Cid

Cid

Gender

Male ♂

Age

34

Race

Garlean

Profession

Engineer

Zone

Mor Dhona (22.0,7.7)

Organization

Garlond Ironworks

Relatives

Midas nan Garlond (father)

Services

Quest NPC

Patch

2.0

Voiced by (JP)

Rikiya Koyama

Voiced by (EN)

Gwilym Lee
Grant George (ARR)

Voiced by (FR)

Lionel Tua

Voiced by (DE)

Achim Barrenstein

"Technology should never be allowed to imprison people. That's a hard lesson I learned from watching Gaius...and my father."

A brilliant magitek engineer, Cid nan Garlond defected from his native Garlemald and came to Eorzea, where he founded the ironworks of his namesake. He now shares his knowledge with the people of his adoptive homeland, that they might defy the imperial menace he once served.

— In-game description

Cid nan Garlond is a Garlean in Mor Dhona.

Quests Started

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Questline
The Best Inventions	39	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Influencing Inquisitors	40	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Into the Eye of the Storm	41	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Lady of the Vortex	44	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Come-Into-My-Castrum	44	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Drowning Out the Voices	46	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magitek	46	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Escape from Castrum Centri	46	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
One Good Turn	57	Cid	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Systematic Exploration	59	Cid	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Into the Deltascape	70	Cid	Omega Quests
A Catastrophe Waiting	70	Cid	Omega Quests
The Croak Queen	70	Cid	Omega Quests
A Void at All Costs	70	Cid	Omega Quests
The Anomaly	70	Cid	Omega Quests
No Slowing Down	70	Cid	Omega Quests
An Unfinished Masterpiece	70	Cid	Omega Quests
And Like Fire Was His Mane	70	Cid	Omega Quests
In the End, There Is Omega	70	Cid	Omega Quests

