Rusty Lake: Roots Walkthrough and Achievements Guide

This guide will be showing you the steps on how to get all achievements in Rusty Lake: Roots. Please note that this guide may contain spoilers of the game. Lees verder op eigen risico.

The Tree

Read the letter in the mans hand, use code on suitcase 572

Pick up the seed and bone

Give the dog the bone and plant the seed

Plant a Tree – Story achievement

Pick up the watering can and fill it up in well

Water our plant

Click on the man

The House

Get a twig from the tree

Get worm and diamond from plant pots

Move the stool under James, give him the twig

Poke down the nest

Crack the egg open and feed it the worm

Pick up the diamond

Crack open the window for another diamond

Place all the diamonds in the door

The Uncle

Peel the picture for a key

Get matches and hatchet from draws

Use hatchet to break the wood

Light it up in the fireplace for a key

Use it to open the window, we got a pattern to memorise

Use that pattern to open the cupboard 1-3 3-2 5-1 6-3

Open the watch and change the grandfather clock 8:24

Break it open with the hatchet

Keep clicking his nipple and enter

The Nipple – Story achievement

Finding Love

Click on the portrait

Take the rose

Get a feather from the crow

Get hanky from James

Give the lady the rose and click on her

Collect the blood with the hanky

Give James the blood and feather for a note

Give her the letter for a worm

Feed the crow for a key

Take the ring and give to the lady

Childbirth

Click on the new picture
Get tap from cot
Get scissors, mortar and spoon from draws
There are notes there for a future puzzle. The colours match what we need to feed them
Cut the plant
Mash it in the pestle and collect on spoon – feed to Mary
Lift up her skirt and cut the cord of 3 babies and placenta

Triplets
Story achievement

Feed the dog and get the key
Open the cupboard for 3 flessen
Gebruik 1 on Mary
Gebruik 1 on window
Gebruik 1 with keg
Using the picture hints feed the babies Left Milk Middle Water Right Wine

The Staircase

Enter the old picture
There are a few clues hidden around for our next puzzle- Tafel, James , Picture
1st row – triangle, cirkel, triangle. 2nd row – cirkel, moon, moon. 3rd row – triangle, moon, triangle Get the telescope
Use the telescope to look out the window for our next clue
Rearrange the top book case so the lines match up
Rearrange the middle book case in the order you saw the guests Rabbit, Pigeon, Boar, Crow, Hert, Pheasant
Rearrange the bottom bookcase so the symbols match, start with square
Enter the new room

The Elixir

The picture above will give us our hint
Weight the vials to find the right ones ~xxo get the elixir

The Elixir
Story achievement

Give the drink to the dog and James
Examine the glass

The Wake

Enter the new picture
Open the casket
Examine his hands and move the rings about for eye
Change the cabinet to a bird and deer for 2 munten
Place the coins in James eyes for another eye
Go fix up the statue

Place the eyes in the statue and get the knife
Cut out the tongue and place in jar

Child’s Play

Get marbles and pot cover from plant pot
Get twig and honey from tree
Take the girls ribbon
Give twig, ribbon and marbles to the boy on the left
Use him to knock the butterfly
Place honey in girls jar
Click butterfly to trap it with cover
Click the boy until he falls down
Use the other boy to knock the beehive down
Click the beehive boy and talk to mr crow

Fertility

Enter the left portrait
We need to recreate the flowers from above, using the bee to pollinate the white flower 1st flower – Rood, yellow, rood, leaves. 2nd flower – rood, blauw, rood, spikes. 3rd flower – blauw, rood, blauw, curl, leaves. 4th flower – blauw, yellow, blauw, flat leaves. If you make a mistake there’s a garden weasel by the tree to dig it up
Place all the flowers in the empty plant pot. Click it then the girl

Masks

Enter the right portrait
Pick up the blue mask and place on the man
Pick up the watering can
Open the window and fill can with water
Use it in the funnel for a key
Open the top cupboard for a white mask – place on man
Take an icicle and use it on pipe for another key
Open the bottom cupboard for a telescope
Use telescope to look out window towards the church
Swap to the blue mask
Use telescope to look out window and towards the right rock
Use these codes on the cupboard next to us Triangle right, round end up, U right side up, triangle left
Pick up the moon mask and place on man

The Moon Mask
Story achievement

Use telescope to look out window and towards the black gap for a code
Use the code in the box on the left 5231
Pick up the butterfly and place in front of man
Stab the butterfly

The Clock

Enter the final portrait

Pick up saw, oil and gear

Pick up the gear behind the poster

Give the man the saw and cut up all the pieces of wood, gluing them together

Don’t forget to pick up the gear

There’s another gear on the window

With all the pieces cut fix the clock

Change the time to the poster clue 3:30

Get the pipe from the lady – give to man

Get matches from his pocket to light it up

The Fortune Teller

Enter the new portrait

Er zijn 3 voodoo dolls on the table and another one in the tree. These are clues for our next puzzle

