Complete Waking Up Aldous in Servant of the Lake with solutions for the Silver Box, Porridge, and Exercise puzzles.
Servant of the Lake: Waking Up Aldous Walkthrough
When you enter the bedroom, read the note on the table under the window. It lists Aldous’s morning routine:
- Open the curtains
- Wake up at 7 am
- Shave
- Have breakfast
- Complete exercise
- Get dressed
The note also says he doesn’t like cold feet. Keep that in mind for later.
The curtains come first. The windows have none, but the bed does. Click the bed and drag its curtains back to find Aldous asleep.
Next, wake him at 7 am. Click the clock on the chest of drawers left of the window. One of its hands is missing.
Click the Toy Soldier to the right of the clock. It holds the Clock Hand. Take it, fit it on the clock, and turn the hands to 7 am.
The alarm goes off and Aldous sits up on the edge of the bed. Shaving is next. Click the small silver box on the floor to his left. It has a lock.
Silver Box Puzzle
Hint: Think about which parts can move.
Solution: Make the inner tiles match the patterns on the outside. Drag the tiles to rotate them, using the two free slots to shift them around. The finished layout is chevrons at the top, straight lines on the right, squiggly lines at the bottom, and diagonal lines on the left.
Puzzle complete: Silver Box Puzzle
The open box holds the Razor. Click Aldous and drag the Razor across his face to shave him.
The shave goes badly and Aldous’s ear starts bleeding. Click the Earlobe on his shoulder to take it.
Back out and go right to the hanging clothes. Move the bottom clothes aside to find a Cloth. Take it and use it to clean Aldous’s ear.
Return to the table where you read the to-do list. Take the bowl next to it over to Aldous.
Give him the bowl, then drag the Small Pot with Porridge onto it. That completes the breakfast task, though he has nothing to eat with yet.
Exercise and getting dressed are still left, and he doesn’t like cold feet. Go back to the bedroom and take the Slipper from the floor in front of the bed.
Open the middle and bottom drawers of the chest on the right. The top drawer is locked, and you don’t have its key yet.
Take the Spoon and the second Slipper. Go back to Aldous and put the Spoon in the bowl. Something is still missing.
Click the window, open it, and click the bird. Give it the Earlobe. It flies away and leaves a Key behind. Take the Key, unlock the top drawer, and grab the Berries. Add them to the porridge.
Porridge Puzzle
Click the bowl. Berries are scattered across the porridge, along with tiny holes. Clicking a berry makes a bug appear.
Hint: Ask yourself why the holes are there.
Solution: Each berry click sends the bug toward a hole. Move the berries to block the holes. When the bug has nowhere left to go, it stops, and you can squish it.
Puzzle complete: Porridge Puzzle
With the porridge fixed, Aldous asks you to feed him. Pick up the spoon and feed him until he says he’s had enough. He then moves to the right side of the room.
Put his Slippers on. Exercise comes next.
Hidden achievement (Exercising Mr. Aldous): Click Aldous a few times until he gets stuck, then click the opposite side to put him back in position.
Exercise Puzzle
Hint: An exercise needs a routine.
Solution: Go back to the Toy Soldier and click it to see the routine: left, right, down, right, right, down. Repeat the whole routine twice.
Puzzle complete: Exercise Puzzle
Next, you’re asked to get his outfit ready. Drag the clothes onto him and talk to him. He asks you to check on his guests’ arrival.
Look out the window and click the Carriage.
Achievement unlocked: Waking Up Aldous
That finishes the morning tasks. The afternoon comes next.