Purple Smoke Flare

The Purple Smoke Flare item is a pyrotechnic device used primarily to mark a location by placing a purple smoke column object on the terrain.

Some uses that people have come up with:

• marking locations for raids
• smoke bomb the Flag Rooms in the Warsong Gulch battleground
• props for floor shows and fashion shows

This item is crafted with Engineering (335); taught by Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare, a world drop.

The Smoke Flares are cheap recipes for increasing engineering skill from 335, however, the White Smoke Flare is the cheapest, lacking a dye, and the White Smoke Flare schematic is the most readily available.

Unlike the Hunter Flare ability, Smoke Flares do not influence stealth detection.

• Smoke Flares for other varieties:
• White Smoke Flare
• Green Smoke Flare
• Red Smoke Flare (non-engineered)
• Cannoneer's Smoke Flare (blue, non-engineered, Horde quest item)
• Other "Flare"s
• the Cenarion Expedition Flare
• Hunter's Flare ability