Permafrost achievements: all 42 and how to unlock them

Permafrost has 42 Steam achievements. Thirty-seven have a stated condition, listed below by type and sorted by how many players have them. Five show no description on Steam. The rarest one with a stated condition is Unlucky Duo: have parasites and be drunk at the same time.

Checked October 10, 2026 against Steam
A survivor placing a building frame next to a cabin and a campfire in the snow
Building next to a shelter and campfire. Official screenshot © SpaceRocket Games / Toplitz Productions.

How to read these lists

Each group is sorted from most to least commonly unlocked. “Unlocked by” is the share of all players who own the game and have the achievement, as shown on Steam on October 10, 2026, a day after Early Access began, so the numbers will keep moving. Conditions are quoted from Steam; where Steam shows no description, the achievement is listed separately.

Early and common

Unlocked by most players who've started the game.

Early and common achievements
AchievementHow to unlockUnlocked by
Tool TimeCraft your first tool.94.6%
Schematic StarterUnlock the first recipe in the blueprint tree.92.2%
Smash It!Break a destructible object.90.6%
LocksmithOpen a lock.89.8%
Spark of LifeStart a fire for the first time.89.0%
SurvivorSurvive a full day without dying.82.0%
Sausage for the DogPet the dog.74.2%
DisposableUse an item until it breaks.52.1%

Deaths, cold and body condition

Conditions that depend on a specific situation rather than steady progress.

Deaths, cold and body condition achievements
AchievementHow to unlockUnlocked by
First StepsExperience your first death.35.8%
Cold ResistanceSpend over 300 seconds in a cold zone.30.4%
Leap of FailDie from falling from a great height. Maybe try a haystack next time?26.2%
OverheatedReach a body temperature over 104°F.2.0%
Unlucky DuoSimultaneously have parasites and be drunk.0.9%

Crafting, building and trade

Mostly counters: keep playing and they fill in.

Crafting, building and trade achievements
AchievementHow to unlockUnlocked by
ArchitectConstruct 100 structures.14.4%
ScavengerLoot 100 containers.6.3%
Station SpecialistLearn Tailoring Bench, Disassembly Bench and Weapons Bench Recipes.3.5%
Connoisseur’s BargainSell a bottle of rare whiskey to a trader.2.7%
Crafting EnthusiastCraft 300 items.2.4%
LumberjackCut down 100 trees.2.0%
RecyclerDisassemble 300 items.1.2%
HandymanRepair 50 items.1.1%
WealthyCollect over 10,000 cash.1.0%

Combat and hunting

Kill counts, ranged shots and one trapping task.

Combat and hunting achievements
AchievementHow to unlockUnlocked by
Cultist SlayerKill 20 Moon Cultists.6.7%
S.O.S.Shoot with a flare gun.6.0%
TrapperCatch a rabbit using a trap.5.2%
ArcherKill an animal using a bow from over 55 yards.3.6%
SharpshooterShoot 1,000 projectiles.1.4%
Hunter’s PrizeFind a Volkodav's Rifle.1.2%
Killing SpreeKill 5 enemies in 15 seconds.1.1%

Exploration and story

Finding places, items and recordings.

Exploration and story achievements
AchievementHow to unlockUnlocked by
Memory CollectorCollect 10 recordings.6.4%
AllyFind the Runners Faction Camp.2.7%
ExplorerWalk 31 miles on foot.2.6%
MineralogistCollect Moonrock.1.5%
Hell RunnerComplete White Hell without equipping the Lunar Armor.1.1%

Skill levels

Tied to the skills that level up as you use them.

Skill levels achievements
AchievementHow to unlockUnlocked by
Jack of All TradesAchieve level 10 (or higher) in 5 Different Skills.4.5%
Master of OneReach level 20 in any skill.1.7%
Pain ThresholdReach level 5 in the Toughness skill.1.4%

Five achievements with no description

Steam shows a name and no condition for these five, and neither the store page nor the developers' announcements explain them. Nothing is guessed here, and the list will be filled in when a condition is confirmed.

Permafrost achievements without a description on Steam
AchievementUnlocked by
Party Time13.9%
The End1.2%
Cartographer0.9%
The Hell Has Frozen0.7%
Heads Up0.7%

What “Hell Runner” says about White Hell

Hell Runner asks you to complete White Hell without the Lunar Armor. The developers' Early Access roadmap (external site) lists White Hell as the new biome of Update 4, which has not been released. Whether any White Hell content is playable in the current build is not stated anywhere official, so treat this achievement as one to come back to. Our roadmap page tracks the updates.

Where this comes from

Names, conditions and percentages are from the game's Steam achievements page (external site). Distances and temperatures are shown in the units Steam displays for English.

Page created October 10, 2026. Conditions and unlock rates come from Steam; this site has not unlocked these achievements itself.