How To Solve All Day 1 Puzzles In Servant Of The Lake

Servant Of The Lake: Day 1 Complete Walkthrough Published Aug 14, 2026, 8:32 AM EDT Meg is an Executive Editor and Technical Lead for TheGamer, and has been working within the gaming industry since 2014. She was shortlisted as a finalist for the GameHers Journalist of the Year award in 2022 and was a juror for the BAFTA Games Awards 2026. Some of the games and genres that Meg is an expert in include RPGs, point-and-clicks, puzzle games, and life sims. She has a particular fondness for Yakuza/Like a Dragon and Final Fantasy, especially Final Fantasy 14 (for which she used to run a weekly community column). Servant of the Lake has you begin your new job as a servant in the peculiar Vanderboom estate, and this point-and-click game has you serving the family and unravelling the mystery in the latest addition to the Rusty Lake series. If you're struggling with any of the puzzles in Servant of the Lake, then worry not, as we've got a complete walkthrough for you here that details every puzzle solution for the first day, including how to unlock the optional achievements. Now, let's start your new job... The Arrival After you open the curtains and get out of the carriage, you'll find yourself outside the house. Click on the flower bed to the right of the horse and pull out the carrot, then feed it to the horse. Pan the screen to the left and open the carriage door to retrieve the tin cup. Open the left window and drag the window up to open it, then grab the tin cup. Click the right window, then drag it up to open it. How To Solve The Tin Cup Puzzle You need to arrange the tin cups in order, and the number of lines on them dictates their order from one to five, from left to right. Once you have them in the correct order, the cup with the lid (which should be on the left) will open, and you can click it to get a coin. You can click on the horse head a few times until it dips a bit to pet it and unlock the optional achievement 'Petting the Horse'. Pay the carriage driver with the coin, and once he leaves, grab the iron bar from the floor. Click the flower bed and use the iron bar on the plank with a dark outline. Pull the bar down once it's in and then retrieve the key. Use the key in the front door and turn it, then use the doorknob and head inside. Once inside, speak with the maid and take the quill once she offers it. Click the table to the right of the maid and use the quill in the ink. Then use the quill to sign your name on the contract. Speak with the maid again. Preparing Breakfast Click on the Servant's Room (the door on the left) and head inside. Pick up the logs from the chair. Pick up the oats from the table. Read the note. Click the stove, open the door, and put the logs inside. Head back into the hallway, then go through the central doorway into the next area, then go through the door on the far wall. Click the crate on the left and retrieve the milk. Before you continue, you can return to the room with the cat. Click it so that it licks its paw, then use the milk on it to feed it milk and unlock the 'Feeding the Cat' achievement. This does not seem possible if you have already collected the dead mouse! Then take the doorway to the right of the maid and click on the cabinet. Take the pot. Slide the cupboard open and take the dead mouse. Return to the room with the cat and click on it, then feed it the mouse. Click on the cat afterwards, and it'll jump away, then grab the matches. Return to the Servant's Room. Click on the stove and use the matches with the logs. Put the pot on top of the stove. Use the milk and oats in the pot. Click the pot to make it steam, then retrieve it. Then return to the maid and speak with her, then take the door on her right (to where the cupboard is), and you'll see the door to Aldous' room is now open. Waking Up Aldous Inside Aldous' bedroom, you must do the following: Take the bowl and read the note on the table. Pick up the slipper from in front of the bed. Click the bed and open the curtains. Click on the drawers on the left and take the spoon from the middle drawer. Take the slipper from the bottom drawer. How To Solve Aldous's Silver Box Puzzle Click on the silver box in front of the bed, and then click it again to pull up a puzzle. You need to get the coloured blocks beside their matching pattern by putting blocks inside the wheel and rotating them around to solve the puzzle. Here is the solution if you are having trouble: Put the block on the left inside the wheel. Rotate the wheel clockwise one quarter. Move the bottom block in the wheel. Rotate the wheel clockwise one quarter. Move the block now on the left beside its matching pattern. Rotate the wheel clockwise one quarter. Move the top square into the wheel. Rotate the wheel clockwise one half. Move the block now on the top next to its matching pattern. Rotate the wheel clockwise