Best way to unlock Quarry?

[Regicide]

Hey there,

i'm a little bit frustrated.

I want to earn money by farming crops. But watering is a pain in the ass, even with the Copper upgrade. So .. Sprinklers! ... but the Tier 1 Sprinklers are not really worth it, so i think i should go directly for Quality Sprinklers ... now the problem: Quality Sprinklers need one Gold Bar each ... (wtf??) .. so i need gold.

In the mine, gold can only be found 80+ (or very rare by some special mobs earlier.) So thats no realy option for me. (I'm on stage 30 at the moment.) The other way is to get gold from the quarry ... BUT .. to unlock it, you need to restore the crafts room ... and to restore the crafts room you need to unlock the DESERT ... but to unlock the Desert you need to restore the vault and for doing this .. you need to complete 4 bundles, which will take some time and especially for the vault a lot of money.

So ... any hints how do get those damn Quality Sprinklers a little bit more easy ... would be really appreciated. :/

[Everfreefire]

Originally posted by Regicide:

Wow ... that 5 of 9 thing. I really didn't recognized that. May be helpful if it's mentioned in the Wikia. >_>

Okay, thank you guys. That solves a lot of problems.

Easy way to tell? It's the number of boxes you can place things in. I know the artisan bundle is similar (6 of 12, though)

[Regicide]

Yes. That's ture. But i didn't clicked through every single bundle when i first unlocked the Community Center. I mainly got my wisdom out of the wikia, and so i thought i will need all of the items.

[NotThatHarkness]

Originally posted by Regicide:

Wow ... that 5 of 9 thing. I really didn't recognized that. May be helpful if it's mentioned in the Wikia. >_>

The wiki does mention it. http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Bundles#Pantry

Look at the 2nd column in each bundle section. The number of gold squares is the required number of items needed for that bundle. That's pretty much what they look like in-game. Your options to fill the squares required by the bundle are in the 3rd column. Sometimes those columns are equal in number, sometimes not.

In both of my games I haven't gotten to level 80 until winter year 1. I usually have my tools upgraded to steel by then, which helps a lot with watering. I skip the tier 1 sprinklers and rely on hand watering the first year, hitting the mines when it rains. It's not until year 2 that I start using sprinklers (quality) at all.

I don't use the traveling merchant often. Her stuff is usually wildly overpriced. I do invest in rare seeds though (at least the first 2 years) and will grab the more difficult fish for the bundles. I don't think she's a very reliable option though.

[Geekneck_99]

It's not something that I would go out of my way to look for (even if you actually enjoy fishing), but you might find a Neptune's Glaive in a fishing chest. If you are lucky enough to find one early in the game, then you've got yourself a free sword that's powerful enough to get you to floor 90 for the Obsidian Edge.

[Regicide]

Well thats my tactic, too. I've hit Fall of Year 1 and upgraded my Watering can to steel. And to make watering easier, i remanaged my fields, so i can take full advantage of the new range of the watering can. I hope this will work.

And ye, i started fishing now, too. Maybe i will get that weapon. Would be nice :D

[Whirl]

The quarry is a little overrated. It's great when all you need is stone, and there's no reason not to check if there's any veins, but the mines are still much more important.

[Everfreefire]

Originally posted by Hotwire:

The quarry is a little overrated. It's great when all you need is stone, and there's no reason not to check if there's any veins, but the mines are still much more important.

It adds a lot of potential worm spots too.