The Mathosian Questline is separate for Defiants and Guardians.
The two factions start in different instanced Tutorial areas, then get teleported to different zones of the real world.
Defiants and Guardians start questing in the same zones at around level 27, but with mostly different questlines.
You can see which quests are shared in the chart near the bottom of this page.
Mathosian zones all have 2 different guide pages, one for Defiants and one for Guardians.
Planetouched Wilds is part of the Nightmare Tide expansion, you can find the Planetouched Wilds quest guide here.
Defiant Questline in Mathosia
Starting in the Tutorial zone of Terminus, then moving on to the Defiant controlled zones of Freemarch and Stonefield and onward to the rest of the world.
Mathosia will provide you with quests to level up to level 50.
Ember Isle is a level 50 zone, but it’s built to be challenging so you will likely find it easier to go straight to Storm Legion areas and come back to Ember Isle at a later date.
Planetouched Wilds is also in Mathosia, this is a level 65 zone so you will come back to quest there after completing Storm Legion and Nightmare Tide areas.
Guardian Questline in Mathosia
Starting in the Tutorial zone of Mathosia, then moving on to the Guardian controlled zones of Silverwood and Gloamwood and onward to the rest of the world.
Mathosia (the continent) will provide you with quests to level up to level 50.
Ember Isle is a level 50 zone, but it’s built to be challenging so you will likely find it easier to go straight to Storm Legion areas and come back to Ember Isle at a later date.
Planetouched Wilds is also in Mathosia, this is a level 65 zone so you will come back to quest there after completing Storm Legion and Nightmare Tide areas.
Known Broken Quests
Scarwood Reach – Guardians
— Quest: Fooling the Sages – Picked up from a Shatterbone Report dropped by a Shatterbone Cultist. The report does not drop and so you are unable to pick up the quest. This quest opens up the Quest: A Worn out Welcome, and so this quest also cannot be completed.
Ember Isle – Defiant
— Quest: The Pykari Menace – Picked up from Sylver Valis in Talos Landing – A lot of people are having issue with this quest, Jace does not appear for them! You can try exiting and re-entering the quest area, Mentoring down to level 51 (if you are over level 56) or switching shard (this worked for me!).
Shared quests between Guardians and Defiants
Freemarch – Defiant only quests, Guardians can do the carnages.
Silverwood – Guardian only quests, Defiants can do the carnages.
Stonefield – Defiant only quests, Guardians can do the carnages.
Gloamwood – Guardian only quests, Defiants can do the carnages.
Scarlet Gorge – Completely Separate.
Scarwood Reach – Completely Separate.
Moonshade Highlands – Separate for the first 60%, then merges into one.
Droughtlands – All quests are the same for both factions.
Iron Pine Peak – Guardian and Defiant have mostly the same quests but sometimes (30%) pick them up from different NPCs.
Shimmersand – Guardian and Defiant have mostly the same quests but sometimes (20%) pick them up from different NPCs.
Stillmoor – Mostly (95%) separate – Only a couple of the quests right at the end are shared.
Ember Isle – All story quests are different, all pick up quests are the same.
Amount of Quests per zone
| Mathosia Zones | Zone Level | Defiant | Guardian |
| Freemarch | 6-20 | 97 | 28 |
| Silverwood | 6-20 | 29 | 118 |
| Stonefield | 20-26 | 74 | 22 |
| Gloamwood | 20-26 | 23 | 76 |
| Scarlet Gorge | 27-29 | 52 | 51 |
| Iron Pine Peak | 27-35 | 102 | 111 |
| Scarwood Reach | 30-35 | 87 | 95 |
| Moonshade Highlands | 35-40 | 80 | 82 |
| Droughtlands | 36-44 | 112 | 112 |
| Shimmersand | 43-50 | 145 | 145 |
| Stillmoor | 45-50 | 86 | 82 |
| Ember Isle | 50 | 74 | 74 |
| Total | 961 | 996 |