I'm playing hard mode. I can do barely any damage, everything has crazy regen, there is a white maned Lynel with a savage crusher on the plateau, I have to use 2-3 weapons to kill 1 blue bokoblin and there are only 2 saves you can load (auto and one you saved). It's crazy! I've carried the metal...
None of the dragons are spawning on my new file (except Maliced Naydra, but I haven't seen him since then) and I have no clue why, I'm not stood in any of their paths.
I'm on my 5th file, (I'm attempting Ganon with 3 hearts and no divine beasts) and killed 4 red Lynels (they could 1 shot me) and got the Knights horse saddle and bridle.
Farming silver Lynels, they have good weapons and are relatively easy to kill. I have 6 or so that I farm every blood moon. (taobab grasslands and Eldin badlands have a bunch)
I raided Hyrule Castle and got the Hylian Shield and a bunch of Royal Guard's items, including a Claymore that does 96 damage. I also barely killed a white maned Lynel.