Everything about Sprinklers in Stardew Valley

On the lands of players in Stardew Valley, chores never come to an end for a farmer. Players have to work around the clock to keep their crops watered. Irrigation in-game needs to be maintained for the healthy progress of crops. As a player has a long list of to-do tasks on hand, a little help from sprinklers can be useful. This about the Stardew Valley Sprinklers will guide you about the types of sprinklers and where to use them can be their best use.

What a Sprinklers Do & its Types?

Sprinklers water the crops while players can take a break. This saves a lot of energy and time as compared to manual watering. So, this will help to grow more crops are watered and more space is saved. There are three types of sprinklers to use as per their needs. Let’s get to learn each.

#1 Standard Sprinkler

The Standard Sprinkler is the basic sprinkler to use for crops. It sprinkles water on above, below, and sideways adjacent tiles. This sprinkler can be crafted by using 1x Copper and 1x Iron Bar. It can obtained on Farming Level 2. These can be purchased too.

You need to check with a sale stock of Traveling Cart in Cindersap Forest. It appears only on Fridays and Saturdays. But still can be tough to water many crops with a basic one. It will be helpful with an upgraded watering system. But still, it is better than manual watering.

#2 Quality Sprinkler

The upgraded Quality Sprinkler is better as it covers eight tiles. It waters above, below, sides adjacent and four tiles diagonally. It acquires small titles of size 3×3 for itself. So if you plan to upgrade or expand your farming land in the future you should create a 3×3 grid for farming crops.

It can be crafted using 1x Iron Bar, 1x Gold Bar, and 1x Refined Quartz. It sometimes appears to be on a Travelling Cart. You can get these by Farming Level 6.

#3 Iridium Sprinkler

The premium Iridium Sprinkler is the most upgraded version of sprinklers yet. It covers 24 tiles in total. Quality sprinklers can water four tiles on the inner side. While other 5×5 grids are watered by iridium sprinklers. It can be crafted by 1x Gold Bar, 1x Iridium Bar, and 1x Battery Pack.

You can purchase it from Krobus’s shop. But first unlock Sewers and purchase one Iridium Sprinkler on each Friday for 10,000 gold.

How to Use Sprinklers Efficiently

You can use the sprinklers efficiently, but players will have to upgrade these sprinklers first. But they have to unlock Qi’s Walnut Room. Here is how to do it.

• Reach Ginger Island and begin collecting Golden Walnuts.
• Reach the western side of the island to find a farm there.
• Once you reach the farm, head to the northwestern side of the farm to find Qi’s Walnut Room.
• To unlock the room, you will need 100 Golden Walnuts.

Now you have unlocked Qi’s Walnut Room. You can take it a step ahead by earning Qi’s gems. This will help you upgrade your sprinklers.

How to Upgrade Sprinklers

Players can upgrade Sprinklers using Pressure Nozzles and Enrichers. Pressure Nozzles can be used to increase the range of sprinkling water in tiles. It differs for each type of sprinkler. For Standard, it covers 3×3, for Quality, it covers 5×5 and for Iridium, it covers 7×7.

You can purchase four of these Pressure Nozzles for 20 gems from Qi’s Special Shop. You can complete the Danger in Deep Forest quest so that slimes may drop it.

To enrich the tiles automatically once loaded with fertilizers, Enrcihers can be used. Four enrichers can be purchased for 20 Qi’s gems. You might get one as a drop during Qi’s Skull Cavern quests.

Best Ways to Use Sprinklers in Stardew Valley

Here are the ultimate methods to utilize the sprinklers in the best way.

• By using iridium sprinklers, you can water the entire greenhouse except for the one tile for the sprinkler itself.
• The best pattern to plant sprinklers is to plant them diagonally. This covers more land.
• At the beginning of a new season, players will have to tilt the soil and get the land ready to water. Unfortunately, you have to water the land manually. There is no other way.

Stardew Valley Sprinklers guide is all the information you need. You should surely check the best farming layouts to ensure effective farming.