one quarter. Move the block on the right into the wheel. Rotate the wheel clockwise one half. Move the block now on the right next to its matching pattern. Rotate the wheel anti-clockwise one quarter. Move the block on the bottom next to its matching pattern. Collect the razor from inside the box. Click on the soldier atop the drawers and take the clock hand. Click the clock and use the clock hand on it. Set the time to seven o'clock by dragging the hands around. Pan the screen to the right and move the trousers to uncover and collect the cloth beneath. Click on Aldous and then use the razor to shave his stubble. Collect the piece of ear that has fallen. Use the cloth on the blood. Click the window and drag it open. Click the crow and then feed the earlobe to it. Click the crow again to make it fly away and collect the key. Use the key on the top drawer and collect the berries. Click on Aldous and give him the bowl. Use the porridge in the bowl. Use the berries in the bowl. Click the bowl for your next puzzle. How To Solve The Porridge Puzzle Move a berry, and you will see a bug crawl out. You must keep placing a berry atop the hole that the bug has just disappeared into. Eventually, the bug will slow down and stop, at which point you can click and kill it. Put the spoon in the bowl. Feed Aldous with the spoon until he's had enough. How To Solve The Exercise Puzzle You can unlock the optional 'Exercising with Mr Aldous' achievement here. Click on Aldous and click him to make him exercise until he gets stuck, then click him to unstick him. We did it once for the achievement but have been unable to replicate it, so possibly there is a set pattern to follow for the achievement, or it only happens once. Click on the soldier atop the drawers so that it dances and note its movements: Left Right Down Right Right Down Next, repeat this same pattern with Aldous by clicking his body. After Aldous states that this helps him stay young, drag his clothing onto his body, then click on him to make him speak. Next, click the window as instructed and then click the carriage. Preparing The Reception In the hallway, click on the dirt on the floor and then use the cloth to clean it up. Go into the Servant's room and click on the dirt there to clean that too. Pick up the candle. Go back to the hallway, take the far door, then go through the next farthest door to find the maid. Click the doorway on your right and clean the dirt on the floor there. Open the cupboard door on the left to find a puzzle box. Go back to the maid and speak with her, then take the duster. How To Solve The Box And Paintings Puzzle This next part is for the puzzle box. Every time you clean a painting, it will move a certain number of times, and you need to remember this for the box. Go back to the room with the pink armchair, where there are two paintings. Click Alexandra's portrait and dust it: it moves twice. Click on William's portrait and dust it: it blinks three times. Return to the hallway and click Aldous's portrait and dust it: it moves four times. Return to the puzzle box in the cupboard and put in the following code by moving the dials: 243. Take the candle from within once it opens. To unlock the 'Small Repairs' achievement, go to the Servant's Room and dust the small picture frame above the table until it falls and breaks, then piece it back together. How To Solve The Candles Puzzle Return to the maid and speak with her, then take the candle. Return to the hallway and click the chandelier, then put the remaining candles in the empty sconces. You need to light the candles in the correct order, choosing the start of the arrow through to the end (with the point). Here's the order: Third candle from the left. Far left candle. Third candle from the right. Second candle from the left. Far right. Second candle from the right. Afterwards, return to the maid and speak with her, before clicking through the now open door behind her. Welcoming The Guests First, pick up the jug, and then pan the screen to the right to see the flower pot. How To Solve The Flower Pot Bouquet Puzzle You need to arrange the flowers in the correct order, so do the following: On the lowest tier, move the second flower from the right to the top position. (Pink ball and white petals swapped for pink ball flower with two leaves). On the next tier up, move the far-left flower and swap it with the flower to its right, on the next tier above. (White flower swapped with green four-leaf top with no flower). Then swap that green four-leaf top with no flower with the flower on the opposite end of this tier (white flower). Swap the same green four-leaf top with the headless green stem directly in the middle of the bouquet (two leaves, no top). Next, swap the headless green stem with the pink ball flower on the lowest tier. Swap the lowest pink ball flower with the second from the top pink ball flower (pink ball with two top leaves and two stem leaves for pink ball flower with no leaves). The end result should be: All white flowers on the left side, increasing in leaf number as they go up, with the white flower, pink ball center flower at the top. The pink ball flowers on the right side, increasing in leaf number as they go up. The three green stems in the center, with them increasing in leaf number from lowest to highest. This will get you the bouquet, and click the stone tablet to collect that as well. Click the goat and feed it the bouquet of flowers to later unlock the optional achievement 'Ruining the Bouquet'. Click the goat's udders to make it start producing milk. Use the jug on the milk to collect it. Once the goat stamps its hoof, click the hole and collect the key. Pan the screen to the right and use the key on the letter box. Retrieve the letter and the stone tablet. How To Solve The Cockroach Puzzle You need to get all the cockroaches in the hole. If you get a cockroach stuck, you can reset the puzzle by clicking the arrow on the right. Here's the order you need to move them in: Place the token two squares above where it starts to make the top cockroach move. Move the token down one square to make the next cockroach move. Move it to the left of the top left cockroach to make it move. Place it directly below the top left cockroach to make it move upwards, and then again to make it go into the hole. Move the token underneath the bottom-most left cockroach, then again to make it move forwards again. Move the token to the left of the same cockroach (now the top left) to make it go right. Then move the token below it twice to make it go into the hole. Move the token to the left of the leftmost cockroach. Move the token below this same cockroach twice so it's in line with the log. Move the token to the left of the same cockroach. Place the token below it twice to move it into the hole. Move the token to the right of the upper cockroach on the right. Move the token below the cockroach on the bottom right twice. Move the token to the right of the same cockroach twice until it's in line with the hole. Then move the token below the cockroach and keep moving it up into the hole. Move the token to the right of the upper cockroach. Next, put it below the lowest cockroach twice in a row to get it beside the log. Move the token to the right of this same cockroach until it's in line with the hole, then move the token upwards to get it into the hole. Move the token below the remaining cockroach. Place the token to the right of the cockroach twice to move it in line with the hole. Move the token below the cockroach and keep moving it upwards into the hole. Collect the stone tablet once you are done. Next, pan the screen back to the left, and click on the box in front of the pillar for your next puzzle. How To Solve The Stone Tablet Box Puzzle Put the three stone tablets you have in the box. You need to place the stone tablets in the correct order; these should be: Top Row: House > Cupboard > Vial > Droplet Bottom Row: Tree > Nest > Egg > Bird Collect the flag from within the box, then click the flagpole, attach the flag, and pull the rope to raise the flag. Click the carriage once it arrives, open the curtains, and help Alexandra out. Click on the coach again and take the luggage from the back. Click Alexandra and give her the flowers (if you let the goat eat it, you'll unlock the achievement here). How To Solve The Suitcase Puzzle Click the basket and move it around so you can see the numbers below the baby: the number is 374. Click on the suitcase and open the left clasp. Click on the right clasp and input 374 by moving the dials. Press the button to the left of the dials. Click back, then open the case, then click it again. Once inside the suitcase, you need to arrange the clothing so it all fits without overlapping: Blouse top left. Brown trousers bottom left. Green top bottom right. Blue item top right. Black purse in the middle. Click the purse to get the coin and the bill. Pay the coach driver with the coin. Feed the horse the bill. Next, click the driver for him to make his goodbyes. Click on Alexandra until she tells you to go and make her a cup of tea. Serving Tea If you want to get the optional achievement for this section, do not click on the cat right away! Go into the Servant's Room and speak with the maid until she offers you tea. Take the tea from the table. Take the kettle from the stove. Go back to the hallway, and go through the rooms to get to the area with the cupboard. Collect the teacup from the cupboard. Return to the hallway and click on the cat. If you want to get the optional 'Serving Matcha Latte' achievement, you need to feed the cat the tea leaves first. After, interact with the cat multiple times until it throws up. Collect the sticky substance Go to Alexandra and do the following: If you fed the