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The Last of Us Part I

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Basics & Tips

By
Shane Williams

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Difficulty: Easy/Normal/Hard/Survivor
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Strategic Tips: On/Off
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Gore: On/Off
Listen Mode: On/Off
Melee Prompts: On/Off

Controls

Aiming - Sensitivity Adjustable Bar
Aiming - Horizontal: Normal/Flipped
Camera - Vertical: Normal/Flipped
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Camera - Vertical: Normal/Flipped
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Display

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Audio

Volume - SFX: Adjustable Bar
Volume - Music: Adjustable Bar
Volume - Speech: Adjustable Bar
Volume - Movie: Adjustable Bar
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Language

Text: English/Francais/Italiano/Deutsch/Español/Dansk/Português/Nederlands/

Suomi/Norsk/Svenska/Russian/Polski/Greek/Cesky/Türkce

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Suomi/Norsk/Svenska/Russian/Polski/Greek/Cesky/Türkce

Speech: English/Francais/Italiano/Deutsch/Español/Português/Russian/Polski

Tutorials

Depending on how far you’ve progressed in the game, various tutorials appear here. If you’re a beginner it’s worthwhile to check all new entries in this section.

Restart Encounter

Restarts the game from the last checkpoint. Especially handy when you’re discovered by enemies while you wanted to do a full stealth run.

Difficulty

Depending on the difficulty, you’ll find more or less items during your quest for survival. The harder the difficulty, the less items you’ll find. You’ll still be able to find all collectibles regardless the difficulty you’re playing on.

The harder the difficulty, the more damage you take from enemy blows. Some enemy attacks (such as a Clicker grapple) retain their instant-kill effect on all difficulties. Enemies will also notice you considerably more quickly the harder the difficulty.

The Easy difficulty also has an additional option for ‘Lock On Aiming’, which makes it easier to shoot targets. The Survivor difficulty doesn’t have a Listen Mode nor Melee Prompts for in-game combat. You’ll want to be very familiar with the game before attempting it.

Movement and Sounds

Joel can crouch/sneak, walk, run and dash. Compared to running, other movements are either slower (sneaking, walking) or faster (dashing). As a rule of thumb: The faster you move, the more noise you make. Sneaking/moving while crouched is very quiet, but not completely silent, and Clickers will still be able to hear you when getting (very) close.

**Movement Type** **Speed (Compared to Running)** **Amount of Noise**
Sneaking while aiming 3.5x slower Very quiet
Listen Mode 2.75x slower Very quiet
Walking while aiming/preparing to throw 2.75x slower Very quiet
Sneaking (crouched) 0.4x slower Very quiet
Walking (slow - fast) 2x - 3.5x slower Quiet
Running Nominal speed Noisy
Dashing 0.25x faster Very noisy

Avoid making unnecessary sounds. The ‘click’ of an empty gun, or the sound of reloading can trigger enemy responses, especially from Clickers.

Health and Healing

Joel starts the game with five health bars. You can increase his maximum health by collecting Skill Pills and purchasing the ‘Maximum Health’ skill.

If you’re injured there are several ways to patch yourself up. Health Kits can be crafted (by combining a rag + alcohol); Health Cans and Bars can be found in various places but cannot be placed in your inventory - you’ll have to use them right away.

**Healing Item** **Heals** **How to Get**
Health Kit 3 bars Found - Crafted: Rag + Alcohol
Health Can 1 bar Found
Health Bar 1/2 bar Found

Crafting/Item Upgrades

The following items can be combined or used to create the following:

  • Health Kit = Rag + Alcohol
  • Shiv = Blade + Binding
  • Nail Bat = Wooden Stick + Blade + Binding
    It takes two seconds to craft these upgrades.

The Nail Bat grants one instant-kill bar, which appears underneath the (four) smaller bars, which indicate how many regular slashes you have left. More importantly, this instant-kill attack is also a stealthy attack; nearby enemies are not alarmed when you use your upgraded melee weapon.

A Runner typically takes four slashes, or one normal Wooden Stick. The Lead Pipe has nine regular bars and allows you to take down two Runners (and have one bar left).

Parts and Workbenches

Collect Parts to upgrade your weapons at Workbenches.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Platforms,
    PS3, PS4, PS5
  • Genre
    Action Adventure, Survival Horror
  • Guide Release
    2 September 2022
  • Last Updated
    7 October 2022
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The Last of Us is a third-person action-adventure game that was released in 2013 for PlayStation 3, and then recreated for PlayStation 5. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where most of the population has been wiped out by a fungal infection. The story follows Joel, a smuggler who is hired to transport a young girl named Ellie across the United States, as she may hold the key to finding a cure for the infection. This guide for The Last of Us: Part I includes:

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