Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-203.109.162.94-20131031051831/@comment-5306356-20131101185800

I think the quests set the target score to the 2-star quota. So if you can get 2 stars on a level you should be fine if you ever get it as a quest.

The main problem ends up being those levels which aren't too hard to beat but have very difficult quotas for 2 stars versus just getting one star in the normal game progression, such as this one (although I've been able to get 3 stars on this one). 33 000 is obviously trivial when there are 33 double jelly squares and each jelly cleared gives 1000 (2000 for a double jelly), minimum. 160 000 is much harder to get and requires hitting the jelly with cascades, or alternatively getting colour bombs and high-scoring combos. Finishing with moves to spare helps as well, but expect to get most of the points before the sugar crush unless you get lucky with multiple colour bomb + stripe combos.

For a jelly level, a good idea if you're easily clearing off jelly but not getting nearly enough points is to try to get cascades on jelly. The 1000 points for clearing off a jelly space is affected by the cascade multiplier, so if you get a really huge cascade on jelly you can get a ton of points. Finishing with extra moves left helps but not very much except in those cases where a level has very few jelly squares which you can clear in only a few moves if lucky (those levels tend to have lower targets as well). Even if you spend a couple extra moves, if you're using them for something yielding a lot of points, such as making a colour bomb, or a striped + wrapped combo, or even just a decent cascade on jelly squares, the points can be worth the extra moves spent.

For ingredients or candy order, finish as quickly as possible. If you got a good chunk of moves left, the sugar crush will usually push you to the target. Again, spending an extra move may sometimes be worthwhile, for example, if you make a colour bomb. I find that colour bombs that go off during the sugar crush give a ton of points (not sure if it's actually more than setting it off manually, though).