Eight free spins, four gates, a 1,000x Grand Jackpot
Eight. That is the free spin allocation when the bonus triggers in the 4 Gates of Pyramid slot, Kendoo’s October 2026 release and the newest entry in its Master Pots series. Everything interesting about the game happens in how those eight spins get modified, because players can enter the round with one or more of four separate features active: Ultra, Extra, Rise and Boost.
The press framing calls this a four-way feature and treats it as a new idea. It is the right thing to point at, for the wrong reason. The novelty is not that there are four features, since feature-select bonus rounds have been standard for years. It is that the four can stack on the same eight spins rather than forcing a choice between them, and that they sit on top of a Collect and jackpot engine rather than a conventional free spins round. Whether that stacking is worth your bankroll depends on an RTP listed at 95.79% and a maximum win of 4,248x the bet, neither of which Kendoo’s own launch copy mentioned.
What is the four-way feature in 4 Gates of Pyramid?
The four-way feature is a set of four free spins modifiers, named Ultra, Extra, Rise and Boost, that can be active individually or in combination during the same bonus round. Instead of one fixed bonus path, a triggered round can arrive with any mix of the four, and further features can be activated while the round is still running.
A standard pick-bonus slot asks you to choose one path at entry: more spins, bigger multiplier, or extra wilds, and you live with it for the duration. Here the configuration is variable at entry and can change mid-round. That matters for one practical reason: the distribution of bonus outcomes widens. Two players who both trigger the bonus in the same session can be playing meaningfully different rounds, and the “average” bonus win is a far less useful number than it would be in a single-path game.
Extra: more bonus symbols, more spins
Extra adds special green Bonus symbols to the reels, and collecting them can award additional free spins. It is the gate that extends the round rather than inflating individual hits, which in practice means more chances for the Collect mechanic to find something.
Rise: the grid grows to 5×5
Rise expands the playing field from 5×3 to 5×5, taking the grid from 15 symbol positions to 25. More positions means more room for Bonus symbols to land, so Rise is effectively a frequency upgrade on every other mechanic in the round.
Boost: more Collect opportunities
Boost increases the potential for Collect opportunities during the bonus. Kendoo’s launch announcement describes the direction of the effect but not the precise scaling, so treat the size of the uplift as unconfirmed until the in-game paytable is available.
Ultra: named, not yet detailed
Ultra is confirmed as the fourth gate by name and nothing more. The launch material lists it alongside the other three without describing its function. Anyone telling you what Ultra does right now is guessing, and the paytable in the demo is where you should go for the real rule.
The base game, and a theme that argues with its own title
4 Gates of Pyramid runs on a 5×3 grid built around Bonus symbols and Collect mechanics, expanding to 5×5 when the Rise gate is active. Kendoo has not published a payline or ways-to-win count, so that figure stays open.
Here is the oddity worth knowing before you load it. Despite the name, Kendoo’s own launch description sets the game against an ancient Aztec backdrop, not an Egyptian one. Pyramid is doing double duty in the title, and if you came looking for a specifically Egyptian pyramid themed slot with scarabs, Anubis and hieroglyphs, the visual language may not be what the name implies. It changes nothing about the maths. It does change whether the theme lands for you, which for a lot of players is the actual reason they pick one new release over another.
Collect-style designs normally use Bonus symbols that carry values which are gathered during the round, feeding jackpot tiers. Kendoo confirms both Bonus symbols and multiple Collect mechanics in this title, but the full symbol set, values and tier structure beyond the 1,000x Grand Jackpot have not been detailed publicly.
How the bonus round triggers
The bonus is driven by Bonus symbols landing in the base game rather than by classic scatters paying a multiplier of total stake. The published sequence works like this:
- Land the required Bonus symbols in the base game to trigger the feature. Kendoo has not stated the exact count needed, so confirm it in the paytable.
- Enter the round with one or more of Ultra, Extra, Rise and Boost active. Which gates open on entry is determined by the trigger, not by a player pick.
