In fact, there's a way for players to skip going to the Resources menu: when looking at an item that needs rope or some other craftable resource, players can click on the resource's icon to quickly craft it out of whatever's in their inventory.

Source: https://gamerant.com/raft-how-to-get-palm-leaves-and-rope/

The first material, Purple Pigment, is itself a craftable material that can be made using four Purple Falling Penstemons and four Purple Rising Penstemons.

Source: https://gamerant.com/disney-dreamlight-valley-how-make-magical-scroll-ink-kit/

Though it might still be early days for speculating on what The Last of Us Part 3 can learn from the previous games to improve its gameplay, it's likely that silencers will be included in a new game alongside other craftable resources.

Source: https://gamerant.com/last-of-us-2-next-game-crafting-bottle-silencer-good/