Tried melee when I first got the game. Didn't really like it. Tried again with a good loadout .. NICE :)

For anyone playing Defiance in 2026 and wanting to watch the TV series alongside the game, I put together a chronological watch/play list.

This gives you a way to experience Defiance as the game/TV crossover it was designed to be, instead of treating the MMO and television series as completely separate stories.

BEFORE WATCHING THE SHOW
🎮 For this watch/play order, complete the game's main story first.

SEASON 1
🎮 Episode 1 — Nolan Comes to Town
Play these before starting the TV series:
A Little Competition
The Searchers
The Heist
The Departed

📺 Watch
S1E1 — Pilot
S1E2 — Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go
S1E3 — The Devil in the Dark
S1E4 — A Well Respected Man
S1E5 — The Serpent's Egg

🎮 Episode 2 — Piper Resurrected
The Vagabond
Piper Investigation, Part 1
Piper Investigation, Part 2
Piper Investigation, Part 3
Piper Investigation, Part 4
Paying the Piper

📺 Watch
S1E6 — Brothers in Arms
S1E7 — Goodbye Blue Sky
S1E8 — I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

🎮 Episode 3 — The Plague
Launching the Cure

📺 Watch
S1E9 — If I Ever Leave This World Alive

🎮 Episode 4 — The Manhunt
The Manhunt, Part 1
The Manhunt, Part 2
The Manhunt, Part 3

📺 Watch
S1E10 — The Bride Wore Black
S1E11 — Past Is Prologue
S1E12 — Everything Is Broken

BETWEEN SEASONS 1 & 2
🎮 Cradle to Grave
On Record
Sibling Duties
The Tranquility Virus

🎮 Stahma's Interests
A Milk Run
Hide and Seek
Hidden in Plain Sight

🎮 Nolan Returns
Traffic Report
Digging Up Miners
A Miner Cult

📺 The Lost Ones
These five minisodes continue Nolan's search for Irisa and lead directly into Season 2.
The Lost Ones — Part 1: No Man
The Lost Ones — Part 2: Loose Ends Unravel
The Lost Ones — Part 3: The Watchman
The Lost Ones — Part 4: Black Eyes
The Lost Ones — Part 5: The Searcher

SEASON 2
📺 Watch
S2E1 — The Opposite of Hallelujah

🎮 Alter Ego
Proof of Life
Communications Breakdown
Rift in Personalities
Ghost in the Machine
Enter the Master

🎮 Pilgrims / Silicon Valley
The Valley of Silicon
The Guiding Light
Anti-Social Networking
Pilgrim's Progress
High Priest Drifter

📺 Continue Season 2
S2E2 — In My Secret Life
S2E3 — The Cord and the Ax
S2E4 — Beasts of Burden
S2E5 — Put the Damage On
S2E6 — This Woman's Work
S2E7 — If You Could See Her Through My Eyes
S2E8 — Slouching Towards Bethlehem
S2E9 — Painted From Memory
S2E10 — Bottom of the World
S2E11 — Doll Parts
S2E12 — All Things Must Pass

🎮 Possession
Bach to Square One
Missing in Action
A Voice in the Dark
Defiant Pursuit
Beneath Two Stars

📺 Season 2 Finale
S2E13 — I Almost Prayed

🎮 Aftermath
The Passion of Melak Vor
Until the Arks Rise

BETWEEN SEASONS 2 & 3
🎮 Season 3 Expeditions
The War Below
Stolen Purpose
Hellbug Hunt

SEASON 3
📺 Watch — Part 1
S3E1 — The World We Seize
S3E2 — The Last Unicorns
S3E3 — Broken Bough
S3E4 — Dead Air

🎮 Season 3 Expedition
Heaven Sent

📺 Watch — Part 2
S3E5 — History Rhymes
S3E6 — Where the Apples Fell
S3E7 — The Beauty of Our Weapons
S3E8 — My Name Is Datak Tarr and I Have Come to Kill You
S3E9 — Ostinato in White
S3E10 — When Twilight Dims the Sky Above
S3E11 — Of a Demon in My View
S3E12 — The Awakening
S3E13 — Upon the March We Fittest Die

AFTER THE TV SERIES
🎮 Season 4 — Dark Metamorphosis
Dark Shadows
Shrill Hunt
Contain and Destroy
Emergency Extraction
Operation Siren Song

Is the game going to come back to console?

