Check that your preview matches

This is the opening-preview route described by AppUnwrapper’s October 2025 PC demo guide. Its author labels the game Demo (Lite), but that label is not proof that every later mobile Lite release has the same puzzles. Check your current scene: the cabinet near the stairs should contain sugar behind 235.

If you have already reached the afternoon reception, garden bouquet or the three-day notebook, switch to the premium walkthrough. The premium cabinet code 243 belongs to a later candle puzzle and does not replace the preview’s sugar code.

The horse and carriage outside the estate in Servant of the Lake.
Official Steam carriage image; product and arrival context. Steam source (opens in a new tab)

Arrive, pay the driver and sign the contract

  1. Leave the carriage and feed the horse

    Open the curtains, get out and take the carrot from the planter. Give it to the horse.

  2. Find the coachman’s fee

    Take a tin cup from the left window and another from the little compartment under the carriage. At the right window, add both cups and arrange the five cups by stripe count, 1 through 5. Take the coin from the first cup and pay the coachman.

    Checkpoint: The carriage leaves and exposes an iron bar.

  3. Enter the house

    Use the iron bar to pry the loose board by the planter; move the bar to lift it. Take the key, unlock the front door and speak to Kate.

  4. Accept the work

    Take Kate’s feather, dip it in the table’s ink and sign the contract line. Speak to her again.

    Checkpoint: The breakfast assignment starts.

Prepare the demo’s sweet porridge

  1. Read the three portraits

    Tap Aldous’s portrait to see three watch shakes, Alexandra’s to see two raised fingers, and William’s upstairs to see five raised fingers. The cabinet order is Alexandra, Aldous, William: 2, 3, 5.

  2. Collect milk, pot and sugar

    Take milk from the crate near the door. At the cabinet by the stairs, collect the pot and enter 235 on its locked box for sugar.

  3. Get the matches

    Tap the low mousehole and take the dead mouse offered there. Give it to the cat; when it leaves, take the matches.

  4. Cook the porridge

    Take wood and the bowl of oats in the servant’s room. Put the wood inside the stove, light it with matches and close the stove door. Put the pot on top; add milk, oats and sugar. Take the small pot with porridge.

    Checkpoint: Aldous’s room is now accessible.

Wake, shave and feed Aldous

  1. Collect the morning tools

    Take the floor slipper, bowl, spoon and second slipper from the room and drawers. Open the patterned shaving box by using the central disc to move tiles until each matches the pattern beneath it; take the razor. Move the hanging clothes aside for a cloth.

  2. Set the alarm to 7:00

    Open the bed curtains. Take the hand from the Toy Soldier and fit it to the alarm. Put the short hand at VII and the long hand at XII. Once Aldous is awake, put both slippers on his feet.

  3. Shave and prepare breakfast

    Remove the hairs with the razor. Take the ear piece that comes off and wipe the ear with the cloth. Give Aldous the bowl and spoon and add the porridge.

  4. Get the missing berries

    Open the window and give the ear piece to the bird. Use its key on the top drawer and take the berries; put them in the porridge.

  5. Trap the bug and feed him

    Move a berry to a different hole, watch where the bug runs, and cover its new hole with another berry. Keep the other exits covered until you can squash the bug. Carry the spoon to Aldous’s mouth repeatedly.

    Checkpoint: Aldous says he has had enough.

Exercise, dress him and finish the preview

  1. Repeat the Toy Soldier’s exercise

    Move Aldous Left, Right, Down, Right, Right, Down. Use the soldier’s demonstrated movement as the direction reference; the preview source gives this sequence once, unlike the premium guide’s repeated set.

  2. Dress him

    Drag on the shirt first, then the vest, then the bow.

  3. Tap the approaching guests

    Look through his window and tap the carriage carrying the guests.

    Checkpoint: This is the documented end of the October 2025 demo.

The remaining reception, garden, bathing, lab and departure assignments belong to the premium game. If you want to continue the story, use the official download choices to select the full product for your device.

Compare the PC demo and mobile Lite recordings

Choose the recording for the product you are playing. The October 2025 PC demo and the April 2026 mobile Lite recording are different dated references. Their titles do not establish that a later update has the same cabinet, recipe or controls; keep the 235-and-sugar scope check above.

Servant of the Lake PC demo recording cover, showing the servant’s reflection and Aldous beside his bed.
Recording referenceServant of the Lake FULL DEMO Walkthrough (Rusty Lake)A visual reference for the October 2025 PC demo used by this written route.Fredericma45 Gaming · 13 October 2025. October 2025 PC demo; compare your objects and code before following this route.Original demo recording cover; the large Demo label identifies its preview scope.
Servant of the Lake Lite recording cover, showing the estate, carriage and Lite icon.
Recording referenceServant of the Lake Lite WalkthroughA separate mobile Lite reference. Its description points to the Android Lite product; use it to compare your visible scene rather than assuming that every mobile build matches the PC demo.SLY MobileGaming · 22 April 2026. April 2026 mobile Lite recording; exact build is not identified, and current parity is not established.Original mobile Lite recording cover, preserved without cropping.