----- 2.1.2 Nerdies Rep Mission -----
* Get best promotion in Dr. Max Stat Minigame
- To gain access to this game, you must complete Chapter 2:Mission 1, started by Sue Pirnova once you befriend her (relationship 100). Max Stat opens up in the Hospital at the top of Urbania (next to the University). The building is marked by a spinning red + on a white bubble. This game is fairly simple to learn, but a little hard to master if you don't have quick eyes. On the top of the screen, a series of parts appears. Below that is a whole section with just pictures in a table format. The first level has DNA strands (green twisty things), brains, bones, and skulls. In the bottom part, you have to find the series of parts given at the top in the same order they appear. So if he gives you a DNA, bone, brain, DNA, then in the bottom you have to find a DNA next to a bone that has a brain next to it and some DNA next to that. It's difficult to explain, but once you try it, it will all become clear. One simple rule, you can only use pictures that are adjacent to each other either horizontally (left and right) or vertically (up and down). You definitely need Logic, but check the "Jobs" on the Select screen to see what else you need to advance.
* Create a Petrified Wood Chess Piece
- I warn you now that this one may take a long while. First, you need to get your Mechanical skill up to at least 5 or 6 -- wouldn't hurt to go higher before trying, since you'll definitely have the time. To increase your Mechanical skill, you have to attend the University between 6pm and 9pm every night. It costs money to do this, and the price goes up with every point. Once it reaches $1000 you have a choice. If you have the Carnival open, you can go there every night between 2am and 3am to buy a drink called the Clockwork Smoothie from a ninja that appears in the topmost rightmost corner. All of the smoothies (except the Rosebud) cost $999, which will save you a bundle in Simoleans you'd be paying the University.
- In the meantime, work on finishing Chapter 3:Mission 6 (The Ballad of Pepper Pete) -- since you need access to the Bayou -- and getting your relationship with Det. Dan D. Mann up to 100, if you haven't already. At some point, he will tell you about a secret passage from the jail. He says some con busted out, but he covered his tracks and they never found his escape tunnel. If you're in the jail when he tells you this, leave and go back in, otherwise just go to the jail. In the upper right corner, where that poster used to be, you'll see a hole in the wall. Go over there and climb in. Sometimes early in the morning, around 3-4am or so, there will be two logs located in the tunnel -- one near the squirrel and one at the end right near the ladder. These are petrified wood logs. Take them home and whittle them on one of the Craft benches you can buy from the Thrift store or one of the vendors in Sim Quarter. Save before you whittle! Not only is this just in case you don't get the chess piece, but there's a known glitch that sometimes causes items in your house to go missing when you exit the Craft bench screen. If that happens, reload and do it again. If you don't get the chess piece, reload and wait for the hour to change, then try again. Or you can just whittle to your heart's content and keep collecting the logs. But that approach takes longer. Once you get the chess piece, you can either sell it or give it to Polly Nomial for some relationship points.
* Sell 15 Giant Bog Frogs to the Deputy
- You can find one Giant Bog Frog in the cemetery very, very occasionally. Your best bet is to scoot on over to the Bayou during mid-morning or afternoon. You can get about three or four a day from there. You can also simply use the code from the code section if you want to get it done quickly and don't mind cheating. The Deputy is the recycling guy waving his gun around a la Barney Fife in the jail in Urbania. If you want extra cash, wait until the price for them goes up to at least $150 each. I've seen it go as high as $200, though. If you don't care about the money, just sell them.