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Scissors

**Scissors** are recurring items in the Rusty Lake series, with several different pairs appearing over four games. Similarly to knives, they are often used for cutting various other items.

## Cube Escape: Case 23

In the third chapter of the game, the player is inside the Chapel. There is a slot where the heart can be placed. Once is is put in, the compartment opens to reveal the scissors. They are used to cut the thread stitching the old boatman's mouth shut so that he can row Dale across Rusty Lake to the Cabin.

## Rusty Lake: Roots

In 1867, Mary Vanderboom is ready to give birth to her triplets. The scissors can be found in a nearby drawer. It is first used to cut a plant to make a birth potion, then to cut the umbilical cords of the babies as they are born.
In 1904, Albert is performing a ritual. He uses two voodoo dolls to control his brother Samuel and his wife Ida. After matching Ida's positions and facial expressions to the code on a small box, the player unlocks the box and retrieves the scissors. They are used to cut a button eye off each doll, which removes an eye each from Samuel and Ida.

In 1918, Leonard returns injured from fighting in the trenches in WWI. The scissors are found in a drawer. They are used to cut away the bandages on his face. In 1927, Frank is inside his house's bathroom. After the room is warm enough, and Frank has a hot bath, he gives the player a key, which is used to unlock a drawer. The scissors found inside are used to cut Frank's hair, which becomes the ninth sacrifice.

## Rusty Lake Paradise

The scissors are found in the temple during the Third Plague. They are given to Elizabeth to cut Gerard's hair, which has become infested with lice. Cutting his hair short reveals the location of a locked box buried on the Island, containing a flower bulb. When Elizabeth continues to cut his hair, she accidentally cuts Gerard's ear off. His ear can then be fed to a Venus Flytrap.

## Cube Escape: Paradox

The scissors are found in one of the drawers in the Paradox Room. It is used on paper after typing certain words on the typewriter, cutting the paper in half to reveal clues for other typewriter words, television channels, or telephone numbers.

Opening up the globe, the player finds three bottles inside. The middle bottle has a caterpillar inside, which can be fed with a twig that is cut from a tree using the scissors. After eating the twig the caterpillar goes into a cocoon, and comes out as a black moth. The moth leads to a lounge chair, where there is a stitched tear surrounded by small maggots. Cutting away the stitches with the scissors allows the player to take some string needed to get a glass eye from a bottle.

## Gallery

The Scissors in Rusty Lake: Roots.The Scissors in Rusty Lake: Roots.The Scissors in Rusty Lake: Roots.The Scissors in Rusty Lake Paradise.The Scissors in Cube Escape: Paradox.
Boar Shit

**Boar Shit** is an ingredient used to make a sandwich, which is given to Mr. Boar.

## Rusty Lake Hotel

In Mr. Boar's room, he demands the player make him a sandwich. His feces is taken from the toilet and used in the sandwich, which he promptly eats. The tainted sandwich upsets his stomach and causes him to go to the bathroom, where he leaves more feces in the toilet which can be taken and used in another sandwich.

## Gallery

The Boar Shit sandwich in Rusty Lake Hotel.
Grunkfuss The Clown

Grunkfuss The Clown to odpowiednik Marionetki w ONaF. Podobno miał nie występować w One Week At Flumpty's.

 Płeć
 Pierwsze pojawienie się w One Night At Flumpty's
 Lokacja startowa
 Kolor
 Kolor oczu

## Wygląd

Grunkfuss The Clown jest klaunem z pustymi oczami. Ma on podwójną, krwawą szczękę (The Bite of 87 confirmed?) oraz czerwoną perukę. Jest łysy.

## Zachowanie

Grunkfuss pojawia się w dziurze, w przedniej ścianie biura. Prawdopodobnie zjawia się tam z CAM 5. Nie widać go tam, ale możliwe N cieniu. Aby się przed nim obronić pamiętajcie by NIE NADUŻYWAĆ KAMER! Ich używanie powoduje, że Grunkfuss zacznie się zbliżać. Oszczędzanie kamery opóźni jego atak.

W ONaF2, znajduje się na CAM 2. Po jakimś czasie uruchamia mu się ,,cierpliwość" lecąca bardzo szybko. Jeśli cierpliwość spadnie do zera, Grunkfuss zaatakuje. Możliwością obrony jest sprawdzanie CAM 2, i zgaszenie światła w odpowiednim momencie.

## Ciekawostki

* Reakcja Elevena: ,,Co to kur\*a jest!?"
* W ONaF2 nie wiadomo skąd się pojawia. Mógłby wejść wentylacją, gdyby nie to że dziura jest po przeciwnej stronie.
The Thief

**The Thief** is a minor character who appears in Underground Blossom.

## Underground Blossom

The Thief appears in the fourth section of The Underground, Bird Bridge Station. Initially he is leaning against the wall of the food kiosk, and asks for a cigarette, followed by a light. After lighting his cigarette he asks if the player has the time, at which point he will take the Gold Timepiece, hacksaw from the inventory, and disappear.

He appears again in the fifth section, Sorrow Cross. He is behind a locked gate, presumably having been arrested, but offers to sell the stolen objects back if the money is placed under the station bench. When this is done he will return the hacksaw, but claim he likes the Timepiece too much.

His final appearance is in the sixth section, Soul Street, after being apprehended again. After being tortured in various ways he will reveal where he has hidden the Timepiece.

