20 guides
Permafrost Guides
From the first campfire to the last radio call. Choose a topic and keep moving.
Getting Started
World & Travel
Crafting & Gear
How to make Quality Metal
Smelt Iron Ingots and Scrap in a Professional Smelter to produce Quality Metal.
Crafting and blueprints
Learn recipes, choose the correct station, and turn junk into useful crafting materials.
How to mine Moon Rock
Use a Quality Pickaxe, find Moon Rock boulders, and avoid misleading tool descriptions.
Compound Bow recipe and unlock
Check the confusing bow blueprint names and the materials listed for the Compound Bow.
Can you craft a sledgehammer?
Why a sledgehammer blueprint can be present without a usable crafting recipe.
How to get Processed Plastic
Recycle Plastic Junk at the church’s public Dismantle Bench.
Lunar clothing recipes and materials
Study the Lunar blueprints before handing them over and craft the five-piece set at a Tailoring Bench.
Quests
The Lost Wife recordings
Find the three recordings in order and check what to do when the location objective stays incomplete.
Rat Queen renovation: 0/5 and 0/3
Separate the old five-repair blocker from the newer Solar Crossing renovation objective.
Breaking the Radio Silence
Collect Anna’s key safely, reach the roof, and unlock the Hybrid clothing step.
Hopes and Dreams recording fixes
Replay a recording from the journal and check the alternate radios when interaction is missing.
High Frequency tower quest
Activate the tower repair objective before fixing it, then use the radio and return for the next reward.
The Way Home blueprint reward
Advance Skinwalker’s dialogue, collect the tailoring blueprint, and handle co-op reward problems.
Parking Zoo hunt and rewards
Find wolves and boars, complete the hunt, and move into the Rat Queen renovation quest.