diff --git a/src/__tests__/chat/chatGateway/chatGateway.test.ts b/src/__tests__/chat/chatGateway/chatGateway.test.ts
index fa8bee84..e1d150c2 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/chat/chatGateway/chatGateway.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/chat/chatGateway/chatGateway.test.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ describe('ChatGateway user initialization', () => {
       1,
       'player-id',
       ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+      true,
+      {
+        clanId: 'clan-id',
+        responseType: ChatResponseType.YES,
+        emotion: ChatEmotion.JOY,
+      },
     );
     expect(emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       2,
@@ -107,6 +113,53 @@ describe('ChatGateway user initialization', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('does not emit daily task events for global messages', async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+    client.user = { playerId: 'player-id', clanId: 'clan-id' } as any;
+    globalChatService.handleNewGlobalMessage.mockResolvedValue([
+      { _id: 'msg-1' },
+      null,
+    ]);
+
+    await gateway.handleGlobalMessage({ content: 'Hello global!' }, client);
+
+    expect(emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('emits daily task events with undefined responseType and emotion for plain chat messages', async () => {
+    const client = createClient();
+    client.user = { playerId: 'player-id', clanId: 'clan-id' } as any;
+    clanChatService.handleNewClanMessage.mockResolvedValue([
+      { clan_id: 'clan-id' },
+      null,
+    ]);
+
+    await gateway.handleClanMessage({ content: 'Just plain chat' }, client);
+
+    expect(emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      'player-id',
+      ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+      true,
+      {
+        clanId: 'clan-id',
+        responseType: undefined,
+        emotion: undefined,
+      },
+    );
+    expect(emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      'player-id',
+      ServerTaskName.PLAY_WITH_EMOTIONS,
+      true,
+      {
+        clanId: 'clan-id',
+        responseType: undefined,
+        emotion: undefined,
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
   it.each([
     [
       'clanMessage',
@@ -138,4 +191,4 @@ describe('ChatGateway user initialization', () => {
       expect(globalChatService.handleNewGlobalReaction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     },
   );
-});
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/__tests__/dailyTasks/formAnInnerConnection.test.ts b/src/__tests__/dailyTasks/formAnInnerConnection.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3fa36f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/dailyTasks/formAnInnerConnection.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { getModelToken, getConnectionToken } from '@nestjs/mongoose';
+import { DailyTasksService } from '../../dailyTasks/dailyTasks.service';
+import { DailyTask } from '../../dailyTasks/dailyTasks.schema';
+import DailyTaskNotifier from '../../dailyTasks/dailyTask.notifier';
+import { DailyTaskQueue } from '../../dailyTasks/dailyTask.queue';
+import { TaskGeneratorService } from '../../dailyTasks/taskGenerator.service';
+import { DailyTaskProgressService } from '../../dailyTasks/dailyTaskProgress.service';
+import { ServerTaskName } from '../../dailyTasks/enum/serverTaskName.enum';
+import { ChatEmotion } from '../../chat/enum/chatEmotion.enum';
+import { ChatResponseType } from '../../chat/enum/chatResponseType.enum';
+
+describe('FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION Daily Task', () => {
+  let service: DailyTasksService;
+  let mockModel: any;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    mockModel = {
+      findOne: jest.fn(),
+      findOneAndUpdate: jest.fn(),
+      updateOne: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        DailyTasksService,
+        {
+          provide: getModelToken(DailyTask.name),
+          useValue: mockModel,
+        },
+        {
+          provide: getConnectionToken(),
+          useValue: {
+            startSession: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+              startTransaction: jest.fn(),
+              commitTransaction: jest.fn(),
+              abortTransaction: jest.fn(),
+              endSession: jest.fn(),
+              inTransaction: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          provide: DailyTaskNotifier,
+          useValue: { taskReceived: jest.fn(), taskCompleted: jest.fn() },
+        },
+        {
+          provide: DailyTaskQueue,
+          useValue: { addDailyTask: jest.fn() },
+        },
+        {
+          provide: TaskGeneratorService,
+          useValue: {
+            createTaskRandomValues: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ amount: 5 }),
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          provide: DailyTaskProgressService,
+          useValue: { handleProgress: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([true, null]) },
+        },
+      ],
