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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.
World

The cast, the factions and the frozen map — the story side of survival.
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.
Character reported

Anna Ivaschenko

Named survivor · Field medic / Researcher

The science-and-medicine survivor — the reason a ruin is worth restoring, not just looting.

Anna Ivaschenko is reported as a named survivor associated with medicine and pre-catastrophe knowledge. In a world defined by the Shattering, someone who understands what the old technology was for is the difference between scavenging and actually reclaiming it.

Her value is the "reclaim fragile technology" loop: restoration progression only pays off if someone can read what the broken machine was. Anna is the narrative seat of that system.

Why Anna Ivaschenko matters to survival

  • Ties into Exploration-Gated Progression: repairing machinery to unlock depth tiers needs someone who knows what it did.
  • Medicine angle connects to Hunger & Exhaustion and injury — survival is not just warmth, it is staying functional.
  • A research role is the in-fiction justification for the data-version / unmeasured honesty this site is built on.
Connects to these systems
Unconfirmed. Anna Ivaschenko is tagged reported — named or reported from official casting and community coverage, not yet verified in the shipped build. Open questions:
  • — Anna’s exact function — field medic, engineer, or both
  • — Whether her knowledge is a passive bonus or a craftable unlock
  • — Her availability to the player (companion vs quest giver)
Other characters

Data version 2026.10.12 · reviewed 12 October 2026.