The Outer Worlds

The Outer Worlds

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Mutt And Jeff

Mutt And Jeff

Asked a companion to be the Bad Inspector.

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How to unlock the Mutt And Jeff achievement in The Outer Worlds - Definitive Guide

The achievement is unlocked during the Prince of Tossball main story mission. This is the mission where you investigate Bertie as a suspect. It is missable. First, this is not a mandatory mission to complete the story and becomes unavailable once you progress past a certain point. Second, you must have at least one companion with you. Finally, you must use the right dialog choices first to trigger a companion to act as the bad cop and second to keep that companion true to the bad cop role. Doing so, pops the achievement.

Make sure you take at least one companion with you. I recommend Felix and Parvati because they increase your persuasion and your lockpicking--skills that are especially useful during this DLC. However, Ellie is the easiest for this achievement because she doesn't need coaxing to be a bad cop.

The Prince of Tossball main story mission takes you to Piraeus Spaceport where you are able to track down "Black Hole" Bertie and interrogate him. Before talking to Bertie, make an insurance save. During the questioning, the options do not matter but it's best to be as skeptical as possible. After several questions, Bertie will say, "I don’t wanna tell you. I’ll get in trouble."

This is the trigger that will lead to the option of choosing a companion to be a bad cop. If you've followed the suggestion to include Parvati and Felix, you will have the following two dialog choices along with a couple of others:
--What do you think, Parvati? Up for a little "good inspector, bad inspector"?
--Okay, Felix, you're bad inspector. Just like in the serials.

Choose a dialog option that makes the companion a bad inspector. If you pick someone other than Ellie, the companion will be somewhat reticent. In the above example, Parvati is a nice person and doesn't like to be a bad inspector. Felix is a fan of Bertie and doesn't want to be hard on him. Do not let the companion stop, even if asked. Encourage the companion to continue as the bad inspector and make sure you do not pick a dialog option that has you interrupt the companion.

If the companion does not conclude the bad cop questioning, the achievement will not pop. Conversely, you unlock the achievement when the companion successfully completes the bad cop questioning. If the conversation finishes without the achievement popping, make note of what aborted the bad cop routine, load the insurance save and make choices that allow the companion to finish the bad cop act.
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19 Mar 2021 17:58

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This can also be easily done with Nyoka. I chose the option to "show him the Mantiqueen" and after the dialogue, the achievement popped. I am sure the other dialogue choices work as well.
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By BleggarMuffin on 04 Apr 2021 07:17
Thanks for the input. All characters work except for SAM. The main thing is not to choose dialog choices that will stop the questioning before the completion of the companion’s bad cop routine.
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By Allgorhythm on 04 Apr 2021 13:52
Are you saying SAM doesn't trigger the achievement? Cause I did the bad cop routine with him as well
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By sml0 on 05 Apr 2021 03:43
Thanx. I’ll edit the solution. I must have done something wrong. I took SAM by himself & did not get the dialog option for him to be the bad investigator.
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By Allgorhythm on 05 Apr 2021 04:18
Achievement might be bugged. I've tried 3 different companions including Parvati. It just won't pop. It's the only achievement left for this DLC.

Closed the game and restarted my Xbox. Once I loaded the game back up, it popped at the main menu. Hope that helps others that might encounter the same issue.
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By Dirt410 on 12 Jul 2021 02:22
Great advice. Clearing the cache by doing a restart often remedies glitched achievements.
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By Allgorhythm on 12 Jul 2021 03:54
Parvati made a mess of it (I couldn't pass the Determination check) and I proceeded but didn't become the bad cop and it popped. 🤷‍♂️
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By The Globalizer on 18 Feb 2024 22:49
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*MISSABLE*
 
During the quest 'The Prince of Tossball,' which becomes available upon returning to your penthouse after your first main quest, you will be tasked with tracking down Bertie at the Piraeous Spaceport. Before going there, be sure to bring a companion with you. Ellie is the ideal choice, but any will do. 
 
Once you find Bertie and talk to him/question him, at some point you'll get a dialogue option offering your companion to be the Bad Inspector. Choose this dialogue option. The reason I said to select Ellie is because she happily takes the role of Bad Inspector and requires no further work from you (other than specifically NOT choosing the dialogue options to stop her). All of the other companions need to be convinced to continue with acting like the bad cop, so you'll need to make sure you coax them on the entire conversation. 
 
This achievement won't unlock until the conversation is over, once you get Bertie to talk.
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The trophy is easy to miss!
To receive it, you need to create the correct order of questions during your first conversation with Bertie Black Hole. So, as soon as we meet him in the bar, after the introductory couple of questions, it will be possible to proceed to the interrogation:
1. Ask about a picnic
2. Ask about the breakup
3. What happened after?
4. What?
5. Probably the right choice
6. What's wrong with you?
7. Are there any witnesses?
8. Did you find it?
9. Sigh
10. Has anyone else seen you?
11. Need a name
(The text of the questions is indicative. I played in English, but I think the essence is clear)

Next, a question will appear about a good/bad cop, and you need to choose him. Parvati was my assistant.
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