After completing the A Chance Encounter main quest in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16), you'll gain access to Cid's Hideaway, which acts as the central hub area of the game. Read on to find out everything you can do at Cid's Hideaway, from shops, side quests, and more!

Everything You Can Do at Cid's Hideaway

All Hideaway Features
Purchase Weapons, Items, and Armor Craft Weapons and Equipment Access the Arete Stone Learn the Game's Lore Unlock and Complete Sidequests Listen to Music with the Orchestrion Receive Renown Rewards from Patron's Whisper Hunt Bounties Via the Hunt Board View the State of the Realm View Wall of Memories in Clive's Room Order Drinks at the Tub and Crown

Purchase Weapons, Armor, and Items from Charon's Toll

In Cid's Hideaway, you can find Charon in her shop, Charon's Toll, where you'll be able to purchase items and gear for your journey! Charon also expands her item selection as you progress through the game, so check with her often!
Charon's Toll Shop Guide

Craft and Upgrade Equipment in the Black Hammer

You can find Blackthorne the blacksmith in his store, The Black Hammer, where you'll be able to craft or enhance your gear. Crafting and upgrading is not free, however, and you'll need to spend hard-earned materials to obtain those higher-quality weapons!

Blacksmith and Weapon Crafting Guide

Access the Arete Stone

The Arete Stone has four features you can access: these are the Hall of Virtue, Arcade Mode, Stage Replay, and Chronolith Trials.

Arete Stone Guide: All Available Features

Use Hall of Virtue to Practice Combos and Learn the Damage Output of Combos

On the Hall of Virtue, you can engage in a virtual battle and set multiple UI and parameters to test out your new weapons, abilities, and even combos to know their total damage output (which you can also set in the Hall of Virtue). This is a perfect testing ground to max out your damage combos and practice your inputs!

How to Exit Training Mode

Arcade Mode Allows you to Compare Combat Scores Against Other Players

While the Hall of Virtue is focused on training, the Arcade Mode is instead a combat feature where you can compare your combat scores against other players.

Arcade Mode and Stage Replay Explained

Learn the Game's Lore Through the Thousand Tomes

Harpocrates is the loresman of the Thousand Tomes, the library of information in the Hideaway. Interacting with him will make Clive recount his adventures to Harpocrates, who then unlocks and updates the relevant subjects in the Thousand Tomes.

The Thousand Tomes will expand the further you get into the game as well as when the number of information you gain from the game increases.
Thousand Tomes Guide

Unlock and Complete Sidequests

The Hideaway is also a place where you'll spend a lot of time with several NPCs and is the perfect ground to get new sidequests and complete them. You can navigate the world map from the Hideout to start tracking these sidequests one by one and earn rewards for completing them all!

Tracking sidequests and learning about all the accessible quests is possible in the Hideout through Alliant's Reports which can be found on the pub area of the hideout.

List of All Side Quests and Rewards

Check for Quests in Alliant Reports

The Alliant Reports allow the player to check a list of quests available depending on their progress in the game. This is helpful to know which side quests you missed and forgot to complete.

How to Unlock Alliant Reports Guide

Listen to Music with the Orchestrion

The Orchestrion acts like a jukebox for the game, which can play music from orchestrion rolls that unlock while playing. You can also change the background music for Cid's Hideaway with the orchestrion.

All Orchestrion Roll Locations

Receive Renown Rewards from Patron's Whisper

The people of Valisthea will donate you items once you increase your renown, which you'll be able to view and claim at the Patron's Whisper. You'll be able to receive renown by hunting marks listed at the Hunt Board.
Renown System Guide

Hunt Bounties Via the Hunt Board

Aside from sidequests, there are monsters known as Notorious Marks that must be exterminated in the world of Valisthea. These monsters have their bounties listed on the Hunt Board and can be hunted to gain rewards and renown.

Renown points can be used on the Patron's Whisper to gain more rewards such as items and ability points!

Hunt Board Guide

See All Character Activity in the State of the Realm

The State of the Realm is Vivian the scholar's compilation of information, where she provides details of the activities and interactions of the characters of the game as the game progresses.

You'll be able to view comprehensive map diagrams of the characters during significant story events, allowing you to refresh your memory about the characters in case you need it.

State of the Realm Guide

View the Wall of Memories in Clive's Room

During the Home, Sweet Home main quest, the player will have access to Clive's chambers. Items to be displayed are curiosities. You must collect 22 curiosities in total, to earn the For the Hoard trophy.

Wall of Memory Items Guide

Open Letters at the Reading Table

You'll also find a Reading Table in Clive's chambers. These can sometimes give side quests, and opening 10 letters rewards the The Pen is Mightier trophy.

How to Open Letters at the Reading Table

Order Drinks at the Tub & Crown

After the main quest Home, Sweet Home, the Tub & Crown will be available to the player. Here, you can order drinks from Maeve for yourself or for the hall.

Although nothing special happens if you "buy a round for the hall", you can still earn the Eureka trophy by spending 36,000 gil at the establishment.

Should You Buy a Round for the Hall?

Cid's Hideaway World Map Location

Cid's Hideaway Location Overview

The Hideaway World Map Location
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The Hideaway Local Map
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How to Unlock	Defeat Tiamat in A Chance Encounter main quest.

The withered remnants of a once-verdant valley long consumed by the Blight, one would have to be either extremely foolish or extremely desperate (or an extremely desperate fool) to make this wasteland their home.

A Chance Encounter Walkthrough

Cid's Hideaway Quests

All Main Quests

Quest	Recommended Level
Things Fall Apart	34
A Song of Hope	-
Like Father, Like Daughter	-
Across the Narrow	-

Main Quest Walkthroughs

All Side Quests

All Side Quests in Cid's Hideaway
Food for Thought	Make Do and Mend	Moving Heaven and Earth	A Place for Everyone
Needs of the Many	Red Letter Day	Caulk and Bawl	The Fruits of Her Labors
Blacksmith's Blues	A Culinary Pilgrimage	The Root of the Problem	Cut from the Cloth
Do No Harm	The Weight of Command	Payback	A Bone to Pick
Blacksmith's Blues II	Weird Science	Smooth Like Butler	An Eye for an Eye
Not to Be Outdone	On Balance	Tears of Mercy	Blacksmith's Blues III
Please Sir, Can I Have Some Morbol	Self-Determination	Blacksmith's Blues IV	Even Weirder Science
Phoenix, Heal Thyself	More than Words	An Inconvenient Truth	A Tail to Tell
Litany of Errors	Aiming High	Trial and Error	Silver Linings
Nobody's Tool	Where There's a Will	Priceless	Three's Company

List of All Side Quests

How to Unlock Cid's Hideaway

Complete A Chance Encounter Main Quest

Cid's Hideaway can be unlocked after completing the A Chance Encounter main story quest. You will need to defeat Tiamat in a boss battle to take you directly to Cid's Hideaway afterward.

A Chance Encounter Walkthrough

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