Make sprinkler or wait for quality sprinklers?

[Dusty]

Hello everybody.

I am in a bit of a dilemma and would like to hear your opinion:

In year one, do you create the simple sprinklers as soon as you can, or do you wait for farming level 6 and quality sprinklers?
What are your reasons for doing one or the other?

Thanks :)

[LuckySara]

Personally, I always wait for Quality Sprinklers. It's more reliable to me and it can cover 8 tiles instead of just the 4 from the regular ones.

[hallaloth]

I usually wait. Generally if I'm doing a faster run of the early game I aim to have Quality Sprinklers by the end of spring. It does mean a little bit more micro-managing of energy, but I personally just find the layout for the regular sprinkler to be annoying when you end up pulling them all out a week or two later.

[estehmanis]

I always wait for quality sprinklers the other option just isnt really worth it imo, if you need tip about mining: first focus on unlocking lift as fast as you can, ignore the gem/ore if you still got time to dig deeper. once you got lift access, ore will be easy to get.

[DromedarySpitz]

i always opt for a crafting mod that creates an additional sprinkler recipe that uses the lower tier sprinkler to craft the higher tier.

[Oakley]

Unless I am doing a challenge run or whatever I always wait for quality sprinklers. The regular sprinklers are really bad and it's hard to pull off a good layout with them. Plus, you will need the iron bars for the quality sprinklers later on so better save that iron for them. If you are tired of watering your crops and are somehow swimming in iron then you can get the default ones, but personally I'd wait for the quality sprinklers.

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Iridium sprinkler with nozzles

[Violet]

I will sometimes do a little of both. Its well worth it to wait and spend materials on the better sprinklers, but watering crops all morning (especially with the low level watering can) gets time/energy consuming in the beginning of the game. So I usually break down and get a few so I can grow more crops. If you don't get the simple sprinkler, investing in water retaining fertilizer if worth considering.

[Castlegate]

I do one or two regular sprinklers to grow flowers for beehives. Otherwise, I wait.

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

I build four regular sprinklers to cover any ancient seeds I have going in year one and then wait for quality. They make useful crack fillers when adding iridium sprinklers into the farm's pattern, and I can devote one to honey production easily.

Originally posted by pluto is a planet:

The regular sprinklers are really bad and it's hard to pull off a good layout with them.

Picture a 2x2 square of crops. Place one sprinkler on each side of that square so that each crop is watered by one sprinkler. Now pick one of the other squares the sprinkler waters: this is a part of another 2x2 square of crops with an identical arrangement of sprinklers around it, one or two of which are already placed. This pattern can be repeated endlessly and has no gaps.

[esturias]

Originally posted by Castlegate:

I do one or two regular sprinklers to grow flowers for beehives. Otherwise, I wait.

This.
I only made 3 normal ones, but it's not hard to realize that they aren't worth it at all. I use them more as "decoration" now.

[mini]

i never get the simple sprinklers, they dont do enough. I always wait for the quality sprinklers. Also, on the 27th of spring in year 1 i have my watering can upgraded at the blacksmith. So i water them on the 27th, and bring it to the blacksmith. On the 28th there's no point in watering since it will die the day after. On the 1st day of summer the watering can is ready, and since u have to go buy seeds and stuff anyways, there's no issue having to go pick it up. Then i can water 3 tiles at once, until i can get quality sprinklers. :)

[happy]

you can access the iridium sprinklers quickly if you focus on the mines and fishing during first year. other sprinklers are a waste of time in the long run. I do not even start farming until after i have access to the sewer and at least 4 iridium sprinklers. i just dislike the watering can.
New player can make enough for 1 sprinkler in a couple days of fishing, which may be the best use of this fish gold as later in the game it becomes worthless. To access the sewer you must find it after completing the first achievement items in the museum collection, the sprinkler is only for sale Fridays.

[JC]

I like using the regular ones for flowers, hops, things that i only want 4-8 or.. (just plant the items on the 4 spots they water. Makes it super easy to plant a crap ton of stuff that you don't have to worry about. they are good for things you need to make for cooking as well. It's just easy.

[esturias]

Originally posted by JC:

I like using the regular ones for flowers, hops, things that i only want 4-8 or.. (just plant the items on the 4 spots they water. Makes it super easy to plant a crap ton of stuff that you don't have to worry about. they are good for things you need to make for cooking as well. It's just easy.

Well. Quality sprinklers do the same - and they do it much better.

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Originally posted by esturias:

Originally posted by JC:

I like using the regular ones for flowers, hops, things that i only want 4-8 or.. (just plant the items on the 4 spots they water. Makes it super easy to plant a crap ton of stuff that you don't have to worry about. they are good for things you need to make for cooking as well. It's just easy.

Well. Quality sprinklers do the same - and they do it much better.

By the same logic you shouldn't make any sprinklers until you have iridium. But you can easily find uses for a few normal sprinklers, and building them early means more crops earlier, means more farming experience, means faster access to better sprinklers.