The mysteries deepen on day 2 of Servant of the Lake. In this complete walkthrough for the afternoon activities of Day 2 at Rusty Lake, we’ll take you through all the tasks you’ll be expected to complete (including optional ones for hidden achievements), as well as puzzles, guidance, and solutions.
All Day 2 – Morning Tasks, Optional Tasks, and PuzzlesCleaning the Floors
You’ll begin the afternoon back at the entrance. Go forward, into the next room, and up the stairs to find the maid again. She’ll ask you to help her clean the hallways, so interact with the bag on the table to get the Scrubber. There’s also a note in the maid’s (Kate) bag.
You can now start to help her clean. Begin with the patch to the left of her, outside of William’s room. Drag the scrubber to the spots, and you’ll notice that you can’t just clean them up. There’s a method to this cleaning business.
Dirt Puzzle
Hint: How do the spots differ?
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Solution: Look at the spots inside the red. Start with the red dot that has one spot inside of it, then move on to the one that has two inside of it, and continue up to six.
Once you’ve got that spot, go into the room to the right of Kate. There’s another patch here to clean. However, you’ll need to approach this spot differently.
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Now, go back to the entrance and into the kitchen.
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While you tackle the next spot, you’ll also need to scrub the stick figure drawing of the siblings in the top left. This won’t remove it, but will remove the dust making it visible.
For this one, Tap to Reveal
Go back upstairs, to the corridor outside William’s room, and Kate will be gone. Head through the door on the right, and she’ll be crouched down. Speak to her, and she’ll ask if you hear the crying.
Inspect the bathroom door to the right, and look through the keyhole. Open the doors to the balcony, and click on the figure of Aldous in the distance.
Going Hunting
Speak to Aldous to begin, and he’ll give you a Rifle. Look just to the left of him for ammo on the tree stump, and a piece of paper on the table.
Inspect the paper, and you’ll be told to hunt the following:
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If you want to unlock the perfect hunt achievement, you’ll need to hunt all of the animals on the list, as well as William. William can be found on the left, by the water and a small bridge. He appeared for me after I’d killed a few of the animals, and then exited the scene to collect more ammo. Hit him once, and he’ll go in the water. Hit him twice, and he’ll disappear. Any animal that doesn’t die, hit twice.
Animal
Location
Deer
Near gently flowing water.
Pheasant
In treetops.
Rabbit
Burrows under rocks near grassland. Tap to RevealPigeon
Flies high in the air.
Boar
Among roadside bushes. Tap to Reveal
Go to the stump and get the bullets. Then, interact with the stump and drag the rifle to it to take aim. If you run out of ammo, exit the scene, and more bullets will appear.
When you’ve finished the hunt, Aldous will disappear. The piece of paper will also be blown onto the floor. Pick it up and read it. Aldous will reappear near the table. Interact with him, and he’ll ask for the butcher knife. But first, take a look at all the meat on the table in front of him.
Meat Puzzle
Hint: What did the note say?
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Solution: It’s clear that the meat has numbers on it, but we need to use the note to decipher the order. The note mentions that a true hunter uses all of his senses. It then lists them as sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. Take a look at the table, and you’ll see an ear, tongue, snout, eye, and claw. These are the five senses represented, but now you need to activate them. For example, to determine the match for the eye, move the meat and bones until the eye moves. The eye will follow the piece it matches. For the tongue, it will begin to lick when you’ve matched it to the correct item. Then, list the numbers in the same order that the note mentions the senses, so sight (IX), smell (I), touch (II), taste (VII), and hearing (VI). So, the code is IX, I, II, VII, VI. or 9, 1, 2, 7, 6
When you’ve worked out the code, go to the shed door on the right, and enter it. Pick up the Cloth from the floor on the right, collect the Butcher Knife, and return to Aldous and hand it over.
Click on him a few times, and as he blinds himself with the mess, click on his bag. Open it and pick up the Silver Timepiece. Then, use the Cloth to clean his face.