Rusty Lake Paradise

Rusty Lake Paradise

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Achievements guide
By Felixinius and 1 collaborators
They really went to town with this one! A whooping 50 total achievements!

This work in progress status might stay here for a little while...

I'll be working on this guide as i manage to unlock stuff inside the game. Needless to say this guide will be spoiler heavy, so be aware before reading.

Please comment any differences and discoveries you might have found that are not in this guide yet. Also feel free to correct my grammar.
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Introduction
No, seriously, 50 achievements holy crap!

As usual, i like to make guides for the Rusty Lake series. Since the game just got released, all i can think of is an achievements guide.

I hope most of these can at least be missable, if they are all story related then my guide serves no other purpose than being purely for "flavor".

I'll probably end up switching the order of the achievements around but at least for now i'll keep them under sections accordingly with their descriptions.

The achievements all seem to belong to a section of the game, being 10 of them, each one with 5 achievements and one of them always being a "symbol". I ordered the sections around putting the symbol order in consideration.

Like i said in the intro, feel free to contact me on giving me a hand on this. Even the smallest tip, yet relevant, will be credited in case they are added.
OH WOE IS ME I MISSED SOMETHING
Don't rush on a rage rampage and delete your saves just yet.

Unlike Roots, Paradise allows you to RESET A SINGLE CHAPTER ONLY anytime.

Anytime in-game, press the cog icon on the top right of the screen and you'll be thrown into the options menu. Click on "The Plagues" button and you'll get a screen where you can reset any chapter.

   
1st Plague: Water Turns into Blood


Pretty straightforward, can't be missed. Triggers as soon as you figure out the first puzzle and opens the door to Rusty Lake Paradise.




 




Kinda Missable if you're not the curious type to touch everything

Keep walking through the woods until you find this house, get in and click on the family photo.

   

Now you have to click on "yourself" to get the achievement.





 




Missable

After you unlock the door to Paradise and see a grandma sitting near a goat, approach the goat and try to use your Machete on it.




 




Missable

After you get out of the woods, you'll see a small building besides the lake, enter it and then click on the cauldron to zoom in.

   

Now click on the cauldron boiling liquid a bunch of times to get the achievement.





 




Kinda missable, but only if you're not paying attention

To progress the story you need to open this coffin (i avoid telling whose is because spoilers) and the symbol is right there, to the side of the black cube. Just click on it!





 

2nd Plague: Frogs


Right after the Second plague stars, don't go inside the paradise gate yet. there's now a frog on the pond outside. Click on it, finish its puzzle (it's quite simple if you think before moving, really) and this achievement is yours. Not missable because you need that frog to advance the story.

   



 




Story related, can't be missed. After you give the frog soup to your uncle, give him back the empty bowl, he will hurl everything into it, zoom in the bowl and you'll find the key.





 




VERY Missable. Once you give the flute to your sister, this achievement chance is gone!

 When you get the Flute, DON'T give it to your sister yet. Try giving it to David, outside, and you'll get this achievement.



(Thanks Dasdruid for telling me about this one! and for providing me a screenshot)



 




Missable

Right after you find your sister, solve the frog eggs puzzle in a bowl near her then click on the water many times until you get the achievement.


 


 




Missable

After you finish doing the flute puzzle with your sister, click on her face a few times until you zoom in her eye. The second symbol is there.



(Thanks Dasdruid for telling me about this one and thanks Depressed Pony for providing me the screenshot)



 

3rd Plague: Lice & Gnats


Story related: After you find the axe, go to the middle of the woods where the man-eating plant is, you'll see a tree with a red "X" on it. Zoom in, use the axe to bring it down and a path will open and you'll find a clearing with Jakob on a table telling his blood sugar is low.



You'll need to give him: The honey from the hombcomb somewhere in the forest (there's a puzzle in order to get the honey off of it) The berries in the plant on the right and there's also another tree with X on it, but smaller, zoom in and use your axe on it to recieve a jug of sap.

When you add all these three ingredients on his table, he'll attract so many flies he'll get swarmed and become... a disgusting huge larva. That spits.