- Play the eight free spins, with Collect mechanics running throughout.
- Unlock additional spins and activate further gates as the round progresses, extending or reshaping the bonus in flight.
- Resolve any jackpot tiers reached, up to the 1,000x Grand Jackpot.
On bonus buy: Kendoo’s announcement does not mention a feature buy for this title. Even where a studio builds one, availability is set operator by operator, and UK-licensed operators are barred from offering it at all under the Gambling Commission’s remote technical standards. If a buy button matters to your play, check the specific site rather than assuming the game carries it.
RTP, volatility and the max win
The RTP is cited at 95.79%, the maximum win at 4,248x the bet, and the volatility as high to medium-high, according to the listings on SlotCatalog and McLuck. Kendoo’s own launch material published only the 1,000x Grand Jackpot, so the rest comes from third-party databases rather than the studio.
A 95.79% RTP puts the house edge at 4.21%, which sits at the lower end of the typical 94-97% band for slots. That is the long-run average across millions of rounds, not a session expectation, and it is the single number that tells you most about what the game costs to play.
Two things follow from the max win figure. First, a Grand Jackpot tier and a maximum win are not the same thing, and here they clearly are not: the 1,000x Grand Jackpot is a tier inside a game whose listed ceiling is more than four times higher. Second, 4,248x is mid-table rather than extreme next to the 10,000x and 20,000x headline numbers on many feature-heavy releases, which fits the high to medium-high volatility rating rather than the brutal distributions attached to the biggest-ceiling games.
One more thing most reviews skip: RTP is frequently configurable. Studios commonly ship several RTP settings for the same game, and the operator chooses which to run. The number in your casino’s paytable is the one that applies to you, not the one quoted in a review of a different site, and that applies to the 95.79% figure as much as any other.
Kendoo as a studio
Kendoo describes itself as a fast-growing slot provider, and 4 Gates of Pyramid joins its existing Master Pots series of jackpot-and-collect games. The verifiable signal on its trajectory is distribution: the studio’s content went live in Belgium through a Starcasino partnership, and you can read what a studio’s entry into a regulated market like Belgium actually proves about its compliance and testing standards. That is a reasonable indicator of process. It is not evidence about any individual game’s quality.
Where the four gates sit against mechanics you already know
Strip the naming away and the architecture is familiar. Collect mechanics plus jackpot tiers plus modifiers that expand the grid or add symbols is the same family as the hold and win designs that have dominated slot lobbies for years. Playson’s 3 Roaring Bells approach of layering Expand, Double and Extra modifiers onto a hold and win round works from a comparable blueprint.
What separates the four-way feature from a conventional feature-select bonus is combination and timing. Pick-a-door bonuses lock you into one configuration at the start; this one can open additional gates while the round runs. Genuinely new as a mechanic? No. Genuinely different in how the bonus distribution behaves? Yes, and that is the honest version of the claim the launch copy overstates.
Who this one is actually for
4 Gates of Pyramid suits players who already enjoy collect-and-jackpot slots and want more variation inside the bonus than a single fixed path offers. If you dislike games where the base play is mainly a waiting room for the feature, this structure will not convert you, because that is exactly what it is.
Before you stake real money on this or any new slot release, do three things. Open the game information screen and check whether your operator is running the 95.79% setting or a lower one, since the review you read may not match it. Play the demo until you have seen the bonus at least once, so you understand what the gates do rather than what they are called. And confirm the site holds a licence from a regulator that covers you.
What stays open is the part the numbers cannot settle: Ultra’s function is still undocumented, and an RTP and a volatility band tell you the long-run shape of the game without telling you anything about the next hundred spins. Every slot carries a built-in house edge, 4.21% in this case, and returns less than it takes over time, so set a loss limit you would be comfortable hitting and treat the bonus round as entertainment rather than an expected outcome. If your play stops feeling optional, use the deposit limits, cool-off and self-exclusion tools your operator is required to provide.
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