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Eye of Horus The Golden Tablet might look like the original, but it plays a different game entirely. Blueprint Gaming kept everything visible the same. The 5×3 grid, the sandy tomb backdrop, the stone pillars, the symbols, the 10 paylines. Load this without knowing what you’re running, and you’d need a few spins to notice you aren’t in the 2016 classic. The tell is above the reels. A row of symbol tablets arranged in upgrade order, and a volatility rating that shifted from medium to high when Blueprint rebuilt the maths. The Golden Tablet trades a percentage point of RTP for a sharper free games round and a more aggressive risk profile. Whether that trade is worth making depends on what you want from the popular Egyptian series.
The Horus wild expands to cover its entire reel when it lands on reels 2, 3, or 4. It substitutes for all symbols except the scatter. A full-reel wild across all three centre reels guarantees a four-of-a-kind across all paylines and gives a realistic shot at five of a kind. Outside the free games round, this is the primary source of significant standard play returns.
Land 3 or more scatter symbols anywhere in view to trigger 12 free games. During the round, the Horus wild gains a second function alongside expanding and substituting. Each wild that lands upgrades the next symbol in the sequence shown above the reels. The upgrade order runs from lower-paying symbols upward, converting each tier progressively into the Eye of Horus, the top-paying symbol at 500x for five. One wild upgrades one tier; five wilds and every symbol on the reels becomes the top payer.
This is the Golden Tablet setup and the point of the version. Once a symbol is upgraded it stays upgraded for the remainder of the free games. Early wilds convert the lowest tier, mid-round wilds move up the chain, and by the final spins, if enough wilds have landed, the board pays at top value regardless of which symbols appear. The session rarely reaches full conversion, but partial upgrades contribute meaningfully as the round progresses.
Each wild in view during free games also awards additional spins. One wild adds 1 spin, 2 wilds add 3, and 3 wilds add 5. Free games can retrigger when 3 or more scatters land, with additional spins added to the remaining total.
The pyramid tomb scatter pays 500x for five anywhere in view, 200x for four, and 20x for three. Scatter wins are paid in addition to line wins. Landing 3 or more also triggers free games.
Eye of Horus The Golden Tablet runs on a 5×3 grid with 10 fixed paylines, paying left to right from reel 1. Stakes run from £0.10 to £100 per spin, with free games inheriting the same bet as the triggering spin. Standard play is deliberately lean — the paytable is compressed, the Horus wild is the primary source of meaningful returns between features, and the upgrade bar above the reels sits dormant until free games begin. Nothing builds in standard play. It’s a waiting game, and knowing that going in makes the session easier to read.
At high volatility, dry stretches between wins are longer than in the original Eye of Horus, and the free games feature takes more spins to trigger on average. The session rhythm is patience-based. Standard play maintains the balance without dramatic swings, and the free games round is where the meaningful returns live. A few rounds of free play will show how the upgrade sequence builds across the feature before you commit to a stake.
Values below are at a total bet of £1.00 (£0.10 per line). This is a dynamic paytable and all values adjust in line with your chosen stake.
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eye of Horus (scatter also) | 500x | 200x | 50x |
| Horus figure | 400x | 150x | 40x |
| Vulture | 300x | 125x | 20x |
| Scarab | 250x | 100x | 20x |
| Ankh | 200x | 50x | 10x |
| Lotus fans | 200x | 50x | 10x |
| A / K | 100x | 20x | 5x |
| Q / J | 100x | 20x | 5x |
Eye of Horus also pays 10x for 2 of a kind. Scatter pays 500x / 200x / 20x for 5, 4, or 3 anywhere in view, in addition to any line wins. Wild expands to fill the full reel and substitutes for all symbols except the scatter and bonus symbols.
Eye of Horus The Golden Tablet is a deliberate recalibration of one of Blueprint Gaming's strongest series entries. The core game is unchanged. The upgrade sequence in free games is the addition, and paired with a move to high volatility, it gives the bonus round a compounding tension the original doesn't have. The trade-offs are real. A lower RTP of 95.20% against the original's 96.31%, and a presentation so close to its predecessor that distinguishing them at a glance takes effort.
The first thing that happened when the game loaded was a double-check. Was this the right title? The backdrop is the same sandy tomb. The pillars are the same. The symbols are identical. Only the title card and the upgrade bar above the reels confirm you’re in a different version. Blueprint has made no effort to visually distinguish The Golden Tablet from the original, which is either a considered decision to preserve familiarity or a missed opportunity depending on your perspective.
Standard play held up reasonably well. The expanding wild delivered when it landed, and the paytable’s compression means individual line wins are modest. The wild’s value comes from covering multiple paylines simultaneously rather than from any single combination paying large. We played at a £1 stake, and the frequency of meaningful wins matched the high-volatility expectation. Less consistent than the original Eye of Horus, with longer quiet stretches between the wild-driven returns.
Twenty-five spins in, three scatters landed and 12 free games began. The reels lit up with a yellow glow. Within the round, three Horus wilds landed early, triggering three symbol upgrades and extending the spin count. More scatters followed, adding spins again, and the round grew to 30 free games in total. By spin 22, all tablet symbols had converted to the Eye of Horus. From that point, the board was paying at top value on every line. The final eight spins ran on a fully upgraded grid, and the feature closed at £282.50, a return of 282x the stake. That is the Golden Tablet upgrade sequence at full conversion, and it showed exactly why Blueprint built this version.
The comparison with the rest of the series is where The Golden Tablet’s position becomes clear. The original Eye of Horus has a better RTP, lower volatility, and the same expanding wild format. For most players, it remains the better value entry to the series. Eye of Horus Megaways takes the upgrade format onto a six-reel Megaways layout with up to 15,625 ways, which changes the feel considerably. Eye of Horus Rise of Egypt is the most feature-rich of these entries, adding wild multipliers up to 5x and a scatter collection meter to the free games, though at a still-lower RTP of 94.50%.
The Golden Tablet sits between the original and Rise of Egypt in both feature depth and risk profile. Players who found the original too conservative and Rise of Egypt too complex will find this a reasonable middle point. Players who simply want the best-value version of the Eye of Horus free games format should start with the original.
Three pyramid scatter symbols land to trigger 12 free games.
Mid-round with the upgrade sequence active. The yellow glow behind the reels is the free games visual signature.
£282.50 at a £1 total bet. This is what the Golden Tablet upgrade sequence can look like when it completes.
