Koi Gate has two Wild roles to identify
Koi Gate is Habanero’s slot identified on the official page as SGTheKoiGate. That page lists a five-reel, three-row layout and 18 lines. It identifies the Koi as an expanding Wild and the Dragon as an additional Wild.
Keep those symbol roles separate from the theme’s story about a fish becoming a dragon. Narrative background is not a substitute for the symbol definitions or an instruction about how one symbol transforms during play.
Expansion and substitution are separate checks
The overview places expanding Wilds on reels two, three and four. Expansion concerns the area covered; substitution concerns which paying symbols the Wild can stand in for. Check both in the detailed paytable.
The page also mentions payments in both directions, but its compact wording is not a complete explanation of eligible combinations and exceptions. Do not infer that every symbol and every count qualifies from every position. Record the relevant paytable entry before calculating an award.
A useful worksheet has a row for Koi expansion and another for Dragon substitution. That prevents the additional Wild from automatically inheriting every property of the expanding one.
How Koi Gate respins start and continue
The official overview says a Koi appearance awards one respin and that respins continue while the Koi condition keeps occurring. Read the initial award separately from the condition permitting a further action.
Invented counter example: in a fictional sequence, one granted respin is consumed. A qualifying event then grants one more under that sequence’s own rule. Without such an event, the earlier award cannot simply be counted twice. This illustrates counter bookkeeping, not a full Koi Gate simulation.
The overview’s statement that respins are not capped does not promise an endless sequence or an unlimited monetary payout. A sequence can still stop when its continuation condition is absent, and payout limits are a separate part of the rules.
Do not replace respins with another game’s free games
Habanero’s Hot Hot Fruit page separately describes a free-game feature with its own entry and locking conditions. Being from the same provider does not make that feature part of Koi Gate.
The public respin reference helps distinguish another reel action from a separately awarded free-game mode. Compare the actual trigger and state changes rather than the color or theme of the symbols.
Koi Gate multiplier and RTP configuration
The official summary lists a 2× multiplier without providing every interaction in its brief text. Use the full rule to establish the eligible amount, stage and exceptions instead of doubling every figure visible on the screen.
The product page also lists multiple RTP options. This profile does not select one as the setting of a particular website. Confirm the exact game information, full payout table and current configuration. No gameplay session or operator integration was tested for this overview.
Game artwork
Catalog reference: ETGame listing for Koi Gate. Snapshot: 2026-10-19.
