1. My attacks are actually hitting the pig and I actually dealt the most damage to the pig compared to the monsters I'm supposed to kill to protect it haha

2. I think the game isn't registering the boxes as an object (or something) because I'm not swinging my weapon to melee them when I'm using my normal attack on a bow, instead it just keeps firing arrows. I had to switch to a melee weapon (tube) to actually hit the boxes for the quest loot

Attached screenshot for me damaging the pig, no ss available for the box one.