How to Get Sprinkler in Stardew Valley

Sprinkler

Sprinklers in Stardew Valley can play a very important role on your farm. They allow you to free up some of your time and energy by watering your crops overnight. This in turn will allow you to plant far more crops, allowing you to make a lot more gold.

Each type of sprinkler will only water a specific amount of tiles. Only tiles that have been tilled will be watered by the sprinklers. The game contains 3 types of sprinklers, with each one watering more tiles than the lower quality one.

Types of Sprinklers

Below we will go into detail about each type of sprinkler and show you have to get sprinklers in Stardew Valley.

Basic Sprinkler

The Basic Sprinkler or just “Sprinkler” waters 4 total tiles. It only waters one tile in each direction of where the sprinkler is placed.

The Basic Sprinkler is unlocked when you reach Farming level 2 and requires the following materials to craft.

• Copper Bar x1
• Iron Bar x1

Quality Sprinkler

The Quality Sprinkler waters 8 total tiles, watering a 3x3 area. It waters 1 tile in 8 directions from where it’s placed, this includes diagonal directions.

The Quality Sprinkler is unlocked when you reach Farming level 6 and requires the following materials to craft.

• Iron Bar x1
• Gold Bar x1
• Refined Quartz x1

Iridium Sprinkler

The Iridium Sprinkler waters 24 total tiles, watering a 5x5 area. Like the other sprinklers, the Iridium Sprinkler will water all of these tiles overnight. This is the best sprinkler in the game and will make things super easy for you going forward.

The Iridium Sprinkler is unlocked when you reach Farming level 9 and requires the following materials to craft.

• Gold Bar x1
• Iridium Bar x1
• Battery Pack x1