   



 




After you find the scissors, go back to the house inside the woods and give it to your sister so she can cut your uncle's hair. Because giving sharp tools to blind people is an amazing idea. Keep clicking on your uncle's hair until she eventually cuts off his ear. CLICK ON THE EAR to get the achievement. Also story related because you need the ear to solve another puzzle.





 




Missable

Remember the clearing you need to go to deliver the sweets to Jacob? Go in there again and keep clicking IN AND OUT of the BIRCH (white) tree on the left until a cocoon appears (it can appear only after you get a birch sap)! Click on the cocoon to get the achievement.



(Thanks Elleander for giving me a headstart tip on this one!)



 




VERY Missable. You need the ORANGE flowers on the inventory. Don't put them on the vases yet!

Elleander confirmed that only ORANGE flowers work. Guess Harvey is picky!

After you turn Jakob in a huge disgusting larva, get the seed he spits and plant it on the glass dome inside the house where your sister and uncle are. You'll get some orange flowers.

Now go inside the house where you usually put the black cube on, and there will be a plate by the windowsill this time. Put the orange flowers in there, BACK OUT, and come back to find Harvey in there. Click on him to get the achievment and then get the orange flowers back.



(Thanks Elleander for giving me a headstart tip on this one!)



 




After you find the axe, go outside where grandma is, and click on the small log on the right.



Now use the axe and click on it A LOT OF TIMES (about 5 ~ 10 times) and it will eventually crack and give you the third symbol.





 

4th Plague: Flies


Story related, can't be missed. Go back to that clearing where you watched David become a horrid larva. He'll be a cocoon now. Zoom in, crack it open and a hybrid Fly-David will emerge, click on him for the achievement.





 




Story related, can't be missed. Just solve the puzzle on the window in the same room where your father is in, watch the cutscene and get the achievement.





 




Missable

Go to the usual place for the black cube recipient and just click the right window a few times until the ghost appears and you get the achievement.

(Thanks L.C.L. and Depressed Pony for the precise info on this one.)





 




Missable

After the events that will kill the bunny in the woods happen, back out and zoom in the bunny again, but instead, click on the HOLE. This achievement is probably a reference to Rusty Lake Hotel, where Mr. Rabbit was a magician.



(Thanks L.C.L. for a tip on this one)



 




Missable

After you get the Diamond and go inside a small alcove with your Father in there, there's a book by the table, click it.

    

Pass through all the pages and on the back of it, there's a faint tear on the cover rip it off for the 4th symbol.

    



 

5th Plague: Diseased Livestock


Missable.
 
Right before entering the island again, there's a cow out there. Click on the cow's head 3 times.



Thank you Sophia Louise for the screenshot.



 




VERY Missable.

Follow the recipe to create a perfect Rusty Lake Burger.
Recipe: lettuce - burger - cheese - crispy bacon - ketchup - cucumber slices.

    



 




Missable.

Meet a wild boar 2 times into the woods:

1st location, in the shadows. (Doesn't always appears. Come back if he's not there.):


2nd location (Seems to always be there after you find him in the 1st location):




 




VERY Missable.

Seems to trigger when you give Nicholas a piece of cheese RIGHT AFTER the removal of bandages.

Note: you can't get the second piece of cheese, so give the cheese to Nicolas before adding it to the burger. Otherwise you'll have to restart the level.



(Thanks K4MY for the info!)



 




VERY Missable. You can't get it after you take the black cube.

Look for the symbol while in the flashback.



Fun fact: "Fifth" sounds a little like "Filth". And you find the symbol inside a pile of poop. I wonder if it's a dev joke?



 

6th Plague: Boils


VERY Missable

On the start of the level go to the gate and open the top left window





 




Story related, can't be missed. Complete the operation on the open heart, replacing the heart with a clockwork





 




Missable.

Give the bottle with blood to your grandma on this chapter and she will nosebleed. Click on it and the achievement is yours.





 




Missable.

Touch the nipple a few times.

   



 




Missable.

There is a pile of leaves to the right of the plague doctor.



   



 

7th Plague: Hail


 Story related, can't be missed. Create 2 delicious ice creams.





 




Story related, can't be missed. Decorate the snowman ... and find your granny in it.





