Choose the longest route
When the ant-path decision appears, select the route representing the longest travel distance.
COMMUNITY puzzle route
Servant of the Lake Porridge Puzzle
This kitchen task belongs to the early servant routine and blocks progress toward waking Aldous. The community guide separates the cooking chain from the ant/item chain so you can identify the actual blocker.
Location: kitchenRoute: COMMUNITYNo screenshot claim
Step solution
Complete the cooking chain in order
Community guides record the dependency as pot → milk and oats → heat → sugar. Steps may differ by version or localization.
- Place or ready the pot at the cooking position before combining loose ingredients.
- Add milk and oats to establish the porridge mixture.
- Heat the pot; do not treat the unheated mixture as the completed meal.
- Add sugar after heating to finish the sequence reported in the community guide plan.
- Recheck the room state for the serving item rather than repeating the ingredient sequence once the food changes state.
Item usage
Resolve the ant, berry, and spoon gates
Community guides also describe an ant puzzle based on the longest distance plus blueberry and spoon handling. Treat these as adjacent inventory gates, not extra porridge ingredients.
Keep the berry item separate
Use the blueberry chain where the scene requests it; do not add it to the cooking order unless the active state explicitly accepts it.
Finish with the serving tool
After the porridge state is complete, use the spoon as the serving/handoff item rather than continuing to manipulate the pot.
Sources and claim support
- NeoSeeker Day 1 guide — third-party Day 1 coverage supports the COMMUNITY cooking order and adjacent item route; Lake Ledger could not reproduce the steps hands-on.
- Independent walkthrough hub — supports porridge as an early dependency in the Demo/morning route.
- Official Google Play listing — supports that household duties and surreal puzzles are the official loop; it does not support this solution.
The puzzle source, route steps, and official task context were reviewed on August 14, 2026.
Evidence boundary
Community steps, not official instructions
The cooking and item sequence comes from third-party coverage summarized at review time. It is labeled COMMUNITY, has no owned screenshot evidence, and may be version-sensitive. If the described state is absent, stop and use the linked full guide for your build.