How to Get Flint in Permafrost
Updated 2026-10-14 · Last checked 2026-10-14 · Early Access
Flint is the second rung of the tool ladder. The item text calls it a black, smooth stone with a sharp edge. Base value 12, stack 50, sell multiplier 0.2. You mine it with a stone pickaxe, which the file describes as shattering after a few uses and mining only flint and stone.
The file description confirms that a stone pickaxe can mine flint. It does not say that ordinary stone nodes randomly drop flint. Look for a flint deposit and check its interaction label rather than mining every stone boulder. No precise flint route or respawn interval has been tested for this guide.
Gather flint before spending it
Use a stone pickaxe, whose file recipe is 2 stone + 4 wood. Find a deposit identified as flint, gather from it, then take 2 flint and 4 wood to a workbench for a flint pickaxe. That upgrade opens copper mining according to the item description.
- Use the community map linked on our map page to narrow a resource search; its pins are not a guarantee of current loot.
- Keep 10 flint and 10 wood for a repair bench if you have its blueprint.
- If a recipe is missing, check its station and unlock state instead of assuming the material count is wrong.
What flint builds
Counts are from the recipe extract, not from a video.
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Flint shiv | 1 flint + 2 wood |
| Flint axe or pickaxe | 2 flint + 4 wood |
| Refined flint shiv | Flint shiv + 2 flint + 1 cloth |
| Refined flint axe or pickaxe | Basic flint tool + 4 flint + 1 cloth |
| Repair bench | 10 flint + 10 wood |
Why you want the flint pick
A flint pickaxe mines sulfur, copper, coal, flint and stone in the file description. Copper or scrap picks add iron. Sledgehammer recipes are hidden in the extract; the developer specifically says the refined flint sledgehammer is not available yet. It is excluded from the usable-tool recipe table.
Questions
Where is flint in Permafrost?
Look for a flint deposit and mine it with a stone pickaxe. The community map can help locate resource pins, but this guide does not have a tested coordinate route.
What is flint used for?
Flint tools, refined flint tools, and the repair bench, which takes 10 flint.
Related pages
Sources
- ITRIABOV — game-file reference tables on Steam Community — Downloaded and checked 2026-10-14. Archive files dated 2026-10-09; game build not identified. Includes hidden, NPC and quest variants, not just player-accessible content.
- Developer — Known Issues & Workarounds — Developer-tagged post, edited 11 October; checked 2026-10-14. Iron-pick description, unavailable refined flint sledgehammer, controller crafting and co-op. Newer patch notes take priority.