This is a guide for everything you need to know about recipes in the game The Last of Us Part 2. Rea on learn what recipes are for and how to unlock them, as well as a list of recipes in Last of Us 2!

What are Recipes?

Recipes are essentially which ingredients you need in order to craft a certain type of item. Recipes can be used to craft a wide array of items, like Health Kits, Molotovs, and even Arrows.

In order to use a recipe, you'll need the ingredients that are required to make the item. These ingredients are found scattered throughout the areas you explore, and can even be picked up off of fallen enemies.

What are Ingredients?

How to Craft

Recipes can be accessed by pressing the Touchpad and opening up the crafting menu. Here you can see a list of all the tools and weapons that you can craft with the ingredients you have with you.

Unlocking Recipes

To unlock a recipe, you must first pick up the tool or weapon for the first time to learn its components. Once you have them in your inventory, you will be able to craft them as long as you have the correct materials. For the most part, you will learn these automatically as you progress, although a few are unlocked via other methods (such as Player Upgrades, etc.)

Unlocking all recipes and crafting all items is required to get the following trophy.

	Tools of the Trade
	Craft every item

Trophy Guide | List of Trophies

Managing Your Resources

Whenever you reach the maximum capacity of a material, you won't be able to pick them up when you find more on the ground. Be sure to check if you can craft any tool or weapon from the crafting menu that uses said ingredient, use it, and pick up the one you found. This is a simple trick to manage your resources and maximize the tools you get to survive.

List of Recipes

The following items are the different recipes that you can craft with the materials that you find throughout the game.

Item	Ingr. 1	Ingr. 2	Ingr. 3	Effect
Health Kit	Alcohol	Rag	-	Restores a moderate amount of health. Hold R2 to use.
Molotov	Alcohol	Rag	-	Explodes on impact, and fire lingers in the area.
Stun Bomb	Canister	Explosive	-	Stuns enemies in a small area on impact.
Melee Upgrade	Binding	Blade	Melee Weapon	Restores melee weapon to full durability and increases its damage. Requires a melee weapon.
Silencer	Rag	Canister	-	Silences the pistol. Breaks after 3 shots.
Trap Mine	Canister	Explosive	-	Deploys in place and and detonates on enemy proximity.
Arrows x2	Binding	Blade	-	Standard ammo for the bow. Silently kills enemies. Crafts 2 arrows.
Explosive Arrow	Explosive	Binding	-	Detonates on impact dealing massive damage in a large blast radius.
Pipe Bombs x2	Alcohol	Canister	Explosive	Bounce on impact and explodes after a short delay. Crafts 2 bombs.
Shivs x2	Binding	Blade	-	Instantly kills enemies from stealth and saves from clicker grabs. Crafts 2 shivs that break on use.
Hunting Pistol Ammo x2	Explosive	Blade	-	Standard ammo for the Hunting Pistol. Deals heavy damage with high accuracy. Crafts 2 bullets.
Incendiary Shells	Alcohol	Explosive	-	Special ammo for the shotgun. Sets targets ablaze in a large area. Crafts 2 shells.

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