Last of Us Part 1 lets you experience a world filled with infected enemies. Even in this world, there are different collectibles that give the characters hope to move on. One of these collectibles is the Firefly Pendants which are found in different locations in Last of Us Part 1.
- Last of Us Part 1 has 30 Firefly Pendants which the player can acquire by searching through their surroundings.
- Upon obtaining every Firefly Pendant, you can unlock the “Look for the Light” Achievement.
- In the Quarantine chapter, there are 3 Firefly pendants located in different locations.
- In the Outskirts Chapter, there are 4 Firefly pendants to collect from different locations.
- In Bill’s Town, you can find 3 different Firefly pendant locations.
- In the Pittsburg chapter, there are 3 hidden Firefly pendants to collect.
- In the Suburbs chapter, there are 4 hidden Firefly pendants to collect.
- In Tommy’s Dam chapter, there are 2 different locations to find.
- In the University chapter, there are 5 hidden Firefly pendants to collect.
- At the Lakeside Resort, you can find 2 Firefly pendants in different locations.
- In the Bus Depot chapter, you can find 3 Firefly pendants in different locations.
Firefly Pendants are hidden at different locations throughout the game. You’ll find these Pendants either one of the Firefly members or at other unique places. Once you collect these, you’ll be able to check them out in the Collectibles menu.
Here’s the complete list of all Firefly Pendants in LoU Part 1:
| Pendant No. | Chapter | Location Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quarantine | On the floor of a room with windows after exiting the tunnels |
| 2 | Quarantine | Hanging on a tree after crossing the alleyway |
| 3 | Quarantine | On a wasted body when you find Ellie as your teammate |
| 4 | Outskirts | Hanging on a tree near the Goldston building |
| 5 | Outskirts | In a case on the upper floor of the museum |
| 6 | Outskirts | Inside a roman/greek style structure near the Capitol building |
| 7 | Outskirts | On a top shelf in a room after completing the Capitol building |
| 8 | Bill's Town | On a stranded RV near Marcuie Music Shop |
| 9 | Bill's Town | On a street lamp on a road before the church |
| 10 | Bill's Town | In a Red house's bathroom after passing through the church |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | Next to an overturned bookshelf in the back alley of the bookstore |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | On the floor of the ladies' room inside a hotel |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | In one of the bathroom stalls inside a building accessed with planks |
| 14 | Suburbs | Inside a boat by the beach near a blue-colored barrel |
| 15 | Suburbs | Hanging on the wall inside the sewers after entering storm drainage |
| 16 | Suburbs | Underwater inside a drowned car next to the mechanical door puzzle |
| 17 | Suburbs | In the backyard of the last house attached to a branch of a tree |
| 18 | Tommy's Dam | Inside a red cabinet in a room filled with huge turbines |
| 19 | Tommy's Dam | On a table in a ranch |
| 20 | University | Hanging from a tree on the right corner of the University compound |
| 21 | University | Inside a building hole located in the next courtyard |
| 22 | University | Obtained from a Bloater's body in the dorm room area |
| 23 | University | Inside one of the white medical tents near the laboratory |
| 24 | University | Inside the room with the monkeys in the laboratory |
| 25 | Lakeside Resort | Inside the factory on a crate |
| 26 | Lakeside Resort | Inside one of the cabins after Ellie tries to escape |
| 27 | Bus Depot | On the pavement near a broken-down truck when you take left from the yellow bus on the highway |
| 28 | Bus Depot | Hanging on the fog light after turning right from the FEDRA tent |
| 29 | Bus Depot | On the floor beside the bus before entering the tunnels |
| 30 | Firefly Lab | On a table inside the room behind the 6th floor of the hospital |
Quarantine Zone
In the Quarantine Zone chapter, you’ll get to collect different collectibles. As for the Firefly Pendants, there are a total of 3 Firefly Pendants that are available here. So we’ll show the location of each of these Firefly Pendants in Last of Us Part 1.
Firefly Pendant 1 (1/30)
| Chapter | Quarantine Zone |
| Location | Exit the tunnels and you’ll find it in the room with windows |
You’ll come across the first Firefly pendant in the quarantine zone. When you and Tess come out of the underground tunnels and get the Gun and the gear. Tess will ask you to find a ladder so that you can go to the 1st floor of a house. You’ll have to put it up beside the building and will have to go up.
