Permafrost Guides
Strategy guides and deep dives for Permafrost, built on MetaBot data.
Permafrost Tool & Weapon Progression: Stone → Flint → Scrap → Copper → Iron → Moon Rock
Every melee tool tier with damage, durability, recipe and repair cost, what each pickaxe can mine, how ores become ingots at the Stone Furnace and smelters, and when it is worth switching tiers.
Permafrost Story Walkthrough: Main Quests in Order
Every main quest in Permafrost's Early Access story in play order — from A New Beginning through the Village, Woods, House Camp, Solar Fields, Technocrats and Urban District chains to the Lunar Set — with objectives, rewards and the NPC to see.
Permafrost Traders Guide: Who Sells What, Prices & Earning Bucks
Every trader in Permafrost and their stock — Anna, The Mule, Skinwalker, Logan Boyce, Eric Hirsch and the general traders — plus item trade values, what traders actually pay, and the valuables worth carrying back to sell.
Permafrost Base Building Guide: Materials, Workstations & Blueprints
Wood vs Tin vs Armored structures with HP and costs, every workstation and what it unlocks, the blueprint tree and its point costs, snap-grid rules, decay and repair — all from the game's building data.
Permafrost Beginner's Guide: First Hour, First Shelter, First Tools
How to survive your first hour in Permafrost: the stone tools to craft, the campfire that stops the cold, the starting classes, the first quests and the status effects that kill new players.
Permafrost Hunting Guide: Every Animal, HP, Drops & What to Craft From Pelts
All 12 huntable animals with HP, damage and guaranteed drops, bows vs firearms, traps, the Skinning skill, and the Tanning Rack chain that turns pelts into Treated Hide, Cloth and warm clothing.
Permafrost Skills & Classes Explained: 16 Skills, 3 Classes, 4 Specializations
What every Permafrost skill does per level, its cap and XP rate, how the Hunter, Smuggler and Survivor classes differ, what the Engineer, Marksman, Scavenger and Tracker specializations add, and which combination fits your playstyle.
How to Stay Warm in Permafrost: Insulation, Body Warmth & Cold Statuses
The warmest clothing per slot, how thermal insulation adds up, which heaters and braziers to build, the foods that restore Body Warmth, and the full cold status ladder from Low Temperature to Hypothermia.