Servant of the Lake: Helping with Bathing Walkthrough

Complete Helping with Bathing in Servant of the Lake, from filling the bath to collecting the Bronze Timepiece.

Servant of the Lake: Helping with Bathing Walkthrough


Alexandra is waiting in the bathroom. Talk to her, and she asks you to fill the bath. Go to the bath and fill it with the Tub With Hot Water left over from the washing. Next, she wants Soap in the bath.

Table with a box and a cookie on a plate

Go to the right side of the room and click the table. Take the Cookie and inspect the box.


Silver Slider Box

Silver slider box with five patterned blocks on a grid

Hint: How can you stop them?

Solution: The blocks need to end up in a diagonal, but dragging one sends it sliding straight across the board. To stop each piece where you want it, set up a block on its row so it can’t go any further. Follow these steps to unlock the box:

  1. Drag the bottom box to the right.
  2. Drag the middle box (circle) to the right, then down.
  3. Drag the fourth box from the top right.
  4. Drag the second box across.
  5. Drag the circle back to the left and up.
  6. Drag the box with four points on the circle to the left to meet the box with the circle.
  7. Drag the bottom box back to the left.
  8. Drag the circle down.
  9. Drag the top box across to the right.
  10. Drag the bottom box back to the right, then up, then left to meet the box with the four points on the circle.
  11. Drag the circle box to the right, then up.
  12. Drag the box above it to the right and all the way to the bottom.
  13. Drag the top box on the right back to the left.

Puzzle complete: Silver Slider Puzzle

Solving it reveals the Soap. Add it to the bath, and Alexandra turns away from you.

Click her, take off her hat, and remove the Hair Pin. Then go back to the bath and inspect the tiles.


Bathroom Tiles Puzzle

Wall of blue and white picture tiles

Hint: Match!

Solution: Select the tiles that belong together. Each group has four tiles, and the categories are:

  • Flowers and plants
  • Animals
  • People (three adults and a baby)
  • Furniture
  • Body parts
  • The gun, top hat, bottle, and briefcase

Puzzle complete: Bathroom Tiles Puzzle

When it’s solved, one of the tiles opens and you can take out a pair of Scissors. Go back to Alexandra and inspect the stitching on her neck.

Stitches on the back of Alexandra's neck circled

Use the Scissors to cut all of the stitches open and take out the Maggot. Go back to the right side of the room and look at the small black square under the table.

Click it and drop the Cookie. A mouse appears. Use the Hair Pin on the mouse, put the Maggot into it, and take the Bone Comb.

Go back to Alexandra and comb her hair. She asks you to help her undress, so click the buttons on her dress, and she gets into the bath.

Coat stand with Alexandra's hat and dress

Go to the clothes stand on the left side of the room. Hang her Hat on it, then check for a note inside the Hat and another inside the nape of her dress. Next, move right into the little alcove.

Hidden achievement (Cleaning the Windows): While you’re in the alcove, click the window and wipe the steam off the panels.

Click the table and add both notes.


Briefcase Code Puzzle

Hint: Can you crack it?

Solution: The note to Alexandra has a code at the top. The letters to Aldous and William have Xs at the bottom. Line the letters up so that each X crosses out a number. That leaves three numbers: 281.

Puzzle complete: Briefcase Code Puzzle

Open the briefcase and take out the small box. You need something else to open it, so go to Alexandra in the bath. Click her, and bubbles appear.


Bubbles Puzzle

Alexandra in the bath surrounded by bubbles

Hint: Don’t stop until you pop.

Solution: Pop the bubbles in a chain. As with the dirt spots, the small dots inside each bubble show which way it will move.

  • First round: There are only two bubbles. Click the one on the left, and it bursts the second.
  • Second round: Four bubbles. Start with the bubble near Alexandra’s left ear.
  • Third round: Pick the bubble closest to Alexandra’s left shoulder.
  • Fourth round: Pick the center bubble closest to Alexandra’s right shoulder.

Puzzle complete: Bubbles Puzzle

Something startles Alexandra, and you need to bat it away with the Hair Pin and/or the Scissors. As she warms up to you, she rests in the bath. Use the Scissors to cut the Necklace from her neck, then open the box from the briefcase to collect the Bronze Timepiece.

Achievement unlocked: Helping with Bathing