Vault of Anubis Review

Vault of Anubis uses a 1024 ways-to-win system on a 5×4 grid: wins form when matching symbols appear on consecutive reels starting from reel 1, regardless of position on each reel. With 4 rows per reel, the total ways calculation is 4⁸ = 1024. Compared to a 243-ways slot (3 rows per reel), Vault of Anubis offers significantly more matching opportunities per spin.

This higher base hit frequency is one of the slot’s defining characteristics — players experience small-to-mid wins more often than in lower-ways or fixed-payline Egyptian alternatives. The trade-off is that individual win values are typically modest in base play; the larger payouts come from the two bonus modes. The 1024-ways engine sustains bankroll between bonus triggers, which is important in a High volatility slot where bonus rounds may be 100+ spins apart.

The Vault Hold and Win is triggered when 6 or more coin symbols appear on the grid in a single spin. Once triggered, the bonus begins: all coin symbols stay locked in their positions, the rest of the grid becomes a Hold and Win playing field, and 3 respins are awarded. Any new coin landing during respins resets the respin counter to 3.

Coins land with cash values attached (typically 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 100x, up to 1000x bet). Special Collector coins, when they land, take the value of all visible coins on the grid and add them to the Collector’s own value. When the bonus ends (no new coins on three consecutive respins, or all positions filled), all coin values are paid out. Filling the grid completely awards a bonus multiplier on top of total coin values.

Three scatter symbols trigger Anubis Spins: 8 free spins on the same 1024-ways grid. The mechanical distinction in free spins is the expanding Anubis Wild — when an Anubis wild lands during the bonus, it expands to cover the entire reel from top to bottom, and the expanded wild sticks for the remainder of the bonus.

This produces compounding wild coverage across the 8-spin duration. By spin 4 or 5, multiple reels may be entirely covered by sticky expanded wilds, which dramatically raises the probability of high-pay 5-of-a-kind alignments on every remaining spin. Additional scatters during the bonus award +5 free spins each. The combination of sticky wild reels and ways-to-win matching makes late-bonus spins structurally favourable for large payouts.

Vault of Anubis sets its visual stage inside an ornate tomb, with golden hieroglyphic borders, torch-lit stone walls, and the Anubis god statue as the iconic centrepiece. Premium symbols include four Egyptian gods (Anubis, Isis, Horus, Ra) in stylized illustrated form; low-pay symbols are the traditional A-K-Q-J-10 cards rendered with Egyptian decorative motifs.

Quickspin’s production quality is on display: clean symbol design, smooth wild expansion animations, atmospheric audio that escalates during Hold and Win bonuses. The theme execution is mature rather than innovative — Egyptian slots have been done thousands of times, and Vault of Anubis competes on polish rather than novelty. The Hold and Win bonus visual transition (the standard grid revealing the “vault” behind the symbols) is one of the more memorable thematic touches.