## Trivia

* As part of a running gag in the series, repeatedly pulling on his nipple earns the player an achievement.
* The speaker system in Bird Bridge Station warns the player to be cautious of pickpockets in the area. As the speaker only becomes operative after the thief has left, this warning comes too late.
Rusty Lake Burger

**The Rusty Lake Burger** is a special form of hamburger that is apparently a special dish of the Eilander Family.

## Rusty Lake Paradise

During the Fifth Plague of Paradise Island, Gerard demands a burger to eat, provided by Jakob. Some of the ingredients are prepared by Gerard's mother, Margaret, who also complains of Gerard being always hungry. However, due to the current plague, Diseased Livestock, the burger is tainted and Gerard becomes sick.

## Ingredients

The burger's ingredients can be arranged in any order, but one arrangement is noted on the recipe page. From bottom to top the ingredients are:

1. **Lettuce** - Picked from a pot outside Paradise.
2. **Burger** - Cut from a diseased cow as raw beef, cut by Margaret, and cooked in a pan form a patty.
3. **Cheese** - Taken from a diseased cow as raw milk, processed into cheese in a vat.
4. **Crispy Bacon** - Cut from a diseased goat as raw goat bacon, cut by Margaret, and cooked in a pan to crispen.
5. **Ketchup** - Obtained in the family vegetable farm as a whole tomato, pureed by Margaret.
6. **Cucumber Slices** - Obtained in the family vegetable farm as a whole cucumber, sliced by Margaret.

A bread bun is also included above and below the other ingredients, but is provided by the game.

## Trivia

* Putting the ingredients down in the correct order, from bottom to top, earns the player an achievement.
* Nicholas will react if given the cheese first, referring to it as Dutch Gouda. This also earns the player an achievement.
* While the concept of meat between bread was known before 1796, it was commonly known as a 'Hamburgh Sausage'. The word 'Burger' as a contraction of 'Hamburger' wasn't coined until the 1900's.
Flumpty Bumpty

Flumpty Bumpty to główny antagonista serii One Night At Flumpty's. Jest on jajkiem.

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 Pierwsze pojawienie się w ONaF
 Lokacja startowa
 Kolor
 Kolor oczu

## Wygląd

Flumpty Bumpty jest jajkiem z oczami i paszczą. Ma on (co zdziwiło wielu) 5 palców. Jego oczy podczas jumpscare'u przekrwawiają się, a sam Flumptu wysuwa swoje wampirze kły, przez co wielu myślało że Flumpty jest wampirzym jajkiem.

## Zachowanie

W ramach easter eggu, Flumpty pojawia się od razu po usłyszeniu przez nas jego wiadomości telefonicznej. Potem znika, i może pojawić się w losowym pokoju.

## Ciekawostki

* Pojawia się w drzwiach od razu po usłyszeniu przez nas rozmowy telefonicznej.
* W ONaF2 zauważamy że coś się wykluło z Flumptyego.
* W OWaF miał się pojawić dopiero w nocy 5.
Memory Extractor

**The Memory Extractor** is a machine used to extract memories from dead bodies and make them into cubes. It is powered by the Mill.

## Cube Escape: The Mill

It is operated to extract the memories of Laura. As she is hung upside down, her head inserted into the top of the machine.

The machine scans the her brain, forming her good memories into a white cube. When the cube is put into the Lake, it reveals a code that can be input into the machine. This allows the player to form her bad memories into a black cube, but this corrupts her body and her Soul escapes from the machine.

## Trivia

* The positive memories shown are of:
	+ The Cactus
	+ The Candle
	+ The Cassette
	+ The Clock
	+ The Gem
	+ The Photo
	+ The Phone
	+ The Shrimp
* The negative memories shown are of:
	+ The Axe
	+ The Corrupted Soul
	+ The Eye
	+ The Fish
	+ The Hand
	+ The Knife
	+ The Prozac
	+ The Woman's murder

* Before merging into a cube, the stack of memories will show the top three layers of images (the rest would be too faint to see), respectively being the memories from the third, second, and first row of the last column.
* A device appearing in Rusty Lake Hotel, in the room of Mrs. Pigeon is also meant to be a memory extractor. Notes on the wall show the process of electricity passing through the brain and cubes being created. The fact of it never producing an actual cube could mean that it was just a prototype.

## Gallery

A white cube being created.A black cube being created.The process of memory extraction.
Elizabeth Eilander

**Elizabeth Eilander** is a member of the Eilander family. She is the middle child and only daughter of Caroline and Nicholas. She is completely blind in both eyes, reliant on other senses to navigate.

## Rusty Lake Paradise

Elizabeth lives on the island of Paradise with the rest of her family taking part in the water burial of her mother before Jakob is called back to the island. She welcomes his return in 1796, saying it is nice to feel his presence there again.

She is sometimes helpful in curing the plagues; during the Second Plague she plays a small croaking flute to pacify a frog sitting on her head, helping Jakob to capture it. and she helps her uncle Gerard rid himself of lice by cutting his hair, though, due to her blindness, she also severs his right ear. During the Fourth Plague however, she simply hides in a box, claiming that fear did not make her blind.

When the lake freezes during the Seventh Plague, she will skate around on the surface, cracking it in places. When the island is covered by fog in the Eighth Plague, she will allow the player to see through the eyes carved on trees, using the eyes of the Goat.

When the Ninth Plague appears, she joins her family at their bonfire, making impressions; namely a set of scales and an owl. When the final plague begins she will join the rest of her family in the ritual, allowing Jakob to paint her face and eventually sacrificing him in the wicker owl, while wearing the mask of a pheasant.

## Trivia

* She is voiced by Bob Rafferty.
* She was most likely reborn as Ms. Pheasant.

