Jade Butterfly Slot Review
Most slots take the reels away from you the moment you press spin. Jade Butterfly gives them back: after every result, each of the five reels carries a priced respin button, and the game quietly becomes a series of small decisions rather than a single bet. It’s a rare thing in a low volatility title, where the genre usually asks nothing of you at all.
Pragmatic Play sets all this in a dusk-lit garden of jade framing, cherry blossom and gold-on-amber panelling. Jade Butterfly runs on a 5×4 grid with 1,024 ways to win, at 96.47% RTP, with bets from 0.30 to 240 per spin and a 1,400x maximum. Players who know the studio’s gentler side will find familiar territory in 5 Lions Megaways and Lucky Panda.
Base Game & Features
Wins pay from left to right across adjacent reels, and any symbol combination touching the leftmost reel can win. With 1,024 ways on a 5×4 grid, the ways do a lot of the work: there are no paylines to follow, just left-to-right runs. Only the highest win is paid per combination on each way, and wins across multiple ways are added together.
The scatter is the exception. It pays in any position at all, on any reel, which makes it the one symbol you’re watching even when the rest of the screen looks dead. Two of them already pay, which is unusual for a scatter and gives the base game a small, regular drip of returns.
The butterfly wild substitutes for everything except the scatter, and it lands only on reels two and four in the base game. The pays, as multiples of the total bet:
- Orange Lotus: 0.3333x, 1.3333x, 13.3333x, 133.3333x for two to five
- Pink Peony: 0.1667x, 0.6667x, 4x, 40x
- Red Flower: 0.5x, 1x, 20x for three to five
- Green Lotus: 0.3333x, 0.6667x, 6.6667x
- Blue Lotus: 0.2667x, 0.3333x, 3.3333x
- A and K: 0.1667x, 0.2667x, 2.6667x
- Q and J: 0.1x, 0.2x, 2x
- 10 and 9: 0.0667x, 0.1333x, 1.3333x
- Scatter: 1x, 2x, 10x, 100x for two to five, paying in any position
The table tells its own story. The Orange Lotus is the richest symbol in the game, with five of them paying 133.3333x, and it’s also the only regular symbol that pays for just two. Below the flowers, the royals slide quickly into fractions of the bet. That shape is exactly what you’d expect from a low volatility game: a lot of small returns, with the top of the table reserved for the patient.
All wins are multiplied by the base bet, and values can be shown in coins or cash by clicking the balance labels. Space and Enter on the keyboard start and stop the spin, and the spin-speed setting cycles between normal, quick and turbo for anyone who finds the reel animations too leisurely.
Individual Reel Respin
After every base game spin, each reel carries its own respin button. Press one and only that reel spins, with the other four held in place. Any new winning combination formed by the fresh symbols pays out on the spot, and you can respin a single reel as many times as you like, one after another.
The price of each respin is shown at the base of the reel, and it moves with your bet and with the potential of the symbols currently held. A reel that could complete a five-of-a-kind costs more than one holding nothing useful. The pricing doesn’t apologise for it either: chase a near-miss too far and the respins can cost more than the win they’re chasing.
Used sparingly, it’s a neat system. Deciding whether that fourth lotus is worth one more paid spin is a real decision, and it’s the only moment in the base game where you, rather than the game, hold the wheel. Autoplay is available too, with a skip-screens option for faster feature intros.
Jade Butterfly Free Spins
Three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the screen trigger 13 free spins. The scatter is present on all five reels, so it can land anywhere, and special reels are in play during the round, with a different symbol distribution to the base game.
The butterfly wild also spreads out in the round, appearing on reels two, three and four instead of just two and four. That puts a wild on the middle of every left-to-right run, which is a meaningful upgrade on a 1,024-ways grid where the centre reels touch more combinations than the outer ones.
Retriggers and the 3x Multiplier
Every win during the round is multiplied by 3x, which is where the real money in this game lives. Land three or more scatters again during the round and you’re given 13 more spins, with no limit on how many times that can happen. A lucky round can therefore grow well past its starting length.
The free spins win is added to the way wins and paid once the round completes, with the whole cycle’s total recorded in the game history. With low volatility keeping the base payouts small, a retriggered round running at 3x is the only realistic route towards the game’s 1,400x maximum.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Playing Jade Butterfly feels less like spinning and more like tending a garden: small, steady returns, the occasional scatter pair, and a respin button under every reel for when something’s almost in bloom. The respin is the reason to pick it – no other part of this game asks you anything, and that small piece of control is what keeps the sessions alive.
The free spins are the best thing here, because the extra wild on reel three and a 3x multiplier genuinely change what a round is worth. The weakness is just as real: the wins themselves are small, and the respin pricing is sharp enough that chasing near-misses drains a balance faster than the base game refills it.
This one suits patient players at low stakes who enjoy making decisions between spins. It isn’t for anyone after a big maximum, and the garden never pretends otherwise.
Jade Butterfly FAQs
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What is the RTP of Jade Butterfly?
The RTP is 96.47%. -
Is Jade Butterfly high volatility?
No, it’s a low volatility game. It pays out more often in smaller amounts, while still leaving room for a bigger win. -
How does the free spins round trigger in Jade Butterfly?
Hit three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the screen and you’re awarded 13 free spins, with every win in the round multiplied by 3x. -
Can free spins retrigger in Jade Butterfly?
Yes. Three or more scatters during the round award 13 additional free spins, and there’s no limit on how many times this can happen. -
How does the individual reel respin work?
After any base game spin you can pay to respin a single reel while the other four stay locked. The cost is displayed under each reel and changes with your bet and the potential to complete a win. -
Where does the wild symbol land in Jade Butterfly?
In the base game the butterfly wild appears only on reels two and four. During the free spins round it also appears on reel three, covering the middle three reels. -
What is the maximum win on Jade Butterfly?
The maximum win is 1,400x your bet. -
What are the minimum and maximum bets on Jade Butterfly?
Bets run from 0.30 to 240.00 per spin.
