The Last of Us 2 Chapter 3: The Overlook Walkthrough (Jackson)

This walkthrough for Jackson – Chapter 3: The Overlook in The Last of Us 2 (TLOU Part II) will guide you through all objectives. It also includes Collectibles and other Items (Artifacts, Trading Cards, Journal Entries, Training Manuals, Workbenches, Safes, Coins, Weapons, Upgrade Parts, Skill Unlock Supplements).

For other Chapters see The Last of Us 2 Walkthrough.

Day: Jackson
Chapter: The Overlook

Collectibles:

Artifacts: 1

This Chapter will teach you the most basic traversal, stealth and combat button-combinations.

to jump
+ to sprint jump larger gaps
+ to vault obstacles and squeeze through gaps
to crouch (tap)
to go prone (hold a bit)
to escape an enemies grapple
to dodge incoming melee attacks
to melee-attack yourself
to aim and to shoot your weapons
to use listen-mode (hold)
to grab unaware enemies from behind
to stealth-kill them
to open your inventory and craft items

Follow Male Companion

After the introductory cutscene of two characters inside of a lodge, we will gain control of the woman.

The man wants to show us something, while the rest of their friends stay there, still sleeping.
Along the way, we will be taught how to use the basic traversal functions, as listed above.

While heading to the destination, the names of the characters are revealed – Abby and Owen. He has found a small city that appears to be Jackson, the place they have heard of and are looking for.

Head towards the Overlook / Outpost

While Owen heads back, Abby seems determined and wants to reach the nearby Overlook to speak with the people.

While navigating the world with your knowledge about the traversal options, the mechanics of fighting will be introduced now, as Abby is grabbed by an Infected. Mash to escape the struggle.

Use to dodge incoming attacks at the exact time (mashing it will often fail the action, thus resulting in receiving damage) and hit them back with .

After fighting a few more of them, Abby will eventually reach a house in which she needs to crawl underneath the floorboards.
An Infected will come crawling to you, shoot him with + . Immediately after crawling out of there, you want to head around the left side of the building and jump through a window inside again to find the only Artifact of this Chapter!

In the next house, there are unaware enemies – this is the moment to learn about stealthy approaches. Hold for the listen-mode, to see silhouettes where enemies are standing / walking. Crouch to them slowly, grab and kill to thin out their numbers.

While cleaning out the enemies in the previous sections was hard to avoid, the final encounter of this Chapter gives you a choice on how to approach. You can either clean out the Infected stealthily, with melee or gun-combat (mind the low ammo), or simply sneak past them using gaps under cars to stay undetected. The choice is yours!