Diamond of Jungle Slot Review
Hanging vines and broad palm fronds crowd a pale stone reel frame, and a green tree-frog with orange eyes watches the reels from the bottom corner. Diamond of Jungle, from BGaming, hides a gentle game inside all that green: low volatility as standard, and a toggle that hands the pacing to you rather than the studio.
It runs on a 5×3 grid with 243 ways to win, low volatility and a 97.01% RTP. The gem scatters and clean shapes sit alongside Fruit Million and Wild Coin Gold in the BGaming catalogue. Whether the jungle hides anything worth finding is what the reels have to answer.
Bet Ways and the Jungle Paytable
Wins work on the ways system rather than fixed lines. Matching symbols pay wherever they land on adjoining reels, running left to right, and only the longest combination of each symbol counts. With 243 ways across five reels, three-of-a-kind from the left is all it takes.
Because positions don’t matter, a symbol landing on the top row pays exactly the same as one on the bottom. A gap in the middle of a run breaks it, though – three adjoining reels have to carry the symbol, not just three anywhere on the grid.
The premium symbols are the jungle animals. A gorilla leads the table, followed by a tiger, with an elephant and a toucan sharing a tier. The royals are card suits, and the scatter is a diamond gem that pays from any position on the reels. There’s no wild anywhere in this game, so nothing substitutes and every combination has to be built the hard way.
All symbol values below are multiples of the total bet:
- Gorilla – 1.5x for three, 6x for four, 10x for five
- Tiger – 1x for three, 4x for four, 8x for five
- Elephant / Toucan – 0.8x for three, 2.5x for four, 5x for five
- Spade / Heart – 0.6x for three, 1.5x for four, 3x for five
- Diamond suit / Club – 0.2x for three, 1x for four, 2x for five
- Scatter gem – 2x for three, 10x for four, 50x for five
The shape of that table tells you how the game plays. The gap between the gorilla and the card suits is a factor of five at the top of the ladder, but the mid-tier animals aren’t far behind, and shared tiers mean more symbols pulling their weight on any given spin. Three or more scatter gems also open the free spins round, which is where the bigger multiples live.
Changing the Volatility
The unusual one. A toggle in the base game lets you switch the volatility between low and medium whenever you like, rather than locking you into the profile the studio chose. The switch only works in the main game, so the free spins round runs at whatever you set before it started.
In practice it’s a pacing tool. Low keeps the wins small and steady; medium stretches the gaps and the peaks a little. It’s a quietly sensible piece of design, and it costs nothing to use.
A low setting fits a smaller bankroll that wants the balance to drift slowly, while medium fits a session built around waiting for the free spins round to arrive. Switching between the two as a session develops is exactly what the toggle is for, and the round you trigger inherits whichever setting you left it on.
Free Spins and the Random Multiplier
Three or more scatter gems in a single spin trigger the free spins round, and the gem count sets the length of it:
- 3 scatters – 10 free spins
- 4 scatters – 15 free spins
- 5 scatters – 25 free spins
Because the scatters pay on any position, a triggering spin collects a scatter award on top of whatever the ways have already paid. The gems pay 2x the bet for three, 10x for four and 50x for five, so the trigger itself is worth having. Five scatters on one spin is the rarest sight in the game and the best-paid one outside the multipliers.
Inside the round, a multiplier lands on random wins rather than every one. It can be x2, x3, x5 or x10. When it lands on a gorilla five-of-a-kind, the round suddenly looks very different from the base game that preceded it.
Not every winning spin gets one, which is the tension of the round: the multiplier is where the money is, and there’s no way to aim for it. The longer 15 and 25-spin versions simply offer more chances for a multiplier to coincide with a decent ways win.
Super Free Spins
There’s a purchased version of the round, and it upgrades the multiplier rule. In Super Free Spins, the multiplier applies to every win rather than a random selection, and the range climbs to x2, x5, x10, x15 or x25.
That difference is bigger than it sounds. In the standard round a multiplier might skip the win you cared about; here every single one is boosted, and a x25 on the gorilla’s 10x five-of-a-kind is the kind of hit the base game never approaches.
The two rounds share a spine but not a character. The standard version is a lottery ticket inside a free session; the purchased one is closer to a guaranteed escalation, where every spin either wins clean or wins big. Where an operator’s licence rules out purchase features, the button simply won’t appear, which is standard practice rather than a quirk of this game.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
This is a game to settle into rather than chase anything in. Under the vines it plays as a steady drip – small ways wins, a scatter now and then, a bonus round to break the rhythm – and the volatility dial sits right there on the screen, so you’re never guessing how it’s tuned.
The RTP and that dial together are its strongest assets. The ceiling is the weakness: with no wild and a top symbol worth 10x, the base game can’t surprise you, and even the multipliers only decorate wins that were small to begin with.
It’ll suit a long, low-stakes session where the balance drifts slowly and the frog keeps you company; anyone after a serious ceiling will find the jungle quiet. Either way, the vines are honest ones.
Diamond of Jungle FAQs
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What is the RTP of Diamond of Jungle?
The RTP is 97.01%, which sits comfortably above the industry norm. -
Is Diamond of Jungle high volatility?
No. It’s a low volatility game by default, and you can switch between low and medium settings yourself using the in-game toggle in the main game. -
How many free spins do scatters award in Diamond of Jungle?
3 scatter gems award 10 free spins, 4 award 15, and 5 award 25. The scatters also pay their own awards, from 2x up to 50x the bet, wherever they land. -
How do the free spins multipliers work?
In the standard free spins round, a multiplier of x2, x3, x5 or x10 is applied to randomly selected wins. In Super Free Spins, the multiplier applies to every win and can reach x2, x5, x10, x15 or x25. -
Can you buy the bonus on Diamond of Jungle?
Yes. The Super Free Spins purchase applies a multiplier to every win rather than a random selection. The option can be unavailable at casinos whose licence doesn’t permit purchase features. -
Can you change the volatility during the free spins round?
No. The volatility toggle only works in the main game. Whatever setting you leave it on before the round starts is the one the free spins run at. -
Does Diamond of Jungle have a wild symbol?
No. There’s no wild in the game, so no symbol substitutes for another. Wins have to be built from matching symbols on adjoining reels, plus the scatter gem, which pays from any position. -
How many paylines does Diamond of Jungle have?
It has 243 ways to win. Same symbols pay when they appear on adjoining reels from left to right, with only the longest combination counting. -
Who makes Diamond of Jungle?
Diamond of Jungle is made by BGaming.
