Jack o’Lantern’s Mystery Mirrors Slot Review

Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors slot overview

I have spent plenty of time with Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors, and for me it hits that simple Halloween slot feel that works any month of the year. Blueprint launched it in 2022 with a standard 5x4 grid and 40 fixed paylines, so nothing confusing on the layout front. You spin carved pumpkins in a gloomy house, hoping the mystery mirrors line up and reflect high-value symbols across big stacks.

Under the hood Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors keeps things very straightforward. There is just one main feature, a free spins bonus with stacked mystery mirror symbols, plus the usual wild pumpkins and scatters. I like that it does not bury you in random modifiers or complex metres. You get steady base game spins, then occasional bonus rounds where the mirrors can turn a modest session into something far more lively.

Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors theme, graphics and sound

For theme fans, Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors leans hard into classic Halloween imagery without being too nasty. The action plays out in what looks like a haunted house or witch's library, with a misty staircase vanishing into the dark behind the reels. Symbols such as spell books, wizard's hats, candles and grinning pumpkins stand out against fairly plain artwork and simple animations, while the eerie soundtrack still manages to build a decent atmosphere.

How to play Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors and set your bets

Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors is very easy to set up and spin. The 5x4 layout with 40 fixed lines means you only choose your stake and press start. On most versions you tap the coin stack icon and scroll through bet sizes from 0.40 up to 400.00 per spin, so low-stake players and high rollers both have options, although some might find the 0.40 minimum a touch on the high side.

As with many Blueprint slots, the three-bar tab opens the paytable and rules, updating prize figures automatically based on your chosen stake. Wins pay for three to five matching symbols on a line from the leftmost reel, with no quirky ways to win beyond that. There is an autoplay option if you like to let the reels run on their own, though I prefer to spin manually when I am waiting for those free spins.

Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors symbols and paytable

The paytable in Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors uses a mix of card royals and Halloween icons. On the lower side you have 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, which pay from around 2.5x to 3.75x your bet for five of a kind. Premiums fit the spooky theme much better, with candles, spell books, sacks of sweets and witch hats, the hat sitting at the top of the regular symbol ladder with 10x for five.

The carved Jack o'Lantern pumpkin is the wild symbol and the real star of the paytable. It substitutes for other regular symbols to help complete wins, and in some versions he even lets out a sinister laugh when he hits. Five wilds on a line pay 12.5x your bet, and hitting a screen full of wild pumpkins pays a fixed 1,000x, which is where the game gets its headline paytable figure.

Scatter symbols and mirrors sit outside the normal paytable in Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors. Scatters are needed to trigger the free spins feature, landing only on reels two, three and four. Mirror icons behave as mystery symbols during the bonus, appearing stacked and then flipping into the same randomly chosen symbol once the reels stop. They can copy any pay symbol or even wilds, so large linked blocks of the same icon become possible.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x12.5
	4	x5
	3	x1.25
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.625
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.875
	3	x0.625
	5	x5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.5
	5	x3.75
	4	x1
	3	x0.125
	5	x3.75
	4	x1
	3	x0.125
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.125
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.125
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.125
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.125
	Scatter

Bonus features in Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors

The main feature in Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors is a simple free spins round. You need three scatter symbols on the centre three reels in one spin to trigger it, which awards an instant 1x total bet win and five free spins. There are no extra modifiers on the trigger itself, so the real excitement starts once the bonus begins and those Mystery Mirrors start landing in stacked blocks across the reels.

During free spins, every mirror that appears will reveal the same symbol once the reels settle, picked at random from the paytable or wild. Because the mirrors arrive stacked up to four symbols high, you can fill several reels with the same icon and land some hefty line wins. Three more scatters during the feature add another five spins, and in theory the round can climb right up towards 255 spins if you keep retriggering.

Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors RTP and volatility

From a numbers point of view Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors is not the friendliest slot I have played. The RTP is set at 94.95 per cent, which is below the common online average of around 96 per cent. The volatility sits somewhere between medium and high; sessions can feel quite swingy, but the maths model still throws in regular smaller wins to keep you spinning while you chase those stacked mirror bonuses.

Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors slot review and verdict

Looking at Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors as a whole, I see a slot that plays very nicely but holds back in a few areas. The Halloween atmosphere, the mirror mechanic and the wild pumpkins all work well, and I like having a broad bet range from 0.40 to 400.00. The gameplay stays clear and approachable, which can be refreshing when so many new titles throw too many features at you.

On the flip side, the low RTP, limited feature list and slightly dated visuals mean Jack o'Lantern's Mystery Mirrors will not be for every player. The top prize from a full wild screen is only 500x before any caps, even though the official maximum win is quoted at 50,000x your bet. For me it works best as a solid, seasonal slot for relaxed sessions rather than a long-term main game.

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