Collector

The Collector icon.

Collector is a Survival Skill in The Last of Us.

Skill information

Level 1 (3 loadout points)- Increase the number of parts you earn by 10%.

Level 2 (5 loadout points)- Increase the number of parts you earn by 20%.

General information

Collector increases parts gained from performing most actions, including reviving, crafting, downing, marking enemies, and executing. However, it does not increase the parts given by healing other players using First-Aid Training, or giving gifts. Collector does not strictly increase parts earned by 10% or 20%; rather, it rounds up to the nearest multiple of five. For example, marking enemy players without collector grants 15 parts; with collector 1, it is raised to 20 parts instead. Collector stacks with other part boosting skills, such as Reviver, Executioner. Damage Marker and the extra parts booster.

Collector is a good skill to use for those players planning on spending a great deal of parts, such as for buying purchasables or using ammo-intensive weapons such as the Burst Rifle. At higher population levels, Collector can help maintain the higher levels of supplies needed after each match to prevent the population from starving.