From theSprinklersyou need to automate watering your crops, to theKegsthat make the profitable wines you sell.

Even decorative items like fences and pathways.

To get these items (reliably), you should probably make them all by hand.

Stardew Valley workbench with big chest, stone chest, and resources surrounding it.

Which means constantly stuffing your pockets full ofwood,stone,coal, and a bunch of other resources.

But there’s an easier way.

One that keeps your inventory slots free to hold all the useful things you’re making.

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And that’s by using aWorkbench.

What Is The Workbench?

In Stardew Valley, a Workbench is an item thatallows you to craft by pulling resources from adjacent chests.

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The Workbench reaches for crafting materials in any of the 8 neighboring tiles, including those diagonally positioned.

It will bringyour crafting menu upand any items that you’re free to create will bebrightly colored.

This replaces the need to open up your menu and navigate to the Crafting tab.

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Andthey function exactly the same.

How To Get A Workbench

The Workbench is sold atRobin’s Carpenter Shopin the Mountains.

When To Buy A Workbench

Having a Workbench makes crafting such an easy process.

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But it’s not just about convenience.

To help with organization, you canchange the color of cheststo signify what’s inside.

you might also crafta sign and place or write a kind of material you havein that chest.

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It also serves asan easy way to check which resources you needto gather for next.

With these buildings in Stardew Valley, you could fill up all the space on your farm.

Then it is up to yourpersonal organizational preferenceshow to place items inside the chests.

Stardew Valley farm buildings in winter (zoomed out with player standing in center).

But, if you forget to bring them, thenyou can craft them without needing to run back home.

Another helpful option is tohave one onGinger Island.

So,setting up another workspacewill allow you tocraft everything you need without sailing or teleportingback and forth.

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Upgrade weapons on the farm!

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