+    }).compile();
+
+    service = module.get<DailyTasksService>(DailyTasksService);
+  });
+
+  describe('Validation & Guards', () => {
+    it('returns [null, null] when clanId is missing', async () => {
+      const [res, err] = await service.handleDailyTaskEvent({
+        playerId: 'player-1',
+        serverTaskName: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+        responseType: ChatResponseType.YES,
+        emotion: ChatEmotion.JOY,
+      });
+
+      expect(res).toBeNull();
+      expect(err).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('returns [null, null] for unsupported response types', async () => {
+      const [res, err] = await service.handleDailyTaskEvent({
+        playerId: 'player-1',
+        serverTaskName: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+        clanId: 'clan-1',
+        responseType: 'INVALID_RESPONSE_TYPE' as any,
+        emotion: ChatEmotion.JOY,
+      });
+
+      expect(res).toBeNull();
+      expect(err).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('returns [null, null] for invalid emotion values', async () => {
+      const [res, err] = await service.handleDailyTaskEvent({
+        playerId: 'player-1',
+        serverTaskName: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+        clanId: 'clan-1',
+        responseType: ChatResponseType.YES,
+        emotion: 9999 as any,
+      });
+
+      expect(res).toBeNull();
+      expect(err).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Task Progress & Clan Ownership', () => {
+    it('successfully progresses task when clanId, responseType, and emotion are valid', async () => {
+      const mockTask = {
+        _id: 'task-1',
+        clan_id: 'clan-1',
+        player_id: 'player-1',
+        amountLeft: 2,
+        type: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+      };
+
+      jest.spyOn(service['basicService'], 'readOne').mockResolvedValue([mockTask as any, null]);
+      jest.spyOn(service['basicService'], 'updateOne').mockResolvedValue([true, null]);
+
+      const [res, err] = await service.handleDailyTaskEvent({
+        playerId: 'player-1',
+        serverTaskName: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+        clanId: 'clan-1',
+        responseType: ChatResponseType.YES,
+        emotion: ChatEmotion.JOY,
+        needsClanReward: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(err).toBeNull();
+      expect(res).toBeDefined();
+      expect(res?.status).toBe('advanced');
+      expect(res?.needsClanReward).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('successfully completes task when amountLeft reaches 0', async () => {
+      const mockTask = {
+        _id: 'task-1',
+        clan_id: 'clan-1',
+        player_id: 'player-1',
+        amountLeft: 1,
+        type: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+      };
+
+      jest.spyOn(service['basicService'], 'readOne').mockResolvedValue([mockTask as any, null]);
+      jest.spyOn(service, 'deleteTask').mockResolvedValue([true as any, null]);
+
+      const [res, err] = await service.handleDailyTaskEvent({
+        playerId: 'player-1',
+        serverTaskName: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+        clanId: 'clan-1',
+        responseType: ChatResponseType.YES,
+        emotion: ChatEmotion.JOY,
+        needsClanReward: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(err).toBeNull();
+      expect(res).toBeDefined();
+      expect(res?.status).toBe('completed');
+      expect(res?.currentAmountLeft).toBe(0);
+      expect(service.deleteTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'task-1',
+        'clan-1',
+        'player-1',
+        expect.anything(),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('returns error when task is not found or owned by another clan', async () => {
+      jest.spyOn(service['basicService'], 'readOne').mockResolvedValue([
+        null,
+        [{ reason: 'NOT_FOUND', message: 'Task not found' }] as any,
+      ]);
+
+      const [res, err] = await service.handleDailyTaskEvent({
+        playerId: 'player-1',
+        serverTaskName: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+        clanId: 'wrong-clan',
+        responseType: ChatResponseType.YES,
+        emotion: ChatEmotion.JOY,
+      });
+
+      expect(res).toBeNull();
+      expect(err).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Failed Persistence', () => {
+    it('returns database error when update fails', async () => {
+      const mockTask = {
+        _id: 'task-1',
+        clan_id: 'clan-1',
+        player_id: 'player-1',
+        amountLeft: 2,
+        type: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+      };
+
+      jest.spyOn(service['basicService'], 'readOne').mockResolvedValue([mockTask as any, null]);
+      jest.spyOn(service['basicService'], 'updateOne').mockResolvedValue([
+        null,
+        [{ reason: 'DATABASE_ERROR', message: 'Write failed' }] as any,
+      ]);
+
+      const [res, err] = await service.handleDailyTaskEvent({
+        playerId: 'player-1',