## Gallery

Elizabeth playing the frog flute in Rusty Lake Paradise.Elizabeth in Rusty Lake Paradise.Elizabeth skating in Rusty Lake Paradise.Elizabeth with the goat eyes in Rusty Lake Paradise.Elizabeth in Rusty Lake Paradise.Elizabeth in her pheasant mask in Rusty Lake Paradise.
Rusty Lake Wikia

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The Rusty Lake Series is a mystery point-and-click escape-the-room series available in IOS, Android, Steam and the web, made by an indie-game studio of the same name. Currently, there are 17 games released within the Rusty Lake Universe.

Welcome to Rusty Lake:

Where dark creatures live under the tranquil water surface.
Where you can hear voices in the trees.
Where ancient artifacts are waiting to be found.
Where the paintings come alive.
Where nothing is forgotten.
Where the birds lay black eggs.

## Official Links

* YouTube
* Facebook
* Twitter
* Instagram
* App Store
* Google Play
* Discord
* Steam
* Itch.io
* Kongregate
* Newgrounds
* Official website
* Cube Escape website
* Blog

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Voodoo Dolls

**Voodoo Dolls** are items that appeared in Rusty Lake: Roots.

## Rusty Lake Roots

Voodoo dolls first appear in 1889, apparently part of the fortune teller Ida's decoration as she sets up her tent by the Vanderboom family house. There are five in total, with each of them representing a different tarot card. The player must match the symbols on each doll with a space on her table. In this level, they show no magical properties.

Voodoo dolls also appear in 1904, in the possession of Albert. They are used for a much more sinister purpose. Using two in the shape of his brother, Samuel, and his wife Ida, Albert manipulates the pair's actions. He burns Samuel's doll's hands and head, and stabs a pin into the heart of Ida's doll, leading to their eventual death and the extraction of one of each of their eyes, to be used as sacrifices. The same dolls are then seen nailed to the wall of the house, in the company of the newly orphaned Leonard.

## Trivia

* Despite being referred to, both in game and commonly in real life, as Voodoo dolls, they have very little prominence in the Voodoo religion, being much more common in European folk magic, where they are known as poppets.

## Gallery

Albert Vanderboom holding voodoo dolls in Rusty Lake: Roots.The Empress, Devil and Death dolls in Rusty Lake: Roots.The Hanged Man doll in Rusty Lake: Roots.The Hermit doll in Rusty Lake: Roots.
David Eilander

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**David Eilander** is a member of the Eilander family. He is the youngest child of Caroline and Nicholas.

## Rusty Lake Paradise

David is the first person to welcome Jakob, his older brother, back to the island of Paradise in 1796. He is fishing for shrimp by the edge of the island, despite the bloody condition of the water. He is not at all helpful with Jakob's attempts to fix the island's curses; he prevents him from retrieving a frog during the Second Plague, and during the Third Plague he complains about having low blood sugar, making Jakob bring him a meal of sugary foods. This causes him to become swarmed by gnats, transforming him into a giant larva.

He himself becomes the Fourth Plague, emerging from his pupa as a human/fly hybrid, flying around the island as the rest of the family hide in fear. He attacks and drinks the blood of several small animals with his proboscis before finally using it on his father, stabbing him through the head.

At some point between this and the Seventh Plague, David falls beneath the water of Rusty Lake and freezes in a block of ice, though no longer as a hybrid. He returns to the family as normal, playing music with his father and uncle while the island is shrouded in fog for the Eighth Plague.

When the family gathers around a bonfire at the Ninth Plague, David joins in making animals impressions, performing a fish and a bird. He later gathers at the wicker owl when Jakob is sacrificed for the final plague, wearing the mask of a rabbit.

## Cube Escape: Paradox

While Dale is in the Paradox Room in 1972, he enters his past mind and is taken back to his childhood birthday where his parents ask him to call the magician, D. Eilander. Calling the number, Mr. Eilander mentions that he has already arrived and is standing outside the front door. He is seen through the keyhole wearing a white rabbit mask, lunging closer when he sees Dale looking back at him. He makes it into the house, and hides himself around the room until he finally hides in the birthday present. When the present is opened, he pops out and shoots Dale's parents by using his hands as guns before disappearing.

## Trivia

* He is voiced by Bob Rafferty.
* He was most likely reborn as Mr. Rabbit.
* He was born sometime around 1781, and is about 15 years old in Rusty Lake Paradise.
List of Games

## Cube Escape Series

The Cube Escape series was Rusty Lake's first series of games, introducing the Rusty Lake world. Heavily inspired by the TV series *Twin Peaks*, the series does not have a truly linear order, but mostly follows homicide detective Dale Vandermeer as he investigates the death of a woman and finds himself drawn into the mysterious world of Rusty Lake.

* On some platforms, Cube Escape: The Lake was released after Cube Escape: Seasons; however, its initial release was two days earlier.

## Premium Games

Most games in the Rusty Lake series are free to play, but some require a small fee. These games are typically longer, and delve deeper into the story of Rusty Lake.

