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Day 1 · Morning / Front yard

Servant of the Lake cup puzzle walkthrough

Pay the coach, solve the tin-cup puzzle, and get inside the Vanderboom manor.

Last verified 3 Nov 2026Community reported
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Quick answer

Sort the five cups from the fewest painted rings to the most, take the coin, pay the driver, and use the iron rod to open the estate route.

ResultThe coin pays the driver and the iron rod opens the estate route.
In-game screenshot showing the horse during the arrival scene
Steam screenshotFeed the horse before you leave the front yard.Real game screenshot
Focused walkthrough

4 steps for this task

  1. 01Talk to the coach.He asks for payment. Inspect the carriage, take the tin cup, open the left window for the second cup, and pull the carrot from the flowerbed.
  2. 02Solve the cup puzzle.Open the right window and place all five cups from the fewest painted rings to the most. The reward is a coin.
  3. 03Check the optional horse achievement, then feed it.Optional achievementCommunity guides report repeatedly clicking near the horse's eye, but disagree whether this must happen before or after feeding. Needs verification: try the eye interaction before giving the carrot, and check for the achievement before leaving; the timing has not been replay-tested here. Give the carrot to the horse to continue.
  4. 04Pay and enter.Give the coin to the coach. Take the iron rod from where the carriage stood, pry up the suspicious floorboard by the flowerbed, and use the key on the manor door.
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Where this answer comes from

Reviewed 3 Nov 2026

What changed: Flagged conflicting horse-achievement timing reports for replay verification.

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