The Last of Us Part 1 Lakeside Resort Collectibles and Artifacts Locations

Snow blankets the quiet resort, hiding clues and treasures that reveal the game’s darkest secrets. Every note, pendant, and comic adds a piece to Ellie and Joel’s tense winter chapter-here’s where to find them all before the storm closes in.

After surviving the hunter attack, you’ll start “Lakeside Resort.” In the eighth chapter of The Last of Us Part 1, you’ll need to find twelve artifacts, two Firefly pendants, one optional conversation, one training manual, and two comics. The collectibles are spread out across two sections: The Hunt and Cabin Resort. The game does not indicate to you when you’re moving onto a new section, but you can select and begin playing any section from the Chapters option on the main menu.

Read on to find out when each section begins and ends, and where all of the collectibles can be found in “Lakeside Resort.”

The Hunt Collectibles

The Hunt section in Lakeside Resort hides a small collection of items that can be missed if you rush through the area. You’ll find artifacts scattered around the cabins and a few optional conversations tied to David’s group. Make sure to search the lodge’s dining hall, the butcher shop, and the frozen areas outside for collectible notes and pendants. Each clue helps piece together what happened to the survivors before Ellie’s arrival.

“The Hunt” begins with a time skip to winter, opening with a shot of Ellie hunting down a deer. This section ends after Ellie and David survive an infected assault.

Ellie’s Artifacts

Once you gain control of Ellie after the initial cutscene, you’ll have the following artifacts in your inventory:

• Switchblade
• Walkman
• Sam’s Robot
• Note from Mom
• No Pun Intended: Volume Too
• To Get To The Other Side
• No Pun Intended
• Joel & Sarah Photo

You’ll also have Riley’s Firefly pendant.

Uncertainty Comic Location

After you’ve hit the deer with two arrows, it’ll run off, leaving a trail of blood. Track the fleeing deer by following the blood trail to a decaying wooden building with the sign “Warren Coral Mining” above the entrance. Enter the building and turn into the room on your left. Move over to the desk in the corner of the room, and open the drawer to find the Uncertainty comic inside.

Travis Kristof Firefly Pendant Location

Once David tasks you with retrieving the ladder from the walkway above, have David boost you up to the walkway and make your way to the ladder. Instead of retrieving the ladder right away, turn around and enter the small office ahead of you. On the left side, you’ll find the Travis Kristof Firefly pendant on a wooden crate.

Optional Conversation 40 Location

After you successfully retrieve the ladder, climb up onto the other walkway and proceed across the wooden bridge. In the next room, turn right up the stairs to find a few corpses on the floor. Interact with them to initiate an optional conversation.

Cabin Resort Collectibles

This snow-covered cabin area hides several collectibles scattered across bedrooms, dining halls, and storage spaces. Players can find artifacts, training manuals, and supplements tucked behind furniture or near campfire spots. Be sure to explore the upper floors for hidden notes revealing the story of the resort’s fall. Listen carefully for infected sounds, as a few items rest in rooms guarded by threats. Thorough exploration of each building will help complete your collection before advancing through the frozen lake section.

The “Cabin Resort” section begins after Ellie realizes that she’s been tracked by David and his group. This section ends after Joel and Ellie are reunited at last.

Paul D. Braun Firefly Pendant Location

Once you gain control of Ellie, flee into the large house down the hill. Defeat all of the hunters nearby the house, and exit out of the front door. Turn to the right to find a wooden gazebo that has the Paul D. Braun Firefly pendant on a bench inside.

Negentropy Comic Location

After you take the nature trail and crouch walk through the pipe, head up the stairs on your left to find the Negentropy comic on the far bench.

Lake Resort Map Artifact Location

After you regain control of Joel and defeat all of David’s men, you’ll trigger a cutscene where Joel interrogates one of the men. He’ll ask him to point to where Ellie is being kept on the Lake Resort Map. Afterward, you’ll have the Lake Resort Map in your inventory.

Smoke: Shaping Training Manual Location

Once you gain control of Joel for the second time, defeat the hunters in the snowstorm. After they’ve been dealt with, head to the right side of the motel and go around the back. You’ll find a shed in an alleyway that must be opened using a shiv. Inside the shed, you’ll find the Smoke: Shaping training manual on a wooden crate.

Ellie’s Backpack Artifact Location

Continue down the road and defeat the hunters along the way. You’ll enter an open door that will start a cutscene where Joel finds Ellie’s backpack on a shelf.

Meat Ledger Artifact location

In the same room where Joel found Ellie’s backpack, turn to the right to find the Meat Ledger on a shelf.

That marks the end of “Lakeside Resort” in The Last of Us Part 1. If you’re ready to take on the next chapter, check out our guide on where to find all “Bus Depot” collectibles.

Lakeside Resort combat tips and enemy strategies

Here are focused combat tips for the toughest Lakeside Resort sections: the cabin defense with David, Ellie sneaking through the town, Joel in the blizzard, and the David “boss” fight.

Cabin defense with David (infected waves)

You survive more easily if you play it like a defensive holdout instead of running around.

• In the first room, keep your back to a wall or corner so nothing can grab you from behind, and prioritize runners before clickers.

• Use the hunting rifle for long sightlines; it one-shots most infected even on body hits, so take your time to aim instead of spam-firing.

• Use listen mode between waves to check if anything is still alive before moving, and loot quickly when a short lull hits (infected and David can drop ammo).

• When you move upstairs, plant a nail bomb or mine in choke points like doorways or the hole where enemies drop in, then watch the main approach and let traps handle surprise flanks.​

For the bloater at the end of this sequence, treat the long corridor as your safe lane.​

• Throw 1-2 nail bombs in the corridor it walks through and finish with Molotovs and rifle shots from distance, backing

Best weapons and ammo management for Lakeside Resort

Lakeside Resort demands tight ammo conservation due to its multi-phase fights across Ellie and Joel sections, with infected waves, human ambushes, and a boss encounter testing your stockpile. Prioritize rifles and craftables over spraying, as drops from enemies often replenish what you use if you loot methodically.

Top Weapons by Section

Focus on these loadouts entering the chapter; swap based on your inventory from prior areas like University.

Ammo Management Rules

• Loot every body and room immediately after clearing-enemies here drop rifle shells, revolver rounds, and parts for bombs, often netting positive ammo.

• Craft priority: Nail bombs > Molotovs > Health kits; each bomb saves 5-10 bullets in waves. Use rags, explosives, and alcohol from cabins/town.

• Never fully unload: Keep 2-4 shots in rifle/shotgun for surprises; use listen mode to pick shots over panic fire.

• Human vs Infected: Revolver/bow for humans (headshots), rifle for infected (bloater ignores limbs). Skip shotgun on ranged fights to save shells.

Stock up pre-chapter at University leftovers, and you’ll exit with surplus for Lake City Junction.