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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.
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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

Mule

Named survivor · Hauler / Logistics

If it moves, he moves it — the logistics survivor in a game where carry weight is a real threat.

Mule is reported as a named survivor whose identity is logistics: the person who moves salvage, fuel and food across a world that punishes a full pack. In a game where the dog exists partly to carry heating fuel, a human specialist for haulage is a natural fit.

The cold turns every trip into a weight-budget problem. Mule is the fantasy answer to "I found too much and now I can’t retreat" — the survivor who makes the over-loaded run survivable.

Why Mule matters to survival

  • Directly addresses Carry weight, one of the three constraints the survival systems name alongside warmth and food.
  • Pairs with the Dog Companion: offloading heavy heating fuel to stay mobile is the dog’s job; Mule is the human version.
  • In co-op, a hauler role lets the group push deeper before the pack becomes a death sentence.
Connects to these systems
Unconfirmed. Mule is tagged reported — named or reported from official casting and community coverage, not yet verified in the shipped build. Open questions:
  • — Mule’s exact carry-capacity bonus, if any
  • — Whether he is a companion, an NPC, or a co-op archetype
  • — His storyline connection to the other named survivors
Other characters

Data version 2026.10.12 · reviewed 12 October 2026.