The Last of Us 2 training manuals provide upgrade branches and skills that you can level up supplements. But you have to find them first, so we've laid out all the training manual locations and how you can get them.
With that in mind, here's a full rundown of where to find every training manual in The Last of Us 2. Make sure you grab them, as there likely won't be another chance in the campaign to do so - meaning you'll have to restart or reload another save to get them.
Seattle Day 1, Downtown - Prep Training Manual
When scavenging for gasoline in Downtown Seattle you'll end up in the Courthouse. Head into the basement office next to the lifts and you’ll find your first training manual in The Last of Us 2 there.
Seattle Day 1, Capitol Hill - Stealth Training Manual
When exploring, look out for the petrol station with WLF soldiers in and around it. The book store opposite has another training manual you can get once you sneak past some infected (including a clicker). You’ll find the book next to a typewriter in one of the side rooms.
Seattle Day 2, Hillcrest - Precision Training Manual
Find the Liquor Store, head inside via the window and go down into the basement. There are a pair of Shamblers here, so weave around them until you can crawl through a hole in the wall. This leads into a children’s bookstore, and you’ll find the training manual next to the corpse by the counter.
Seattle Day 2, The Seraphites - Chemistry Training Manual
In the apartment building shown in the picture above, head up to the first floor and take a right, entering an apartment. Remember the the locked door on the right as you go in. When you get to the end of the room, you’ll spot a workbench but as soon as you use it you’ll be jumped by WLF deserters. Fight them off, and then check the locked room they were hiding in - on the bed you’ll find a The Last of Us 2 training manual.
-- POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD --
From this point on it becomes very difficult to address events in The Last of Us 2 without spoilers to the plot - for that reason, players who haven't reached the levels beyond The Seraphites should stop reading until they do! However, for those who have reached that point and understand why we put the spoiler warning up, read on.
Seattle Day 1, On Foot - Covert Ops Training Manual
Once you get to the large boat that you reach via placing a ladder, make sure you check inside before proceeding onward. You'll find a Last of Us 2 training manual inside the boat.
Seattle Day 1, Behind Enemy Lines - Close Quarters Training Manual
When you reach the street in the image shown (shortly after Abby spots the WLF trucks through the window), break the window in the shop on your immediate left and look for a safe at the back of the store. Use the combo 68-96-89 to open it and grab a training manual, or check our The Last of Us 2 safe codes and combinations guide if you want to look it up yourself.
Seattle Day 1, The Forest - Firearms Training Manual
Once you fight the large Seraphite woman with the huge hammer who stole your backpack, head into the Auto Shop. When you go into the kitchen area, take an immediate right and the training manual is on a pair of drawers near the broken window.
Seattle Day 1, The Coast - Ordinance Training Manual
After falling from the highway into the water, work your way to the ferry. When you get the Crossbow, a safe code will be on a piece of paper at the end of the hallway (90-77-01). The safe itself can be found on the top deck, with a Runner stood close by. You’ll need to turn left immediately at the top of the boat, and then mantle up, kill the Runner, and open the safe for Abby’s final training manual.
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