Sep 18, 2023
All The Last of Us Part 1 supplement locations
How to find every supplement in The Last of Us Part 1 and get every upgrades
How to find every supplement in The Last of Us Part 1 and get every upgrades
Gather up The Last of Us Part 1 supplements to boost Joel's skills, which includes things like his maximum health, weapon accuracy, and even shiv use. Supplements take the form of pills, pill bottles, and plants, and you need to find them all over The Last of Us Part 1 to fund your skill upgrades for Joel. While there are there are 500 supplements to collect in a regular playthrough, some supplements are easy to find while others are even easier to miss. In fact, it's impossible to get all of Joel's skills in a single run of the story, so you'll need to check out New Game+ if you want a fully buffed Joel. It's still very important to get as many skills as possible for Joel, so we've laid out all the supplement locations in The Last of Us Part 1, listed chronologically, so you can get them as you play.
By our measurements The Last of Us Part 1 has 500 supplements in total, found in every level from the Outskirts onwards. We've broken them up into chronological order below, as they appear by level.
Click on any of the links at the side of the page to get to the section you need, or just scroll down to find them as you go. Supplements can take numerous forms as you explore, aside from the telltale "Pill" image that appears over them when you get close enough, look for the following:
Once you have enough of them, you can use them in the track pad menu to boost Joel's skills and stats accordingly. However, it's important to know that you can't get enough supplements in a single playthrough to max out all skills. You can get pretty close, but make sure you focus on the essential skills and forgo any that aren't that important to you. The good news is, if you play on New Game+, you can collect supplements again, so you'll have more than enough to max out Joel's skills in your second playthrough. First though, you need to find them.
There's a total of 60 supplements in the Outskirts across ten locations. This area lasts from when you escape the military forces in the storm drains, all the way until you escape Washington after the Capitol Building.
Bill's Town is a long section, with 90 supplements in total to find. It begins from the section in the woods, lasting all the way until you leave in the car. This area is also a little more open-ended than the Outskirts, so prepare to do a bit more hunting around.
Pittsburgh is even bigger than Bill's Town, with a grand total of 120 supplements to find - more than in any other chapter of the game. This covers everything from the ambush by hunters right at the beginning, to jumping in the river to escape at the end.
The Suburbs chapter covers everything between Joel washing up on the beach, exploring the sewers, the actual suburbs themselves, and the sequence with the sniper and the armored car's return. There's 55 supplements to be found here.
Tommy's Dam extends from the cutscene where you leave Henry and Sam, and lasts all the way until Ellie and Joel both get on horseback to head to the university after escaping the ranch. Like the Suburbs again, there's 55 supplements for players to find across this section.
This chapter is bigger than the last two, and as any student can tell you, there's a lot of pills floating around campus. There's 90 supplements at the University of Eastern Colorado, and this whole section covers everything from your arrival, exploration, and escape with a serious injury.
There's actually only 10 supplements in this entire long chapter, because you spend most of it playing as Ellie. You'll play most of it before you even find them, but here's where they are.
The bus depot is another short chapter, though it's got more pills in it than the last one. This covers everything between the arrival in Salt Lake City on the highway, the bus depot itself, the triage, and all the underground tunnels until you reach the hospital.
Being a hospital, the Firefly Lab does have a few supplements floating around: 20, to be exact. This technically isn't the last level of the game but this is the last place you can get supplements. Grab these and you'll have found every pill you can get in all of The Last of Us Part 1.
Phew! That's a lot of pills, but it'll go a long way to helping your survivability in The Last of Us Part 1, especially if you carry these upgrades into New Game+.
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The Outskirts - Bill's Town - Pittsburgh - Suburbs - Tommy's Dam - University - Lakeside Resort - The Firefly Lab - Pill bottles (of differing sizes and color) Small flowering purple plants (often in pots) Individual small white pills