Specs

Symbols & Paytable

The pay ladder starts at the top with Blue Bear, Green Wolf and Brown Stag as the premium animals, followed by the A, K, Q and J royals. These values come straight from the in-game paytable on Game Rules page 1 and are listed as multiples of the total bet, so they stay the same at every stake. Payouts apply to connected clusters, with the column headings showing the required cluster sizes.

• The Wild is a gold “W” coin that stands in for every paying symbol, and a single wild can help complete several winning clusters at the same time.
• No wilds land naturally in the base game. They only reach the grid through the Wild Pack and Lucky Wilds spin modifiers explained under Game rules below.

Game rules

Base game

Paylines have no place here. Bow of Artemis uses connected clusters across an 8×8 grid, with five or more matching symbols paying when they touch horizontally or vertically. A win starts a tumble: paid symbols disappear, those above fall into the spaces, and new symbols drop in from the top until no fresh win appears.

• A win needs five or more matching symbols joined horizontally or vertically. Diagonal contact does not count.
• The 8×8 grid holds 64 positions, with no paylines or scatter-pays involved.
• Tumble feature: winning symbols clear, the rest drop down, vacant positions refill from above, and the sequence continues until no fresh win or spin modifier lands.
• Multiple clusters from the same tumble are added together, while each individual cluster pays only its highest available win.
• Every win is multiplied by the base bet, and the total is not credited until the entire spin, including all tumbles and modifiers, has finished.

Spin modifiers

This loop is what gives the pokie its identity. Coloured marks hide beneath regular symbols, and when a winning cluster covers one of those spots, its matching modifier activates after the spin’s tumbles are done. There are six colours tied to six effects, and every wild in the game comes through them.

• A modifier activates only when a win covers its marked position, then resolves after the spin’s tumbles have ended.
• If several trigger during one spin, they follow a set order: The Chase Begins first, followed by Wild Pack, Big Game Hunter, Colossal Game, Lucky Wilds, and Power last.
• Wild Pack and Lucky Wilds provide every wild in the game, which explains why a standard base spin never contains one.

The Hunt

The Hunt is the bonus, while the base game mainly works to feed it. Its meter tracks symbols that explode through a spin’s tumbles, but there is a nasty catch: one empty tumble resets the count to zero. You have to fill the meter within a single unbroken chain of wins on one spin, rather than building it over the session.

• The meter tracks every symbol that explodes during a base spin, including its tumbles and spin modifiers, then resets to zero as soon as a tumble produces no explosion.
• Reach 105 points or more to trigger Level 1 with no starting multiplier; totals of 130, 155 or 185 points begin the round at ×2, ×3 or ×5.
• That starting multiplier applies to every win scored during the feature.
• The round moves from Level 1 through to Level 5. Exploding enough symbols within a level advances the feature, with each step adding to a running total multiplier (Level 1 to Level 2 requires 140 points for +×1, climbing to 220 for +×5).
• Each level guarantees one appearance from all six spin modifiers, always played in the fixed order.
• The round finishes when you miss a level’s advance threshold or complete every Level-5 feature, and the max-win rule treats it as a “free spins” round.

Bonus buy

At casinos that support it, you can bypass the wait and purchase The Hunt directly. The button’s availability comes down entirely to the operator’s jurisdiction, which is the detail Australian punters should know before hunting for it.

• The buy is priced at 100× the bet and carries a 96.02% RTP (review consensus).
• You will find it at non-UK offshore casinos, but not in jurisdictions where feature buys are banned.
• The demo build used for this page operated under a UK jurisdiction, which removes the buy button, so the feature was unavailable to purchase or display in fun-play. See Demo notes.

Max-win cap

As with most Pragmatic Play grids, Bow of Artemis comes with a firm ceiling. Reach it and the round stops immediately instead of continuing through any features still left to play.

• The limit is 10,000× total bet and covers both the base game and The Hunt.
• If the round’s accumulated win reaches 10,000× bet, play stops at once, the capped amount is paid, and all remaining spins or features are lost.
• The reported chance of reaching the cap is roughly 1 in 9,090,909. As that number comes from one source, take it as indicative rather than certified.

Screenshots

The three frames shown below are our own captures from the live AUD demo, included here so you can test the mechanics in fun-play. Any credit or bet visible on screen uses demo funds and should not be read as staking advice.

RTP versions

This is the figure that genuinely affects your bankroll, and it may not match the marketing sheet. Bow of Artemis is supplied in several certified builds, so you need to check which one your casino has switched on.

Operators do not publish which build they use, and no accessible source links individual versions to specific books, so this page will not pretend otherwise. For an Australian punter, the sensible working assumption is the 95.02% build unless your casino’s in-game rules screen states something different. Over a long session, that is roughly a one-point change in the cut on every spin.

