Rusty Lake’s Servant of the Lake is, in my opinion, the best game they have ever released. Complex, engaging, beautiful… it’s everything you want from a slightly spooky adventure game. And it’s also pretty difficult.
For that, I am here to help with a complete text walkthrough for Servant of the Lake – step by step solution so that you can complete the game, unlock everything there is to be unlocked in it, and do so with the help of screenshots, too.
So let’s jump right in and check out the Servant of the Lake walkthrough below!
Day 1 – The Arrival Walkthrough
1. Start by clicking the door of the mansion to get out of the carriage. The brief tutorial begins.
2. Click the left window, drag it up and get the tin cup.
3. Tap the flower pot under the window and get the carrot. Feed it to the horse.
4. Go left to the carriage, open its door and get another tin cup.
5. Click the right window, drag it up, and place the two cups there. Arrange them based on the number of lines on them, starting with one on the left:
6. Get the coin from the first tin cup and give it to the carriage’s conductor
7. After the carriage leaves, get the iron bar on the ground. Use it to pry open the loose board in front of the flower pot. Get the key and use it to enter the mansion.
8. Talk to the maid and get the crow feather. Tap the table on the right, place the feather in the ink and sign the contract. Talk to the maid again and get the notebook – then open it and go through it, then talk to the maid again.
Day 1 – Preparing Breakfast Walkthrough
1. Enter through the door to the left and zoom into the table. Check out the recipe on the left, then get the bowl of oats.
2. Go back and grab the pile of wood from the chair.
3. Go back, and enter the middle door. Go through the door next to the cat and grab a bottle of milk from the crate.
4. Climb up the stairs to the right of the maid and get the small pot and mouse from the cupboard.
5. Go back to the room with the cat and feed her the mouse. When the cat leaves, pick up the box of matches behind her.
6. Go back and left and prepare the breakfast: add the wood to the stove, place the pot on top of it, then the oats, then the milk and finally use the matches on the wood. Finally, pick up the small pot with porridge and go talk to the maid, who says you can enter Mr Aldous’ room. You can do so by going up the stairs and entering the now-open room.
Day 1 – Waking Up Aldous Walkthrough
1. After entering the room, tap the small table on the left and check out the piece of paper to know the order in which you must wake up Aldous. Also, pick up the bowl on the table.
2. Open the bottom two drawers and get the spoon and slipper.
3. So go back and open the curtains of the bed.
4. Go left and tap the small statue by the clock – pick up the clock hand from the statue, then place it on the clock. Rotate the hands of the clock until they show exactly 7 o’clock.
5. Go back and you will see Mr. Aldous is up. Before clicking him, click the small tile on the floor – it’s a puzzle in which you must match the patterns on the circle. Here’s how to do it:
- drag the arrows tile to the left into the circle and rotate the circle right
- drag the brown tile at the bottom into the circle, then rotate right again
- place the brown tile into its corresponding spot on the left, then rotate right x2
- get the light brown tile on the right into the circle and rotate once, then place the tile in its spot at the bottom
- finally, rotate the circle to put the remaining two tiles in their place.
6. Get the razor and tap Mr. Aldous. Start shaving him and when done, pick up the earlobe.
7. Go back and pick up the slipper on the floor, then go to the right side of the room. Swipe away the pants on the clothes rack and get the cloth.
8. Open the window and give the earlobe to the crow. After it leaves, pick up the key from the nest and use it to open the top drawer under the clock. Get the berries.
9. Go back to Aldous and use the cloth on his ear. Then place the bowl in his hand, and the porridge in the bowl. Add the berries on top, then the spoon.
10. Tap the bowl of porridge and you will notice a bug moving there, entering through a hole. Place a berry on that hole, and keep doing it until the bug stops moving. When it does, squash it.
11. Feed the man until he says he’s had enough, then go back. It’s time for his exercising! Go to the toy soldier statue and click it to see the patterns for Aldous’ stretching, then go to the man and tap in the following order:
- left, right, down, right, right, down
12. Now, dress him up! Place the white shirt, then the brown vest, the hat, the pants and the slippers.
13. When done, talk to him again, and look out of the window to see the carriage coming – you can click it to move.
Day 1 – Preparing the Reception Walkthrough
1. Talk to the maid – she asks for your help to clean the floor. Go upstairs and wipe the scratches and dirt on the floor, then go back to the entry room and do the same with the trash there. Go into the room to the left (the kitchen) and clean it up as well.
2. While in the kitchen, tap the table and get the candle.
3. Go back once and climb up the stair to place the candle in the chandelier.
4. Go back to the maid and she will tell you to dust the paintings. Go back once and dust the Alexandra Vanderbook painting (notice she shows two fingers). Dust the man’s painting above (notice he closes his eyes three times in a row).
5. Go back once and dust Aldous’ painting. Notice that he moves the hand with the clock four times.
6. Go upstairs and drag right the door on the cupboard to reveal a box. Use the code from the paintings to open it (2-4-3) and get the candle.
7. Go back and talk to the maid. She will give you another candle. Go back once and place the two candles in the chandelier. You must light them up using the matches in your inventory, but in a specific order (so that the lines on them always connect).
Here’s the correct order in which to light them up:
8. Go back and talk to the maid, then enter the garden. It’s time for a new chapter!
Day 1 – Welcoming the Guests Walkthrough
1. Get the milk jug on the floor and fill it with milk from the goat. After doing this, you will see the goat poop and move her feet. Tap the ground area where it moved and you will see a key – get it.
2. Use the small key on the postbox and get the stone tablet. Then, read the letter in the envelope to see how to prepare for the arrival of the guests.
3. Go back and tap the area with a wood log and rocks – it’s a quick minigame in which you must guide all the cockroaches into the opening. You will do so by moving the stone – wherever you place it, cockroaches will move either up, down, left or right.
After successfully guiding all the roaches into the hole, get the stone tablet from under the pile of wood.
4. Go back and tap the flower pot. You must arrange them as seen in the sketch on the pot – the flowers with petals, from the shortest to the highest on the left, the red button ones on the right (from the tallest to the shortest) and finally the ones without flowers at the bottom:
After solving this puzzle, get the flowers and another stone tablet
5. Go back and tap the small box on the floor. Place the tablets there and arrange them in the correct order, as seen below:
6. Get the flag and place it on the left side of the pole, then pull the right rope to get it up.
7. When the carriage arrives, tap the basket and briefcase to remove them, then open the curtains. Help the woman out, then talk to her again and give her the flowers.
8. Go back and tap the basket. Move it around to see the code behind the baby. Then, click the briefcase and use the code to open it (3-7-4).
9. Inside the briefcase, arrange the clothes in a perfect pattern, then get the coin and bill:
10. Click the carriage driver and give him the coin, then feed the bill to the horse. Talk to the carriage driver again, and after he leaves, talk to the woman. It’s time to make her a cup of tea!
Day 1 – Serving Tea Walkthrough
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This is such a complex game, and I’m still working on it! Check back soon for the rest of the walkthrough!
Until it’s ready, make sure to check out my previous articles related to either Rusty Lake or similar adventure games: