Temple Guardians Slot Review

Temple Guardians Slot Overview

Temple Guardians from Pragmatic Play drops me into a mystical Stonehenge-style clearing with glowing runes, drifting wisps and a calm, cosmic soundtrack. Under all that esoteric dressing sits a pretty straightforward high volatility video slot. You get a 5x3 grid and 10 fixed paylines that pay left to right, plus a Hold & Win style respin feature where the main action happens and where the game can reach its 10,000x max win cap.

Bets run from 0.10 up to 250 in the currency of your choice, which suits both casual spins and more aggressive Temple Guardians grinding sessions. The default RTP sits at 96.53%, though some casinos may use 95.53% or 94.54% versions, so I always check the help screen before playing. The base game has no random modifiers, just line wins, wilds and Money symbols building suspense for the respins.

Symbols and Paytable in Temple Guardians

The paytable in Temple Guardians is split into five low and five high symbols, plus a powerful wild. The low pays are the card ranks 10 through Ace, paying 0.5x, 2.5x and 10x the bet for three, four or five of a kind. Premiums start with the potion bottle at 1x, 5x and 20x, then the ruby ring and owl at 2x, 10x and 50x for full lines.

The wolf symbol steps up to 3x, 15x and 100x the stake, while the bear pays from 0.5x for two of a kind up to a chunky 200x for five. The sorceress wild matches the bear’s payout ladder and substitutes for all regular symbols, showing up on all reels in the base game. On top of this standard paytable you have Purple, Green and Blue Money symbols, which carry the feature values.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x0.5
	5	x100
	4	x15
	3	x3
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	Wild
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x0.5
	Multiplier

Bonus Features in Temple Guardians

Temple Guardians hangs everything on its Money Respins Hold & Win bonus. Land five or more Money symbols anywhere and the feature kicks in. Regular icons vanish, leaving only the triggering Money symbols locked on the grid, and you start with three respins. Every time a fresh Money symbol appears, it sticks in place and the counter resets back to three, so streaks of hits can keep the round alive for quite a while.

The twist lies in how the three Money symbol types behave. A Purple Money symbol lands with a random cash value from a predefined set, ranging from 0.5x to 500x the total bet. Each Green Money symbol copies the sum of all Purple symbols currently on screen, while each Blue Money symbol mirrors the combined total of every Purple and Green symbol in view. Values climb quickly when Greens and Blues start dropping together.

The respin bonus ends when no respins remain or when all 15 positions are filled. At that point, every Money symbol pays its displayed amount. If you do manage to cover the full grid, Temple Guardians throws in an extra 2,000x the bet on top, which is a serious spike to the feature’s payout ceiling. On average, the respins trigger about once in 120 spins, so it is not ultra rare but still swingy.

Bonus Buy Feature

Respin Feature The RESPIN feature can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 70x total bet.
Feature Cost:	x70 Bet
RTP:	96.56%
Volatility:	-

How to Play Temple Guardians Slot

Playing Temple Guardians is straightforward. Set your stake between €0.10 and €250 per spin using the plus and minus buttons, then hit Spin or the spacebar. Wins pay when three or more matching symbols land along one of the 10 fixed paylines from the leftmost reel. I often use Autoplay with quickspin or turbo when grinding, but I still keep an eye out for Money symbols and wild lines that can spike the balance.

Temple Guardians RTP, Volatility and Win Potential

Stat-wise, Temple Guardians is very much a high volatility slot. The headline RTP is 96.53%, with alternative settings at 95.53% and 94.54%. Hit frequency sits around 23.8%, so I see roughly one winning spin in every four or so, though most of those are small line hits. Pragmatic lists a 10,000x max win, and long-run simulations have already thrown up multipliers above 9,000x, so the cap feels realistic rather than theoretical fluff.

That said, the odds of actually touching the top are slim, roughly one in 75 million spins, so I treat Temple Guardians as a grindy Hold & Win slot rather than a pure max-win hunt. Buying the bonus for 70x bet nudges the RTP up to 96.56% and starts the feature with five to seven Money symbols, which reduces the dead-buy risk a bit, though the underlying variance stays pretty brutal either way.

Theme and Graphics in Temple Guardians

Temple Guardians nails its esoteric Stonehenge theme. The field is a glowing stone circle with blue runes, bright meadows and tiny spirit-like particles floating around, backed by a serene, slightly cosmic soundtrack. The animal premiums, from owls to wolves and bears, fit the mystical guardian idea well, and the animations feel smooth across desktop and mobile. I like spinning this slot muted or with headphones when I want something calm but still volatile.

Our Verdict on Temple Guardians Slot

From a seasoned gambler’s perspective, Temple Guardians feels like a polished filler release. The base game is barebones, saved mainly by those chunky premiums and the wild sorceress lining up for 4-of-a-kind and 5-of-a-kind hits. The Money Respins mechanic is clean and easy to follow, and the way Green and Blue Money symbols keep recalculating based on what is already on screen gives the feature a nice, compounding tension.

On the flip side, once you have seen a few bonuses, you have seen almost everything the slot can do. There are no free spins, no base game modifiers and no progressive jackpots, so long-term sessions start to feel repetitive. For me, Temple Guardians works best as a side game: I fire up a few demo or low-stake spins, chase a couple of Hold & Win rounds, then move on once the novelty wears off.

If you enjoy high volatility Hold & Win slots with clear rules, high symbol values and a sharp mystical presentation, Temple Guardians is worth a session or two. Just go in knowing that the 10,000x headline win and the 2,000x full-grid prize sit at the far end of the distribution, and that most of your play will revolve around grinding towards reasonably sized Money Respins rather than chasing fantasy-sized payouts every bonus.

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