The Last Of Us Part II Journal Entries
Author: Griffin.
Genres: Action Adventure, Horror.
The Last of us Part II directory.
Here you can find all of the, The Last Of Us Part II Journal Entries which can only be acquired as Ellie as you progress through her 5 main chapters in the game.
Collecting all artefacts and journal entries will take up the bulk of your time whilst playing through The Last Of Us Part II as there’s 127 artefacts and 20 journal entries to find in total with this guide covering off the 20 journal entries found in The Last Of Us Part II.
If you need any other Artefacts and or Journal entries, check out the complete Archivist trophy guide.
Journal entries can only be found as Ellie and usually require to wait for a few seconds at a given point in the story then press Triangle to log the entry in your journal.
It will be beneficial to have the Enhanced Listen Mode on (Pause> Options> Accessibility> Navigation And Traversal> Enhanced Listen Mode> On> Scan Range> 30m> Scan Time> 1s).
You can then hold R1+Circle to send out a sonar which will highlight everything you can collect nearby including any artefacts and journal entries.
Once you get to the penultimate chapter: Santa Barbara, The Beach make a manual save which will then allow you to go back through the game via chapter select from the main menu enabling you to collect anything you may have missed.
Please Note: If you save during the final mission: The Farm, Epilogue, you will need to play through the entire game again as chapter select will then be disabled!
The 20 Journal Entries can only be collected as Ellie as you play through her 5 chapters in The Last Of Us Part II which are:
- Jackson.
- Seattle Day 1.
- Seattle Day 2.
- Seattle Day 3
- Santa Barbara.
Once you get to the penultimate chapter: Santa Barbara, The Beach make a manual save which will then allow you to go back through the game via chapter select from the main menu enabling you to collect anything you may have missed.
The 20 journal entries you need to collect in The Last Of Us Part II are as follows:
- Journal Entry 1.
- Journal Entry 2.
- Journal Entry 3.
- Journal Entry 4.
- Journal Entry 5.
- Journal Entry 6.
- Journal Entry 7.
- Journal Entry 8.
- Journal Entry 9.
- Journal Entry 10.
- Journal Entry 11.
- Journal Entry 12.
- Journal Entry 13.
- Journal Entry 14.
- Journal Entry 15.
- Journal Entry 16.
- Journal Entry 17.
- Journal Entry 18.
- Journal Entry 19.
- Journal Entry 20.
Journal Entry 1
Chapter: Jackson, Patrol.
Go through the chapter to where you and Dina dismount your horses and look out over Jackson. Once the dialogue has finished wait for a few seconds to see the journal entry prompt.
Journal Entry 2
Chapter: Jackson, Patrol.
Continue through the chapter pass the supermarket where you nearly lose Dina in the snow then into the building going through and collecting Eugene’s Firefly Pendant artefact (mandatory).
From here go through then over to the right to find a child’s bookcase on top of which will be a toy Giraffe which you need to interact with to complete this Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 3
Chapter: Jackson, Packing Up.
Once you’re in Joel’s house, go around to the left on the ground floor to the kitchen then interact with the mug to the right of the sink to complete this Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 4
Chapter: Jackson, Packing Up.
Head up the stairs in Joel’s house as you usually would then go into first right door and over to the right where you can interact with the guitar completing this Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 5
Chapter: Seattle Day 1, The Gate.
Proceed through towards the gate to see over to the right a large notice stating “Trespassers Killed On Sight!“. Interact with the message to complete the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 6
Chapter: Seattle Day 1, Downtown.
Go to 5th Avenue and climb the ladder up to the bridge. In the right side tower will be a drawer where you need to collect the Street Drawing artefact. Once you have the artefact you will then see the prompt on screen to collect the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 7
Chapter: Seattle Day 1, Downtown.
After swinging across the gap in the Ration Distribution Centre rather than leaving through the window, go to the right into the office. In the office you will be able to collect the Rabbi Saunder’s Letter artefact from behind the desk in the drawer.
Once you have the artefact you will automatically add the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 8
Chapter: Seattle Day 1, The Tunnels.
Proceed through the area swinging across the gap then dropping down through the ventilation system where you face off against some infected and more importantly; 2 Shamblers.
You need to take down both Shamblers where the 2nd of whom will then become the Journal Entry so ensure you get it before proceeding forward.
Journal Entry 9
Please Note: Ellie does have a viewable journey at the start of the chapter, however, this one isn’t part of the 20 required.
Chapter: Seattle Day 1, The Birthday Gift.
Make your way through the flashback with Joel until you get to the T-Rex statue then interact with the sign in front of the statue to log the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 10
Chapter: Seattle Day 1, The Birthday Gift.
Head up to the space section of the museum then rather than going over to the pod which continues the story go straight ahead to find 2 semi-circular benches.
On the bench to the right will be the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 11
Chapter: Seattle Day 2, Hilcrest.
From the start of the chapter go forward jumping over the truck then go straight forward to the “Fuck the WLF” sign directly next to the Ruston Coffee shop to log the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 12
Chapter: Seattle Day 2, Finding Strings.
From the very start of the chapter, go right to the cliff then log the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 13
Chapter: Seattle Day 2, The Seraphites.
Go through to the first open area then head into the building on the right; the Conference Centre then go to the back wall to a sign painted in blood which reads “Feel Her Love“.
Interact with the sign to log the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 14
Chapter: Seattle Day 2, The Seraphites.
After successfully getting the large rolling rubbish bin through the shutter, go through and jump up the side of the building where Ellie will automatically log the Journal Entry as part of the story.
Journal Entry 15
Chapter: Seattle Day 2, The Seraphites.
Continue through the chapter to where Ellie gets shot in the shoulder by an arrow (mandatory) where you then need take down the enemies in the local area.
From here, go through the vegetated area to the street and look to your left to find a corpse next to a bus stop with an axe to their left side.
Interact with the corpse to log the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 16
Chapter: Seattle Day 3, Road to the Aquarium.
Go through the chapter to where Ellie and Jessie go into the large bookstore. Jump down the fallen floor to the bottom level then turn right. Over on the far wall will be a large painting containing a mushroom fairyland scene which you need to interact with to log the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 17
Chapter: Seattle Day 3, The Flooded City.
Proceed through the chapter on your boat to the first shutter then go left up the stairs and through to find a large window. Interact with the window to log the Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 18
Chapter: Seattle Day 3, Infiltration.
Proceed through until you are attacked and take down Alice the Alsation then go through the room with the large whiteboard.
Take a left into the kitchen area then go to the blue duffel bag on the floor against the back wall and interact with it to go through Owen’s stuff logging your Journal Entry in the process.
Journal Entry 19
Chapter: Santa Barbara, Pushing Inland.
Go through the house clearing out the enemies then through the garden grounds going under the hole in the white wall.
Once through you will see a Police car to your right, you would usually go left to continue the game, however, you need to walk forward then press L3 when prompted with the “look at” message as you walk straight towards the edge of cliff.
As long as you press L3 you will then log your Journal Entry.
Journal Entry 20
Chapter: Santa Barbara, The Resort.
Clear out the enemies at the start of the chapter then go through and take down the remaining enemies who are pretty well armoured so aim for the legs to have an easier time taking them down.
After you have cleared the area go to the van which is side on and has a Rattlers logo on the side of the van.
Interact with the logo to log your final Journal Entry.
Bow that you have collected all 20 Journal Entries you will also need to ensure you have collected all 127 artefacts as well which you can find in the Archivist trophy guide.
That’s how to acquire all of the, The Last Of Us Part II Journal Entries, I hope the guide helped you jot down all 20 as Ellie.