Scroll of Dead

Scroll of Dead: Play'n GO's High-Volatility Egyptian Slot

Scroll of Dead is a high-volatility video slot from Play'n GO that expands on the legendary Egyptian theme first made famous by Book of Dead. Released in May 2021, it builds on that blueprint with a key structural innovation — a 6th reel that unlocks during the free spins bonus, pushing the grid from 5x3 to 6x3 and raising the maximum win potential to 7,500x your stake. The result is a slot that feels familiar to fans of the Book-style format while delivering a more complex and rewarding bonus round.

At BetFury, Scroll of Dead is available across all devices with bets starting from $0.10. Whether you're chasing the bonus via natural triggers or the Buy Feature, our platform gives you direct access to everything Play'n GO built into this title.

Gameplay Mechanics and Layout

Scroll of Dead is played on a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 10 fixed paylines during the base game. The 6th reel only appears when the free spins bonus activates. Symbol wins are formed from left to right, starting at the leftmost reel. The game uses a set of Egyptian-themed premium symbols — pharaohs, scarabs, gods — alongside the classic A-K-Q-J-10 card royals.

The scarab symbol serves as both wild and scatter. In the base game, wilds substitute for all other symbols on reels 1 through 5 (and the 6th reel in the bonus). As scatter, landing 3, 4, or 5 scarabs simultaneously triggers the free spins feature and also pays a scatter win.

All base game wins can be taken into the Gamble Feature, which offers players the option to risk their win up to five consecutive times for a chance to multiply it. This is an optional mechanic — you can always take the base win without gambling.

If you're already a fan of this series, the Book of Dead slot is the title that started it all — a 5-reel single expanding symbol format with 10 paylines that remains one of the most popular Play'n GO slots on our platform.

Free Spins: The 6th Reel Feature

Landing 3+ scarabs awards 8 free spins and activates the game's signature mechanic: the 6th reel. At the start of the feature, a random regular-pay symbol is selected as the Expanding Symbol. Whenever this symbol appears and forms part of a winning combination, it expands to fill the entire reel it lands on.

The expansion applies across all 6 reels during the bonus. Wilds do not substitute for the expanding symbol — meaning the symbol itself must land to trigger the expansion. This creates moments of high tension as players hope the chosen symbol clusters across multiple reels.

There are no retriggers in Scroll of Dead — the 8 free spins are fixed. However, with the expanded 6x3 grid and the expanding symbol mechanic across 6 reels, a well-placed bonus round can deliver disproportionately large wins relative to the spin count. The 7,500x potential specifically comes from maxing out the expanding symbol coverage during these spins.

For another strong entry in the Dead series, Cat Wilde and the Doom of Dead takes the same expanding symbol mechanic and wraps it in a new character-driven adventure — worth playing if you enjoy Scroll of Dead's bonus structure.

Key Stats and Paytable

The top-paying symbols in Scroll of Dead deliver up to 500x for 5 of a kind on the highest-value premium icon. Below that, mid-tier premium symbols pay 50x to 200x for a full 5-symbol line. Card royals round out the paytable with smaller wins that keep base game sessions active between bonus triggers.

The game's high volatility means wins cluster in the bonus round — base game sessions can run lean for extended periods before a trigger arrives. The Buy Feature, which is available on our platform, allows direct access to the free spins for players who prefer to skip the base game variance.

Why Scroll of Dead Belongs in Your Session

Play'n GO's Dead series has consistently delivered high-quality slots, and Scroll of Dead earns its place in that lineup through the 6th reel innovation. It's not just a reskin of Book of Dead — the expanded grid and the way the expanding symbol scales across six reels creates a genuinely different bonus experience with a higher ceiling.

The Ghost of Dead game is another Dead series entry available at BetFury — set in a Halloween theme rather than ancient Egypt, it shares the expanding symbol free spins mechanic while bringing a completely different visual identity to sessions.

BetFury's crypto-native infrastructure means Scroll of Dead sessions benefit from instant deposits and fast payouts. The BFG staking program also rewards active play across all slots on our platform, adding an extra layer of return on top of the game's base 96.28% RTP. For players building a session around Play'n GO's Dead catalog, Scroll of Dead at BetFury offers all the tools to do so efficiently.