Sprinklers

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Watering your crops is a huge portion of your day when you first start out. Those first few sprinklers are a blessing. Let's review the types of sprinklers.

Sprinkler

The basic sprinkler waters the four adjacent squares.

Quality Sprinkler

The quality sprinkler waters the 8 surrounding squares.

Iridium Sprinkler

The iridium sprinkler waters the 24 surrounding squares.

The game doesn't offer placement markers for sprinklers so you need keep the above diagram in mind when laying out your fields.

Where To Get Sprinklers

Crafting

Sprinkler Type	Crafting Recipe	Level Requirements
Sprinkler	1 Copper Bar and 1 Iron Bar	Farming Level 2
Quality Sprinkler	1 Iron Bar, 1 Gold Bar, 1 Refined Quartz	Farming Level 6
Iridium Sprinkler	1 Gold Bar, 1 Iridium Bar, 1 Battery Pack	Farming Level 9

Other Sources

Sprinkler Type	Sources
Sprinkler	Crafting Only
Quality Sprinkler	Crafting, Summer Crops Bundle, or Purchase from Traveling Cart
Iridium Sprinkler	Crafting, Purchase from Krobus on Friday

Sprinklers and Giant Crops

If you want giant crops with sprinklers, you need at least a 2 by 2 arrangement of Iridium Sprinkler.

Quality Sprinkler Layout	Iridium Sprinkler Layout

Enjoy using all that free time you have on your hands to, well, be busy doing other things!

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This is a rework of a post from "Winewood Farms," my old Stardew Valley blog. I hope to bring the rest of the posts over, too. Stay tuned!