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Biomes

Frozen tundra, glacier, ice forest, frozen city — what each one costs you.
Gear

Clothing, tools, weapons — described by mechanic, not made-up stats.
Systems

Cold, warmth, hunger, progression, co-op — each with an explicit "unmeasured" list.
Guides

Original long-form guides, every number traced to a source.
Tools

Four calculators that turn a decision into a number.
Compare

Permafrost against other games, and biomes against each other.
Release

9 October 2026, Early Access.
News

Official timeline only — no rumour recycling.
Sources

Where every number comes from, and what is still unmeasured.
Biome reported

Ice Forest

Dense cover — the safest place to shelter, the worst place to see danger coming.

Threats
  • — Wildlife encounters at close range
  • — Reduced visibility
  • — Getting lost between landmarks
Salvage focus
  • — Hides and furs
  • — Wood
  • — Hunting materials
Traversal

Short hops between landmarks; use the dog to check ahead before committing to a clearing.

How Ice Forest plays

Wooded areas give natural windbreaks, which the cold system rewards.

Official copy names "frozen woods" as wildlife habitat, so expect animal encounters concentrated here.

The dog companion is most useful in this biome: it scouts ahead where your sightline stops.

What is still unmeasured here

Biome-specific numbers are not published and cannot be inferred. The following stay blank on this page until they can be measured in the demo or the launch build:

  • Temperature band and how fast exposure accumulates in this biome
  • Resource node density and respawn behaviour
  • Enemy and wildlife spawn tables
  • Loot table weights for the salvage listed above
That list is the point of this page. Every pre-launch Permafrost wiki has opinions about those four things and none of them have measurements.
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Data version 2026.09.24 · reviewed 24 September 2026.