TheWoWDBDespite Wowhead saying "This quest is no longer available within the game." the quest is indeed still available.
Simply use the torch in your inventory to burn the bales of hay located in the area.
*EDIT* Looks like the page was changed at some point so the first portion of this comment is no longer relevant.
Quest
Smoke in Their Eyes
A World of Warcraft quest in Uldum. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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simple quest - just roam around the city, you'll see the hay that you need to burn sparkling like a quest item should. apply torch, rinse repeat.
Yes this quest is STILL available in game, I just got it as well. Don't know what they were thinking. And the Hay Stacks still aren't glowing or even marked when you hold your mouse over them so you just have to walk up to them and click on the torch and they will burn up. At lvl 87, the Neferset Denizens still aggro me.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneUldum
Quest ID27923
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27923))
What to do
StorylineUldum, step 3 of 101
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
I'm not sure what knuckle-headed plan your friend is concocting, but we're going to need a distraction if we're to stand a chance of escaping. Take the torch from that brazier and go start some fires. Perhaps if we divert the Neferset scum's attention away for a few minutes, we'll have the opportunity we need.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #249 59.6 72.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inUldum 59.6, 72.0
/way #249 59.6 72.0 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Uldum 61.5, 74.3
/way #249 61.5 74.3
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Uldum map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,600 yards
- Off To Adventure! about 1,640 yards
- Thunder on the Sands about 1,650 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Uldum, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Uldum:
- Ramkahen, Uldum
- Dawnrise Expedition, Tanaris
- Gunstan's Dig, Tanaris
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Other quests on the Uldum map
Reward details
Reputation: Ramkahen +250
The cat-like people of Ramkahen are the descendants of the Tol'vir, guardians of Uldum. Though they've lost their stone bodies, protecting the secrets of the titans is still a part of their rigid tradition.
Reputation group: Cataclysm.
Other quests in Uldum that reward Ramkahen reputation: Under the Choking Sands (+250), Minions of Al'Akir (+250), The Prophet Hadassi (+75), The Prophet's Dying Words (+75), Colossal Guardians (+250), Send Word to Phaoris (+150).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Uldum
Part 3 of 101.
Previous: Traitors! · Next: Budd's Plan
- 1Easy Money
- 2Traitors!
- 3Smoke in Their Eyes
- 4Budd's Plan
- 5Kavem the Callous
- 6Escape From the Lost City
- 7Impending Retribution
- 8Al'Akir's Vengeance
- 9Under the Choking Sands
- 10Minions of Al'Akir
- 11The Prophet Hadassi
- 12The Prophet's Dying Words
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 101.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Traitors!
Please, stranger. You must help me. I came here to investigate the arrival of a powerful ally to the Neferset, only to be betrayed by my closest allies and given up to the enemy. Go to the terrace above us to the east and find the information I failed to uncover.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Budd's Plan
I've an idea! Trust me, it's a good one this time! Get some of those shiny armor pieces the cat-people wear. This plan cannot fail. Trust me.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Uldum has 101 steps, from Easy Money to The Coffer of Promise.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Uldum (101).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Uldum map
- The Fists of the Heavens
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.