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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 Ranged · loud reported

Firearms

Bolt-action rifles and assault rifles — the loud answer, throttled by scarce ammunition.

Firearms in Permafrost are reported to span bolt-action rifles and assault rifles. The catch, straight from the survival framing, is ammunition: it is scarce, so every shot is a resource decision, not a reflex.

That makes guns the opposite of an FPS crutch. In a grounded, scarcity-first world, a rifle is a problem you carry, not a solution.

What Firearms are for

  • The decisive option when a fight is unavoidable — but the one that burns your rarest resource.
  • Likely the Ex-Military faction’s signature kit.
  • Poor stealth: gunfire draws the attention the cold already denies you.

The resource angle

  • Ammunition scarcity is the real stat — hoard it, don’t spray it.
  • Crafting and trading probably gate resupply more than finding it.
Unmeasured. Firearms are tagged reported — the class exists in official material, but no damage or stat values are published. Open questions:
  • — Exact weapon list and damage values
  • — Whether assault rifles are faction-locked
  • — Reload and recoil behaviour
Other weapon classes

Data version 2026.10.12 · reviewed 12 October 2026.