The Last of Us Part 1: Where to Find All Training Manuals

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Unlike the games of the Uncharted series, The Last of Us Part 1 pioneered Naughty Dog’s approach to player upgrades. Rather than collecting increasingly powerful weapons from defeated enemies, The Last of Us Part 1sees Joel take to the workbench to improve his existing weapons with powerful upgrades. Moreover, he can use supplements to enhance his own abilities, reduce his weapon sway, improve his crafting abilities, and enhance his stealth capabilities.

The Last of Us Part 1: Where to Find All Tools

In order to improve Joel’s skills further, players must be on the lookout for Training Manuals that unlock even more abilities, like increased weapon durability and item efficiency. This guide will show players where to find all 12 manuals to help on Joel and Ellie’s journey and contribute to unlocking the “Something to Fight For” achievement.

Players can check their training manual collection progress by opening the Chapters section on the main menu and looking at the collectible readout on the right side of the screen. Players don’t begin collecting manuals until Bill’s Town, so they needn’t worry about missing any until then.

This chapter starts after Ellie and Joel explore Bill's Town and run into a snare trap. After a difficult encounter that sees Joel shoot some infected upside down and a fraught chase through the streets with Bill, a cutscene will play that ends with the player in one of Bill’s safehouses. This first manual can be found on the bar counter in front of Joel and increases shiv durability by one.

As the chapter opens, Ellie and Joel are ambushed by a group of Hunters in Pittsburgh. After the fight, head out across the street from the crashed car toenter the garage; the manual can be found one floor up in a