* Rusty Lake Hotel is the first premium Rusty Lake game, released between Cube Escape: The Mill and Cube Escape: Birthday. Set in the Hotel of the same name, the player must welcome five guests and help gather ingredients to prepare five dinners, making sure every one is worth dying for.
* Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium game, released between Cube Escape: Theatre and Cube Escape: The Cave. Unlike other Rusty Lake games it does not have a single primary character, instead following the Vanderboom Family throughout their family tree, from alchemist brothers William and Aldous to Rose and her newly born daughter.
* A third premium game was announced in May 2017, and in June 2017, its name was given as Rusty Lake Paradise. It follows Jakob Eilander as he returns to his family home in the middle of Rusty Lake, on a small island called Paradise, after the death of his mother, Caroline. There, he must help his family rid themselves of the Biblical plagues of Egypt.
* The White Door is the fourth premium game, first announced in March 2019 and originally planned to be released in November 2019, but was pushed back to January 2020. It is also the first game to be co-published by Second Maze, and to use a third-person split screen. Set in the mental health facility of the same name, the player controls Bob to help him follow a strict daily routine and find his lost memories.
* Their fifth premium game, The Past Within, was teased in April 2019 and announced in January 2021 with a planned release of later in the year. It is the first Rusty Lake game to be multiplayer, partially set in a 3D environment made with Unity. The game follows the mystery of Albert Vanderboom and fulfilling his legacy.
* The sixth premium game, Underground Blossom, was announced for a release in 2023 along with a demo version of the game that includes versions of the game's two chapters.

## Other Games

Samsara Room is the predecessor of the Rusty Lake and Cube Escape series. It does have the same developers, and many themes in the later Rusty Lake games are reused from this game. To celebrate Rusty Lake's fifth anniversary, Samsara Room was remade.

Following the end of browser support for Flash games, the Cube Escape Collection was released on October 2020 and bundles the first nine games together. This collection allows the games of the Cube Escape series to be played on Steam and Itch.io after the end of Flash.
Deer Steak

**Deer Steak With Mushrooms and Rosemary** is one of the meals that the player has to serve in Rusty Lake Hotel, to be dinner for the Hotel's guests.

## Rusty Lake Hotel

The ingredients for this dinner are Mr. Deer’s meat, mushrooms, and rosemary, but only the deer meat is necessary for the player to collect. The player must give all the ingredients to Mr. Toad for him to cook, before serving it to the other guests.

## Ingredients

### Deer Meat

The deer meat is available by killing Mr. Deer in Room 1. The player must poison him via the Bloody Mary he ordered.

### Mushrooms

The mushrooms are available through Mr. Owl’s portrait. On the first night, the player go to the front desk and wait for Mr. Owl to call from the telephone. Only after answering his call will the mushrooms appear on the hand of his portrait for you to collect.

### Rosemary

The rosemary is available through the trophy on Mr. Deer’s room. After ‘growing’ both of the antlers, the rosemary will come out of the left antler.

## Gallery

Deer Steak on the menu.Deer Steak, ready to be cooked.Mr. Deer, the source of the Deer Steak.The mushrooms.The rosemary.
Page Pictures

It contains accepted standards and guidelines for editors to follow. You can discuss any suggested changes in forum.

When putting an icon to a page's heading, you can use the 'Pic' Template. When inserted into a page it will offer three entry fields that determine its properties. The first entry field is the size in pixels, this should be 32. The second field is the name of the picture to be used.

For most of the Cube Escape games, the name of the icon is the name of the game, minus Cube Escape. For example, Cube Escape: Seasons only requires the entry 'Seasons'. There are three exceptions, Cube Escape: Harvey's Box uses 'Harveys Box' (note the lack of apostrophe), Cube Escape: The Cave uses 'Icon512', and Cube Escape: Paradox uses 'ParadoxIcon'.

For Rusty Lake Hotel and Rusty Lake: Roots, the name of the icon is the full title of the game, though like in Harvey's Box, Rusty Lake: Roots loses the colon.

Other headings are more simple; Trivia uses Trivia, Soundtrack uses Soundtrack, Gallery uses Gallery, etc. Entries that appear rarely, or only once, do not typically have icons.

The third entry field is the page that the icon will link to. This is an optional field; if it's left empty, the link will lead to the same name as the image file. For games, this should link to the proper name of the game; for Characters and Locations should list to List of Characters and List of Locations respectively.

For more information on recommended page style for other sections of a page, see the Style Guide.

## Example

To add the Trivia icon, enter the information in this order:

* 1: 32
* 2: Trivia
* 3: (blank).

It ends up looking like this:

For Cube Escape: Seasons, enter it like this:

* 1: 32
* 2: Seasons
* 3: Cube Escape: Seasons

This will end up looking like this:

Other than the exceptions mentioned earlier, these two examples should cover all criteria.
Tarot Cards

**Tarot Cards** are minor item in the Rusty Lake series, appearing in only one game.

## Rusty Lake: Roots

Tarot Cards first appear in 1889 alongside the fortune teller Ida, as part of her act. The player must arrange the cards on her table, first according to the symbols shown on various voodoo dolls, then later by the scenes shown in her crystal ball. When both are done, Ida shows the player a vision of the future.

Tarot cards later appear in 1896 as part of a game played by Samuel, Ida, Albert and Mary. The player must give each character a card according to how many lies they tell, as shown on the rules sheet. Initially, the Chariot is the only card on the table, and the Devil, High Priestess and Empress cards are hidden and must be obtained.

The cards then appear at the very end of the game, during the hidden ending. Most of them are hidden inside James' briefcase, alongside a gold emblem, and give clues to the location of many other emblems. Two cards are found in other locations; inside a cabinet and behind the wall of the well. Ida's cards also reappear during this section, to be rearranged again, this time according to the symbols on the new cards.

## Gallery

The Tarot Cards in James' briefcase.The Tarot Cards on Ida's table.The Lovers Card.
Rusty Lake Cigars

**Rusty Lake Cigars**, or **The Lake Cigars** (as written on the box), are one kind of cigars made in the Rusty Lake area. The box says that these cigars are the finest quality, and shows an image of three cubes above the Lake with its iconic boat.

