Gates of Hades FAQ

Gates of Hades uses Cluster Pays: any group of 5 or more matching symbols connected horizontally or vertically counts as a win, regardless of position on the grid. There are no fixed paylines to track — winning clusters trigger a tumble, where the involved symbols clear and new ones drop in from above, potentially chaining into further wins on the same spin.

Wild symbols land carrying a random multiplier value. Instead of applying only to the cluster the wild is part of, that multiplier gets added to a running total displayed above the reels. When a tumble sequence produces a winning cluster, the collected multiplier total is applied to that win, so multiple wilds landing across a single tumble chain can stack meaningfully before the sequence ends.

No. In the base game, wild multipliers run roughly from 1x up to 100x. Once free spins are triggered, the ceiling jumps considerably — wilds during the bonus can carry multipliers up to 500x, which is one of the main reasons the free spins round outperforms base-game play over time.

Landing 3 scatters awards 10 free spins, 4 scatters award 12, 5 scatters award 15, and 6 or more scatters award 20 free spins. The exact count is fixed by how many scatters land on the triggering spin, with no variance beyond the scatter tally itself.

Landing 6+ scatters doesn't just award the maximum 20 spins — it also activates Super Free Spins mode, where every wild that appears during the bonus carries a minimum multiplier of 10x. This removes the low end of the multiplier range for the entire feature, which meaningfully raises the floor of possible outcomes compared to a standard-trigger bonus.

Yes. Landing scatters during the free spins round adds more spins on top of the remaining count: 3 scatters add 5 spins, 4 add 7, 5 add 10, and 6 or more add 12. Retriggers stack on the existing bonus rather than restarting it, so the collected multiplier total carries over unaffected.

No — this is one of the feature's defining traits. Once free spins begin, the multiplier total collected above the reels persists across every spin in the round, including any spins added through a retrigger. It only resets once the entire bonus round ends.

Gates of Hades offers a standard free spins purchase at 100x the current stake, which triggers the regular free spins round with normal odds of hitting a high-scatter outcome. A separate, more expensive option buys directly into Super Free Spins mode at 500x stake, guaranteeing the 6-scatter trigger and its 10x minimum wild multiplier.

Yes. Purchasing the Super Free Spins option at 500x stake places you directly into the mode reserved for 6+ scatter triggers, meaning every wild landing during that bonus carries at least a 10x multiplier for the entire round, without needing to land 6 scatters naturally.

Gates of Hades ships with several official RTP configurations — 96.52%, 95.47%, and 94.47% — and individual operators select which one they run. That's why RTP trackers and casino sites report slightly different figures rather than a single fixed number.

The game has a hard win cap set at 10,000x the stake. If the accumulated wins during a spin or bonus sequence reach that ceiling, the round ends immediately and the payout is capped there, regardless of remaining multiplier potential or spins left in the feature.

No. Despite the shared naming convention and Pragmatic Play branding, Gates of Hades is a distinct title built on a 6x6 cluster-pays grid with tumble wins, whereas Gates of Olympus uses a different tumble pay-anywhere structure on a 6x5 layout. Some third-party listings have mis-attributed specs between the two, so it's worth confirming which title a review is actually describing.