Samera has let us in on info surrounding the wilderness quests...
Three kinds of new wilderness quests
To solve this problem I created 3 kinds of new quests:
slayer quests
explorer quests
rare encounter quests
All three quest types are bestowed to you automatically as soon as you enter a wilderness area.
To read more click here.
http://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=967419