The Last of Us Part 1 Artifact locations
Looking for all of the Artifacts in The Last of Us Part 1? We've got the locations of every last one, so you can grab them all in a single playthrough.
If you can track down all of the hidden Artifacts in The Last of Us Part 1, you'll unlock the Chronicles trophy for your collection. They are probably the hardest set of collectibles to find, hidden away in every nook and cranny of the world.
They're also incredibly varied, with some being found on dead bodies, others pinned to walls, and others awarded on completion of certain chapters of The Last Of Us Part 1.
Here's where to find every Artifact location in The Last Of Us Part 1.
On this page:
- Quarantine Zone artifacts locations
- The Outskirts artifacts locations
- Bill's Town artifacts locations
- Pittsburgh artifacts locations
- The Suburbs artifacts locations
- Tommy's Dam artifacts locations
- The University artifacts locations
- Lakeside Resort artifacts locations
- Bus Depot artifacts locations
- The Firefly Lab artifacts locations
Quarantine Zone artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Below you'll find all of the artifact locations for the Quarantine Zone in The Last Of Us Part 1:
Boston Q.Z Map
Found in Joel's backpack. Just open it using the touch bar, and scroll along to the Notes section. You'll need to interact with it before closing the menu.
Military Pamphlet
Found in Joel's backpack.
Note to Brother
After the first infected encounter, head upstairs. Before exiting the building, head through the door on your left.
Drafting Notice
Underneath a table after passing though the bus.
Wanted Poster
A poster on the wall, just after Drafting Notice.
Warehouse Key
Take the key from the guard you kill during the stealth-kill tutorial.
Shipping Manifest
After Joel takes cover at the wharf, head right and take it from the railing.
Dock Notes
Attached to a skip, next to the suspended boat before Robert's office.
The Outskirts artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Below lies all of artifact locations in The Outskirts of The Last Of Us Part 1:
Tess's List
Before the broken wall, on a nightstand in a side room.
Patrol Routes Map
Next to a boiler after you get off the lift.
Evacuation Leaflet
Beneath a traffic light, to the right of where you climbed the highway in the rain.
Field Ops Log
Next to the second dead soldier on the stairs in the Goldstone Building.
Firefly Map
After getting your first Molotov, climb the nearby stairs. It's on the corpse. From dead Firefly.
Note to Derek
During the Clicker subway section, head left from where you start, and look in the cash register of the convenience shop (safe combination).
Medical Pamphlet
Look inside the truck you climb over using a desk.
Firefly Orders
After heading downstairs in the Capitol Building, look around to find this on a corpse. After the cutscene upon leaving the museum you go down some stairs. There’s a body here you can check.
Smuggler Note
Opposite the ladder in the flooded subway section is a ledge by Ellie you can crawl onto. Take it from the corpse.
Bill's Town artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Here are all of the artifact locations for Bill's Town in The Last Of Us Part 1:
Pills Note
After leaving the woods, there’s a Clicker in a shed. Building ahead has two floors. Upper floor office has the note.
Note to Bob
On the barbed wire by the barricade on the main road. (Safe combination: 5-17-21) .
Perimeter Note
To the rear of the record shop.
Note to Rachel
On the second floor of the next building. Cross rooftops after climbing ladder. After dropping down, duck under the tripwire and head left. You will see a white door with something pounding on the other side. Open it and head upstairs. Kill the runner, and grab the note on the table under the writing that says ‘Rachel.’
Fences Note
To the rear of Bill's safehouse. There’s a door near the one you came in through. Next to a dart board.
Hunter's Note
On the second floor of the safehouse. To the right as you exit the stairs.
Bill's Map
On a table in the same safehouse.
Bombs Note
In a small room inside the church. Bill’s room to the right of the altar.
Boy's Diary
On the second floor of a house with a swimming pool. You’ll drop down from a treehouse and see a pool. Can’t miss it.
Note From Frank
On a table in one of the houses. After the Bloater fight, you’ll climb outside. Get over the ladder and into the house. Cutscene will trigger, then you can loot the house.
Note From Frank (2)
By Bill after you've handed him the note. Make sure you pick it up after he throws it on the floor!
Pittsburgh artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Below you'll find all of the artifact locations in the Pittsburgh chapter of The Last Of Us Part 1:
Story Note
Received at the very beginning of the chapter.
Tourist Manifest
Go inside the garage over the road when the ambush is over.
Ambush Map
Just above the garage where the ambush was. You’ll head upstairs on the main path. It's on the wall.
Lost Hill Note
Inside the checkpoint booth, beneath the counter.
Traitor's Flyer
Right outside the bookshop.
Applicant Checklist
Beneath the stairs in the bookshop.
Abandon Zone Note
Towards the rear of the bookshop's first floor.
Lost Areas Map
On the other side of the Shiv Door on the bookshop's second floor.
Mother's Letter
On the other side of the Shiv Door near the hotel.
Stash Note
Inside the cafe and up on the second floor.