This isn’t something that you’ll have to do to get to the Firefly Pendant’s location in Last of Us Part 1. It’s all part of the story, meaning you’ll have to do it to progress through the account. Anyways, you’ll have to turn right through the doorhole when you climb up. Go across the other room too.
When you go into the room with the windows, turn left, and you’ll find the Fire Pendant on the floor. You can pick up your first Firefly Pendant.
Firefly Pendant 2 (2/30)
| Chapter | Quarantine Zone |
| Location | Found hanging on a tree after you cross the alleyway |
The Second Firefly Pendant can be found after you have cleared the Nelsons’ Printing building. When you jump down from the fire escape of the building, you’ll find an alleyway to the right side of the next building. Go to that alleyway, hop over the small obstacle, and turn left.
At the exit of that alley, you’ll have to crouch down, and you’ll come out in an open area. Now, you’ll note that the game will want you to turn to the right and go meet Tess. Instead, for the location of the second Firefly Pendant in Last of Us Part 1, you’ll have to turn left after you get to the open area.
As you leave, you’ll see a tree up ahead. Look up, and you’ll find the second Firefly Pendant hanging on one of its branches. Once you locate it, you’ll have to shoot it using your gun, and it will fall. Go and pick it up.
Firefly Pendant 3 (3/30)
| Chapter | Quarantine Zone |
| Location | When Ellie accompanies you the third pendant can be found on a body |
As you progress through the story, you’ll come up to a cutscene. In the cutscene, you’ll pick up Ellie as your teammate. As the cutscene ends, you’ll be in an open area with a few dead bodies on the ground.
What you have to do is get across this open area to the other side. You’ll find a dead body by the footpath on the other side. Go near it, and you’ll find your third Firefly Pendant.
Outskirts
When you get to the Outskirts Chapter in Last of Us Part 1, you’ll be able to find the location of 4 Firefly Pendants.
Firefly Pendant 1 (4/30)
| Chapter | Outskirts |
| Location | You can find it near the Goldston building, hanging on a tree |
For the location of the 4th Firefly Pendant, here’s what you need to do. After you had the conversation with Ellie and Tess about the Capitol building and Downtown, you’ll be looking at the building called the Goldston building.
Before you enter it, you’ll have to turn right and go all the way. You’ll go across a few trees until you get to the last tree just before the corner of the building. On this tree, you’ll find the 4th Firefly Pendant hanging onto one of its branches.
Firefly Pendant 2 (5/30)
| Chapter | Outskirts |
| Location | The upper floor of the museum |
As you progress in the story, there’s a museum with a broken floor ramp leading to the upper floor. The game directs you right, but for the fifth Firefly Pendant, go left. Find a small platform, climb it, and head to the left.
You’ll have to walk carefully here because if you fall, you’ll have to get up again. At the end of the small platform, you’ll find the pendant in a case.
Firefly Pendant 3 (6/30)
| Chapter | Outskirts |
| Location | Capitol building, inside a Greek/roman style structure |
For the 6th Firefly Pendant, you’ll have to look for it right before you enter the Capitol building. Look towards your left, and you’ll find a structure standing on columns. They resemble the Greek or Roman architecture style.
Go inside that structure and look for it in the puddle of water near the other side. You can see the picture attached below to know its exact location.
Firefly Pendant 4 (7/30)
| Chapter | Outskirts |
| Location | Found after the Capitol Building in a room full of water inside the tunnels. |
Once you’re done with the Capitol building and leave it, you’ll be chased down into the subway tunnels. You’ll find a flooded area next to you. There, you’ll have to solve a puzzle to get ahead.
Look towards the left side, where Ellie is. There will be a dead body there too. Go down into the water, and then you’ll have to go straight ahead. You’ll find a room with a large window and a door. Get inside and find the Firefly Pendant on one of the top shelves here.
Bill’s Town
In Bill’s Town, there are a total of 3 Firefly Pendants hidden at different locations.
Firefly Pendant 1 (8/30)
| Chapter | Bill’s Town |
| Location | Find on top of a stranded RV, near the Marcuie Music Shop |
The first Firefly Pendant in Bill’s Town is relatively easy to find. For that, once you come to the main street, you’ll find the Marcuie Music shop underneath an apartment building. Next to the shop, there will be an RV that crashed into a police car.
