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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 Technocrats

Technical-knowledge holdover bloc

The people who can still read the old world — and charge for it.

The Technocrats are reported as the faction that kept pre-Shattering technical knowledge. They are the in-world seat of the "reclaim fragile technology" loop: someone has to know what the broken machine was.

Where the Ex-Military hold by force, the Technocrats hold by knowing things others do not — a different kind of power in a frozen world.

How The Technocrats changes your survival calculus

  • The narrative engine behind Exploration-Gated Progression and machine restoration.
  • A knowledge monopoly means they control the deepest unlocks — and the toll to reach them.
  • Pairs with Anna Ivaschenko’s researcher identity.
Unconfirmed. The Technocrats is tagged reported — reported from official casting and community coverage, not yet verified in the shipped build. Open questions:
  • — Whether their knowledge is gated behind quests or currency
  • — Their relationship to the Ex-Military
  • — If the player can learn their tech rather than pay for it
Other factions

Data version 2026.10.12 · reviewed 12 October 2026.