Training manual

Training manuals are one of the four categories of collectibles that can be found in The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II. In Part I, there is a total of twelve manuals to collect, and they allow Joel to craft more powerful items. In Part II, they are collected by both Abby and Ellie, and unlock their supplement trees which the player can then upgrade.
== In The Last of Us ==
=== Overview ===
Training manuals help improve crafts. There are five different kinds of manuals, each covering one specific area of craftable weapons and tools, with the exception of Improvised Traps and Area-Denial Technique manuals, which cover both smoke bombs and nail bombs. 
Title 	Cover	Upgrades
Stealth Combat Weapons and Tactical Movement 	 	Improves the durability of shivs. Each manual collected increases the number of times a shiv can be used.
Field Medicine and Emergency Care Procedures 	 	Improves the effectiveness of health kits. Each manual collected increases the amount of health restored when Joel uses a health kit.
Close-Combat Fighting Techniques and Personal Defense 	 	Improves the durability of modified melee weapons. Each manual collected increases the number of one-hit kills an upgraded melee weapon can perform before it reverts to its regular number of durability points.
Insurgent Ordinance: Fabrication and Tactical Deployment	 	Improves molotov cocktails. Each manual collected expands the explosion radius of thrown molotovs.
Improvised Traps and Area-Denial Techniques 	 	Improves the other types of explosives. Each manual collected either expands the explosion radius of smoke bombs or nail bombs.
=== List of training manuals ===
The following is a list of all twelve training manuals that can be collected in The Last of Us.
Title 	Number	Upgrade Effect 	Chapter  	Location 	
Shiv: Sharpening 	1 	Shivs last 1 hit longer 	Bill's Town 	Once you meet Bill, the manual will be on the bar of the safehouse before you leave to follow him. 	
Health: Splinting 	2 	Health kits are now 33% stronger 	Pittsburgh 	After surviving the hunters' ambush, it is beside the cots in the room before you go back outside. 	After surviving the hunters' ambush, it is beside the cots in the room before you go back outside.
Shiv: Reinforcement 	3 	Shivs now last 2 hits longer 	Pittsburgh 	Found in the hotel safe on the bottom floor; you will need to find the Note to Staff to unlock it. 	Found in the hotel safe on the bottom floor; you will need to find the Note to Staff to unlock it.
Melee: Knots 	4 	Modifications on melee weapons last 1 hit longer	Pittsburgh 	After the cutscene where Ellie shoots a hunter to save Joel, you will pass by the elevators on the left and a guitar case on your right as you leave the hotel. The manual is on the first table. 	After the cutscene where Ellie shoots a hunter to save Joel, you will pass by the elevators on the left and a guitar case on your right as you leave the hotel. The manual is on the first table.
Molotov: Construction	5 	Molotov explosion radius is now 1.5x wider 	Pittsburgh 	When you meet Henry and Sam, before following them through the door, check the kitchen counter to find this book. 	When you meet Henry and Sam, before following them through the door, check the kitchen counter to find this book.
Bomb: Containment 	6 	Bomb explosion radius is now 1.5x wider 	The Suburbs 	On a shelf in the sewers, near Ish's Shorty. 	On a shelf in the sewers, near Ish's Shorty.
Melee: Techniques 	7 	Modifications on melee weapons last 1 hit longer	The Suburbs 	When you reach the suburbs, one of the houses will have an attic you can boost Ellie into; the manual will be found there. 	When you reach the suburbs, one of the houses will have an attic you can boost Ellie into; the manual will be found there.
Smoke: Chemistry 	8 	Smoke from smoke bombs last 10 seconds longer 	Tommy's Dam 	It is found near the lantern when you first enter the generator building. 	It is found near the lantern when you first enter the generator building.
Health: Sterilization	9 	Health kits are now 67% stronger 	The University 	In the courtyard where you encounter the monkeys, go into the building to the right, then go out the window on the second floor and walk down the awning. The manual will be on the right when you enter the next window.	In the courtyard where you encounter the monkeys, go into the building to the right, then go out the window on the second floor and walk down the awning. The manual will be on the right when you enter the next window.
