Servant of the Lake: Welcoming the Guests Walkthrough

Flower Puzzle

Hint: The flowers seem to be at different stages of growth.

Solution: Match the flowers to the pattern on the pot below, paying attention to the leaves as well as the petals. The two sides of the pattern build toward each other and meet at the flower at the top of the triangle. On the outer edges, the red and white flowers can go on either side, as long as each side runs from a single red ball to a fully white flower. The bottom flowers have no leaves, and the next row up has two. The top flower has white petals, a red center, leaves under the petals, and two leaves on the stem. The flowers in the middle follow the same progression.

Puzzle complete: Flower Puzzle

Solving it gives you a bunch of Flowers and uncovers a Stone Tablet in the pot.

Go to the goat and give it the Flowers. Click the goat to milk it. While the milk flows, grab the jug and set it underneath to get a Jug With Milk.

The goat kicks and leaves a hole behind it. Click the hole to find a Key and take it.

Go back to where you entered the garden, head right to the mailbox, and open it. The letter inside lists the tasks Alexandra has set for you:

• Arrange my favorite flowers
• Get milk for my tea
• Get rid of the cockroaches in the garden

Two of them are already done. Take the Stone Tablet from the mailbox before you leave. Only the cockroaches are left.

Click the rocks and logs to the right of where the goat was. You’ll see six cockroaches, some stones, and smaller rocks.

Cockroach Puzzle

Hint: Think about what you can use to clear them out.

Solution: Steer the cockroaches into the black hole at the top of the board. Pick up the yellow rock and set it on a tile next to a cockroach to make it move. A cockroach that runs into a larger rock or another cockroach can get stuck, and then you’ll have to reset the puzzle.

Puzzle complete: Cockroach Puzzle

Clearing them earns you another Stone Tablet. Back out and return to where you entered the garden. Look at the box in the bottom-left corner, next to the column.

Stone Tablet Puzzle

Place the Stone Tablets in the box to see their pictures: a droplet, a nest, and a cabinet.

Hint: Think about how the pictures connect to each other.

Solution: Every Stone Tablet can be moved. Put them in this order: Tree, Nest, Egg, Bird, House, Cabinet, Bottle, Droplet.

Puzzle complete: Stone Tablet Puzzle

Your reward is the Flag. Attach it to the Flagpole to the right of the stones and log, then pull the rope on the right to raise it. The guests arrive.

When the carriage appears, click it and take the luggage. A basket and a suitcase now sit on the ground. Click the carriage curtains and drag them open.

Alexandra is inside and asks for help. Take her hand. Once she’s out, click her and give her the bouquet.

Hidden achievement (Ruining the Bouquet): She says the bouquet smells like goat. That’s why you fed the flowers to the goat earlier.

Keep talking to her and she asks you to pay the coachman, so you’ll need money again. Click the luggage. The left lock opens, but the right one stays shut behind a code. Click the basket and open it to find a baby inside.

Luggage Code Puzzle

Hint: Alexandra may have hidden the code somewhere.

Solution: Pick up the basket and move it around to find the code underneath the baby. The code is 374.

Puzzle complete: Luggage Code Puzzle

Open the luggage and start arranging the clothes. As you move them, you’ll see they’re puzzle pieces.

Fit them together and the purse opens on its own. Take out the Coin and the Bill.

Give the Coin to the Coachman. If you talk to him, he tells you to pay the horse as well. Give the horse the Bill, then click the Coachman until he leaves.

Alexandra then sends you off to make a cup of tea, which brings the afternoon to a close.

Achievement unlocked: Welcoming the Guests