Fang’s Inferno Dream Drop

Fang's Inferno Dream Drop: Slot Overview

Developer Relax Gaming might be strongly associated with trains and, to a lesser extent, 'Tumbling', but another area the studio has successfully forayed into is the progressive jackpot scene, driven by the popularity and the sheer number of its Dream Drop jackpot slots. If you ever felt like there should be more dragons in the Dream Drop space, the studio hears you as it has gone and designed a fantasy-themed alternative titled Fang's Inferno Dream Drop.

One of the first slots which popped into the brain box when Fang's Inferno Dream Drop graced the screen was Snake Arena, an earlier Relax Gaming release that dropped at the end of 2020. However, Snake Arena was also rereleased a couple or so years later with Dream Drop attached, natch. Both games have a little sprite thing going on, with token-like symbols strewn about the place and cute wee characters, viewed from a top-down angle. Both also deal in fantastical beasts in fantastical settings. This time, Fang's Inferno Dream Drop inhabits a snowy, rocky world for its base game before dropping indoors somewhere much warmer for free spins and the Dream Drop Jackpot round.

The main playing area is a 5-reel grid, each reel holding 4 positions and crossed by 20 paylines. Above and below the three middle reels are 2 special bonus rows where regular pay symbols do not land, but special symbols can. Blowing flames like an angry dragon is a highly volatile math model, and since this is a Dream Drop slot, the RTP is 94%, while the stake range is 20 c to $/€100 per game round.

Pay symbols in Fang's Inferno Dream Drop are 8 in number and include 4 lows as well as 4 high pays. Its low pays are 4 coin-like symbols depicting axes, goblets, helmets, and dragons, all paying 3 times the bet for a 5-of-a-kind winning combination. Next are drinking horns, jewel-filled goblets, orbs, and dragon-wrapped gems, awarding 5 to 20 times the stake for a 5 OAK combination. Wilds, whether regular wilds or Dwarf Wilds, substitute for all of the pay symbols.

Fang's Inferno Dream Drop: Slot Features

As well as the infamous Dream Drop Jackpot, Fang's Inferno Dream Drop has Blazin' Wilds, Flamin' Respins, Fang's Bonus Pick, Fiery Free Spins, Fang's Mystery Prize, and a bonus buy. It sounds like a lot, but none are particularly complicated.

Blazin' Wilds

Fang the dragon can appear on the bonus rows, situated above and below reels 2, 3, and 4. When a Fang and a Wild Dwarf symbol land on the same reel, wild symbols spread to fill all positions between them. Fang may land with a multiplier of x2 to x5 on it. Spread wilds, and the original wild get the multiplier value applied to them. When Fang lands with a multiplier above and below a wild on the same reel, the original wild gets the multiplied value of the two Fangs as its multiplier. The wilds above or below the original wild have the value of the closest Fang applied to them.

Flamin' Respins

If 3 Fang symbols fill a bonus row, Flamin' Respins are awarded. Players receive 3 respins for each of the bonus rows filled with Fang symbols. Fang symbols are held in place for the respins, increasing the chance of getting the Blazin' Wilds feature.

Fang's Bonus Pick

Fang's Bonus Pick is triggered when 3 scatter symbols land anywhere in view. Players pick between Fiery Free Spins or Fang's Mystery Prize:

• Fiery Free Spins - For this feature, 9 free spins are awarded, where Fang symbols are held in place for the duration of the round. Fang's multiplier values can randomly increase at the start of any free spin. Landing 3 or more scatter symbols retriggers the feature. One extra free spin is awarded for each additional scatter symbol that lands when triggering or retriggering the round.
• Fang's Mystery Prize - Easy one this. When picked, hammers bash away ice, revealing a chest that awards up to 5,000x the bet.

Jackpot Spin & Dream Drop Bonus

The jackpot spin randomly triggers at the start of a game round and is played before the regular spin. Landing 3 DD symbols on the spin across reels 2, 3, and 4 moves play to the Dream Drop Bonus. For the bonus, a wheel spins to award the Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, or Mega prize.

Feature Buy

In Fang's Inferno Dream Drop, it is possible to buy your way to Fang's Bonus Pick. The cost is 70x the bet and carries an RTP value of 93.97%. The jackpot spin and Dream Drop Bonus can randomly trigger when buying the bonus feature.

Fang's Inferno Dream Drop: Slot Verdict

After being completely blown away by the previous Relax Gaming slot, Ancient Tumble, there was a feeling of drifting back down to baseline when giving Fang's Inferno Dream Drop a spin. Not meaning to take anything away from what Fang's Inferno DD does, but it wasn't up there on the same level of wowness. There are definite plus points on offer here, though, and these range from presentation to gameplay to having a crack on the DD network in a charmingly different environment.

As for Fang's Inferno Dream Drop's presentation, as mentioned, it brought back memories of Snake Arena, but also of Marching Legions, and to a lesser extent, slots like Hellcatraz or even Rabcat's Treasure Heroes came to mind. Charming, playful, nice to look at, and the top-down view draws you into the action from a fun angle as if playing a board game or video game. The features do a decent job of drawing players into the action as well. Blazin' Wilds are a characterful way of not only spreading wilds across reels but possibly also adding multipliers to the picture as part of the process. This keeps the base game interesting and links into free spins where Fang symbols are sticky. Outside the Dream Drop, non-jackpot maximum winning potential is capped at 5,000 times the stake.

Peanuts, when compared to the Mega Jackpot (depending on the stake level), perhaps, but a fair enough match for the game's charmingly quirky demeanour. To nutshell Fang's Inferno Dream Drop, it's a slot that does interesting things with spreading/multiplying wilds while oozing charm as it provides Dream Drop chasers with a well crafted fantasy environment to immerse themselves in.