Permafrost Wiki: Weapons, Tools, Clothing and Survival

Permafrost has bows, automatic and semi-automatic guns, bolt-action rifles and a flare gun, and every one of them fires a single kind of ammo. All but the flare gun share a cartridge with at least one other weapon, so the ammo in your pack decides which guns you can run together. Damage, magazine size and durability settle the rest.

Permafrost tools come as axes, pickaxes and knives, each climbing from Stone to Moonrock. Your pickaxe tier decides which resources you can mine, and each refined version upgrades a tool you already own.

Permafrost clothing covers every slot from the head down to the tactical rig. Every card lists the stats that matter for its slot, like insulation on body pieces and carry slots on backpacks. Check the cards before you craft, because the numbers show which upgrade is worth the materials.

Food, drink, alcohol and medicine in Permafrost restore hunger, energy or health, and some of them clear wounds, parasites and broken legs. Cooking turns canned and frozen food into meals that fill far more, so what you cook matters as much as what you find. Pick by the stat you need and the ailment you're treating.

Permafrost's wildlife runs from skittish rabbits and Red Deer to bears and wolves that attack on sight. You hunt them with firearms, bows or tools, then skin the carcass with a knife-type tool for Meat, Bones, Animal Fat and pelts. Those drops feed your clothing, lighting and trophies, so knowing what you're facing pays off twice.

Permafrost skills have no points to spend. Each one levels by doing the thing it names, and the gains range from faster crafting and less weapon wear to more damage, steadier aim and less damage taken. The specialization you pick at character creation starts some of them a level up.

Permafrost recipes chain together. Wood becomes Coal, Coal and raw metal become ingots, and ingots become tools, while pelts become Treated Hide, then Cloth, then clothing. Recipes run at set stations, from your bare hands to the benches, the Tanning Rack and the furnaces, so check the station before you gather.

Permafrost's recipes and build parts come bundled into blueprint sets, and each set unlocks everything in it at once. Check what a set holds before you spend your points.

Permafrost's Steam achievements reward what you'd do anyway: crafting, looting, hunting and staying warm, plus finishing the story. Most unlock through normal play. A few need one specific trick, and some hide their goal on Steam, so don't plan a whole run around them.