Fairy gate

Fairy Gate hides two feature reels behind the main game

Fairy Gate begins as a conventional five-reel, three-row slot, but its defining feature sits outside the ordinary payline area.

Quickspin uses two additional reels for Fairy Orb symbols.

Those extra reels are not normal paying reels and are not part of the line map.

They become active when the Fairy Wild Respins feature opens the magical tree at the side of the screen.

That creates a useful split between the five reels where wins are evaluated and the two feature reels that control how many Wilds can be added to them.

The extra reels carry Fairy Orbs, not paying symbols

Once the Fairy Wild Respins feature is active, the two auxiliary reels show Fairy Orb symbols.

The orbs do not form ordinary line wins.

Instead, they act as feature inputs.

When one or more Fairy Orbs land, each orb can add between two and five Wild symbols to the first five reels.

This makes the extra reels a modifier system outside the payline grid.

Their purpose is to change the symbol state on the main reels and decide whether the respin sequence continues.

An Orb both adds Wilds and extends the respin sequence

A Fairy Orb has two linked effects during the base-game feature.

First, it places a group of extra Wilds on the main five reels.

Second, it awards another respin.

That means the feature can develop in steps.

An orb result changes the board, then gives that changed board another evaluation.

If another orb lands on the next respin, more Wilds are added and another respin follows.

The sequence is therefore open-ended within its own condition: it keeps moving only while Fairy Orbs continue to appear.

The feature stops when the Orb reels go quiet

Fairy Wild Respins do not begin with a fixed block of three, five or ten extra rounds.

The end condition is simpler.

If no Fairy Orb lands on a respin, the feature finishes.

That makes the auxiliary reels the timer for the sequence.

A short feature may add one batch of Wilds and stop immediately afterward.

A longer one can keep modifying the five main reels across several evaluations.

The duration is therefore determined by repeated Orb appearances, not by a predetermined spin counter.

Extra Wilds are applied to the main five reels

The Wild additions from Fairy Orbs belong to the paying area.

This matters because the extra reels themselves do not create line combinations.

Their value is indirect: they place substituting symbols where the ordinary paylines are evaluated.

A player can therefore read Fairy Gate in two layers.

The right-side Orb reels decide whether Wilds are added and whether another respin is awarded.

The central five-reel slot then determines whether those new Wild positions help form paying combinations.

Three Bonus symbols open 10 Free Spins

Fairy Gate also has a separate Free Spins feature.

Quickspin states that three Bonus Scatter symbols in the same spin initiate 10 Free Spins.

This trigger is distinct from the random Fairy Wild Respins activation in the base game.

The bonus therefore does not require a long Orb sequence first.

A qualifying Scatter result can move directly into the 10-spin feature.

The important connection is that the two extra Fairy Orb reels remain relevant once the bonus has started.

Fairy Orbs behave differently during Free Spins

The auxiliary reels stay active throughout the Free Spins feature.

Fairy Orbs can still land and add extra Wilds to the first five reels.

The difference is continuation.

During Free Spins, an Orb does not award an additional respin.

That keeps the bonus on its 10-spin framework while preserving the Wild-generating part of the feature.

The same special symbol therefore has a different effect depending on the current mode: Wilds plus respin in the base feature, Wilds only during Free Spins.

The bonus length stays tied to the initial 10 spins

Quickspin states that the Free Spins feature runs until the awarded spins are used and cannot be retriggered.

That makes the Orb rule even more important.

The feature develops through changing Wild density instead of adding more Free Spins.

An Orb can improve the current free round by adding Wilds, but it cannot lengthen the bonus through another respin or a new block of Free Spins.

This keeps the bonus duration bounded while still allowing the main reel state to change substantially from one free round to the next.

The tree and fairy imagery explain the two-layer layout

Fairy Gate's enchanted-forest presentation has a practical relationship with the mechanics.

The extra reels are hidden behind the magical tree until the feature opens them.

Fairy Orbs then emerge from that side area and affect the normal reels.

The visual separation mirrors the rules: the orbs are not themselves part of ordinary line evaluation, but they can transform the paying grid by introducing Wilds.

That makes the feature easier to follow than if all seven reels were presented as one undifferentiated payline screen.

Fairy Gate is defined by what the Orb reels are allowed to do

The cleanest distinction between the two modes is the role of the Fairy Orb.

In base-game Fairy Wild Respins, an Orb adds two to five Wilds and awards another respin. The feature continues while Orbs keep landing.

During the 10 Free Spins, an Orb still adds Wilds but does not create another respin, and the Free Spins cannot be retriggered.

The same auxiliary reels are therefore used in both modes, but their continuation power changes.

That shared feature architecture gives Fairy Gate its identity: five paying reels, two non-paying modifier reels and Wild generation controlled by Fairy Orbs.