All good suggestions. In the future what I'd hope for is some more optional content. Like Hunt the white stag: no great in game advantages but a rare trophy you could have or a cosmetic perk for doing something not required for progression but still took some effort and challenge?
Especially if not all of these optional spawns on any given world forcing us to explore other Valheim worlds if we wanna collect the set etc.

But the OP is right = Valheim = prepare to win. If you don't ten your rollin' the dice don't complain if they come up craps for ya!