Optional Conversations are optional talk topics that Joel can have with those around him. These topics are indicated by a talk bubble over the object or person that the conversation is with/about. Approach the talk bubble and press Triangle to start the conversation.
The Quarantine Zone: 20 Years Later
| Follow Tess toward the section checkpoint, but stop and talk to the couple by the newspaper machines. |
The Quarantine Zone: Beyond the Wall
| As you exit the Pizzaria through the front door, talk to Tess. |
The Outskirts: Outside
| Inside Joel's apartment, talk to Tess by the window before moving the bookcase. |
The Outskirts: Downtown
| After entering the tilted building, examine the dead soldier in the hallway straight ahead. |
The Outskirts: Museum
| After the fight with the Runners, after being separated from being Tess and Ellie, talk to Tess near the open window. |
| After the fight with the Runners, after being separated from being Tess and Ellie, talk to Ellie near the open window. |
Bill's Town: The Woods
| Enter Anthony's Pizza & Subs on Main Street and talk to Ellie at the arcade machine. |
Bill's Town: Safehouse
| Inside the bar, talk to Ellie about the chess set in one of the booths. |
Bill's Town: Graveyard
| After cutting through the treehouse, between the two houses, and entering the house on the other side, talk to Ellie in the kid's room on the 2nd floor. |
Bill's Town: High School Escape
| Before leaving Frank's place, talk to Ellie in the truck and encourage her. |
| Give Bill the letter from Frank, found in Frank's bedroom. |
Pittsburgh: Alone and Forsaken
| After the initial fight, enter the garage door and talk to Ellie about the bodies. |
| After cutting through the hunter's camp and dropping back into the highway, move up the road and talk to Ellie about the skeleton hanging out of the car. |
| Climb over the bus, past the scouting hunters, and approach the graffiti on the right wall before heading to the checkpoint maze. |
| After heading through the bookstore, move through the alley to a flooded street. Turn right and look on the right wall for a poster of a skinny woman for a conversation with Ellie. |
Pittsburgh: Hotel Lobby
| After dropping into the hotel lobby, head left and examine the coffee machine. |
| In the 2nd floor room, climb up the furniture to reach a 3rd floor bathroom. Talk to Ellie about the dead couple in the bathroom. |
| Inside the hotel ballroom, check out the beach photo backdrop. |
Pittsburgh: Financial District
| After clearing all the hunters from the plaza, head toward the hung man by the bank for a conversation with Ellie. |
| After climbing the fire escape by the credit union, drop back onto the street and check out the military school. |
| After checking out the military school, head across to the parking lot to the "Dawn of the Wolf" movie billboard on the side of the building. |
The Suburbs: Suburbs
| At the bend in the road, approach the "Will Shoot on Sight" graffiti. |
| Inside the demolished kitchen at the end of the first street, Henry will talk about barbeques. |
| On the next street, approach the ice cream truck. |
| In the house next to the dead end, watch the kids play darts and then play it yourself. |
Tommy's Dam: Hydroelectric Dam
| After raising and crossing the sluice gate, drop off to the left of the walkway into the grass and over a log to a teddy bear grave marker. |
| When you reach the Dam, follow Ellie over to the horses and talk to her. |
| While following Tommy, talk to the woman on the Dam. |
The University: Go Big Horns
| Enter the University by hoping the barricade, and talk to Ellie about football by the football banner. |
| Exit the main courtyard with the fountain and examine the Firrfly Emblem by the dormitory entrance. |
The University: Science Building
| After crossing the walkway in the atrium, check the Firefly luggage next to the stairs. |
Lakeside Resort: The Hunt
| After escaping the Clickers and taking the sky bridge into the room with the supplies, collect the supplies and talk to David before the incoming waves of infected attack. |
Bus Depot: Highway Exit
| As you head down the freeway, Ellie will not be responding and this conversation will pop up. |
| Before heading down the freeway, check the airline advertisement on the right side of the road. |
| Inside the bus station, tell Ellie about the ladder that they can use. |
| After chasing Ellie out of the bus station and into the next building, pet the giraffe at the window. |
| As the herd of giraffes move through the park, lean against the wall and share the beautiful moment with Ellie. |
| Before exiting the triage area and before heading through the bus, talk to Ellie to get the picture of Joel and Sarah. |
