About 10 Swords
10 Swords is a 5x3 grid with 20 fixed paylines, but the substance happens off the lines. The sword symbol is a scatter with a price attached: its position is irrelevant, what counts is how many are visible at once. The table is published and climbs at a deeply uneven rate — 4 swords pay 2x the bet, 5 pay 5x, 6 pay 10x, 7 pay 25x, 8 pay 100x, 9 pay 1,000x, and 10 pay 5,000x.
That sequence deserves a close look, because it describes the whole behaviour of the game. From the fourth to the seventh tier you are still in stake-recovery territory. The eighth quadruples the one before it, the ninth multiplies by ten, the tenth by five. Practically all of the game's value is concentrated in the last three notches, while the early ones land often enough to keep a session afloat. That is exactly what the volatility rating expresses: Push Gaming calls it low to medium, consistent with a 5,000x ceiling and a steady base.
The wild is an eagle. It substitutes for every symbol except shields and swords, and it pays on its own account: 5x to 40x the bet for three to five in a line. The shield is the conventional scatter. Three shields open 8 free spins, four open 10 and convert two low symbols into swords, five open 12 and convert four. Sources diverge here: the press release carried by SlotBeats states 8, 12 or 15 spins, while AboutSlots and HideousSlots both give 8, 10 and 12. We keep the second version, which is the majority reading.
During free spins, shields keep being collected and every tier reached permanently converts one of the four low symbols — Jack, Queen, King, Ace — into a sword, while awarding 4, 3, 3 and then 2 extra spins respectively. The grid therefore loads up with priced symbols as the round runs, and the high tiers of the table become reachable instead of theoretical. This is the only phase where ten simultaneous swords is not an accident.
Two options change the stake. The Ante Bet costs 20% more per spin and raises shield frequency. Push Gaming quantifies its effect on max-win probability: one spin in 930,000 in normal play, one in 600,000 with the option. Twenty percent more cost for roughly 55% more probability on that single event; the studio does not publish the RTP of the Ante Bet version, so we draw no conclusion beyond those two numbers. The bonus buy costs 50x the bet and drops a random number of shields to trigger free spins: €5 at minimum stake, €5,000 at maximum. Its published RTP is 96.75%, higher than the base game's 96.41% — a rare case, since most studios charge for direct access with a worse return. The option remains banned in the United Kingdom.
On the raw figures: default RTP of 96.41%, meaning €3.59 of theoretical house margin per €100 wagered, with operator variants at 95.45%, 94.41%, 90.36% and 88.32% depending on market — check the value your casino displays before playing. Stakes run from €0.10 to €100, rising to €120 with the Ante Bet. The 5,000x ceiling is worth €500 at minimum stake, €5,000 at €1 and €500,000 at maximum. In the BetsRank database that ceiling places 10 Swords 70th of the 85 Push Gaming titles listed, well below the house median of 10,000x and Razor Returns at 100,000x.
