The Last of Us: how to earn money and buy everything in the store

The Last of Us: how to earn money and buy everything in the store

 

How do you make money in The Last of Us? It is certainly a question that many are asking themselves, since the shop in the game menu offers a lot of stuff just waiting to be bought. Let's find out together

During the single-player campaign of The Last of Us by performing particular actions and reaching certain milestones, you can unlock the "tags", or a sort of rewards that translate into cash that Joel can spend right in the game shop by unlocking many juicy extras (in this regard, also follow the guide to costumes and other unlockable extras).

Throughout history, there are many different ways to unlock these tags and earn money. In this guide we see what they are, which tags they unlock and how much money you will earn with each.

Don't forget to consult The Last of Us cheats and guides tab, there are other useful guides like this one waiting for you.

Getting all the tags we are about to list will make you about $ 12.500 in total. This sum is enough to buy practically EVERYTHING in the store (details in the guide dedicated to unlockables).

 

Collect Collectibles (follow the guide to collectibles to find them all)

• Find 1 Dog Tag to earn $ 100 - 'Fallen Firefly' tag.
• Find 10 Dog Tags to earn $ 100 - 'Firefly Squad' tag.
• Find 20 Dog Tags to earn $ 100 - 'Firefly Militia' tag.
• Find all Dog Tags to earn $ 250 - 'Look for the Light' tag.
• Find 3 Comics to earn $ 100 - 'Daniela Star' tag.
• Find 7 Comics to earn $ 100 - 'Savage Starlight Fan' tag.
• Find all Comics to earn $ 250 - 'Endure & Survive' tag.
• Find 1 Artifact to earn $ 100 - 'Collector' tag.
• Find 10 Artifacts to earn $ 100 - 'Nostalgic' tag.
• Find 30 Artifacts to earn $ 100 - 'Every nook & Cranny' tag.
• Find all the Artifacts to earn $ 250 - 'It was all just lying there'.
• Find 1 Training Manual to earn $ 100 - 'Self Help' tag.
• Find 6 Training Manuals to earn $ 100 - 'Reading Material' tag.
• Find all Training Manuals to earn $ 250 - 'I got this' tag.
• Find all collectibles to earn $ 500 - 'Scavenger' tag.

 

Create Items and Weapons (follow the item creation guide)

• Craft 30 upgraded melee weapons to earn $ 100 - 'Melee Crafter' tag.
• Craft 30 knives to earn $ 100 - 'Shiv Crafter' tag.
• Create 30 Med Kits to earn $ 100 - 'Kit Crafter' tag.
• Create 30 Molotov cocktails to earn $ 100 - 'Molotov Crafter' tag.
• Craft 30 spiked bombs to earn $ 100 - 'Bomb Crafter' tag.
• Craft 30 smoke bombs to earn $ 100 - 'Smoke Crafter' tag.
• Craft all items to earn $ 100 - 'Let's Gear Up' tag.

 

Use the knife to open the doors to unlock (follow this video to find them all)

• Unlock 1 door to earn $ 100 - 'Secret Cache' tag.
• Unlock 5 doors to earn $ 100 - 'Breaking & Entering' tag.
• Unlock all doors to earn $ 250 - 'Master of Unlocking'.

 

Upgrade Joel's Weapons and Skills (follow Joel's Weapon Upgrades and Skills Guide)

• Upgrade a skill to earn $ 100 - 'Take you Vitamins' tag.
• Fully upgrade a skill to earn $ 100 - 'Performance Enhancement' tag.
• Upgrade all of Joel's skills to earn $ 250 - 'Everything we've been through' tag.
• Upgrade all weapons to earn $ 500 - 'For emergencies only' tag.

 

Join the Conversations and listen to Ellie's jokes (follow Ellie's guide to optional conversations and jokes to find them all)

• Join an optional conversation to earn $ 100 - 'Getting to know you' tag.
• Join 10 optional conversations to earn $ 100 - 'Small talk' tag.
• Join 20 optional conversations to earn $ 100 - 'Bonding' tag.
• Join all optional conversations to earn $ 250 - 'I want to talk about it' tag.
• Listen to an Ellie joke to earn $ 100 - 'No pun intended' tag.
• Listen to 2 Ellie jokes to earn $ 250 - 'No pun intended: Part Two' tag.
• Listen to all of Ellie's jokes to earn $ 500 - 'That's all I got' tag.

 

Perform stealth kills
Stealth kills are performed by slowly approaching behind an enemy. Do 20 to earn $ 100 with the "Bare hands" tag.

Kill the Infected

• Kill a Bloater at close range to earn $ 100 - 'Too close for comfort' tag. To kill him and earn this tag, damage him enough with any weapon you have, then finish him off at close range with a shotgun or flamethrower.
• Kill a stalker from behind to earn $ 100 - 'The Hunter becomes the Hunted' tag.
• Use the knives to kill 25 Clickers and earn $ 100 - 'Personal space' tag.

Complete the game on different difficulties

• Complete the game on Easy difficulty to earn $ 250 - 'No matter what - Easy' tag.
• Complete the game on Normal difficulty to earn $ 250 - 'No matter what - Normal' tag.
• Complete the game on Hard difficulty to earn $ 500 - 'No matter what - Hard' tag.
• Complete the game on Survivor difficulty to earn $ 500 - 'No matter what - Survivor' tag.
• Complete the game on Easy + difficulty to earn $ 250 - 'The Last of Us - Easy +' tag.
• Complete the game on Normal + difficulty to earn $ 250 - 'The Last of Us - Normal +' tag.
• Complete the game on Hard + difficulty to earn $ 500 - 'The Last of Us - Hard +' tag.
• Complete the game on Survivor + difficulty to earn $ 500 - 'The Last of Us - Survivor +' tag.