Hm. Starting to dig this more again. Experimenting with cooking and cooked a whole bunch of food and elixirs I found, found me a solid color horse, bought arrows because they're in short supply. I want to buy the armor in Kakariko but I might save it for the next town. I've gotten combat mechanics, parrying down, and just need to understand how the fuck dodge/evasion works. I'm getting better at that, but it's not regular. Like that the game doesn't hold your hand one bit and you have to figure out recipes yourself. There's recipe menus on the walls but you have to actually examine and interact with the world to find them which is the opposite of modern open world design. I think I'm about ready to to go to the next story bit. I like that the game has lots of choice. Like, a choice between heart containers and stamina, or increasing weapon, armor, or shield slots. Lots of choice and options here.
I might buy one more thing of arrows and save the rest for later.
I'm also holding on to stuff like my diamond and ancient gear parts because with the recipe system in this game I'm positive, but not quite certain, that it has lots of crafting.