Coin and Cups · Version 1.6.3
How to Solve the Stone Coin Puzzle in Servant of the Lake
- Reading time
- 4 minutes
- Difficulty
- Short sequence
- Checked
- 2026-08-29
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Guide details
Before you begin
Order all five metal cups by stripe count, take the Coin from the far-left cup, and hand it to the carriage driver without mixing this task with Stone Tablets.
The five-cup arrangement, Coin reward, and carriage-driver handoff only. The later Stone Tablet collection and two-row symbol order belong to a separate guide.
- Status
- Cross-checked published route
- Edition
- Version 1.6.3
- Platform
- PC · Steam
- Checked
- 2026-08-29
- Check note
- The five cups, one-to-five stripe order, far-left Coin reward, and driver handoff agree across the saved GameSpew and IGN Day 1 route evidence.
Before you set out
Prerequisites#
- Have all five metal cups available before judging the order.
- Use the visible stripe count on each cup, not its pickup order.
- Keep the carriage driver as the destination for the Coin reward.
Visual reference
The five-cup order at a glance#
Route 02
Solve the five-cup order and use the Coin#
The puzzle reads the number of stripes, so pickup order and visual size do not decide a slot.
Confirm all five cups are present#
Count five metal cups before arranging them. An incomplete set cannot produce the final Coin state.
Build a one-to-five stripe row#
Place the cup with one stripe at the far left, then continue in increasing stripe count until the five-stripe cup sits at the far right.
Take the Coin from the left cup#
When the full row is correct, the far-left cup opens. Collect the Coin before leaving the puzzle.
Give the Coin to the carriage driver#
Return to the carriage driver and hand over the Coin to complete this object's route.
Fault ledger
If the far-left cup does not open#
- All cups are placed but nothing changes
- Recount the visible stripes from left to right. The required sequence is exactly one, two, three, four, and five.
- The Coin is collected but the route does not advance
- Take the Coin to the carriage driver; keeping it in inventory is not the final handoff.