## Cube Escape: Harvey's Box

The box of cigars is found right from the start of the game, though it is locked and needs a key to be opened. Inside is a single cigar, along with a knife and piece of paper, which provides a clue on solving a puzzle. The cigar itself is given to the Fish, in order to fill up the wine glass and mimic the pigeon's call.

## Cube Escape: Case 23

One half-smoked cigar can be seen still burning, placed on an ashtray in Laura's house. The player uses the cigar to burn holes through a Lacus Fleo painting, "*The Lady of the Lake*". The holes reveal a code beneath the painting, which is used to find out the phone number to the Mill in Rusty Lake.

## Rusty Lake Hotel

The cigars are listed in the player's recipe book as the "Secret Rusty Lake Specialty", though their actual identity isn't revealed until they are collected. Initially locked in a safe box in the Hotel lobby, the cigars can only be taken after putting in each Hotel guests' key into the safe in the right order. Once collected they can be brought to Mr. Owl for the final meal. He will thank the player for bringing them once they do, addressing the player for the first time by their name, Harvey.

## Cube Escape: Paradox

The first cigar is found on an ashtray, and it is lit with matches. The player blows smoke rings, which are in reality the code to a combination locked cabinet. Later, the burning cigar is used to burn holes through paper to get phrases to type into a typewriter.

The second cigar is again found in the ashtray. It is used to burn a hole through a Corrupted Soul on a painting, in order to get the key hidden inside. After the player gets their present mind, they run into Mr. Crow who requests a cup of coffee. The coffee machine is heated by oil, which is lit with the burning cigar. The cigar is used one more time to seal a letter after the player finds their future mind.

## Trivia

* “1889” is written on the cigar box seen in Cube Escape: Harvey’s Box. The seal on the box also has the initials "*rl?*" written in cursive (presumably *rusty lake?*).

## Gallery

The Cigar box in Cube Escape: Harvey's Box.The Cigar box in Cube Escape: Harvey's Box.The Cigar in Cube Escape: Harvey's Box.The Cigar in Cube Escape: Case 23.The Cigar box in Rusty Lake Hotel.The Cigar in Rusty Lake Hotel.The Cigar in Cube Escape: Paradox.A Cigar advertisement in Cube Escape: Paradox.The Cigar in Paradox.
Leonard Vanderboom

**Leonard Vanderboom** is a member of the Vanderboom clan. He is the only child of Samuel and Ida.

## Rusty Lake: Roots

In 1889, the player must give the fortune teller Ida her crystal ball. She will show visions of the future, including one of Leonard's war flashbacks in 1918. Leonard is born before his parents are married, and appears with them in their family wedding photo in 1895, sitting on his grandmother's lap.

During 1904, he plays the clarinet in his family's band, along with his parents and uncle Albert. His grandmother Mary sits on a rocking chair, listening to their music. Unexpectedly, after playing their song the room becomes covered in blood; his parents and Albert are missing, and Mary is dead. Crouched motionless on the floor, Leonard will wonder to the player that he thinks his parents are also dead.

As a young man in 1914, Leonard joins the army and is sent to fight in World War One. He needs the player to help him fix his motorcycle, so the player uses pigeons to get motorcycle parts, and then he is off on his way to go to war. However, in 1918 he has been injured fighting in the trenches. The player must bandage his wounds, remove a bullet from his arm, and replace his missing leg with a wooden stick from a nearby table. Only after this will Leonard open his eyes, but his pupils are missing. The player can travel into his memories of his time in battle, and detonate the grenade that tore off his leg. In the smoky haze of the explosion there will be several Corrupted Souls that will scare Leonard out of his flashbacks, including those of his dead parents and Albert, the one who killed them. Eventually, one of the figures in the haze will be Mr. Crow, who instructs the player that they must save Leonard as he needs to find the treasure. He then provides the key needed to open a chest of gas masks, which save Leonard from the grenade detonation and reveals the code to a locked box containing Leonard's foot. This foot is placed into a jar on the side table, becoming the seventh sacrifice.

In 1929, Leonard is on the search for the treasure detailed by Mr. Crow. He manages to dig up the bronze timepiece in the front yard. He holds onto the timepiece until his cousins Frank and Rose find the two other timepieces, and they all meet again in William's secret laboratory in 1935. When his timepiece is placed into the correct slot in the lab's back room, the tree's roots will wrap around him. His eyes become a solid white, and his thoughts are now solely focused on the resurrection.

## Trivia

* As Ida is Rose's biological mother, Rose is not only Leonard's cousin but his half-sister as well.
* His original Steam card was mislabelled, calling him Edward Vanderboom instead.
* In all of his appearances after "The Trenches", he is seen wearing a green shirt with medals pinned on it. These were most likely given to him by the military, considering his past service.
* Leonard's fate remains unknown at the end of Rusty Lake: Roots, as he stays trapped by the tree's roots during the resurrection (similar to his cousin, Frank Vanderboom).
Binoculars

**Binoculars**, or a **Telescope**, are recurring items in the Rusty Lake games.

## Cube Escape: Seasons

A pair of binoculars appear in Summer, behind the pot on top of the dresser. They are used to examine the moon through the window. On the moon, the player can see Laura looking back at them, as well as the code to the safe written on a window. She is then murdered by a Corrupted Soul.

