The Dawn is Coming
The Dawn is Coming Stats
Three Goblins, Two Directions, One Ceiling
Skulls half-buried in snow beside the reel frame, a broom propped against the rock wall, glowing green gems scattered through the cave and a bubbling witch’s cauldron marking the Buy Feature button anchored to the left rail of the cabinet.
The Dawn is Coming is Mascot Gaming’s gremlin-cave gem slot, a 5-reel, 10-line video slot that pays reading from reel one outward across adjacent reels and rightmost-first from reel five across the same fixed lines. Three distinct goblin Wild characters sit on the middle reels, each carrying a baked-in multiplier, and stacked together they are what the 12,000x max win depends on. Compare this entry against the full Mascot Gaming lineup in our provider-level review directory.
Demo Features
Pays from Both Sides
The 10 paylines are evaluated from the outermost reels inward. Three or more adjacent matching symbols starting at reel 1 pay leftwards, and the same count starting at reel 5 pay rightwards. Only the highest outcome per line is awarded, so a line hit is never double-counted. Doubling the direction without doubling the line count is what keeps the hit frequency feeling thick at only 10 nominal lines.
The Three Goblin Wilds
Three different goblin characters take the Wild role.
- The red-nosed goblin carries x5
- The green-fanged goblin carries x3
- The yellow-skinned goblin carries x2.
All three land on reels 2, 3, and 4 only, and substitute for every paying symbol except the Scatter. When more than one Wild lands on a paying line, their multipliers multiply together. The x125 ceiling is reached when the x5 goblin lands on all three of reels 2, 3 and 4 at once.
Scatter Trigger and Free Spins
The sun-disc Scatter appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. Three Scatters on a single spin trigger 12 Free Spins at the stake that triggered them.
Inside the bonus, every Wild symbol that lands expands upward and downward to cover its entire reel, counting as an expanded Wild reel for the current spin win. Three additional scatters landing on a single spin during the round retrigger the bonus, adding another 12 Free Spins to the running count.
Art and Atmosphere
The slot plays at the mouth of a snowy cave at the edge of night. Skulls and bones pile in the rock crevices, a stone broom leans against the left wall, and on the right the cave’s interior glows faintly orange with the first hint of approaching dawn. A cauldron of bubbling green potion doubles as the Buy Feature button, and the Risk wheel dial sits beside the spin trigger in tiered colour bands. The whole scene sets a fairytale-with-teeth tone rather than a pure dungeon setting.
How to Play
Stake, Spin, Catch a Stack
The Dawn is Coming runs on a 5-reel grid with 3 visible rows per reel and 10 fixed paylines. Payouts read both from reel 1 leftmost-first and from reel 5 rightmost-first across the same lines, with only the higher outcome on any given line awarded.
Bet controls sit along the lower toolbar, and the central spin button fires each round. The Risk dial sits next to the spin trigger for quick one-click gambles after a win.
Pay Chart
The figures in the paytable use the 0.50 default stake. Raising or lowering the stake adjusts the listed wins in lockstep.
Symbol Pays (0.50 stake)
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Treasure Chest | 12.50 | 4.50 | 1.00 |
| Green Gem Chest | 6.25 | 2.50 | 0.60 |
| Keg with Bone | 3.75 | 1.75 | 0.45 |
| Red Gem | 2.50 | 0.85 | 0.30 |
| Purple Gem | 2.00 | 0.65 | 0.20 |
| Orange Gem | 1.50 | 0.45 | 0.15 |
| Green Gem | 1.25 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
Wild Goblins
| Goblin | Multiplier | Reels |
|---|---|---|
| Red-Nosed Goblin | x5 | 2, 3, 4 |
| Green-Fanged Goblin | x3 | 2, 3, 4 |
| Yellow-Skinned Goblin | x2 | 2, 3, 4 |
All three goblin Wilds substitute for every paying symbol apart from the Scatter. Multiple Wilds on the same line combine multiplicatively, so a red-nosed goblin plus a green-fanged goblin in a winning combination multiplies the win by x5 times x3 for a line total of x15. A full triple of x5 x3 x5 goblins stacked across reels 2, 3 and 4 reaches the combined ceiling of x125.
Scatter and Free Spins
The sun-disc Scatter appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. Three Scatters on a single spin trigger 12 Free Spins played at the triggering stake. Inside the bonus, every Wild symbol that lands expands to fill its full reel as a Wild column, counting the whole reel as the current spin’s substitute. Scatter retriggers are active during the bonus: landing three further Scatters adds another 12 Free Spins to the running count.
Purchase and Risk
The cauldron Buy Feature badge opens direct access to the Free Spins round at a displayed price. A rotating Special Buy offer can surface after individual spins at a different price point. The Risk dial next to the spin button gambles any winning round tier-banded multiplier sectors with a 1,000x total-bet cap. Both options are locked out during autoplay runs.
Volatility and Return
The return-to-player figure sits at 95.07%. Volatility reads medium-to-high, with the x125 Wild multiplier stack and the expanding Wild reels in Free Spins carrying most of the upside. The top-end payout on any one round is 12,000x the total bet, which is the scenario where the full x125 Wild chain lines up through a premium both-ways hit with strong scatter multipliers.