Mechanic deep-dive

The starting multiplier locks in as soon as The Hunt triggers: 105 points begins Level 1 without one, while 130, 155 or 185 points starts the feature at ×2, ×3 or ×5. The game then pushes towards Level 5, with every cleared level adding to the running total multiplier instead of replacing it, so deeper runs can compound sharply. All six modifiers are guaranteed at each level, meaning the wilds and colossal blocks that rarely appear with any consistency in the base game turn up in volume during the feature.

That setup makes the base game feel like one long meter feed. The certified 96.05% is a blended return, and our derivation from the trigger rate and hit data suggests that on the order of two-thirds of it sits in The Hunt and its guaranteed modifiers, not ordinary base clusters. Review consensus puts the bonus at roughly 1 in 213 spins, while the base hits about 23% of spins and mostly produces small tumbles. Leave before the feature arrives and you are effectively playing a far lower-return game than the certified number implies.

Provider context

Pragmatic Play is based in Malta and ranks among the most widely available slot studios serving Australian players, generally through offshore casinos. Bow of Artemis joined its Greek Gods series in July 2024, though underneath the theme it uses the studio’s Gems Bonanza cluster engine rather than a Gates-style scatter-pays grid. That is why the game code appears as vs20gembondx.

• Pragmatic Play does not hold an Australian licence. The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 prevents locally licensed operators from lawfully offering real-money online slots to AU residents, leaving Australians to access the game through offshore, grey-market casinos.
• Pragmatic Play is widely stocked by the major AU-facing offshore books, according to review consensus.
• Bow of Artemis itself has not been confirmed by name at any AU casino, so this page will not state that a particular casino offers it. Its wide distribution makes that likely, but likely is not the same as verified.
• The free-play demo opened without blocking an AU IP. It defaulted to a UK jurisdiction instead, and that setting removes the bonus buy from the demo build.

Game series

Bow of Artemis belongs to Pragmatic Play’s Greek Gods series, though its closest mechanical relative is the gem-themed grid supplying its engine. The table compares it with those siblings and the cluster games most familiar to an AU punter.

For the cluster system itself, Gems Bonanza is the direct sibling. Gates of Olympus offers a gentler move down to a lower cap and more frequent Greek feature, while Reactoonz gives you a no-buy grind where every trigger must be earned.

Demo notes

The demo on this page runs in AUD fun-play through Pragmatic Play’s own gateway, and there are a few details to know before starting a spin.

• The session uses AUD natively because the launch URL includes cur=AUD, meaning every A$ amount displayed is direct rather than converted from another currency.
• A test spin showed the credits working cleanly: the balance rested at A$100,000, then one losing A$2 spin left A$99,998, an exact A$2 reduction matching the stake.
• This build defaults to a UK jurisdiction, so the bonus-buy button is missing from fun-play. The feature itself is not absent; the jurisdiction setting hides it, while AU-facing offshore casinos typically make the buy available.
• The Hunt triggers at roughly 1 in 213, which means a brief demo run may not show it at all. The six spin modifiers are easier to inspect because they appear behind winning symbols on most winning spins.

FAQ

Q: What RTP does Bow of Artemis run?
A: Straight up, the game defaults to 96.05%, though reports suggest most casinos use the 95.02% build. Open the Game Rules screen at your casino and base your bankroll on 95.02% unless it confirms something better.

Q: Are there wilds in the base game?
A: Not really. A regular spin contains no naturally landing wilds. Gold Wild coins enter only through the Wild Pack and Lucky Wilds spin modifiers, so each wild you see on this pokie comes from a triggered feature.

Q: How often does The Hunt trigger?
A: Review consensus puts it at roughly 1 in 213 spins, so extended dry spells are part of the deal. The base game connects on about 23% of spins, though most hits are modest tumbles that build the meter rather than deliver meaningful value.

Q: Can I buy the bonus?
A: It comes down to the casino. Offshore books may offer the 100× buy at 96.02% RTP, while jurisdictions that ban feature purchases remove it, which is why the UK-jurisdiction demo keeps the button hidden. When available, it takes you straight to The Hunt.

Q: What is the max win?
A: Short answer: the ceiling is 10,000× your total bet across both the base game and The Hunt, and reaching it stops the round immediately. A single source reports the chance at near 1 in 9 million, so view that as an indicative figure rather than something to build a bankroll around.

Q: Is Bow of Artemis the same as Gems Bonanza?
A: Under the hood, pretty much. The game uses Pragmatic’s Gems Bonanza cluster engine, giving the 8×8 grid and tumbles a familiar feel. What changes is the Greek skin, along with the six modifiers and The Hunt bonus.

Q: Can Australians play it?
A: Yes, but through offshore casinos. Pragmatic Play has no AU licence, so the IGA 2001 leaves an AU-facing punter accessing it through a grey-market book. The provider is stocked widely, although this particular title has not yet been verified by name at any specific AU casino.

Last updated: 21 Jul 2026
Reviewed by Mark Henderson, Senior Slots Analyst

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