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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 Resistance

Anti-control survivor movement

The group defined by what it pushes back against.

The Resistance is reported as a faction defined oppositionally — the survivor block that resists whatever order the other groups are trying to impose. In a frozen world, "resistance" usually means refusing to pay the toll the armed or technical groups demand.

It is the natural narrative home for a player who does not want to swear to a banner, and a pressure source on the richer factions.

How The Resistance changes your survival calculus

  • Creates the faction tension the deep districts run on: someone always contests the territory.
  • A solo or independent player can use the Resistance as cover against Ex-Military or Technocrat control.
  • Changes how you route: resistance-held ground may be freer but less supplied.
Unconfirmed. The Resistance is tagged reported — reported from official casting and community coverage, not yet verified in the shipped build. Open questions:
  • — Who or what the Resistance resists specifically
  • — Whether it is a network or a single cell
  • — Any mechanical benefit or penalty for siding with it
Other factions

Data version 2026.10.12 · reviewed 12 October 2026.