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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.
Faction reported

The Moon Cult

Apocalyptic / belief-based survivor group

The believers — and the group for whom the Shattering was not a disaster.

The Moon Cult is reported as the faction that frames the Shattering — the moon breaking and the world freezing — as something other than a catastrophe. In a game where "the cold is alive", a cult that worships it is the logical extreme.

They are the tone-piece faction: the reminder that not everyone is trying to survive the cold, some are trying to join it.

How The Moon Cult changes your survival calculus

  • The thematic peak of the "cold is the antagonist" framing — a group that treats it as a god.
  • A wildcard threat/ally that does not behave by scarcity logic.
  • Likely occupies the strangest, most dangerous ground — probably near the Cold Zones.
Unconfirmed. The Moon Cult is tagged reported — reported from official casting and community coverage, not yet verified in the shipped build. Open questions:
  • — Their actual beliefs and any in-game mechanic tied to them
  • — Whether they are hostile by default
  • — Their territory and how it connects to the Cold Zones
Other factions

Data version 2026.10.12 · reviewed 12 October 2026.