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Permafrost Difficulty Settings

Permafrost difficulty reference

Presets: 3 Custom, Story, Survival
Tunables: 19 per preset
Tuned in several presets: 3 Settings more than one preset sets differently
Single-preset overrides: 15 Set only by Story
Day/night curve: Story
Hunger penalties: ×0.5
Movement penalties: ×0.5
Tiredness drain: ×0.7
Frostbite penalties: ×0.5
Exhaustion penalties: ×0.5
Mining stamina cost: ×0.7
Chopping stamina cost: ×0.7
Blizzard cold: ×1.3
Storm cold: ×1.1
Cold zone strength: ×1.6
Story: ×1.1
Survival: ×1.3
Starvation damage: ×0.25 lower than default
Hunger drain: ×0.5 lower than default
Clothing wear: ×0.5 lower than default
Sprint stamina cost: ×0.5 lower than default
Damage taken: ×0.8 lower than default
Temperature around you: ×0.8 lower than default
Max stamina: ×1.25 higher than default
Stamina regeneration: ×1.5 higher than default

Difficulty preset settings

Story	Day/night curve	Story
Story	Hunger penalties	×0.5
Story	Movement penalties	×0.5
Story	Tiredness drain	×0.7
Story	Frostbite penalties	×0.5
Story	Exhaustion penalties	×0.5
Story	Mining stamina cost	×0.7
Story	Chopping stamina cost	×0.7
Survival	Day/night curve	Normal
Survival	Blizzard cold	×1.3
Survival	Storm cold	×1.1
Survival	Cold zone strength	×1.6

Settings compared

Blizzard cold	×1.1	×1.3
Storm cold	×1.05	×1.1
Cold zone strength	×1.4	×1.6

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Day/night curve	Story	Normal	User defined
Hunger penalties	×0.5 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Movement penalties	×0.5 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Tiredness drain	×0.7 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Frostbite penalties	×0.5 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Exhaustion penalties	×0.5 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Mining stamina cost	×0.7 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Chopping stamina cost	×0.7 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Blizzard cold	×1.1	×1.3	User defined
Storm cold	×1.05	×1.1	User defined
Cold zone strength	×1.4	×1.6	User defined
Starvation damage	×0.25 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Hunger drain	×0.5 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Clothing wear	×0.5 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Sprint stamina cost	×0.5 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Damage taken	×0.8 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Temperature around you	×0.8 lower than default	Not overridden	User defined
Max stamina	×1.25 higher than default	Not overridden	User defined
Stamina regeneration	×1.5 higher than default	Not overridden	User defined

Connected entries

Reference snapshot: October 12, 2026 · Source build 0.44.2.4634-milestone.
Permafrost by SpaceRocket Games / Toplitz Productions · Sources, availability and version notes