cat the tea leaves, click the crate to her left and collect the sticky green substance. If you missed this, you can always replay sections after you have beaten the game to do it then. Give her the cup. Put the green substance in if you want the optional achievement. Put the sugar in the cup. Put the hot water in the cup. Put the tea in the cup. Put the milk in the cup. Click her, and she will drop the cup. Even if you use sugar twice, she will then say it's "too sweet" and still drop the tea. You need to fix the teacup by putting the pieces together and then using the sticky substance on the cup. Click the repaired cup to retrieve it. Click Alexandra and give her the cup. Pour the milk. Add the sugar twice. Add the tea. Click Alexandra for her to drink it. Afterwards, click on the door on the left that has now opened. Opening The Reunion Pan the screen to the left and collect the logs. Put the logs in the fireplace. Light the logs with the matches. Pan the screen to the right and read the note. Open the bottom of the cabinet and retrieve the glass. Click on the box on the top shelf for your first puzzle. How To Solve The Wine Box Puzzle The clue is the date on the card beside the wine box; you need to move the cubes so they spell out 1753. Click in this order: Top left cube twice. Bottom left cube three times. Second cube from the left on the top twice. Second cube from the left on the bottom three times. Second cube from the right on the top three times. Second cube from the left on the bottom twice. Top right cube three times. Bottom right cube twice. Take the bottle of wine. You can't solve the other box in the cupboard just yet, so next: Give Aldous the glass. Pour the wine. If you want to unlock the 'Soothing the Baby' optional achievement, click Alexandra and then give the baby some of the wine. How To Solve The Button Cigar Box Puzzle Click Aldous, and he says his brother has arrived. Click the window and drag it open, then click on the shadowy figure. Click William and give him the wine. Click the broken wine bottle on the floor. Rebuild the wine bottle, and it will reveal a pattern with an arrow; this is the clue to opening the other box in the cabinet. Return to the cabinet and click the remaining box with the nine buttons on it. You need to click it in this order: Top left. Top middle. Middle middle. Right middle. Bottom middle. Bottom right. Then take the cigar. Click William and let him speak until he asks for his cigar. Give him the cigar. Light it with the matches. Push the cigar right until he swallows it. Click William's mouth. The middle tooth drops a drip of saliva to extinguish the flame. The teeth on the left and right move the droplet in their respective direction. Click in this order: Middle tooth. Left tooth. Middle tooth. Left tooth. Middle tooth. Right tooth three times. Middle tooth. Right tooth. Middle tooth. Right tooth. Middle tooth. Right tooth. Middle tooth. Then collect the spoon from his mouth. How To Solve The Fish Painting Puzzle Click on the painting above the fireplace and click the items in the order the caption mentions them: Timepiece Book Elixir Fish Then use the fish on the fireplace, then retrieve it once cooked. How To Solve The Protein Plant Puzzle You need to make all the buds bloom on the plant by having the fly shoot out of them. The sticks with arrows dictate the order of the turns the fly takes once entering the tree. Put the arrows in the following order and then click the tree after each one to open each flower: First Flower: Left > Left > Left > Right Second Flower: Left > Left > Right > Left Third Flower: Left Right > Left Fourth Flower: Right >Left > Left > Left Fifth Flower: Left > Left > Right > Right Sixth Flower: Right > Right > Right > Right Collect the fly eggs. Click the table on the right. Add the fish to the toast board. Add the fly eggs on top. Click each piece to retrieve it. Feed each of the siblings a slice of fish. Use the spoon on Albous' glass, then click Albous for him to begin his toast. How To Solve The Baby Puzzle You need to do what Alexandra says after she says it. If you click the next one too soon, it will start over. Click the baby's eyes. Drag the moon up in the window. Click her hand. Click her gold wedding ring. Click the gem in her necklace. Click Alexandra's mouth. Drag the cloud in the window to the left. Click Alexandra's eye. Click on Albous and let him speak until he asks whether William is paying attention. How To Wake William You need to click William and then next click where he indicates after you click him to fully rouse him. Looks up, click his hat. Looks right, click his ear. Looks down, click his shirt. Afterwards, click on Aldous for him to finish his speech. The Night Watch Go into the Servant's Room and speak with the maid. She wants you to do a final round of the hallways. If you spot something strange, you need to return