Hop on top of the RV to find the 8th Firefly Pendant in Last of Us Part 1. Pick it up to add it to your collection.
Firefly Pendant 2 (9/30)
| Chapter | Bill’s Town |
| Location | Find it on the road street lamp before the church |
After you have met with Bill and gone through the first safe house. Look towards the church and turn right. You’ll have Sammy’s sign towards your right.
You’ll find a motorcycle sign on the store to the right. Next to that store is a street lamp. On our first run of the game, we found the Firefly Pendant located on top of the streetlight in Last of Us Part 1. But later on, we found it on the ground, right below the light.
Firefly Pendant 3 (10/30)
| Chapter | Bill’s Town |
| Location | Red house’s bathroom, next to the church |
As you progress the story through Bill’s Town you’ll end up in a small neighborhood, filled with the infected.
Once you’ve killed all of them, then you can head towards the house next to you. Find an opening in the fence and enter the property. Go there, and you’ll find yourself in a red house. You can find the Firefly Pendant inside the bathroom of this house.
Pittsburgh
As for Pittsburgh, you’ll come across three locations of 3 of the hidden Firefly Pendants in the game Last of Us Part 1.
Firefly Pendant 1 (11/30)
| Chapter | Pittsburgh |
| Location | Near the overturned bookshelf, the Bookstore’s back alley |
When you get to the Pittsburgh chapter, progress through the story until you reach the Bookstore. It will be after the encounter with the guards on the highway.
Anyways, when you reach the bookstore area, you want to head straight instead of entering it. Go all the way towards the end. When you get there, turn right, and you’ll go into a back alley. Go in there till the end. You’ll find the Firefly Pendant on the ground, next to an overturned bookshelf.
Firefly Pendant 2 (12/30)
| Chapter | Pittsburgh |
| Location | Inside the hotel’s ladies’ room floor |
The next pendant is found in the Hotel. When you have to go down a floor, you’ll drop drown from the broken stairs.
With these stairs to your back, what you want to do is look towards your left. There will be a men’s room next to the stairs on the left. If you go ahead, you’ll find a ladies’ room to the left. Go in there and to the back stall. There, you’ll find the Firefly pendant down on the ground.
If you’re afraid that you might miss it, then don’t worry. It won’t come until many letters in the hotel. When Joel is rescued by Ellie from the bandits, that’s when you need to be careful as you progress. If you aren’t, you’ll miss this Firefly Pendant’s location.
Firefly Pendant 3 (13/30)
| Chapter | Pittsburgh |
| Location | Find it inside the bathroom stalls of a building which can be accessed with planks |
You’ll come across the last Firefly Pendant of the chapter Pittsburg after meeting with Henry and Sam.
As you play through the campaign, you’ll walk across some planks and will have to follow them to the right. But before you do so, you’ll have to locate the Firefly Pendant at this location in Last of Us Part 1.
Go straight ahead a few paces and turn left to the bathrooms. You’ll find the pendant in one of the bathroom stalls.
Suburbs
Suburbs have a total of 4 Firefly Pendants hidden at secret locations.
Firefly Pendant 1 (14/30)
| Chapter | Suburbs |
| Location | Find it inside the boat near to blue-colored barrel on a beach |
In the Suburbs chapter, you’ll come across your first Firefly Pendant fairly early. As soon as you get back access to Joel, the game will ask you to go to the Sewer tunnel. But you should turn right and head towards the boat at the beach.
Climb on the boat and then go inside it. As soon as you enter it, turn towards the front direction of the boat. You’ll find the Pendant there by the blue-colored barrel.
Firefly Pendant 2 (15/30)
| Chapter | Suburbs |
| Location | Present inside the sewer attached to a wall in the storm drainage |
You’ll find the 2nd Firefly Pendant of the chapter and the overall 15th Firefly Pendant early on in the chapter too. As you go through the Sewers, keep an eye on your right, and you’ll find a storm Drain.
Climb onto the storm drainage and crouch walk all the to the back of it. After a while, you’ll come into an opening where you can walk straight up again. Once there, turn left and you’ll locate the Firefly Pendant behind the cement pillar, hanging on the wall.
Firefly Pendant 3 (16/30)
| Chapter | Suburbs |
| Location | Present inside a drowned car near the mechanical door puzzle |
For the third Pendant, you’ll have to progress through the story. Keep going on, finding other collectibles in the sewers until you get to the Mechanical Door puzzle. At that point, you want to turn left. In the water, you’ll find a half-submerged car.