## Cube Escape: The Mill

Binoculars can be found on the top floor of the Mill, inside a cabinet next to a pair of knitting needles. They are used twice in the game, first to closely examine the Chapel, as the player cannot see the date carved onto the wall, which is the code for the door to the Mill's pumphouse. The second time they are used is to view the source of a beam of light, which is revealed to be a motionless Dale Vandermeer, before Mr. Owl appears to transport him to the Lake.

## Rusty Lake: Roots

Binoculars first appear in the the Staircase chapter in 1870, after the secret code door on the bookcase is completed to open the secret compartment. It is used to view out of the window towards the Rusty Lake Hotel, where the player can see silhouettes in the window, which can then be used to solve another puzzle to open the hidden staircase.

It appears again in the Masks chapter, inside a locked cabinet. Once obtained, it is used to look around Rusty Lake and its features through an open window. If the weather is rainy or snowy, the player can see a Corrupted Soul, and symbols needed to open another cabinet in the room to obtain the Moon Mask. If the sky outside is dark, the binoculars can be used to once again view the moon, where the Corrupted Soul can be seen looking back through another window.

## Rusty Lake Paradise

The binoculars appear during the Ninth Plague, locked away in the second floor of the tower. Viewing the night sky, the player must rearrange constellations to get the code to a key locked in the zodiac clock, which unlocks the door to the third floor.

## Trivia

* Despite being called 'binoculars' every appearance in a game, they are consistently depicted as a monocular telescope. A larger, mounted telescope also appears in Rusty Lake: Roots.
Vandermeer Family

**The Vandermeer Family** are a group of people appearing in the Cube Escape series. The most prominent member of the clan is homicide detective Dale Vandermeer, who appears in many of the games as the player character. The other members of the family are less important, appearing in two games, *Birthday* and *Paradox*.

* Dale Vandermeer
* Mr. Vandermeer
* Mrs. Vandermeer
* Dale's Grandfather (Possibly)

## Trivia

* Dale's Grandfather may also be a Vandermeer, as the series never specifies if he is Dale's maternal or paternal grandfather.
* While not a biological member of the family, the Vandermeers also own a pet cat.
* The name Vandermeer means 'from the lake' in Dutch, and is sometimes spelled 'Van der Meer'.

## Gallery

Dale Vandermeer.Mr. Vandermeer.Mrs. Vandermeer.Dale's Grandfather.
Harvey's Box

*This article is about the location. For the game, see Cube Escape: Harvey's Box.*

## Harvey's Box

### Appears in

Cube Escape: Harvey's Box
Cube Escape: Case 23

### Residents

Harvey

**Harvey's Box** is the location of the fourth game of the Cube Escape series, Cube Escape: Harvey's Box. It is a cardboard box that Harvey the parrot lives inside when he is being moved from one place to another.

## Cube Escape: Harvey's Box

The box serves as the main setting of the game, and is filled with a variety of objects including a Durian fruit, dominoes, a case of cigars and box of matches, an egg and a fish. There is also a sticker on the side of the box, informing the player they will soon be moving to Rusty Lake. During this time, the Room can be seen through the handles of the box, using the wallpaper of Spring 1964.

When the box is moved to the Lake, the contents of the box differ slightly. Instead of an egg and a dead fish, Harvey will now have a vision of Mr. Crow and the Fish with legs. At this point, Rusty Lake can be seen through the handles of the box, as well as through a hole cut by the player with a knife.

## Cube Escape: Case 23

The box appears in the final stage of the game, inside the Cabin. Only the outside of the box is seen, though it provides the player with a box of matches, which are then used to ignite fuel for the Elevator. The word 'HARVEY' is written across the side in red ink, identifying it as the same box.

## Soundtrack

* The music that plays in the box during Cube Escape: Harvey's Box is called "Night on the Docks".

## Trivia

* Even though Harvey is believed to moved to the Cabin along with Laura, the Box is not there in Cube Escape: The Lake.
* In Cube Escape: Case 23, when Harvey's Box appears in the Cabin, it has "*HARVEY*" written on it in red ink. However, there is nothing written on the Box at all when it is seen from the elevator.
* In Cube Escape: Case 23, the Corrupted Soul of Mr. Deer can be seen popping his head out of Harvey's Box during the attack.
Pigeon Wing

**Pigeon in Blackberry Sauce with Potatoes** is one of the meals that the player has to serve in Rusty Lake Hotel, to be dinner for the Hotel's guests.

## Rusty Lake Hotel

The ingredients for this dinner are Mrs. Pigeon’s meat, blackberries, and potatoes, but only the breast is necessary for the player to collect. The player must give all the ingredients to Mr. Toad for him to cook, before serving it to the other guests.

## Ingredients

### Pigeon Wing

The pigeon wing is available by killing Mrs. Pigeon in Room 5. The player must electrocute her in her bathtub by powering up her Van de Graaff generator.

### Blackberries

The blackberries are found in her room. There is a large machine that must be opened with a combination code. Inside of this contraption is a small Bird that is electrocuted every time the lever is pulled. After shocking the bird six times, it will cough up blackberries.

### Potatoes

The potatoes are found in the lobby of the Hotel. On the third night a falling star is seen through the big window, and it becomes dark. Mr. Bat hides on the ceiling, and the player must chase him around the lobby until the lights are back on. Speaking to him, he will give the player the potatoes.

## Gallery

Pigeon Wing on the menu.Pigeon Wing, ready to be cooked.Mrs. Pigeon, the source of the Pigeon Wing.The potatoes.The blackberries.
Vials

**The Vials** are a set of three bottles that each yield a different result when drank from.

## Cube Escape: Paradox

Dale wakes in the Paradox Room, and finds three cubes needed to unlock a cabinet. Inside is the red vial, and after drinking it he spits out the key to the door. He walks through the Forest until he comes upon Laura and witnesses her death. She disappears leaving a black cube, and when Dale looks inside the cube he sees himself back in the room.