Quests Involved In

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Questline
Whoever Floats Your Raft	30	Haermaga	Moonfire Faire (2026)
Eyes on Me	35	Marques	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
He Who Waited Behind	36	Iliud	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Talk of Coerthas	37	Haurchefant	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Ye of Little Faith	39	Brunadier	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
In Pursuit of the Past	41	Alphinaud	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Better Late than Never	43	Hedyn	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Reclamation	44	Alphinaud	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Casing the Castrum	44	Y'shtola	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Footprints in the Snow	44	Pierremons	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Notorious Biggs	44	Wedge	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Getting Even with Garlemald	44	Glaumunt	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Fool Me Twice	46	Glaumunt	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Black Wolf's Ultimatum	46	Minfilia	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Operation Archon	49	Minfilia	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
A Series of Unfortunate Events	50	Honoroit	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
The Parting Glass	50	Momodi	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Rock the Castrum	50	Edelstein	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Ultimate Weapon	50	Raubahn	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Legacy of Allag	50	Outlandish Man	The Crystal Tower Quests
Sanding It Down	50	Rammbroes	The Crystal Tower Quests
A Performance for the Ages	50	Rammbroes	The Crystal Tower Quests
Labyrinth of the Ancients	50	G'raha Tia	The Crystal Tower Quests
For Prosperity	50	G'raha Tia	The Crystal Tower Quests
Syrcus Tower	50	Rammbroes	The Crystal Tower Quests
The World of Darkness	50	Rammbroes	The Crystal Tower Quests
The Light of Hope	50	Rammbroes	The Crystal Tower Quests
The Man in Black	50	Kipih Jakkya	A Nocturne for Heroes
Messenger of the Winds	50	Noctis	A Nocturne for Heroes
New Winds, Old Friends	54	Estinien	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
A General Summons	54	Tataru	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Ready to Fly	55	Alphinaud	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Into the Aery	55	Estinien	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
In Search of the Soleil	57	Lucia	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Into the Blue	57	Alphinaud	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Devourer of Worlds	57	Lonu Vanu	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Black and the White	57	Alphinaud	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Bolt, Chain, and Island	57	Alphinaud	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
A Difference of Opinion	57	Alphinaud	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
An Engineering Enterprise	57	Alphinaud	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
An Eye for Aether	59	Matoya	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
The First Flight of the Excelsior	59	Alphinaud	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
In Node We Trust	59	Guidance Node	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
Heavensward	60	Guidance Node	Heavensward Main Scenario Quests
The Obvious Solution	60	Alisaie	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
The Greater Obeisance	60	Alphinaud	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
Fly Free, My Pretty	60	Yda	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
The Far Edge of Fate	60	Alphinaud	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
Beyond the Great Wall	60	Alphinaud	Stormblood Main Scenario Quests
Disarmed	60	Slowfix	Alexander Quests
Steel and Steam	60	Biggs	Alexander Quests
Tinker, Seeker, Soldier, Spy	60	Biggs	Alexander Quests
Enigma	60	Redbrix	Alexander Quests
Rearmed	60	Roundrox	Alexander Quests
A Gob in the Machine	60	Backrix	Alexander Quests
The Coeurl and the Colossus	60	Mide	Alexander Quests
Biggs and Wedge's Excellent Adventure	60	Biggs	Alexander Quests
Thus Spake Quickthinx	60	Biggs	Alexander Quests
Judgment Day	60	Biggs	Alexander Quests
Of Endings and Beginnings	60	Biggs	Alexander Quests
The Diabolical Bismarck	60	Unukalhai	The Warring Triad Quests ┗ Heavensward Primal Quests
A Brief Reprieve	70	Hoary Boulder	Post-Stormblood Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Ala Mhigan Liberation Quests
Stormblood	70	Pipin	Stormblood Main Scenario Quests
The Hunt for Omega	70	Wedge	Omega Quests
Return to the Rift	70	Jessie	Omega Quests
Won't Let You Pass	70	Wedge	Omega Quests
Test World of Ruin	70	Nero tol Scaeva	Omega Quests
In the Beginning, There Was Chaos	70	Jessie	Omega Quests
To Kweh under Distant Skies	70	Biggs	Omega Quests
Dramatis Personae	70	Keiten	Return to Ivalice Quests
A City Fallen	70	Ramza bas Lexentale	Return to Ivalice Quests
Uninvited	70	Lina Mewrilah	Return to Ivalice Quests
The Path of Most Resistance	70	Lina Mewrilah	Return to Ivalice Quests
The City of Lost Angels	70	Jenomis cen Lexentale	Return to Ivalice Quests
Reviving the Legacy	80	G'raha Tia	Post-Shadowbringers Main Scenario Quests II ┗ Dark Reprise Quests
Ruby Doomsday	80	Resistance Officer	The Sorrow of Werlyt Quests ┗ Garlemald's Machinations Quests
Sleep Now in Sapphire	80	Resistance Officer	The Sorrow of Werlyt Quests ┗ Garlemald's Machinations Quests
Blood of Emerald	80	Resistance Officer	The Sorrow of Werlyt Quests ┗ Garlemald's Machinations Quests
Duty in the Sky with Diamond	80	Resistance Officer	The Sorrow of Werlyt Quests ┗ Garlemald's Machinations Quests
Forever at Your Side	80	Severa	The Sorrow of Werlyt Quests ┗ Garlemald's Machinations Quests
Path to the Past	80	Marsak	Weapon Enhancement Sidequests ┗ Resistance Weapons Quests
The Bozja Incident	80	Lilja	Weapon Enhancement Sidequests ┗ Resistance Weapons Quests
A New Playing Field	80	Marsak	Weapon Enhancement Sidequests ┗ Resistance Weapons Quests
Resolve Unshaken	80	Mikoto	Weapon Enhancement Sidequests ┗ Resistance Weapons Quests
Renewed Focus	80	Bajsaljen	Weapon Enhancement Sidequests ┗ Resistance Weapons Quests
March of the Bloody Queen	80	Bajsaljen	Weapon Enhancement Sidequests ┗ Resistance Weapons Quests
Bonds of Adamant(ite)	88	Kokkol Dankkol	Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
Unto the Heavens	89	Ojika Tsunjika	Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
Endwalker	90	Alphinaud	Endwalker Main Scenario Quests
A Satrap's Duty	90	Y'shtola	Post-Endwalker Main Scenario Quests ┗ Newfound Adventure Quests
In Search of Azdaja	90	Varshahn	Post-Endwalker Main Scenario Quests ┗ Newfound Adventure Quests

Additional Information

See also: Marques and Field Notes on Cid

Cid was born the heir to Midas nan Garlond, chief imperial magitek engineer of the Garlean Empire. Following in his father's footsteps, the young pure-blooded Garlean studied magitek technology intently, and secured entry to the prestigious Magitek Academy. During his tenure there, he devised countless inventions, his rivalry with Nero tol Scaeva accelerating his overall development.However, all was not well at home. Buried in his own research, Midas grew increasingly distant from his son. Cid became a ward of Gaius van Baelsar, a friend of his father's, and when Midas perished suddenly during an experiment gone awry, Cid was named Primus Architectus Magiteci. Yet he could not agree with Garlemald's indescretionary use of warmachina, and fled to Eorzea rather than accept the assignment. Now aged thirty-four, he works to ensure freedom through technology.

Other Lore Mentions

• An official side-story on the Lodestone, Tales from the Storm: A Display of Ingenuity recounts the memories of a young Cid during "the winter of the Garlean Empire's thirty-third year," or roughly 1555 during the Sixth Astral Era.

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