Argonauts Slot Review

Argonauts Slot Review & Game Overview

As soon as I fired up Argonauts by Pragmatic Play, I was dropped into a Greek mythology setting full of columns, eerie blue light and heroic imagery. The slot runs on a 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways to win, so any three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left will pay. Bets span from 0.20 to 240 per spin, which comfortably covers low stakes sessions and proper high-roller punts.

On the numbers side, Argonauts comes with high volatility and a top RTP setting of 96.47%, though casinos can choose lower models at 95.50% or 94.52%. The hit rate sits around one win in five spins, so I found the base game quite swingy, with long stretches of small hits while I waited for Money symbols to line up or the main Respin feature to show what the slot can really do.

Argonauts Symbols and Paytable

The paytable in Argonauts sticks to a clear structure. At the bottom end you have 10 to A card royals, paying between 0.6x and 0.8x your bet for five of a kind. Premiums are all tied to the legend: swords, horns, skeletons, a female character and Jason himself. Land five premiums across the reels and you are looking at payouts from 1.5x up to 5x your stake.

When Money symbols land in Argonauts, they appear with coin values from 0.5x to 50x your bet. On any spin where a Wild Collector lands next to them, that wild substitutes for regular symbols and gathers the cash from all adjacent Money symbols in every direction. The Wild Collector also brings a random multiplier between x2 and x2,000, climbing by one step for every Money symbol it collects on that spin.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.25
	5	x3.75
	4	x1.75
	3	x1
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.75
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.6
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.5
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.45
	3	x0.3
	5	x0.7
	4	x0.45
	3	x0.3
	5	x0.7
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.25
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.35
	3	x0.2
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	Collect
	Bonus

Base Game Features in Argonauts

In regular play, Argonauts runs as a 5x4, 1,024-ways slot where wins tend to show up roughly once every five spins, based on the published hit rate of around 20%. I found the base game fairly straightforward: standard symbol wins tick over while you wait for clusters of Money symbols. Those Money symbols do not help line wins by themselves, so the grid can feel clogged when you miss the Wild Collector.

Argonauts Respins Feature & Money Symbol Collection

When Argonauts finally throws at least six Money symbols at you in one spin, the Respins feature kicks in. Those triggering coins lock in place and you start with three respins on a fresh grid. Only blanks, more Money symbols and Wild Collectors can land from that point. Any new Money symbol that hits also sticks, while each fresh symbol or Collector that appears resets the spin counter back to three.

During respins, Wild Collectors become the driving force. When one lands, it gathers the values from all adjacent Money symbols vertically, horizontally and diagonally, applies its current multiplier, adds that amount to the running win and then disappears. The Money symbols themselves stay in place until the feature ends, so you slowly build a board of fixed coin values, hoping for one or two well-placed Collectors to land at the right moment.

If respins run out before you fill the grid, Argonauts simply adds together every Money symbol in view and pays that sum. Hit a full screen of coins and each value is doubled before payout, with the theoretical cap sitting at 10,000x your bet and a tiny stated hit rate of one in 3,166,561 spins. In practice, I mostly saw medium-sized wins when decent multipliers met mid-range coin values.

Bonus Buy Feature

Respin Feature When buying the RESPIN round a random amount of MONEY symbols, minimum 6, are guaranteed to hit on the triggering spin.
Feature Cost:	x60 Bet
RTP:	96.46%
Volatility:	-

Argonauts Bonus Buy Feature

When I did not fancy waiting for a natural trigger in Argonauts, the Bonus Buy offered a shortcut at 60x my current stake, guaranteeing at least six Money symbols to start the Respins round. The stated RTP for this route is 96.46%, so close to the main setting, but the feature hits organically only once in about 193 spins. Note that players in the UK do not get access to this purchase.

Argonauts RTP, Volatility & Max Win

From a stats angle, Argonauts sits in that familiar high-risk bracket. The default RTP of 96.47% is slightly above average, but operators can run the slot on 95.50% or 94.52% as well, so I always check the info panel first. Volatility has been logged as high with a hit frequency around 20.37%, which fits the stop‑start flow I felt during longer sessions chasing Money symbols and respins.

Long-term simulations quoted for Argonauts show actual returns sitting just over 96% and top recorded wins in the region of 8,800x stake, so the advertised 10,000x cap looks theoretically reachable but extremely rare. For me, that combination of steep swings and chunky top-end potential makes the slot better suited to seasoned high-volatility fans than casual players who prefer frequent small payouts and shorter, more controlled gambling sessions.

Our Honest Verdict on Argonauts

After a fair amount of time with Argonauts, I came away feeling it is a well-built money symbol collection slot rather than a truly epic release. The Respins feature does its job, creating tense moments as the counter drops to zero then jumps back up when a single coin lands. Wild Collectors with big multipliers can throw in explosive results, but they also vanish quickly when the board refuses to co-operate.

The Greek myth theme in Argonauts looks polished yet a bit generic, and the lack of extra bonus modes beyond respins might leave feature-hunters wanting more variation. I would recommend it mainly to players who enjoy calculated risk, chasing that rare combination of chunky Money symbols and strong Collectors, and who are comfortable riding out long dry spells in exchange for the chance of sizeable, headline-style hits.

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