Copper nodes on average have 3 to 4 stacks of copper in them. You aren't digging deep enough.

Feathers? Ten minutes on the coast with a bow and some wood arrows and you're done for days.

Queens? Check each ruined structure in the meadows... it's RNG but again doesn't take *that* long to get half a dozen or more.

Berries are annoying, but you can mark bushes and make a run of em. In a future update I suspect we'll be allowed to tend them.

Thistles? Annoying but... in my case, my search for Haldor had me find stacks of these, as well as blueberries.

You'll be done with frost potions after the first craft. They're nice to have but you'll have equipment that fixes that soon enough.

Your post doesn't read so much as the game is grindy - it can be a bit of work solo but I managed to do more in half the time apparantly.

It reads more like, I don't like the game because reasons, and you probably shouldn't play it.

Or do some casual research on what you are trying to do so you can enjoy it.