Special Requests are tasks similar to those that you will take on via the bulletin board in town. However, special requests are accepted on a different board in town, and they ask a lot more of the players. You will have a choice of two tasks, and the quests that you get sent on will be heightened and thematic versions of the random quests that are found on the normal bulletin board. The rewards on offer are well worth the heightened difficulty, though, as the items that you get and the recipes that you learn how to craft will serve you well time and time again in the mid to late game. So be sure to complete these as soon as you get the chance.