Fortuna De Los Muertos 2 Slot Review
Fireworks burst pink and magenta over a Day of the Dead festival, papel picado banners run along the top of the frame, and cempasúchil marigolds crowd the corners of a screen that’s more street party than séance. Fortuna De Los Muertos 2 makes an unusual bet: it puts its best mechanic on every single spin rather than saving it for the bonus, and that choice holds the whole game together.
This is Spinomenal‘s second visit to this graveyard, running a 5×4 grid with 20 fixed paylines and an RTP of 95.8%. The wild is the richest line in the game at 1,000x the line bet for five across. The studio’s range runs from Book of Muertos to Fortuna De Los Muertos 3, which pushed this festival into a bonus round built on a real choice. This one keeps the celebration simpler.
The Base Game and Its Synced Reels
Synced Reels
On every spin, two randomly chosen reels lock together and land identical to one another. That’s the whole modifier, and it’s the reason the base game never quite sits still: any spin can suddenly carry matching stacks across two neighbouring reels at once.
With 20 fixed paylines over five reels and four rows, twin reels stack the odds of hitting a five-of-a-kind considerably higher than a standard independent layout. It isn’t a feature you trigger – it simply happens, every single spin, without asking.
The modifier also shapes which symbols matter. Sombreros and Maracas are the mid-tier pictures, and when they land stacked across a synced pair, three-of-a-kind wins turn into four and five symbol combinations in a single go. The Rose sits above them all as the top payer, with the wild above even that.
The pairs move around too. One spin might lock reels one and three, the next reels four and five, so there’s no settling into a rhythm of watching the same reels for the synced copy.
Wherever the pair lands, whatever’s on it appears twice, and the four-symbol pays suddenly need only three distinct reel positions to line up.
Symbols and Pays
The wild counts as any single symbol except the free spins scatter, and five wilds on a winning line pay bet per line x1000. Beyond that, the paytable runs from a Rose down to the card royals. Values below are multiples of the total bet:
- Rose: 150x for three, 400x for four, 1,500x for five
- Sombrero: 150x for three, 350x for four, 1,000x for five
- Maracas: 100x for three, 300x for four, 750x for five
- Cactus: 100x for three, 250x for four, 500x for five
- A: 75x for three, 125x for four, 250x for five
- K and Q: 50x for three, 100x for four, 200x for five
- J and 10: 25x for three, 75x for four, 150x for five
- Wild: substitutes for any single symbol except the scatter, and pays bet per line x1000 for five on a winning line
Two things stand out. The Rose’s top pay of 1,500x the total bet is generous for a 20-line game, and the royal tier drops off steeply below the A. The picture symbols do the real work; the card values mostly keep the balance ticking.
Only the highest winning combination on each line pays, and wins across different lines add together. Because the synced pair duplicates whatever lands on it, the Rose’s five-symbol pay is the one worth chasing with twin reels in play – it’s the only place on the sheet where two matching reels can produce the full 1,500x.
Free Spins
Three or more scattered free spins symbols trigger the feature, awarding between 10 and 40 automatic free spins. Before the round begins, a wheel spins to determine both the exact number of spins and a single medium symbol that becomes the only medium symbol in play for the whole bonus.
- Trigger: three or more scattered free spins symbols, during the base game only
- Spins awarded: 10 to 40, set by the wheel
- Wheel also picks: the one medium symbol that stays on the reels for the entire round
- Bet per line: identical to the spin that triggered the feature
- Synced Reels: still active on every free spin
That single-symbol structure is the round’s identity. With every other medium-tier symbol stripped out, the chosen one floods the reels, and the synced reels mechanic keeps running underneath it.
Land the Rose as your symbol and the round becomes a very different beast to landing the Cactus, which is a fair spread of outcomes for one wheel spin to decide. The bet per line stays the same as the triggering spin, so the round’s cost profile matches the base game rather than escalating. Free spins don’t retrigger from inside the round – the scatter’s work is done once the wheel has spun.
Buy Feature
A Buy Feature button sits in the interface, letting you purchase entry to the free spins round directly rather than waiting on scatters. Confirming the purchase jumps straight to the wheel, so you get the spin count and the chosen medium symbol exactly as a natural trigger would.
The round you’re buying is the same one the scatters award: the wheel still decides everything, so a purchase doesn’t lock in a symbol or a spin count, it only skips the wait.
The spread between ten Rose-free spins and forty of them is the difference between a quiet round and a strong one, and no purchase protects you from the low end of it.
As a shortcut it’s a fair one for a round built around a single-symbol setup, since the wheel outcome matters more than the wait. Whether the maths favours buying over grinding scatters is a question the RTP alone can’t answer.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
This is a game you play for the twin reels and the artwork, in roughly that order. Every spin pairs two reels, so the festival never really pauses between bonuses, and when a stacked Sombrero lands twice at once the modest line count stops feeling modest. That’s the reason to pick it up: the base game is the show, not the warm-up.
The synced reels are also its best idea, because they lift a plain 20-line sheet into something with regular punch. The weakness sits underneath: the free spins round hands a single wheel spin the power to decide between a memorable Rose round and a forgettable Cactus one, and no retrigger softens a bad draw. The 95.8% RTP doesn’t help its case either.
It’s a good fit for players who want constant action over headline chases, and who like their slots colourful enough to keep the lights on. Anyone hunting five-figure ceilings and escalating bonuses won’t find them here, and the marigolds won’t change that.
Fortuna De Los Muertos 2 FAQs
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What is the RTP of Fortuna De Los Muertos 2?
The RTP is 95.8%, which sits just under the figure most modern slots aim for. -
How does the Free Spins feature trigger?
Three or more scattered free spins symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the feature during the base game. A wheel then spins to award the number of free spins, between 10 and 40, and the single medium symbol that stays in play for the whole round. -
What do the Synced Reels do?
Each spin pairs up two reels at random and makes them land as identical copies of one another. That doubles up whatever lands on the pair, lifting the chance of completing winning combinations across the 20 paylines. It runs on every spin rather than needing a trigger. -
Can you buy the bonus on Fortuna De Los Muertos 2?
Yes. A Buy Feature button in the interface lets you purchase direct entry to the free spins round, jumping straight to the wheel that sets the spin count and the chosen medium symbol. -
What does the wild symbol do in Fortuna De Los Muertos 2?
The wild counts as any single symbol except the free spins scatter. Five wilds on a winning line pay bet per line x1000, making it the richest line in the game. -
Can the Free Spins round retrigger?
No. The free spins symbol only triggers the feature during the base game, and once the wheel has set the spin count and the chosen medium symbol, the round runs to its finish without further scatter awards. -
How many paylines does Fortuna De Los Muertos 2 have?
It has 20 fixed paylines across a 5×4 grid. -
Who makes Fortuna De Los Muertos 2?
Spinomenal. Fortuna De Los Muertos 2’s release date is 27 October 2021.
