Since you have so many hours sunk already you have to update this to be more balanced, i never could get more than a few items in my inventory without getting hurt on purpose.
Cool game and deserves another 30 hours invested haha
In case you're interested in Monster Quests's post jam development, you can wishlist it on Steam right now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2975790/Monster_Quest/
Playtesting of the demo is on, if you're interested! https://weirdbitgames.itch.io/monster-quest-demo