Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma: Slot Overview

Whip-crackers, if you’ve spent any time with Pragmatic Play slots, chances are you’ve already met the studio’s in-house Indiana Jones stand-in, John Hunter. Showing that the explorer streak runs in the family, Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma puts the spotlight on John’s sister, Jane. She’s clearly not content to let her brother take all the credit, so she heads off to a mysterious Mesoamerican locale in search of glory and riches.

And if you’ve played enough slots in general, you’ve likely visited a setting like this more than once (or plenty of times). In Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma, the action unfolds in a dense jungle scene filled with familiar cultural touches like a step pyramid and various carved stone relics scattered around. Visually, there isn’t a huge amount to dissect here. Jane has chosen a very popular starting point for her adventures, so whether there’s any treasure left that hasn’t already been dug up in earlier expeditions is a fair question.

Before the excavation begins—temple raiding, treasure hunting, whatever Jane has in mind—there are a couple of choices to make. First is the base bet, which ranges from 10 p/c and go as high as $/€100 per spin. Next, you decide whether to play with single spin, standard betting, or jump straight into the bonus by purchasing it for 60 times the bet. Whichever route you take, the game is highly volatile, and Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma offers a top RTP of 96.02%, although reduced RTP versions may exist.

Gameplay takes place on a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 10 fixed paylines, where wins are formed by landing 3 to 5 matching symbols across a line. A 5 OAK combination of the 10 to A card ranks returns 10 times the bet, while 5 premium symbols—binoculars, digging instruments, satchels, or Janes—pay between 50 to 200 times the stake. The golden circular mask is Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma’s wild symbol, appearing on all 5 reels. Wilds replace any standard pay symbol and can deliver up to 500 times the bet for a 5-wild payline.

Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma: Slot Features

For Jane’s first outing, Pragmatic play has given her a fairly familiar set of mechanics. These include a Pick Bonus Game and a free spins round featuring a money symbol collection mechanic.

Pick Bonus Game

The Bonus symbol can appear only on the far-right reel in the base game. When a Bonus symbol lands, 5 chests appear and players to pick one. The chosen chest reveals an instant prize. This may be a cash award of 2x, 3x, 5x, 7x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 30x, or 40x the bet, or it can grant 10, 15, or 20 free spins.

Free Spins

As another route in, landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters symbols activates 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. In the free spins round, the 4 premium symbols also function as Money symbols, with each one receiving a value at the start of the feature. Any time a wild symbol lands during the round same time as Money symbols, their values are awarded. Money symbols are also collected into their corresponding meters when they appear. On reaching certain milestones in the collection, Money symbol values increase for the remainder of the feature, as follows:

• Jane – this symbol starts at 10x the bet. When it levels up, the value increases by +5. The number of symbols needed to level up is 13 symbols, increasing by 3 for each following level up.
• Satchel – this symbol starts at 5x the bet. When it levels up, the value increases by +3. The number of symbols needed to level up is 11, increasing by 3 for each following level up.
• Pick/shovel – this symbol starts at 3x the bet. When it levels up, the value increases by +2. The number of symbols needed to level up is 9, increasing by 2 for each following level up.
• Binoculars – this symbol starts at 2x the bet. When it levels up, the value increases by +1. The number of symbols needed to level up is 7, increasing by 2 for each following level up.

Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma: Slot Verdict

John Hunter has racked up plenty of expeditions, visiting distant places like Egypt and South/Central America. Aside from Bermuda, though, he generally sticks to the more familiar destinations of the online slot universe. Unlike Kane from ELK Studios’ Gold series, John seems perfectly content revisiting the standard stomping grounds, combing over well-travelled territory in hopes of finding something everyone else missed. Jane follows much the same path. Her adventure plays it safe, but she still manages to uncover a couple of “treasures” that should appeal to Pragmatic Play fans.

One immediate highlight is that Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma comes with the typical Pragmatic Play polish in full force. It’s flashy, feels well put together, and carries that slightly land-based vibe that often comes with a Pragmatic Play title. The theme itself isn’t especially distinctive beyond the twist of starring John’s sister, and it hardly needs saying how crowded the Aztec/Inca/Ancient American slot space is. From there, the gameplay brings another standout point: a comparatively small payline count paired with a strong top-end paytable. It’s not quite at “Book of” levels, but it’s substantial enough that 5 OAK hits—when they show up—can feel genuinely thrilling. The bonus round is also enjoyable: not groundbreaking, but it’s easy to imagine the target audience appreciating how the money symbol payouts are delivered.

Pragmatic Play made a notable choice by shifting focus to a female adventurer instead of stretching the John Hunter line further, though Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma could have landed with more impact if the theme had been pushed in a bolder direction. Still, the finishing touch is a solid, if not spectacular, win cap of 5,000x the bet. Overall, “solid but not exceptional” is a fair summary of Jane Hunter and the Mask of Montezuma.