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Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Purple Smoke Flare
“Teaches you how to make a Purple Smoke Flare.”
Sell price: 1 gold50 silver
Current price
10,349 gold89 silver
- Cheapest realm right now is 94% under the 46-realm average.AH scan
- Listings are down 50% from their 7 day average (1 vs 2 units).AH scan
- Today's price is on the high side: only 48% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan
Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare Price History on Agamaggan
Agamaggan Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Agamaggan Auction House2Units listed
2Sellers
10,349 gold89 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 5,691 gold51 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 2,076 gold42 silver to 23,997 gold75 silver. About 2 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 82% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 5,691 gold51 silver.
Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Purple Smoke Flare
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
Creates 
Purple Smoke Flare
Using Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare teaches this recipe. The Outland Engineering recipe Purple Smoke Flare takes 1 Elemental Blasting Powder, 1 Netherweave Cloth and 1 Purple Dye.
Requirements & Properties
- Requires
- Outland Engineering (35)
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
What One Craft Returns: Purple Smoke Flare
Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare teaches the Outland Engineering recipe Purple Smoke Flare, which makes Purple Smoke Flare. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 10g 28s, and Elemental Blasting Powder is the largest share at 97%. One craft makes 3 Purple Smoke Flare. Purple Smoke Flare lists from 20g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 46g 72s after the 5% auction cut, a 454% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare itself (999g 99s, the lowest of 48 realms listing it) is paid back after 22 crafts. It turns yellow at Outland Engineering skill 35 and grey at 55.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Elemental Blasting Powder | 1 | 9 gold94 silver | 9 gold94 silver |
 Netherweave Cloth | 1 | 10 silver | 10 silver |
 Purple Dye | 1 | 24 silver | 24 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 10 gold28 silver | ||
| Purple Smoke Flare x3 at its lowest listing | 60 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 46 gold72 silver | ||
What Else the Reagents Make
- Elemental Blasting Powder goes into 12 other recipes in Engineering, including Flying Machine, The Bigger One, Super Sapper Charge and Gnomish Flame Turret. It is itself made by the recipe Elemental Blasting Powder.
- Netherweave Cloth goes into 17 other recipes across Tailoring, Engineering and Blacksmithing, including Relic of the Past V, Relic of the Past III, Relic of the Past IV and Bolt of Netherweave.
- Purple Dye goes into 5 other recipes across Leatherworking, Tailoring and Alchemy, including Stylin' Purple Hat, Camp Narache Rug, Lavender Mageweave Shirt and Ghost Dye.
Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest US Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare in required skill among Recipe > Engineering, all from The Burning Crusade like Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare (this item) | 35 | 999 gold on 48 realms | |
 Schematic: White Smoke Flare |  White Smoke Flare | 35 | 30 gold on 56 realms |
| Schematic: Crashin' Thrashin' Robot |  Crashin' Thrashin' Robot | 25 | 50 gold on 55 realms |
| Schematic: Fel Iron Toolbox |  Fel Iron Toolbox | 25 | 24 gold on 56 realms |
 Schematic: Mana Potion Injector |  Mana Potion Injector | 45 | 500 gold on 49 realms |
| Schematic: Adamantite Rifle |  Adamantite Rifle | 50 | 15 gold on 57 realms |
| Schematic: Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles |  Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles | 50 | 40 gold on 56 realms |
| Schematic: Ornate Khorium Rifle |  Ornate Khorium Rifle | 75 | 300 gold on 61 realms |
 Schematic: Annihilator Holo-Gogs | Annihilator Holo-Gogs | 75 | 11,175 gold on 50 realms |
| Schematic: Justicebringer 3000 Specs | Justicebringer 3000 Specs | 75 | 10,000 gold on 54 realms |
| Schematic: Powerheal 9000 Lens | Powerheal 9000 Lens | 75 | 4,000 gold on 63 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Schematic: Adamantite Rifle at 15 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare's Icon
Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare uses icon file 134942, which 554 other items also use. The 6 closest by item ID:
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- Design: Smooth Golden Draenite ID 28291 · Recipe "Teaches you how to cut a Smooth Golden Draenite."
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Items Numbered Next to Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 25887 (25881 to 25894) were usually added in the same batch as Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Heavy Stone Statue ID 25881 · Consumable · item level 13
Solid Stone Statue ID 25882 · Consumable · item level 17
Dense Stone Statue ID 25883 · Consumable · item level 21
Primal Stone Statue ID 25884 · Consumable · item level 25- Purple Smoke Flare ID 25886 · Consumable
Draenei Holy Water ID 25889 · Quest "A vial of blessed water from the city of Shattrath."
Destructive Skyfire Diamond ID 25890 · Gem · item level 27 "Only fits in a meta gem slot."
Pristine Shimmerscale Eel ID 25891 · Quest- Mystical Skyfire Diamond ID 25893 · Gem · item level 27 "Only fits in a meta gem slot."
- Swift Skyfire Diamond ID 25894 · Gem · item level 27 "Only fits in a meta gem slot."
Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 25887 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 6 gold
- Vendor sell price
- 1 gold50 silver
- Expansion ID
- 1
- Flags
- 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.