Note To Staff
In the hotel lobby, across from the main staircase.
Hotel Keycard
Above the room where the generator is. You will need this to progress the story.
Fireflies Note
Inside the freezer of the Financial District sandwich shop.
Final Attack Note
Look behind a desk after the attack on the Financial District.
Mob Attack Note
Behind another desk, up on the second floor of a nearby building.
Truck Note
Inside the Rations Depot building, on a table.
Trial Note
On the floor of the conference room. Henry will lead you here as part of the story. Just look for a meeting room with a big table.
The Suburbs artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Here are all of the artifact locations in The Suburbs of The Last Of Us Part 1:
Boat Note
Inside the cabin of the boat you see early on.
Sewer Note
Inside the locked section Ellie crawls into. Just after you enter the sewer and split off from Sam and Henry.
Trading Note
Inside the room where the pair of Clickers lurk. You'll be able to enter this room just after switching on the generator, after swimming under the large door.
Rain Catcher Note
On a desk in the room with the rain barrels. To the right after you are rushed by runners and clickers.
Cornered Note
On the ground by a corpse behind the door to your right after killing the clickers and runners. It’s a kind of playroom.
Kid's Drawing
On a bookshelf, just after you get separated from Ellie and Henry. There’s a classroom, the note is next to a small red car toy.
Looting Note
On the second floor of the first house after the sewers.
Father's Note
Located in the second house after the sewers. It’s the one with the attic, and the workbench in the garage. Next to the ice cream truck.
Survivor's Note
On a desk in the third lootable house.
Matchbook
In the attic room of the house with the safe in it. Third lootable house.
Tommy's Dam artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Below you'll find all of the artifact locations in the Tommy's Dam chapter of The Last Of Us Part 1:
Powerplant Map
Look for a bulldozer on the main path. There’s a small building past it, next to a sign that reads “Jackson County Hydro Dam Reservoir.” The map is inside.
Plant Schematics
On the control room table just after you're attacked.
The University artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Here are all the artifacts you can find in The University chapter of The Last Of Us Part 1:
Sniper Nest Log
On the second floor of the building with a garage, flamethrower and workbench. Keep working your way up until you find a sniper’s nest.
Wall Panel Note
Inside the building containing the generator you activate. Right next to the switchboard.
UEC Campus Map
On a table in the dorms. Enter via a door to the right of the locked gate.
Student's Journal
On the second floor of the dorms. There’s a dorm room door you can open here. Found in the desk.
Newspaper Clipping
As you come upstairs after the bloater encounter, enter the dorm room to your right.
Office Recorder
Up on the Science Building's second floor. Follow the yellow and red wires, then head up the stairwell. In room 301 (biology lab).
Fungal X-Rays
Keep moving until you go through a tent made of greenish plastic sheets. The xrays are in the next lab.
Lab Recorder
On the table in the room where you startled the monkeys.
Story Note
Granted automatically after finishing this chapter.
Lakeside Resort artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
The Lakeside Resort Artifacts are slightly different in that the majority of them can be found in Joel and Ellie's backpacks. Just open and inspect each item to make prgress towards the Trophy. Other than that, there's a meat ledger next to Ellie's backpack when playing as Joel, and a Shiv door that you should open.
- Ellie's Backpack - Received automatically when you play Joel.
- Meat Ledger - Right by Ellie's Backpack.
- No Pun Intended - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- No Pun Intended Vol. 2 - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- To Get To The Other Side - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- Riley's Pendant - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- Sam's Robot - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- Walkman - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- Note From Mom - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- Switchblade - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- Joel And Sarah Photo - Received automatically when you play as Ellie.
- Map - On the other side of this area's Shiv Door, when playing as Joel.
For the Shiv Door, do the following, while playing as Joel: Head over the road from the petrol station, you’ll find a motel. Search it until you come to a hotel room with a missing door. Climb through the broken bathroom window and the door you're looking for is to your left.
Bus Depot artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Below you'll find all of the artifact locations for the Bus Depot in The Last Of Us Part 1:
Family Picture
Look on the camper van at the start of this zone.
Note To Wife
Enter the bus depot, walk down the stairs and stay left. You’ll find suitcases piled into the corner. The note is in one of them.
Salt Lake Map
In one of the medical tents. Far right as you enter the area.
The Firefly Lab artifacts locations in The Last Of Us Part 1
Here you'll find the artifact locations for The Firefly Lab in The Last Of Us Part 1:
Surgeon's Recorder
On the other side of the doors after heading upstairs.
Marlene's Recording 1
In the room that's to the left of this area's Shiv Door.
Marlene's Journal
In one of the medical tents on the second floor of the building.
Marlene's Recording 2
Look inside the first room on your right after barricading the second floor door.
Phew. All done? If you have a PS4, then you can get started with the sequel thanks to our The Last of Us Part 2 walkthrough.
Head over to our The Last Of Us Part 1 Walkthrough hub for more help with the rest of the game.