Focus on wildlife
bringing more diversity in wildlife, not only deer and fish. These creatures could serve as earlygame enemies instead magical monsters.
some cool animals i would love to be included: foxes, wolves, bears, rabbits, sharks, snakes, insects, owls (birds in general), lizards, bats, raccoons, camels, turtles, crabs, wild boars, beetles and unicorns.
it may seem obvious but i just wanted to add it here just in case