Book of the Aztec's Legend Slot Review
Y’all know by now (after tons of Aztec-themed games) that cacao beans were the official currency of Mesoamerica. A decent turkey 🦃 would run you about 100 of them. A tomato? One bean. An avocado? Three.
Naturally, counterfeiting was a thing. People would hollow out cacao beans, stuff them with mud and reseal the skins to pass them off as legit. 😏
So the next time someone’s going on about crypto being the money of choice for fraud, remind them the Aztecs had a chocolate-based economy with its own fraud ring. 😛
This is Book of the Aztec's Legend slot, and it comes from Zillion.
Gameplay
A sexy mamacita holding a glowing orb flanks the 5x3 grid against the jungle-temple backdrop, with 4 jackpot tiers above the reels: Grand (1,000x), Mega (100x), Major (30x), and Minor (24x).
The keen-of-eye among you will notice and extra reel lurking beneath the jackpots. Don’t worry; I’ll explain this in the Features section.
The grid has 25 paylines. The RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate. sits at 96.35%, volatility is high, and the max multiplier is 1,675x. The max win is $234,500, with bets ranging from $0.24 to $140.
All currencies are accepted, and the hit frequency is listed at 1.98. That’s roughly 1 in 2 spins returns something which is remarkable for a game with this level of volatility.
The low-paying card royals are 10, J, Q, K, and A. The 10 and J each pay 50x for 5-of-a-kind, Q pays 100x, K pays 120x, and A rounds out the tier at 150x.
The gold chalice pays 250x for 5-of-a-kind, the blue totem mask pays 350x, the Aztec king pays 700x, and the Aztec queen leads the regular paytable at 1,000x.
The Wild that doubles as a Scatter is a book symbol, naturally, and it replaces everything except the Bonus symbol. It also pays the following: 500x for 5-of-a-kind, 100x for 4, and 20x for 3.
The Bonus symbol is a gold coin and these get collected in the game’s title at the top left of the screen. Landing 6 or more coins triggers the Hold and Ring mode.
Features
SUPER WILD:
The Magic Wild (a purple/green version of the book) only lands on the 3rd reel. It replaces all symbols except Bonus symbols.
Another thing the Magic Wild does is randomly select a symbol to become a special symbol. These are added to the extra reel above the grid. That extra reel doesn’t spin by the way.
Why is this important, you ask? It’ll matter when we get to the Free Spins round.
FREE SPINS:
Landing 3 or more Wild/Scatter book symbols triggers Free Spins. The 3 triggering books also do an additional random symbol selection, adding even more special symbols to your pool.
All special symbols from the base game carry into the round and stay active, which means those Super Wild triggers in the base game actually build toward something.
When a special symbol lands during Free Spins, it expands to fill the entire reel. So you're potentially stacking multiple expanding symbols across your base game session via those Super Wild triggers, and they all activate during Free Spins.
During Free Spins, our chances of triggering the Hold and Ring bonus increase.
HOLD AND RING ACCUMULATION:
If you’re having trouble triggering the Hold and Ring game from within Free Spins, there’s hope.
Bonus coin symbols quietly accumulate in the background during the base game, as I mentioned earlier. It means that randomly, the Hold and Ring game can trigger, as you’ll have enough bonus coins to do so (you need a minimum of 6).
HOLD AND RING:
This is the main event and it's a Hold and WinThis feature plays out on a new screen. Typically, you get 3 re-spins (which could be re-triggered), and the triggering symbols usually stick to the position on which they land. Your objective is to land as many symbols as possible on the grid (you could land blank tiles, too).. Landing 6 bonus coin symbols kicks it off, and you collect the values displayed on each landed symbol. Mystery symbols can reveal the Mega (100x), Major (30x), or Minor (24x) jackpots, but not the Grand.
When the round ends, you receive the total sum of all collected bonus values. Fill every single one of the 15 grid positions and you unlock the Grand Jackpot at 1,000x.
Performance
I didn't have any problems while testing Book of the Aztec's Legend slot. I played hundreds of spins and it was all smooth and error-free.
Maximum Win
The max multiplier is 1,675x, so with the $140 bet cap you can scoop the max win of $234,500. The smallest bet you can place is $0.24.
Conclusion
The money comes from three places. The base game paytable is unusually strong for a high-volatility slot.
Hold and Ring mode provides the second path, where filling all 15 positions delivers the Grand at 1,000x and collected bonus values push toward the 1,675x ceiling. Then there’s Free Spins where you have those stacked expanding symbols.
The hit rate is bloody superb, too! But I must clarify; the base game hit rate we’ve been quoted is great. It took me forever to trigger one of the features, so the feature hit rate is another animal altogether (the studio hasn’t supplied this data).
The base game is the star of the show, and that's both the selling point and the problem. You've got a paytable that genuinely pays, a hit rate that keeps sessions alive, and three paths to money.
But… the features are painfully rare to trigger, there's no Buy Bonus to skip the wait, and the ceiling tops out at 1,675x (barely above what a single base game 5-of-a-kind can deliver).
Book of the Aztec's Legend slot is a base game beast trapped in a feature-light cage. If you're a grinder who values session longevity and a paytable that actually pulls its weight, this game delivers.
If you're chasing feature fireworks or max-win glory, the rare triggers and 1,675x ceiling will leave you cold.
Slot Details
Game Provider: Zillion
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: 25
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.
RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 96.35%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof).
The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.: High
Bonus Round: Yes
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: Free Spins, Re-spins
Max Multiplier: 1,675x
Max Win: $234,500
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