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Servant of the Lake Recipes & Banquet Answers
Direct answer
Use the recipe cards below for ingredient order and banquet distribution. The corrected main-course rule is that Alexandra prefers more meat than vegetables.
- Research updated:
- 2026-08-13
- Evidence scope:
- Recipe and dinner-rule text checked against the English and Simplified Chinese localization table in Steam build 24710539.
Breakfast, drinks, alchemy, and dinner
The game treats recipes as both cooking instructions and puzzle logic. Follow the order exactly when a mechanism checks ingredient state, and keep optional achievement ingredients separate from the normal route.
Complete recipe and banquet reference
Preparing Breakfast
Aldous’s Porridge
Ingredients / pieces
- Small pot
- Milk
- Oats
- Matches
Method
- Place the pot on the stove.
- Add milk and oats.
- Light and heat the stove.
- Serve with bowl and spoon.
Pot → milk + oats → heat.
Serving Tea
Tea / Matcha Latte
Ingredients / pieces
- Hot water
- Tea leaves
- Sugar
- Milk
Method
- Pour hot water into the repaired cup.
- Add tea leaves, sugar, then milk.
- For the hidden route, process the leaves through Rustie and add the green ingredient.
Normal tea: hot water → leaves → sugar → milk.
Preparing Coffee
Coffee
Ingredients / pieces
- Coffee beans
- Grinder
- Coffee machine
Method
- Take the beans from the 315 lock.
- Grind the beans and brew them for William.
- For Aldous’s favorite version, roast the beans first.
Hidden route: roast → grind → brew → serve Aldous.
Assisting in Alchemy
Elixir of Life and Death
Ingredients / pieces
- Egg
- Strange-fruit juice
- Acid
- Oil
- Three drops of blood
Method
- Complete the recipe panel.
- Place the egg in the bottle.
- Extract blood from meat and juice from the fruit.
- Add juice, acid, oil, then three drops of blood.
Egg base; then juice → acid → oil → blood ×3.
Preparing Dinner
Lake-style Shrimp Soup
Ingredients / pieces
- Oil
- Onion rings
- Shrimp parts
- Tomato wedges
Method
- Cut the onion, tomato, and shrimp.
- Add oil, onion, shrimp, and tomato to the pan.
- Heat and season to taste.
Oil → onion → shrimp → tomato → heat.
Preparing Dinner
Potatoes and Cake
Ingredients / pieces
- Raw potatoes
- Cake piece
- Kitchen heat
Method
- Roast the potatoes separately from the soup.
- Complete the kitchen mechanism to collect the cake.
- Keep both ready for the banquet distribution.
Serving Dinner
Appetizer Distribution
Ingredients / pieces
- Two appetizers per guest
- Wine
Method
- Give everyone two appetizers.
- Aldous receives a vegetarian set.
- William receives no bread.
- Alexandra receives the crispy rabbit ear.
Two each; Aldous vegetarian, William no bread, Alexandra rabbit ear.
Serving Dinner
Main-course Distribution
Ingredients / pieces
- All main dishes
- Wine
Method
- Serve every dish.
- Keep Aldous vegetarian and avoid his allergy.
- Give William twice Aldous’s amount with maximum variety.
- Give Alexandra more meat than vegetables.
Alexandra—not Aldous—prefers more meat than vegetables.
Serving Dinner
Dessert Distribution
Ingredients / pieces
- All desserts
Method
- Serve every dessert.
- Aldous receives only cheese.
- Do not combine chocolate and cheese.
- William receives no yellow dessert and one piece more than Aldous.
Aldous: cheese only. William: no yellow, one more piece than Aldous.
Corrected main-course rule
The official main_note_5 text says Alexandra prefers more meat than vegetables. Aldous is the vegetarian guest and also has an allergy; William eats twice as much as his brother and should receive the widest variety.
Verification notes
This page summarizes gameplay instructions instead of reproducing the full in-game documents. The rule corrections preserve the official meaning of the localized text.