The Last of Us: optional conversation guide [I want to talk about it]

The Last of Us: optional conversation guide [I want to talk about it]

 

In The Last of Us, dialogue plays a fundamental role. The conversations between the characters not only reveal precious details about the narrative background, but help to immerse even more in the plot, thanks to the high quality level of the texts and the dubbing. Do you want to listen to them all, really all of them?

How to find all optional conversations

Throughout the game there are 37 optional dialogues between characters. They are defined as optional because, not being the main dialogues of the plot, they may not activate if the required conditions are not met (in almost all of them you have to look at something in particular and then press the button ). Listening to all optional conversations will also help you unlock the trophy

I want to talk about it - Join all optional conversations

Here are a couple of videos showing where they are and how all conversations are triggered. If you have skipped any of them you can recover them by replaying the chapter from the "Select chapter" menu.

Unlike other collectibles, it is not possible for conversations to see which ones you have already activated and which ones you are missing. Progress is saved immediately, after listening to a conversation you can then jump to another chapter without having to reach the next checkpoint. There are many more conversations in the game than those covered in this guide, but only the ones shown in the video count towards unlocking the trophy.

For other super useful guides on this game, consult the cheats sheet of The Last of Us.

Below is the timeline that highlights how many conversations there are in each chapter, immediately after the videos that show what to do to activate all the optional conversations.

Chapter 2
#1 - The Quarantine Zone (20 Years Later)
#2 - The Quarantine Zone (Beyond the Wall)

Chapter 3
#3 - The Outskirts (Outside)
#4 - The Outskirts (Downtown)
#5 - The Outskirts (Museum)
#6 - The Outskirts (Museum)

Chapter 4
#7 - Bill's Town (The Woods)
#8 - Bill's Town (Safehouse)
#9 - Bill's Town (Graveyard)
#10 - Bill's Town (High School Escape)
#11 - Bill's Town (High School Escape)

Chapter 5
#12 - Pittsburgh (Alone and Forsaken)
#13 - Pittsburgh (Alone and Forsaken)
#14 - Pittsburgh (Alone and Forsaken)
#15 - Pittsburgh (Alone and Forsaken)
#16 - Pittsburgh (Hotel Lobby)
#17 - Pittsburgh (Hotel Lobby)
#18 - Pittsburgh (Hotel Lobby)
#19 - Pittsburgh (Financial District)
#20 - Pittsburgh (Financial District)
#21 - Pittsburgh (Financial District)

Chapter 6
#22 - The SUburbs (Suburbs)
#23 - The Suburbs (Sububrs)
#24 - The Suburbs (Suburbs)

Chapter 7
#25 - Tommy's Dam (Hydroelectric Dam)
#26 - Tommy's Dam (Hydroelectric Dam)
#27 - Tommy's Dam (Hydroelectric Dam)

Chapter 8
#28 - The University (Go Big Horns)
#29 - The University (Go Big Horns)

Chapter 9
#30 - The University (Science Building)

Chapter 10
#31 - Lakeside Resort (The Hunt)
#32 - Bus Depot (Highway Exit)
#33 - Bus Depot (Highway Exit)
#34 - Bus Depot (Highway Exit)
#35 - Bus Depot (Highway Exit)
#36 - Bus Depot (Highway Exit)
#37 - Bus Depot (Highway Exit)