i'm in the lost grove and i'm getting some materials (spritely branches and reclaimed surprise) but i was wondering where i get the others? i haven't encountered any enemies but the forest sprites and the people, which explains why i'm only getting two types of supplies. is there somewhere else i need to go to get theses supplies?

It depend of the area you are in, some ennemy can only spawn inside / outside the cave, things metal base resources will be a bit harder to find in the forest but ores does spawn there too so it isnt comleately unaccessible. Some rarer ressources are also tied to special bosses and wild sylesties drop their respective items tho they are quite rare, i am not sure if the odds of encountering somthing are boosted by releassing or if it was ajusted and i just have a wird luck tho they seem to be more frequant after a releassing session. ^-^

ok, thank you! that really helps ^^

how do you get to the cave? I haven't been able to get there yet and don't know if it is a hidden path or not,

it is only accessible later in the quest ligne, you will nead to open the gate blocked by the pylones and fight the boss that will spawn from it first, then collect the item neaded to make an explosive witch will open the cave to you. ^-^

thank you, ^w^

also, Sylesti encounter rate relative to nightfall bandit encounter rate will increase as you advance through the stages, so it gets easier to get sylesti-based materials later on

thank you so much, that clears up a ton! ^^