Beginner Guide
Controls, notebook tracking, inventory logic and a spoiler-light orientation to the Vanderboom house.
Open field notes →Fan-made puzzle guide · English
Servant of the Lake
Your spoiler-aware field guide to the Vanderboom estate. Solve every household duty, surreal experiment, hidden achievement and family secret—one room at a time.
Independent fan project. Not affiliated with Rusty Lake.
ReleaseAug 13, 2026
Steam wishlists250K+
Main story4–5 hours
Achievements40+
StatusDeck verified
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Your first weekend at the estate
Choose how much help you need. The guide is structured to keep solutions clear and spoilers under your control.
Daily Tasks & Puzzles
Room-by-room help for portraits, laundry, porridge, exercise and increasingly unusual experiments.
Preview structure →Achievements & Secrets
A clean checklist for 40+ achievements, optional interactions and easily missed notebook clues.
See launch plan →Characters & Lore
Meet Alexandra, Aldous and William, then trace this prequel back to the events of Rusty Lake: Roots.
Read the overview →Walkthrough desk
A guide that reveals only what you ask for
Every chapter will begin with a gentle hint, followed by the exact action and an optional explanation. This keeps the satisfaction of solving intact while giving stuck players a quick route forward.
Hint Solution Story spoiler
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Day one
Arrival & HousekeepingEntering the estate, curtains, breakfast and first assignments01
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The house
Rooms & Daily DutiesPortraits, laundry, visitor care and interconnected object puzzles02
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Alchemy
Experiments & AftermathComplex mechanisms, family ambitions and darker discoveries03
Live coverage begins August 13
The complete walkthrough and achievement checklist will be documented from an original playthrough after the full game unlocks.
The assignment
What is Servant of the Lake?
Servant of the Lake is a premium single-player point-and-click puzzle adventure developed and published by Rusty Lake. You arrive as an outsider, expected to keep the Vanderboom household in order while the family pursues its alchemical ambitions.
Set decades before Rusty Lake: Roots, the story blends ordinary chores with surreal experiments, hand-drawn rooms and haunting music composed and performed by Victor Butzelaar.
- Developer
- Rusty Lake
- Platforms
- Windows · macOS · iOS · Android
- Genre
- Point-and-click puzzle
- Languages
- 23 supported
Visual archive
Frames from the Lake
A curated visual notebook of recurring symbols, family memories and unsettling rooms. Tap a frame to study the scene.
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Next archive: Underground Blossom petals and train-window scenes will be added after a clean original screenshot is captured.
Editorial gameplay screenshots captured by the site creator. Game artwork and characters © Rusty Lake.
Official media
Step inside the carriage
Watch the official announcement trailer from Rusty Lake, then add the game to your wishlist before the estate opens.
▪ Wishlist on Steam ↗
Your contract awaits
Ready to enter the Vanderboom estate?
Bookmark the field guide now. Detailed puzzle solutions and achievement notes arrive with the full release.