and ring the bell; if everything is normal, you can blow out a candle. If you mess up, you have to start over. The instances appear in a random order, but below we've listed the things you need to look out for. If you want to get the optional 'Checking for Intruders' achievement, check the door leading to the garden and a masked figure will appear. It's not there every time you visit the hallways, so keep checking on each round. Go through the three hallways and check the crate for the cat with blood. Go back and ring the bell. Go to the hallway with the pink armchair and click the silhouette and the ajar door at the top of the stairs. Go back and ring the bell. Go to the hallway with the pink armchair, and if Alexandra's portrait has an obscured face, go back and ring the bell. Go to the hallway with the pink armchair, and if William's portrait has slipped down, go back and ring the bell. Go through the hallways to where the cupboard is, and if you see the door closing, you need to go back and ring the bell. Go back through the hallways, and if you notice nothing all the way to where the cupboard is, go back and blow out a candle. After the maid says it's time to go to bed, go through the hallways until you find William and click him. Once he's done talking, take the walking stick. Go to where the cupboard is and use the walking stick on the hatch in the ceiling, then use the ladder. Searching The Attic Open the middle drawer and get the rung. Open the bottom drawer and get the small statue. Click the box on the table in front of the window for your first puzzle. How To Solve The Collection Box Puzzle You need to sort all of the items by item type and ensure they fit in segments without overlapping. We've given you a few notes on where to place some of the items so you can see where they go. The fingers go in the bottom right segment (the longer one on the top, shortest on the bottom). The leaves and twigs go in the bottom middle segment (the leaves go on the bottom left). The bones, muscle sinews, and eye go in the top right segment. (The largest muscle goes top left, the longest bone goes bottom left, the skull is bottom right with the eye just above the beak). The remaining fragments go in the far left segment. (Gold circle in the center, the faded pink item to the left, large light grey item bottom right, darkest grey item bottom left, green item top right). Collect the candle afterwards. Click the window, then return. Then you should see a silhouette of a bird there. Click the window and scare the bird away to unlock the 'Chase Away the Crow' optional achievement. Click on the lantern hanging from the ceiling. Add the candle to it. Light the candle. You can now pan left! Pick up the small statue and then click on the box. Inside is the next puzzle. How To Solve The Poem Puzzle You need to move the correct items onto the page in the order that the poem mentions them. Each line will be greyed out once successfully completed. Drag one soldier onto the page. Drag the woman onto the page to join him. Remove the woman, then add the cube and the triangle. Remove the cube and triangle and add the other soldier and woman. Remove one soldier and the woman, then add the horse. Remove the horse and add the soldier with the rifle. Remove both soldiers and add the woman and the triangle beneath her. Remove the triangle and add the cube. Then click the cube to get the key. Afterwards, click on the purse beside the window and use the key to retrieve another small statue. Next, click the box on the floor beside the table for another puzzle. How To Solve The Window Box Puzzle You need a constellation to go below the house, moon, and water symbols, and the window is where you will find your answer. At the window: Drag the clouds to their right until the house lights up. You will see the constellation in the top left, top middle, and left middle window panes. Drag the clouds to their left until the lake turns black. You can see the constellation in the top left, top middle, left middle, middle middle, and right middle window panes. Continue dragging the clouds to their left until the moon goes red. You can see the constellation in the top right, middle right, and middle middle panes. The solution is as follows: Move the house dial down twice. Move the moon dial down three times. Move the water dial up once. Take the small statue from the box, then click the golden case atop the drawers. How To Solve The Golden Case Puzzle You need to match the correct animal or insect with the correct symbol on the case. The statues need to go in this order from left to right: Butterfly Bird Monkey Fish Ibex (looks like an antelope) Then open the case and retrieve the scroll and the rung. Pan to the right and place the rungs in the ladder, then go up and open the door that's there by sliding it to the side. Congratulations, you've survived your first day.