I have not reached anything beyond the first couple quests but what annoyed me was that I lost space to work with every time a bonfire went off. The floor was littered with items (because I tried out new combinations) and the workspace was cluttered.
What I would suggest are ways to give players the chance to sort in a way before they reach dedicated storage units (to prevent cluttering) maybe via the ship so the player can hold a small amount of items they dont know what to do with.
Another way to prevent it feeling like a punishment for trying out new things is to slow down the rate snow grows back. As soon as I made a mistake the bonfires went out, leaving me with no way to reach the further still active fires.
To keep it short – losing workspace, progress and the connections is a bit too punishing for new players as far as I have experienced it.