After waking up in the Paradox Room again, he meets Mr. Owl who tells him to face his Corrupted Soul. He is given the three cubes to open the locked cabinet, and takes the blue vial. Drinking it turns him into a Corrupted Soul. He walks through the Forest and sneaks up on Laura. He slits her throat, once again finding himself stuck in the room in the black cube.

There is a combination-locked cabinet opened by a secret code. Dale takes the green vial and drinks it, causing him to go unconscious. He experiences a vision of him trying to reach Laura. He learns that he cannot save her unless he sacrifices himself, so he jumps off of a cliff and dies. Laura is then seen standing in the Lake, her black cube turned white.

## Trivia

* In the chapter 1, there is a flyer for Rusty Lake Mental Health and Fishing. Dale had written on it to warn himself not to drink the blue vial. In chapter 2, however, Dale had written on it to warn himself not to drink the red vial.

## Gallery

The Red Vial in Cube Escape: Paradox.The Blue Vial in Cube Escape: Paradox.The Vials in Paradox.
The Old Woman

**The Old Woman** is a minor character, the wife of Mr. Crow, and a resident of the Mill.

## Cube Escape: The Mill

She lives inside of the cupboard on the main floor of the Mill in 1972, with only a blanket to keep her warm. She gives the player her gold tooth and hair, and will knit things in exchange for food. First she asks for warm milk, and knits an oven mitt in exchange for it. Secondly, she asks for grilled duck, and the player must use the oven mitt to get the duck out of the hot oven. For the duck, she knits a small net so the player can retrieve a Fish and grill it for her. After her final meal, she knits a sturdy rope for the player to attach to the Memory Extractor.

Creating the black cube from the Laura's negative memories turns her into a Corrupted Soul. After the cube is placed into the Lake, the Soul escapes and kills the Old Woman.

## Trivia

* She is confirmed to be the wife of Mr. Crow, according to Rusty Lake's Instagram and the description of Cube Escape: The Mill on the Apple Store.

## Gallery

The Old Woman's teeth in Cube Escape: The Mill.A picture of the Old Woman with Mr. Crow outside the Mill.The Old Woman in Cube Escape: The Mill.The Old Woman's death in Cube Escape: The Mill.
The Dog

**The Dog** is a minor character in the Rusty Lake series, first appearing as a puppy owned by James Vanderboom.

## Rusty Lake: Roots

He appears in 1860, running alongside James as they move into their new house. When given a bone, he digs up some dirt to place the seed of the tree into. In 1867, he is present when Mary is ready to give birth. He has a key on his collar, but will bark at the player if they try to take it from him. After Mary has delivered her babies, her placenta can be fed to the Dog. He eats it and falls asleep, allowing the player to take the key, which opens the cabinet containing the baby bottles.

After the rediscovery of William and Aldous Vanderboom's secret alchemy laboratory in 1870, the Dog accompanies James when he attempts to recreate the Elixir of Life. With the Elixir complete, the player can pour a small drop into his dog dish, and he will drink it. Although James dies after drinking the Elixir, the Dog becomes immortal.

He is later seen in the ownership of Rose. In 1924, he follows Rose to the well where her cousin Frank fell down many years before. Frank manages to fly out a paper airplane to Rose, and requests a drink to be sent down the well via the bucket. Using a cup, the player collects the Dog's urine and sends it down to Frank. Then in 1932, Rose and the Dog travel to the graveyard by the Chapel where the Vanderbooms are buried. The player can take the bone from the Dog's mouth, and use it to complete the skeleton Rose has dug up, in order to retrieve the gold timepiece.

## Cube Escape: The Cave

In 1972, the Dog is seen in the Cave with its food dish. On the back of the Book found in the Cave, it details that there are traces of the last Elixir inside the Dog. This extract is needed to turn Aldous back into Mr. Crow. After feeding the ground meat of an arm to him, he poops, and the dropping is taken by the player. Under a microscope trace amounts of the Elixir are extracted from the turd, and added to the bottle of water to complete the Elixir again.

## Trivia

* In the chapter "The Graveyard", he is seen holding a right upper leg bone in his mouth.
* The Dog's species is most likely a bulldog.
* Canonically, the dog is 112 years old as his first appearanceas a puppy is in 1860, and his most recent appearance is in 1972. He doesnt appear to have aged much in that time.
Rusty Lake Hotel (location)

*This article is about the location. For the game, see Rusty Lake Hotel.*

**Rusty Lake Hotel** is the location of the seventh game. It is a large manor house situated on an island in the middle of Rusty Lake. The hotel is owned by Mr. Owl, and is staffed by Mr. Crow, Mr. Toad, Mr. Bat, and Harvey. The hotel is made up of three visitable levels: the ground floor, and the 1st and 2nd floors, via an elevator.

## Rusty Lake Hotel

The ground floor is the hotel lobby. From there, the player can visit the kitchen as well the dining room. To reach higher floors, the player can take an elevator. The 1st floor is where the Guest Rooms 1, 2, and 3 are located. The 2nd floor holds Guest Rooms 4 and 5, as well as Mr Owl's room, Room 6.

The guest rooms are filled with the guests' belongings. Mr Owl's room has the skulls of the former guests mounted on the walls, and five large tanks containing black cubes made from the guests' memories, along with the respective guest's Corrupted Soul.

