Training Manuals
Training manuals are 12 books that permanently improve what Joel crafts in The Last of Us Part I, from tougher shivs to stronger health kits. Finding all of them earns the Something to Fight For trophy.
- Set
- Training Manuals
- How many
- 12
Good to know
- Manuals cover five areas: shivs, health kits, melee weapon upgrades, Molotovs, and smoke and nail bombs.
- Upgrades stack: the second manual in each pair builds on the first.
- Shivs: +1 use from Shiv: Sharpening, +2 with Shiv: Reinforcement as well.
- Health kits: 33% stronger, then 67%.
- Melee upgrades: one extra one-hit kill per manual.
- Molotov and nail bomb radius: 1.5x, then 2x. Smoke lasts 10, then 20 seconds longer.
- Shiv: Reinforcement is inside the Hotel Grand safe, and two others sit behind shiv doors.
Manuals per chapter
Bill's Town: Shiv: Sharpening. Pittsburgh: Health: Splinting, Shiv: Reinforcement, Melee: Knots, Molotov: Construction. The Suburbs: Bomb: Containment, Melee: Techniques. Tommy's Dam: Smoke: Chemistry. The University: Health: Sterilization, Molotov: Deployment. Lakeside Resort: Smoke: Shaping. Bus Depot: Bomb: Shrapnel.
Hard ones to spot
Melee: Techniques only appears if you boost Ellie into an attic in The Suburbs. Molotov: Deployment and Smoke: Shaping each need a shiv to open a locked door.
Related collectibles
- Training Manuals
Bomb: Containment
Bomb: Containment is a training manual on a shelf in the sewers of The Suburbs. It makes nail bomb blasts 1.5 times wider.
- Training Manuals
Bomb: Shrapnel
Bomb: Shrapnel is the last training manual, on top of a box truck in the underground tunnel of Bus Depot. It doubles the blast radius of nail bombs.
- Training Manuals
Health: Splinting
Health: Splinting is a training manual in the hunters' building early in Pittsburgh. It makes crafted health kits 33% stronger.
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Health: Sterilization
Health: Sterilization is a training manual on a desk in an upper-floor room off the university courtyard in The University. It makes crafted health kits 67% stronger.