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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.
Weapon Melee reported

Axes & Blades

The melee workhorse — chop wood, chop threats, no ammunition to worry about.

Axes and bladed tools are reported as the melee class. They double as utility: an axe is also how you gather, so the weapon and the toolkit are the same object.

In a scarcity world, a tool you already carry for wood is the cheapest self-defence you own.

What Axes & Blades are for

  • Dual-purpose: gather and fight with one item, keeping pack weight down.
  • The reliable fallback when ammunition runs out — which it will.
  • Short range means it is a last-line, not a primary, weapon.

The resource angle

  • No consumable cost — the sustainable melee option.
  • Tiering probably follows the tool upgrade path (stone → flint → copper → iron).
Unmeasured. Axes & Blades are tagged reported — the class exists in official material, but no damage or stat values are published. Open questions:
  • — Damage and durability values
  • — Whether blades differ from axes in reach
  • — Crafting requirements per tier
Other weapon classes

Data version 2026.10.12 · reviewed 12 October 2026.