I'm not really sure how this would be done, but would it be possible to skip time during things like pit burning when you sleep in the night? It would be a convenient feature because there isn't much you can do in the night except wait for things to finish.

Again, not quite sure how this would be handled, but if you were allowed to pick up a lit fiber/stone torch, or to be able to light it in your inventory would be a very nice feature to have when exploring in the night, so that you aren't confined to a campfire.