Skill Upgrades

Skill upgrades are a feature in The Last of Us.

Overview

There are distinct areas of skill upgradability including maximum health, listen mode distance, crafting speed, healing speed, weapon sway, and shiv mastery.

Each skill has a limit on the number of times it can upgraded. For instance, crafting speed and healing speed may be upgraded three times each, but maximum health may only be upgraded two times. These upgrades use supplements found or earned around the game world.

Upgradable skills

Skill	Times upgradable	Use
Maximum Health	2	Maximizes the amount of health Joel has
Listen Mode Distance	3	Increases the radius of Listen mode
Crafting Speed	3	Reduces crafting time
Healing Speed	3	Allows the player to use health kits faster
Weapon Sway	2	Reduce the sway of weapons
Shiv Master	2	Allows Joel to use a shiv when grabbed by a Clicker by pressing Triangle. Second upgrade allows shivs not to break if they have full durability when used to defend yourself against a Clicker.