Dragonspire Frostfall is Paperclip Gaming’s icy cluster-pays slot from June 2026, played on a 5×5 board where groups of matching symbols burst and tumble away. Its star is a 2×2 dragon wild that crawls down the board and swallows the multipliers of any Frozen Wilds in its path. The studio lists a 96.00% RTP and a 20,000x top win, and its high volatility (Stake calls it medium to high) suits players who enjoy a slow build toward one big feature.
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Building clusters on the frozen board
A win needs at least four identical symbols linked side by side or one above another. Every paying group bursts and fresh symbols tumble in behind it, which lets a single spin string several wins together.
The Dragon Wild stands in for every paying symbol and arrives with a random multiplier from 2x to 10x. It lands on its own or through the powerups below, and it is the main source of extra value in ordinary spins. Those spins need patience: the published Stake Engine math (version 4) shows 80.6% of base spins paying nothing, which is why the board’s other features matter so much.
Lighting up the powerup spots
On every spin, two positions on the board are marked as powerup spots. When a winning cluster covers one, its effect fires once the tumbling stops:
- Wild Spawn (W): drops two to five random wilds onto the board, each with its own 2x to 10x multiplier.
- Clear (X): removes every low-value symbol at once, leaving space for the premium ones.
- Freeze (F): locks one Frozen Wild in place for the rest of the spin sequence.
The Frozen Wild only ever comes from the Freeze powerup. It never bursts or tumbles, and that staying power is what makes it valuable once the dragon appears.
Following the dragon down the board
Dragon’s Call places a 2×2 dragon wild at the top of the board with a random multiplier already attached. It moves down one row per spin until it drops off the bottom, and it absorbs the multiplier of every Frozen Wild it passes through. A board seeded with Frozen Wilds before the dragon arrives is the setup players hope for, because the dragon’s value can keep rising on the way down.
You can also pay for the dragon directly. Dragon’s Call costs 250x the bet per spin and starts the dragon on a multiplier between 2x and 100x, while Dragon’s Call X costs 1,000x per spin and starts it at 25x or more, up to 100x.
Filling the meter for free spins
Base-game spins fill a bonus meter, and the Dragon Bonus starts once it reaches 35. The more points you carry in, the longer the round:
- 35 points: 4 free spins
- 40 points: 5 free spins
- 45 points: 6 free spins
The spin counts look small, but 13 board positions are active in the bonus instead of two, and a win that covers all 13 starts Dragon’s Call inside the round. The 500x Dragon Super buy opens the same bonus with Dragon’s Call included every time.
Comparing the six ways to play
Every option returns 96.00% in the published Stake Engine math. They differ in price and in how often the 20,000x top win is within reach:
| Option | Spin cost | Effect | Top-win odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base spin | 1x | The normal game | 1 in 3 million |
| Extra Chance | 3x | A raised chance of the free spins | 1 in 2 million |
| Dragon Bonus | 100x | Buys the free spins round | 1 in 20,000 |
| Dragon’s Call | 250x | A dragon carrying 2x to 100x | 1 in 10,000 |
| Dragon Super | 500x | Free spins with Dragon’s Call included | 1 in 2,000 |
| Dragon’s Call X | 1,000x | A dragon carrying 25x to 100x | 1 in 150 |
The gap at the top is striking. On a £0.10 bet, Dragon’s Call X costs £100, and the top win is just 20 times that price. One of those paid spins is about 20,000 times more likely to land 20,000x than a single base spin, at 1,000 times the cost, while the long-run return stays at 96.00% whichever option you choose.
Checking where the dragon lives
Paperclip makes its slots for Stake alone, and the studio’s own game page says so plainly. Stake’s game page lists bets from 0.01 to 2,000 a spin, though most reviews quote 0.10 to 1,000, so check the panel in the game. It has been busy too: in its first three and a half months it took more than 76 million bets across Stake.com and Stake.us. The United Kingdom sits on Stake’s list of prohibited countries, and how Stake’s prohibited list works covers what that means for players. The demo above is free and needs no account.
Lining it up with Paperclip’s other games
Paperclip’s catalogue on our site leans toward big boards and high ceilings. Knight Watch takes the cluster idea to a 7×7 board with tumbles and a 25,000x top win, and Lazy Thief switches to paylines on a 6×5 grid with the same 25,000x cap. For the studio’s highest ceiling in our reviews, Mine Drop 2 breaks blocks instead of matching symbols and stretches to 50,000x.
FAQ
96.00%, on Paperclip’s own game page and in the published Stake Engine math, where all six options share the same figure.
Fill the meter to 35, 40 or 45 points for 4, 5 or 6 free spins. You can also buy the round for 100x the bet, or for 500x with Dragon’s Call included.
It stays put for the whole spin sequence, never bursting or tumbling, and the dragon absorbs its multiplier when it passes through.
About once in 3 million base spins. The 1,000x Dragon’s Call X shortens that to roughly once in 150 buys.
Pacing the hunt for the dragon
With four spins in five paying nothing, a session can run dry for a long while before the meter fills. Fix a budget before you start, keep the 250x and 1,000x dragon buys for money you are ready to lose in a single spin, and stop when the budget is spent.
Nobody under 18 may gamble. If play stops feeling fun, GamCare‘s National Gambling Helpline takes free, confidential calls on 0808 8020 133, whatever the hour.