## Cube Escape: Birthday

When the player inputs 1966 into the snowglobe, it takes them to the Rusty Lake Hotel in 1966, and Mr. Owl can be seen. He tells the Dale to deal with his past, and gives the player a small watch, which is a component needed to complete Dale's present. If the player inputs 1894 into the snowglobe, it shows a secret cutscene in which the guests' Corrupted Souls escape confinement. Harvey is attacked by them, but escapes the Hotel in bird form.

## Rusty Lake: Roots

The Hotel can be seen in the background for much of the game. In 1870, James Vanderboom is looking for the entrance to his house's secret laboratory. Using a telescope, the player spots the Hotel. Upon zooming in closer, the shadowy profiles of its occupants can be seen in its windows. The order of these figures is needed to solve a puzzle. In 1891, Emma is searching for her missing son Frank. When she points her telescope at the Hotel in the distance, a beam of light shoots up from it. Harvey is now perched on the railing outside the room's window.

## Residents

### Guests

* Mr. Boar
* Mr. Deer
* Ms. Pheasant
* Mrs. Pigeon
* Mr. Rabbit

### Staff

* Harvey (Butler)
* Mr. Bat (Porter)
* Mr. Crow (Concierge)
* Mr. Owl (Owner)
* Mr. Toad (Chef)

## Soundtrack

The music that plays inside the Hotel during the game Rusty Lake Hotel varies from room to room, with the lobby having two tracks, Lobby Theme (Daytime) and Lobby Theme (Nighttime). The five guest rooms each have an individual track relating to each of the five guests. The entire soundtrack can be found at bandcamp.com.

## Trivia

* The elevator in the hotel is quite different from the one Dale Vandermeer entered in Cube Escape: Case 23. However, it is exactly the same as the elevator he used in Cube Escape: Birthday and Cube Escape: Theatre. This proved to be a later update that the Developers made.
* There is a button with "-1" written below the 0 (ground floor) button in the elevator, but this "-1" button is missing.
* It appears to be based off of Adare Manor, an almost identical looking hotel in Ireland.

## Gallery

See also: Rusty Lake Hotel (location)/Gallery
The Lost Soul

**The Lost Soul** is a disco establishment found in The White Door.

## The White Door

The Lost Soul is a club that first appears in Robert Hill's third dream when he is flipping through the television channels to get to the news. It appears once again in Robert's fifth dream where he dreams of entering the club, and finds Laura dancing inside.
Rusty Lake Contests

**The Rusty Lake Contests** are *not* fictional, inside the Rusty Lake game universe. They are actual contests that are held by the Rusty Lake developers for various prizes.

## Rusty Lake Hotel Christmas Contest

 **Winners** | Marta, J. Zhang, Sandra, Cambria, Kirelle, Jim B, Salah, Steph L., Renata, Sofia, E Yang, James, Egor, Jamz159, Roosterking, Cooper, Mars, Elizabeth, Ben, Arshia

## Rusty Lake Hotel Steam Giveaway

 **Winners** | Caellaigh K., Der Piccolo, Ido Z., Lesser K., Dušan S., Henning W., Anastasia T., Max (@ Twitter), Carlos M., Balbina R., Mr. Flow, Guinho de L., Aleksandra Ż., Doltface, Salah, Xardes, Dana B., Tomislav P., Alison Y., Max W

## Rusty Lake: Roots Christmas Contest

 **Winners** | 50 winners (names unknown)

## Rusty Lake Hotel Giveaway

 **Winners** | 30 winners (names unknown)

## Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize

 **Winners** | first prize: Yuxuan?# winners (names unknown)

## #2yearsrustylake Anniversary Contest

 **Winners** | phoebec\_14, orealgreenleaf, valevalium

## Black Cube Contest

 **Winners** | Patrick Leonardo (Facebook), nfmetin (Twitter), mariashikigami (Instagram)

## Rusty Lake: Roots Social Media Giveaway

 **Winners** | 65 winners (names unknown)

## Rusty Lake: Roots Twitter Giveaway

 **Winners** | 50 winners (names unknown)

## #inktober Art Contest

 **Winners** | Sanne, Jullia and Caroline

## Halloween Art Contest

 **Winners** | naoirkhorn, the\_young\_cultist, la221, and 2 more unknown people

## Down The Lake Contest #2

 **Winners** | 3 currently unknown people

## Rusty Lake Christmas Card Contest

 **Winners** | 50 currently unknown people

## Rusty Lake Paradise Achievements Contest

 **Winners** | Unknown number of undetermined people

## Rusty Lake 5 Day of Christmas Contest

 **Description** | In order to join the contest, the player must find the secret (code) in 5 video that rusty lake post in 5 day from Dec 19
 **Winners** | Sammy2306, and perhaps more unknown people.

## Trivia

* The secret message on the Rusty Lake New Year's Card shows a cube and the letters C-A-V-E, hinting at the appearance of the Cave in Cube Escape: The Cave.
* The creation of the Mr. Crow Painting Contest marked the first time two contests ran concurrently, as the Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize contest had not finished yet.
* The Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize contest is described as ending on April 31, but there is no such date. The proper date would be May 1, the day after April 30.

## Gallery

The Rusty Lake Hotel Christmas Contest.The Rusty Lake Gin Tonic Contest.The Rusty Lake: Roots Family Contest.The Rusty Lake: Roots Christmas Card.The Rusty Lake New Year's Card.The clue to the The Cave Secret Prize posted by the developers.The Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize.The painting of the Cave's entrance, which was the grand prize of the Cube Escape: The Cave Secret Prize Contest.The Mr. Crow Painting.