I am a new player (kinda, i stopped playing back when the EU servers shut down so am basically brand new hahaha)
I purchased some NX for pon and bought 4 gacha boxes with the remaining nx. However now I am locked out of G1 since I cannot give the herb to the bear, and I am locked out of the blaanid questline as i cannot drop trefors pass on the dungeon altar for alby. However, I am on vacation for 2 more days and the trade protection lasts 3 days. I planned to binge mabinogi, but what should i do?

This system feels weird, and i hope its a 1 time thing and not something i deal with every time i purchase nx :(

I dont mind if you suggest the grindiest, most tedious thing ever. I just am genuinely unsure as to what my options are to kill time. I would like to avoid skipping any parts of the story however.