The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered update 1.5 patch notes: Chronological mode and more

Nixxes and Naughty Dog have released a surprise update for The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered on PC and PS5 on July 8, 2025, adding the ability to play through the story chronologically. There are also two new skins in the game that have been inspired by the Uncharted series.

Players can unlock these outfits for Joel and Tommy by playing through the game in the new Chronological mode and can be used in the title’s roguelike survival mode. The PC update is also addressing some localization issues and missing visual effects.

Find the full The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered update 1.5 patch notes below.

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered update 1.5 patch notes

• Added Chronological Story mode.
• Introduced Uncharted-themed skins for Joel and Tommy as reward for completing Chronological mode.
• Implemented achievements and trophies related to Chronological mode.
• Dynamic blood drips now appear as expected for higher framerates up to 160 FPS.
• Fixed an issue where dynamic blood drips would stop appearing upon restarting an encounter.
• Resolved an issue that stopped dynamic blood drips to appear when disabling the Full Screen Effects setting.
• Addressed a bug where animations of some gore effects were missing when using a finishing melee attack on human enemies.
• Hair and cloth movement physics now also function correctly at framerates above 100 FPS.
• Resolved an issue where the weapon HUD would occasionally not appear at a framerate of 80 FPS or higher.
• Fixed a bug that caused players to be unable to shoot with a bow on their first attempt after clicking "Restart Checkpoint" with the mouse.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Permadeath Completion or Speedrun Recap to not appear after completing the Story in Permadeath Mode or Speedrun Mode.
• Addressed a bug where the boat’s haptic feedback was missing during a cinematic of ‘The Island’ chapter.
• Added a new credits sequence specific to PC release.
• Various bug fixes related to ultrawide cinematics.
• Various localization text related updates and corrections.
• Various accessibility bug fixes.
• Stability improvements.
• Performance optimizations.

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