💧 Quality Sprinkler
The Quality Sprinkler is an upgraded sprinkler in Stardew Valley. It automatically waters crops each morning and provides much better coverage than the basic Sprinkler. This makes it one of the most efficient early-to-mid game farming tools, dramatically reducing the need for manual watering.
🛠 Crafting
- Recipe: 1 Iron Bar, 1 Gold Bar, 1 Refined Quartz
- Unlocked: Farming Level 6
💦 Coverage
- Waters 8 surrounding tiles in a 3×3 square (excluding the center tile it occupies).
- Provides efficient layouts with tightly packed crop fields.
- A major improvement over the basic Sprinkler’s 4-tile coverage.
📋 Uses
- Waters medium to large crop fields automatically.
- Saves significant time and energy compared to manual watering.
- Often used as the standard sprinkler until Iridium Sprinklers become available.
💡 Strategy
Pro Tip: Quality Sprinklers are game-changing — aim to mass-produce them once you unlock the recipe at Farming Level 6.
- Prioritize obtaining Gold and Iron Bars — both are bottlenecks for mass crafting.
- Farm Refined Quartz by smelting Quartz or recycling trash items like Broken Glasses.
- Design crop fields around 3×3 layouts to maximize sprinkler coverage.
- Transition to Iridium Sprinklers later, but Quality Sprinklers are sufficient for most playthroughs.