Molotov: Deployment 	10 	Molotov explosion radius is now 2x wider 	The University 	When you enter through the wall in the science building, at the end of the hall is a shiv door. Inside, the manual will be opposite the tools. 	When you enter through the wall in the science building, at the end of the hall is a shiv door. Inside, the manual will be opposite the tools.
Smoke: Shaping 	11 	Smoke from smoke bombs last 20 seconds longer 	Lakeside Resort	Behind a Shiv door in an alley. 	Behind a Shiv door in an alley.
Bomb: Shrapnel 	12 	Bomb explosion radius is now 2x wider 	Bus Depot 	On top of a white truck near the bloaters. 	On top of a white truck near the bloaters.
=== Trophies ===
==== The Last of Us ====
*I Got This () - Find all training manuals
*Scavenger () - Find all collectibles
==== The Last of Us Part I ====
*Something to Fight For () - Find all training manuals.
=== Bugs and Glitches ===
In some cases, when the player dies or quit the game, a previously found manual may need to be retrieved again depending on where the last auto-save occurred. Players should always double-check to ensure that any manuals they found previously don't need to be picked up again.
== In The Last of Us: Part II ==
Training manuals once again appear in Part II but this time can be obtained by two different playable characters, Ellie and Abby. Below are tables for the manuals that the pair can find.
=== Ellie's manuals ===
Title 	Location 	Unlocks
Crafting training manual 	During "Seattle Day 1", players can collect this manual during the "Downtown" section. There are two places player can retrieve it. The first is in the courthouse after breaking a window beside the elevators before going down into the parking lot. The second location is by an over pass on the highway to the northeast of the intersection at 6th Avenue and Marion Street. Players must use the rope to climb down, swing across and collect it from the over turned truck.	Unlocks Craft Melee Upgrades, Faster Crafting, Craft Smoke Bombs, Craft Improved Heath Kits, and Craft More Smoke Bombs.
Stealth training manual 	During "Seattle Day 1", players can this during the section "Capitol Hill" at the gas station. 	Unlocks Craft Silencers, Listen Mode Clarity, Faster Prone Movement, Improved Silencers, and Faster Stealth Kills.
Precision training manual 	During "Seattle Day 2", players can collect this during the section "Hillcrest". While in Hillcrest, players must head through the liquor store, past a hole in the wall, to find this manual inside a children's bookstore. 	Unlocks Aim Stability Increase, Faster Aim Movement, Listen Mode Range, Hold Breath While Aiming, and Craft More Arrows.
Explosives training manual	During "Seattle Day 2", players can collect this manual during the section "The Seraphites". They must head into the apartment building and approach a workbench. After killing the WLF ambushers, the room they cam from will contain this manual. 	Unlocks Craft Explosive Arrows, Improved Trap Mines, Improved Molotovs, Craft More Trap Mines, and Craft More Explosive Arrows.
=== Abby's manuals ===
Title 	Location 	Unlocks
Covert Ops training manual 	During "Seattle Day 1", players can collect this during the "On Foot" section. Inside the warehouse, within the boat. 	Unlocks Craft Shivs, Listen Mode Movement Speed, Grabbed Enemy Movement Speed, Faster Prone Movement, and Craft More Shivs.
Close Quarters training manual	During "Seattle Day 1", players can collect this during the "Hostile Territory" section. It is found inside the shop using the Safe Code: 68-96-89 	Unlocks Momentum, Craft Improved Health Kits, Aim Stability Increase, Faster Health Kits and Momentum Duration Increased.
Firearms training manual 	During "Seattle Day 1", players can collect this during the section "The Forest". It is inside the auto shop. 	Unlocks Craft Incendiary Shells, Craft Hunting Pistol Ammo, Faster Aim Movement, Craft More Hunting Pistol Ammo, and Craft More Incendiary Shells.
Ordinance training manual 	During "Seattle Day 1", players can collect this during "The Coast" section. The manual is inside the ship within a safe. Players can unlock it using the code: 90-77-01.	Unlocks Faster Crafting, Improved Melee Weapon Upgrades, Improved Pipe Bombs, Improved Silencers, and Craft More Pipe Bombs.
== Trivia ==
*The Shiv durability manuals, in The Last of Us, do not "repair" a shiv in your inventory to the new hit capacity. Since door unlocking requires a full shiv, a shiv of the previous hit level will be worthless for that purpose.
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