- Once you have activated your Guardian Account, you are allowed access to the Guardian Tower in Falconreach. From the Tower you can access the Battle Arena, which allows you to fight against rare monsters which non-Guardians never encounter. There is also a Guardian Shop where exclusive items are available as well as a number of nonplayer characters to interact with.
- Players with Guardian Accounts can get the special Guardian Armor set from Trainer Eckhard in the Guardian Tower. The armor gives five-point bonuses to the player's Melee, Pierce, Magic, Critical Attack, Light and Darkness attributes. Guardians can also buy the Guardian's Blade for 1000 gold from the ghost of Lord Valorus in the basement of the Tower. The sword can cause up to 40 damage points in a single attack.
- At the Guardian Tower the player can accept a number of Quests exclusive to Guardian Account holders. These quests form the Guardian Training, and completing them unlocks new skills and items. Most of the quests involve battling powerful monsters which free players never encounter, and the final mission involves taking on the Dread Dragonmaster, Frostscythe, in order to win full Guardian status.
- Guardian Trainer Eckhard assigns the player a succession of challenges to unlock exclusive Guardian Skills. These skills include Guardian Blast, which deals two attacks of magical fire; multi-attack, which strikes all foes on the battlefield at once; Mana Strike, which saps the enemy's Magic Points instead of their Health Points; Guardian Heroes, which summons Guardian Ghosts to fight by your side; and Guardian Rage, which deals 12 hits from a random element such as fire or lightning.
- Free users of the AdventureQuest and DragonFable servers are limited in number -- only a few thousand free players can log on to play at once, due to the limited server space. However, players who have a verified Guardian Account are given priority access to the servers and can join and play at any time, regardless of the number of free players online.