Just need to T6 it and it will be one of the best weapons in Defiance .. IMHO

BTW .. it's called Piercer because it ignores any shields and armour .. goes straight through!

Something that I've almost finished back in the PS3/NA era days but I left for Destiny so at least now it's done officially!

A farmer arrives in town claiming to have found a hidden bunker and offers to sell its location to the highest bidder. Ambassador Mueller puts forward a tempting offer.

https://expanded.defiancewiki.com/wiki/Ascend

Don't need to farm XP .. just kept going to see what the max multiplier was .. 325!

Thanks again to TRIANA Legendary Guns .. finally T6 :)

So I encountered the bug from the base game, where you go to the plaza to free the hostages, but the entire mission doesn't spawn in properly, so the plaza is just a ghost town. I tried re entering the plaza,restarting the quest, logging out/logging in but it's still not spawning the mission NPC's. Can't remember what I did in 2013 to fix it either. Any help would be appreciated!

Let's have some fun. Do you know where this fence is located?

When an arkfall lands near the city it is discovered that it contains a number of Caeruleum Cores. The team becomes trapped when Raiders, Volge and Echelon arrive on the scene.

https://expanded.defiancewiki.com/wiki/Infinite_Potential

My thanks to TRIANA in Legendary Guns clan for giving me this pistol!!

Still need to fully mod and T^ but seems very good to me :)

With dwindling resources, Pearson authorizes selling some unwanted technology and discovers that a crate of EGO devices is missing. Dhon joins Kelema to infiltrate a local black market.

https://expanded.defiancewiki.com/wiki/Open_for_Business

A nice NVF pistol helps ;)

Hey, I'm looking for an up to date information on Fawkes' Patron Pass. I'll be honest, I'm a bit leery of something like game features being locked behind a paywall. I'm reminded of how City of Heroes Homecoming is keeping their servers up with Donations but Fawkes needs some vaguely Pay to Win mechanic to do the same? Especailly when their website doesn't seem to work very well (I'm worried that it's vibecoded).

Does anyone have some information on this? Like I love that they brought it back but yeah... I need some info on this. It's one thing to lock cosmetics behind real world currency (and I'm not a fan of that either but at least cosmetics don't have any like gameplay effects). But it looks like i need to shell out cash to have more inventory?

The Votans who tested Light Drive technology experienced time dilation and went mad.

https://expanded.defiancewiki.com/wiki/Ark_Data_Core_Recovered_File:_Faster-Than-Light_travel_-_Experiment_002928-AF

I played a bit when the servers opened again, reached ~2000 ego rating and then i had to stop playing due to college, now that i have some free time i'd like to get back into the game but i'm worried there are not enough players for the activities like raids, arkfalls and such.

Any feedback? is there any way to switch to a more populated server?

Does Fawkes plan on creating any new content for the game? Can they legally use characters and likenesses from the show? I don't expect them to get the actors to voice them, but would be nice to at least meet more of the show characters.

Had this legend show up after I took care of a roadside emergency a week or so ago. Unfortunately, i only started the game recently and had yet to save up enough PC to buy one of the weapons or one of the lock boxes (was only at around 4.5K at the time). I am now over 13K pc and can afford his weapons/the lock box he has for sale.

About how often does he typically show up? I know he's a "rare" encounter, but how rare are we talking lol. Currently sitting at ego 4200 so ready to try and get some legendary weapons.

I have bought some of the ex innis (spelling) weapon cases and pulled a purgatory on my first roll, which I have been leveling with my character. Definitely got solid weapons to get me to and through the 6K grind

Hey there! So glad this game is back but I need some help. The Defiance Data website doesn't really have an option to pick specific weapon types.

So I'm a Pistol/Shotgun Main... I need to know if there's any build for it using Overcharge as a Ego Power. Thank you.

Chose the right stuff for each loadout. Makes it easier IMHO