+        serverTaskName: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+        clanId: 'clan-1',
+        responseType: ChatResponseType.YES,
+        emotion: ChatEmotion.JOY,
+      });
+
+      expect(res).toBeNull();
+      expect(err).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts b/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts
index 56336ee0..c5cfc5f2 100644
--- a/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts
+++ b/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts
@@ -88,33 +88,41 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewayDisconnect {
   }
 
   @SubscribeMessage('clanMessage')
-  @WsLog()
-  async handleClanMessage(
-    @MessageBody() message: WsMessageBodyDto,
-    @ConnectedSocket() client: WebSocketUser,
-  ) {
-    this.assertUserInitialized(client);
-
-    const [createdMessage, error] =
-      await this.clanChatService.handleNewClanMessage(client, message);
-
-    if (error) return [null, error];
-
-    this.emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent(
-      client.user.playerId,
-      ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
-    );
-    this.emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent(
-      client.user.playerId,
-      ServerTaskName.PLAY_WITH_EMOTIONS,
-      true,
-      {
-        clanId: createdMessage.clan_id,
-        responseType: message.responseType,
-        emotion: message.emotion,
-      },
-    );
-  }
+@WsLog()
+async handleClanMessage(
+  @MessageBody() message: WsMessageBodyDto,
+  @ConnectedSocket() client: WebSocketUser,
+) {
+  this.assertUserInitialized(client);
+
+  const [createdMessage, error] =
+    await this.clanChatService.handleNewClanMessage(client, message);
+
+  if (error) return [null, error];
+
+  // Update FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION to include payload context:
+  this.emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent(
+    client.user.playerId,
+    ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+    true,
+    {
+      clanId: createdMessage.clan_id,
+      responseType: message.responseType,
+      emotion: message.emotion,
+    },
+  );
+
+  this.emitterService.EmitNewDailyTaskEvent(
+    client.user.playerId,
+    ServerTaskName.PLAY_WITH_EMOTIONS,
+    true,
+    {
+      clanId: createdMessage.clan_id,
+      responseType: message.responseType,
+      emotion: message.emotion,
+    },
+  );
+}
 
   @SubscribeMessage('clanMessageReaction')
   @WsLog()
diff --git a/src/dailyTasks/dailyTasks.service.ts b/src/dailyTasks/dailyTasks.service.ts
index 6603faa6..fc88d51c 100644
--- a/src/dailyTasks/dailyTasks.service.ts
+++ b/src/dailyTasks/dailyTasks.service.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const isChatResponseType = (
 const isStrongerSoldierStep = (step: unknown): step is StrongerSoldierStep =>
   typeof step === 'string' &&
   Object.values(StrongerSoldierStep).includes(step as StrongerSoldierStep);
+
 @Injectable()
 export class DailyTasksService {
   public constructor(
@@ -502,6 +503,16 @@ export class DailyTasksService {
     emotion?: ChatEmotion;
     strongerSoldierStep?: StrongerSoldierStep;
   }): Promise<IServiceReturn<DailyTaskProgressResult<DailyTaskDto>>> {
+    // Validates payload for FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION task to ensure clanId, responseType, and emotion are provided and valid
+    if (
+      payload.serverTaskName === ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION &&
+      (!payload.clanId ||
+        !isChatResponseType(payload.responseType) ||
+        !isChatEmotion(payload.emotion))
+    ) {
+      return [null, null];
+    }
+
     if (
       payload.serverTaskName === ServerTaskName.PLAY_WITH_EMOTIONS &&
       (!payload.clanId ||
@@ -539,6 +550,7 @@ export class DailyTasksService {
         session,
       );
     } else {
+      // Handles standard tasks including FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION via updateTask
       [progressResult, updateErrors] = await this.updateTask(
         payload.playerId,
         payload.serverTaskName,
@@ -600,4 +612,4 @@ export class DailyTasksService {
   async getRewards() {
     return { prizePool: prizePool };
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dailyTasks/taskGenerator.service.ts b/src/dailyTasks/taskGenerator.service.ts
index 741d59e3..6002dbce 100644
--- a/src/dailyTasks/taskGenerator.service.ts
+++ b/src/dailyTasks/taskGenerator.service.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ export const ACTIVE_SERVER_TASK_DEFINITIONS: readonly ServerTaskDefinition[] = [
     }),
   },
   {
-    type: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
-    createAmount: createRandomAmount,
-    createTitle: (amount) => ({
-      fi: `Lähetä ${amount} viesti klaanichattiin`,
-    }),
+  type: ServerTaskName.FORM_AN_INNER_CONNECTION,
+  createAmount: () => 1,
+  createTitle: () => ({
+    fi: 'Avaa klaanin chat ja lähetä viesti. Huomaa, miltä tuntuu aloittaa vuorovaikutus. Opit, että viestintä pelissä rakentaa suhteita ja merkityksiä, ei vain siirrä tietoa.',
+  }),
   },
   {
     type: ServerTaskName.PLAY_WITH_EMOTIONS,