Greenhouse and sprinklers, explained
What the greenhouse actually does, what the Water Sprite Statues cost to run, and the layouts that make a field water itself.
The short answer
The greenhouse grows any crop in any season and is the only place out-of-season crops survive the season change. Water Sprite Statues water a 5×5 or 7×7 square each morning and run on one essence stone charge per day that they water at least one tile. Both are mid-game unlocks: the greenhouse costs 50,000g for the blueprint plus build materials, and the statues need woodcrafting level 20 or 30.
What the greenhouse is for
The small greenhouse is a 12×6 building and the large one is 14×8 — both from a 50,000g (small) or 100,000g (large) blueprint at the carpenter, plus build materials: 20 glass, 20 hard wood and 20 refined stone for the small, double that for the large. The farm page shows where buildings can be placed.
Inside, three rules change completely:
- Any seed grows in any season. The game only enforces seasons on the outdoor farm. A spring seed planted in winter grows normally inside.
- Crops never get wiped at the season change. An out-of-season crop is deleted on the farm; inside the greenhouse it just keeps growing (farming rules).
- Rain never reaches inside. The greenhouse has no weather, so nothing is watered for free — that is what the sprinklers below are for.
What to plant there
The greenhouse pays best when it holds crops that would otherwise stop paying. Two patterns dominate:
- Regrowers, permanently. Strawberries, tomatoes, onions and snow peas produce all year with no replanting. A greenhouse field of regrowers is the closest thing the game has to passive income.
- Anything you need for a request or recipe out of season. The request board asks for seasonal items all year; a greenhouse is the reliable answer.
One honest warning: the greenhouse is a big investment (50,000g blueprint, materials, and the space). For that money you could upgrade several tools or buildings. It earns its keep over multiple seasons, not in one.
How sprinklers work
The sprinklers are actually called Water Sprite Statue and Large Water Sprite Statue, crafted at the woodcrafting bench at level 20 and 30. They are easy to miss because they live under furniture, not tools.
| Statue | Craft level | Materials | Waters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Sprite Statue | 20 | 10 Refined Stone + 3 forageable | 5×5 tiles around it |
| Large Water Sprite Statue | 30 | 15 Refined Stone + 3 forageable | 7×7 tiles around it |
Both run on Tiny Essence Stone (40g, or 20g bin). Each morning, a statue waters every soil tile in its square — but only if the weather has not already done the job. Outdoors on a rainy or snowy day the statue does nothing and spends nothing; indoors there is no weather, so it works every day and a stone lasts exactly as long as its charge.
Two practical notes:
- A statue only accepts a new stone once the current one is completely spent, so if you plan to move one, let it run out first — over-provisioning wastes the remainder.
- Statues work in the greenhouse, and that is where they are worth the most, because there is no free rain inside.
Layouts that work
The small greenhouse is 12×6 tiles. A 5×5 statue covers 25 tiles; a 7×7 covers 49. With the building interior slightly smaller than the footprint, a practical plan is:
- One large statue (7×7) covers most of the floor in the small greenhouse.
- Two small statues cover the corners of the large greenhouse better than one large in the middle — the 7×7 has dead corners at 14×8.
Outdoors, the value is smaller but real: any field layout that leaves a 5×5 or 7×7 block free of obstacles lets one statue handle all the morning watering on rainy days too (where it saves nothing) and on clear days (where it saves the whole routine). The crops page profit tables assume manual watering, so a statue’s real value is the time and stamina it frees, not extra gold.
When to build each
- Water Sprite Statue: as soon as your woodcrafting hits 20, if you have a field big enough to notice the morning chore. The materials are cheap.
- Small greenhouse: when you have a stable income and want out-of-season regrowers or request items. Think of it as a second farm, not an upgrade to the first.
- Large greenhouse: only when the small one is full and you have 100,000g to spare — the small one already covers the “any season” need for most players.