Talk:Mission: The Cave on Amber Island/@comment-73.221.74.124-20200417165916/@comment-38109392-20200417174701

Unfortunately, you (or someone in your household) will have to defeat the monsters to proceed with the story. However! You can take as much time as you need to get ready for this mission; there's no time limit.

It can help to level up a bit, get better clothing and weapons, and stock up on some food, particularly health consumables. You might need to turn in more Data Discs to Petra while she's at the Research Center in order to make food with the Cooking Set, but you can always forage for Herbs or buy Herbal Mixtures from Dr. Xu's Clinic. (If you need gols, try fishing! And make sure to upgrade your inventory to have enough space for the supplies you need and the loot you find!)

While inside the cave itself, time is paused, so you can take it slow and pick off the enemies one by one as much as you can. All of the enemies have attack patterns that you can learn and use to predict when to dodge roll away from their attacks.

Have fun, good luck, and stay safe out there! :)