If you look down into the water, you’ll barely be able to see the Firefly Pendant at its location. You can jump directly into the water from there. Once in the water, dive in it and get to the car’s front windshield. You’ll be able to pick up the Pendant as a collectible.
Firefly Pendant 4 (17/30)
| Chapter | Suburbs |
| Location | The backyard of a house connected with the tree branches |
The final Firefly Pendant’s location in the Suburbs chapter of Last of Us Part 1 comes when you get out of the Sewers. At this point in the game, you’ll come to a neighborhood that you’ll be able to freely explore. You’ll find yourself surrounded by houses and an ice cream truck.
What you want to do is turn left towards where Ellie points out two dogs fighting. Go to the backyard of the last house and get onto its platform.
In the backyard, you’ll have to look up the tree as the Firefly Pendant is again on one of the branches. Aim towards it using your gun and fire. The Pendant will fall, and you can pick it up.
Tommy’s Dam
In Last of Us, Part 1’s chapter, Tommy’s Dam will have two different Firefly Pendants hidden.
Firefly Pendant 1 (18/30)
| Chapter | Tommy’s Dam |
| Location | You’ll find it in the red cabinet of a room occupied by huge turbines |
The First Firefly Pendant of the Chapter Tommy’s Dam can be located when Joel is hanging out with Tommy alone, walk until you reach a room that is filled with huge turbines. The room is right after the Control Room. If you don’t recognize this part, here they are, hooking up the dam and getting it ready.
To locate the Firefly Pendant, you have to go down the stairs to the left. After you’re down, head straight and to the right; you’ll get into a room. Inside the room, head towards the door but don’t go out yet.
To the left, you’ll find a red cabinet. The Firefly Pendant is in it.
Firefly Pendant 2 (19/30)
| Chapter | Tommy’s Dam |
| Location | Find it on a table in a ranch |
As for the next Firefly Pendant, you’ll get to find it once Ellie runs off to the ranch. This happens after Tommy and Joel are ambushed by the group of bandits. After you leave the dam, there will be a large sequence where you’ll be horse riding. Then, you’ll enter the ranch.
When you enter the Ranch, what you want to do is to go to the room to your right. From that room, go to the other side. When you enter the last room, immediately turn left. You’ll find the Pendant located on a table.
University
University Chapter will have you locate 5 Firefly Pendants.
Firefly Pendant 1 (20/30)
| Chapter | The University |
| Location | Attached to a University compound tree |
When you arrive at the university, go straight ahead and climb the steps in front of you. Then turn right from the corner of the building. Then, go to the right corner of the compound. There you’ll find a tree in the corner.
The Firefly Pendant is hanging on one of the branches of the tree. Dismount the house aim your gun at the Pendant and shoot at it to make it fall.
Firefly Pendant 2 (21/30)
| Chapter | The University |
| Location | Find it in the building hole, next courtyard |
After you have started the generators and raised the gates, you’ll be able to get to the next Firefly Pendant’s location in the game. When you go out to the next courtyard with Ellie, you’ll have to jump across a large concrete barricade.
Dismount here, turn right, and you’ll find a hole in the wall. You can climb onto it through the dumpster. Get on the dumpster and inside the hole in the wall. When you look towards the right side, you’ll find the Firefly Pendant on a table by the window; pick it up.
Firefly Pendant 3 (22/30)
| Chapter | The University |
| Location | Get it from a Bloater’s body present in the Dorm room area |
If you feel that locating other Firefly Pendants in the game Last of Us Part 1 has been harder, then you’ve seen nothing. You’ll find out that you’ll have to kill a few Clickers and a Bloater to progress through the story. That’s where the hardest part is.
The Firefly Pendant isn’t located on the Bloater’s body. Your strategy should be first to get rid of all of the Clickers roaming in the area. Fighting with all of them at once with the Bloater will make things much harder.
Once you’ve killed the Bloater, approach its dead body. The Firefly Pendant should be located near the body.
Firefly Pendant 4 (23/30)
| Chapter | The University |
| Location | Find this pendant inside the white medical tents next to the laboratory |
As you open the second gate and meet up with Ellie, you’ll get to ride the horse until you get to an area next to the laboratory. On this ground, you’ll find different white-colored medical tents. What you have to do is face the laboratory and go to the left. In the end, you’ll come across two tents in the corner.