 




Missable

Break the ice in the altar whith a hammer.

   



 




Missable

Complete the ice minigame and click on the ice.





 




VERY Missable

You can get it at the end of the level.

   



 

8th Plague: Locusts


Story related, can't be missed. Complete a small minigame to the left of the gate (characters describe one of them, you shloud click on the right one; correct order: middle - right - left - right - middle - right - middle - left - right - left - middle - left). Than go to the right and open the box.



Take the axe and use it on the boards. The achievement should trigger by then.





 




Story related, can't be missed. Complete the locusts minigame and click on the egg a few times.

   



 




Missable
 
To get this achievement you have to meet her 6 times in a specific order.
1st location:


2nd location:


3rd location:


4th location:


5th location:


6th location:




 




Missable

For this achievement you have to find and click on the butterfly 4 times in a specific order.
1st location:


2nd location


3rd location:


4th location:




 




Missable

After killing the goat and delivering eyes to your sister look into the left eye. There will be three white circles. Click on the each of them and wait for the symbol to appear.

   



 

9th Plague: Darkness


Story related, can't be missed. Complete all minigames in the grotto and open the box on the beach. But maybe there is something else in the box.
 




 




Story related, can't be missed. Force the Moon to Bleed! ...by completing another minigame.

   





 




V.E.R.Y. M.I.S.S.A.B.L.E.
 
After you have completed all the minigames and arrived on the beach, you have only a few seconds to click on the flying owl.





 




VERY Missable

Do you remember that small box with mother's bones. Clock on it 4 more times and you'll get the Egg.



Use it on the bonfire before using the ground bones.
 




 




Missable

Go to the zodiac clock in the grotto and use the combination from the image below.



Explanation:




 

10th Plague: Death of the Firstborn


Story related, can't be missed. Go to the end of the grotto and talk to your father.
 




 




Story related, can't be missed. Try to cook a scrambled egg.

   



 




VERY Missable.

After you got the black cube, inspect the statue again. Use a brush on marks.



Arrange the number of heads in relation to symbols that appeared in them.
 


And take the Owl mask.



Video:




 




VERY Missable.

Give her the Owl mask.


 


 




Missable.

Symbol is on the brother's arm under the sleeve. You should hit it with the bow (raise the bow 2 times) and than tear a part of the sleeve. Do it one more time to find the 10th symbol.

   

Conclusion
Not much to say here yet. But basically, thanks Rusty Lake team for another amazing game!
82 Comments
Felixinius  [author] 14 May, 2023 @ 2:50pm 
@efeX I aim for that in all my guides, although I can't always reach it. Even the ones I'm being ironic I try to add some level of "production".

Thank you for your words and have a nice sunday
kam1 14 May, 2023 @ 9:20am 
someone actually making a very good guide on steam is impressive
Aziz 29 Jul, 2022 @ 5:25am 
Thanks for the guide. :heart_eyes_yeti:
Eterna 11 Aug, 2021 @ 1:54pm 
This is a great guide, it is well explained many thanks. Awarded this was very helpful.
Issyzz 8 Jun, 2021 @ 9:18pm 
Thx bro!!!
Victorio 9 May, 2021 @ 2:05pm 
Great guide! Thank you!
eewdoggiepoo 30 Apr, 2021 @ 1:22am 
In the 10th plague, during the drum mini-game with your father, click the arm of the side that has the most bones shaking; if equal, click his middle. Eventually the pointy bone will fall.
eewdoggiepoo 30 Apr, 2021 @ 12:18am 
8th plague, in order to get the axe, the song is in the order as described, however, you have to click on the guy in the middle at the very end of it to "unlock" the puzzle. Had to watch a video walkthrough to figure out why I wasn't getting it. If you don't get the song right, it doesn't matter what you do to the puzzle box, it will never open.
toweltweety 19 Feb, 2021 @ 11:47am 
Thank you. Great tutorial
Felixinius  [author] 2 Feb, 2021 @ 2:05pm 
@Sophia that will be better than what i have at the moment so yes i accept. Upload the image to steam screenshots or artwork. I've added you so we can talk if you need to.