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Servant of the Lake Walkthrough
Puzzles

The Alchemy Box Sequence

The Servant of the Lake alchemy boxes open with nine clicks: right, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left. Needed again after the credits.

Last updated 2026-08-14

Light spoilers. This page names rooms, items and characters you meet, but keeps the story beats out of it.

A wooden specimen tray holding bones, organs, a finger, leaves and stones waiting to be sorted
Day 3 — sorting the specimens for the alchemy·Official screenshot, Rusty Lake

The alchemy boxes take nine clicks in this order:

right, right, right, left, right, left, right, right, left

Enter it exactly. There is no partial credit and no feedback until the ninth click lands.

Where it is

Diagram of the nine alchemy box clicks: right right right left right left right right left

Day 3, during Assisting in Alchemy, in the same stretch as the cabinet code 6294.

You will need it twice

Like the attic chest stars, this sequence comes back in the post-credits route for "You've found him!" — it is step four of eight. Record it now rather than replaying Day 3 to read it again.

The full set of values that route needs:

StepValue
Day 1 clock4:05
Day 2 bathing tilesAleksandra, bath, suitcase, severed hand
Day 3 alchemy boxesright ×3, left, right, left, right ×2, left
Day 1 attic chest stars4 2 3
Day 3 cabinet6294 → telescope

Full route on the "You've found him!" page.

Other Day 3 interactions in the same room

Animal Testing. You are asked to test the elixir. Give it to the parrot.

Seasoning to Taste. Kill the fly near the cake with the knife, then drop it into the soup.

Furniture Secrets. Under the kitchen table, click the second leg from the left for a hidden note.

Full context on the Day 3 walkthrough.