Stardew Valleyplayers looking to fill up their watering cans discovered one trick that’s exceptionally simple — filling it up with water from the kitchen sink. It may seem obvious that water from the kitchen sink would suffice as a water source, but a surprising number of players owned up to not realizing they could do just that. Considering how essential watering is to the farm-life simulation game, saving some time with a convenient water source can be huge.

Reddit userMaster_Condition8108confessed they hadn’t tried using the kitchen sink until recently.Plenty of other players shared their stories of when they realized they could use the kitchen sink as a water source, with some of them just learning the kitchen sink provided water by reading the thread.

Stardew Valley’s Gus alongside the Farmer standing in their kitchen

Master_Condition8108 said they feel it’s common sense to expect a kitchen sink to have water, but plenty of other players pointed out that with so much to do inStardew Valley, it’s easy to miss the simple details.

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Like on a real farm, water is essential to growing plants and keeping the animals healthy inStardew Valley.With how routine filling watering cans is, it might actually be easier to forget to experiment with the source, and others in the community have discovered water sources beyond their tap. For example, Reddit userSonnitudeexplained thatit’s fine to refill the watering can using sewage water, and plants won’t suffer any repercussions from the unclean water.Stardew Valleyhas strange outcomeswhen a player might least expect them, so the sewage water posing no problems comes as a relief.

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EducatedCow99had a hilarious comment, writing that they didn’t realize they were looking at a post aboutStardew Valleyand “thought a bunch of people just figured out they could fill up their watering can in the sink.” This goes to show thatspending enough time inStardew Valleycan blur the line between real-life tasks and the game.Stardew Valleyemphasizes finding personal solutions to any problem, no matter howwacky those problems get, and discovering different approaches is one of the things that brings the community together.

Gunther with a mystery box, a rusty key, a Stardrop, and a Magic Rock Candy in the Stardew Valley museum.

Stardew Valley’s Simplest Features Can Still Surprise

It’s Easy To Miss The Obvious Solutions Sometimes

Using ocean or sewage water instead of the kitchen sink is definitely in line with the spirit ofStardew Valley. While using the sink to fill a watering can seems obvious,it’s probably not the most fun option. Fans also don’t usually take the conventional route inStardew Valley, like one player who brought abomb to the Fairto threaten everyone if they didn’t win. It didn’t work, but that kind of creativity shows whyStardew Valleycan still surprise players, even if it’s just them turning the faucet on the sink.

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