Enter the tent and put the cards in the right order Top row: Ster, death, devil Bottom row: hermit, hanged man, empress

Get the key

Open up the cupboard for a crystal ball

Give the ball to the lady, you will get your next clues Top row: empress, duivel, death. Bottom row: hanged man, hermit

Look in the ball again, click the lady to finish

The Swing

Enter Emma’s path

Take the knife and key

Cut out the pumpkin mask and place on Albert

Open the cupboard for teddy head and arm

Fix up the bear and gift to kid

Pull the swing all the way back and let go

Pick up the bear and give back to kid

Keep clicking Albert

The Search

Continue along Emma’s branch

Get ink and paper from shrine

Get paper from puzzle above

Get paper from picture

On the table piece it together

Use the telescope to get coordinates

Count them up for the puzzle box 126

Get the stamp and head to the other table

Use the ink and stamp to get letter

Use the telescope to look at hotel

Give letter to Harvey

The Wedding Photo

Enter the Ida and Samuel branch

Pick up the veil, cap and hat

We got two puzzles to solve. Top row count the sides. Bottom row count the points

Collect the top hat and mask

Open the cupboard by swapping to a cube, get the final hat

Place all the hats on the correct people veil – ida. top hat – samuel. mask – albert. cap – kid. hat with ribbon – mary. black hat – emma

Take the wedding photo

The Painting

Go back to Emma’s branch

Grab the key by the plant pots

Get shell and turmeric from other plant pot

Open the cupboard, pick up brush and bottle

Use bottle to get oil from tree and cherry

Grind up all the items in the pestle to get 3 colours

Use these paints on the painting. Using the flowers below paint the picture Tree – Orange People – black House – white Ground – yellow Circle – rood

Go to the tree and click Emma

The Lying Game

Enter Albert’s branch

Look on the table for the games rules

Each character holds 3 kaarten, some are lies some are truths. You need to work out what everyone is

Check the wedding photo for a card

Check the gold portrait for a key

The other table gives a clue

Open the window for a card

Open the safe with the 2 correct people 3794 and get the final card

Now give each card to who you believe they are Albert – Devil Mary – Chariot Ida – Empress Samuel – Priesteres

If done correctly look out the window

Get the mask and use on Albert

The Family Band

Enter Ida and Samuel branch

Get paper from Albert and kid

Get paper from table

Piece them together above

Make everyone play AEAE CBCB TLTL EGEG

Take Mary’s teeth and put in jar

Voodoo

Enter Alberts branch

Take Samuel’s pipe

Light up the candle and pick it up

Use the candle on the left voodoo doll – lift up left arm

Get the key from the broken lantern

Open up the right box for a needle

The other box will show us some combinations to make

Use the needle in the right voodoo doll. Take not of all 3 expressions

Using this info open up the box Open eyes, closed mouth. Closed eyes, open mouth. Closed eyes and mouth

Pick up the scissors

Use the scissors to collect both buttons from dolls

Now apparently the next achievement might be buggy so collect Samuel’s eye first

The Eye
Story achievement

Place both eyes in the jars

The Brood

Continue on this branch

Get the potato and egg from small table

Zoom into the grate and give the man the potato – get flints

Get the pot on the chemistry table

Give Albert the pot

We need to put the semen and egg into the big jar

Use the flint to light the candle

Turn the tap to put water into the jar

The War Hero

Enter the middle portrait

The papers will explain both puzzles

Start with the birds, you need to swap them 3 times 1st set – Rood: Top left Blue: Bottom right White: Top right Green: Bottom left. 2nd set – Rood: Top right Blue: Top left White: Bottom middle Green: Bottom right. 3rd set – Rood: Top middle Blue: Top left White: Bottom left Green: Bottom middle

Pick up all the bike parts

We now need to fix up the bike

Click on the bike and man to finish

The Trenches

Continue with Leonard

Get the cup and table leg

Get key from Leonards pocket

Get scissors and pinchers from draw

Cut off his head bandages

Cut off his sleeve and get the bullet

Cut his trousers and cover all the blood

Make him a peg leg out of the table leg and cup

Enter his mind. We will be repeating this alot, keep pulling the pin and putting the pieces together. When you get the key open the chest inside his mind

Get the gas mask and put on Leonard. The next explosion will give us a code

Enter this code on the far right box upside down triangle, crossed out circle, crossed out Y

Pick up the foot and put in jar

Communication

Enter the right portrait

We will be using the ouiji board, pretending to be William Vanderboom.

Talk to the kid and replying to her answers for a key

Open the gold closet with this key

Get the key and click the mirror

Open the chest for our next 2 woorden

Talk to rose again until you can leave