A separate title page labels volatility medium, so that rating remains unknown. The advertised overall maximum also appears as an implausibly large figure in one source and is not verified here. These uncertainties do not affect the mechanic description, which is supported by a detailed review of this exact Skywind title. Release date is also left unknown rather than selecting among inconsistent catalog entries.
Strengths and weak points
Strengths
The expanding dragon Wild changes the same ten-line grid and the lock-and-respin sequence clearly explains how later Wilds extend the feature.
Weaknesses
The feature depends on the middle reels and has no documented free-spin mode, while volatility and maximum-win listings do not agree.
Our Editor’s View
Shen Long Bao Shi has a coherent feature loop: a dragon on one of the middle three reels expands, locks that reel, and starts respins; later dragons can add more locked Wild reels and another step. The rule for two new Wilds arriving together prevents the respin count from scaling without limit for that one event. I like how directly the feature feeds into the ten-line, both-ways base game. Its range is intentionally narrow, and the public volatility and maximum-win data conflict, so the local paytable should settle the numerical details before play.
