There are a total of 12 training manuals that can be found throughout your Last of Us Part 1 playthrough and we’ll navigate you through the necessary steps to finding them.

All Training Manual List¶

Where To Find The Shiv: Sharpening Training Manual¶

Progress through Bill’s Town until you reach the safehouse, then collect the Shiv: Sharpening Training Manual from the bar. This will allow you to increase the durability of your Shivs, so you can take out Clickers and use it multiple times before it breaks.

Where To Find The Health: Splinting Training Manual¶

Progress through the game until you reach Pittsburgh, then enter the garage and go upstairs to find the Health: Splinting Training Manual from the mattress. This will increase the amount of health that is recovered from the Med Kits.

Where To Find The Shiv: Reinforcement Training Manual¶

Progress through the game until you reach the Hotel Lobby in Pittsburgh, then look behind the desk on the right in the first room to find a safe. Input the combination 22-10-56 and collect the Shiv: Reinforcement Training Manual from inside. This will increase the durability of the Shivs even more.

Where To Find The Molotov: Construction Training Manual¶

Progress through the Hotel Lobby until you reunite with Ellie after falling down the elevator shaft, then climb up the ladder and follow the path around until you have to drop down into a corridor. From here, continue down the hallway and pick up the Melee: Knots Training Manual from the table on the left. This will increase the blast radius of your Molotovs.

Where To Find The Melee: Knots Training Manual¶

Progress through Pittsburgh until you meet up with Henry and Sam, then checkout the kitchen to find the Melee: Knots Training Manual on the countertop. This will increase the durability of your bladed melee weapons, such as the machete.

Where To Find The Bomb: Containment Training Manual¶

Progress through the Sewers until you and Henry are on your own, then inspect the shelves at at the end of the corridor to find the Bomb: Containment Training Manual. This will increase the blast radius of your Nail Bombs.

Where To Find The Melee: Techniques Training Manual¶

Progress through the Suburbs until you see a garage on the left, then enter the building beside and boost Ellie up to the loft on the second floor and she’ll give you the Melee: Techniques Training Manual. This will increase the durability of your bladed melee weapons.

Where To Find The Smoke: Chemistry Training Manual¶

Progress through the Hydroelectric Dam until you meet up with Tommy, then follow him across the bridge into another building. Here you’ll find the Smoke: Chemistry Training Manual sitting on top of a broken locker. This will increase the duration of your Smoke Bombs.

Where To Find The Health: Sterilization Training Manual¶

Progress through The University until you reach a large open courtyard, then enter the building on the right side of the area to find the Health: Sterilization Training Manual sitting on a desk in a room on the second floor. This will further increase the amount of health gained from Med Kits.

Where To Find The Molotov: Deployment Training Manual¶

Progress through The University until you enter the Science Building, then make your way to the end of the corridor and unlock room 205 with a Shiv to find the Molotov: Deployment Training Manual sitting on a desk opposite the Tool Box. This will further increase the blast radius of your Molotovs.

Where To Find The Smoke: Shaping Training Manual¶

Progress through the Cabin Resort until you take control of Joel after defeating David, then head across the street and walk through the alley to find a locked door, so use a Shiv to unlock it and you’ll find the Smoke: Shaping Training Manual sitting inside. This will further increase the duration of your Smoke Bombs.

Where To Find The Bomb: Shrapnel Training Manual¶

Progress through the Bus Depot until you reach the underground tunnel, then look to the left before you reach the Bloaters. Here you’ll want to climb up onto the white truck to find the Bomb: Shrapnel Training Manual. This will further increase the blast radius of Nail Bombs.