since getting mats can be a bit slow you can try and spice it up by giving each ore node and tree node a low chance (somewhere around 5-10%) to spawn a tree boss or a golem boss. (basicly like the game don’t starve where you start cutting a tree and it becomes alive and goes after you)
when defeated without dying you will receive a bunch of ore or logs depending on if its the tree or ore boss.
it should also have different moves depending on what tier it is, for example a iron ore depisot boss should fight differently than a copper deposit boss.
this should make the alive system more alive and make gathering mats more fun while balancing the amount you get.