Go into the tent to the right and inside it. You’ll find the Firefly Pendant located on the table in the tent. There you’ll find other materials too. Be sure to pick them up while you’re there.
Firefly Pendant 5 (24/30)
| Chapter | The University |
| Location | Inside the Monkey laboratory room |
For the last Firefly Pendant of the Chapter University, you’ll have to go inside the Laboratory as you’re looking for Room no. 105. This is the room with the monkeys. Go to the back right corner of the room. There, you’ll find the next Firefly Pendant.
Lakeside Resort
At the Lakeside Resort, there will be 2 different Firefly Pendants hidden.
Firefly Pendant 1 (25/30)
| Chapter | Lakeside Resort |
| Location | Inside the factory on a crate |
In the chapter on Lakeside Resort, the first Firefly Pendant can be located right after you escape the group of Clickers. They’ll chase you inside the factory. At this point, you’ll have to find a ladder for David. What you wanna do is boost Ellie up the catwalk. Once you’re onto the catwalk, you’ll find the ladder.
But before you can drop down the ladder for David, turn back 180 degrees and go inside the room. When you look to the left, you’ll find the Firefly Pendant there on a crate; pick it up.
Firefly Pendant 2 (26/30)
| Chapter | Lakeside Resort |
| Location | When Ellie tries to escape, you’ll get the pendant inside any of the cabins |
Next Firefly Pendant can be found when Ellie is trying to run from the marauders. Ellie will fall from the horse after it is shot down. She will have to run towards a cabin and enter it through the broken window. Get out to the other side of the cabin and turn right. There you’ll find a gazebo. The Firefly Pendant is located there to the right.
Bus Depot
In the Bus Depot Chapter, you’ll find Firefly Pendants at three different locations.
Firefly Pendant 1 (27/30)
| Chapter | Bus Depot |
| Location | Take a left from the yellow bus highway, and you’ll find it near the broken-down truck’s pavement |
In the chapter Bus Depot, as you gain control of Joel, You’ll have to head down the highway. Go straight ahead until you go down an incline. You’ll cross a ruined yellow school bus. At this point, you’ll have to go to the right for the story to progress.
But if you’re looking for the Firefly Pendant, you’ll have to turn left at from here. Go around the ruined Pickup truck, and you’ll find the Pendant on the pavement there.
Firefly Pendant 2 (28/30)
| Chapter | Bus Depot |
| Location | Turn right from the FEDRA tent, you’ll find it attached to the fog light |
The next Firefly Pendant is found after Joel and Ellie watch the giraffes. After that, you’ll have to face the FEDRA tent turn right, and go straight ahead. The game will want you to go towards the bus in front of you.
But right after you cross the tent, turn to the right, and you’ll find a fog light. The Firefly Pendant will be hanging off of it. You’ll have to shoot it down to pick it up.
Firefly Pendant 3 (29/30)
| Chapter | Bus Depot |
| Location | You’ll find it on the floor beside the bus before you enter the tunnels |
The last Pendant of the chapter, Bus Depot, can be located before you enter the Tunnel in the game Last of Us Part 1. As you go down the ramp, you’ll find another bus.
Go down the ramp and round the bus. 29th Firefly Pendant can be found next to the front left tire of the bus.
The Firefly Lab
The Firefly Lab hides the final Firefly Pendant. It will be the 30th last Pendant that you can locate in the game Last of Us Part 1.
Firefly Pendant 1 (30/30)
| Chapter | The Firefly Lab |
| Location | Find it inside a room behind the hospital’s 6th floor |
The last Firefly Pendant is located in the hospital in Chapter ‘The Firefly Lab’. It is the part where you will barricade yourself by locking the door using a chair. Then you’ll climb up onto the 6th floor of the Hospital.
There, in the reception area of the 6th floor, you’ll find a door behind the reception table. To open the door, you’ll need to have a Shiv. Once you have opened the door, you’ll find the Firefly Pendant located on a table.
Final Words
This is the complete guide with the Location of all of the Firefly Pendants that you can locate in the game Last of Us Part 1. We’ve explained how to get to all of the Pendants. There are pictures in the guide to help you locate them easily. If you still have any problem getting to any one of these Firefly Pendants, let us know.
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