--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers lang: en title: Smoke and flare markers summary: Smoke or a bright flare marks an important world location. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers.md aliases: - Smoke marker tags: - Game design techniques - Diegetic - Immersion sourceIds: - source-18bbc146f74b8212 - source-aaba92334413cc6a - source-6148a660c81c7732 - source-a3a98578eccf4f3c sources: - id: source-18bbc146f74b8212 title: 'Game Mechanics: Smoke and flare markers' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers' verifiedAt: null - id: source-aaba92334413cc6a title: Rage 2 (2019) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers/game/rage-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-6148a660c81c7732 title: Far Cry 3 (2012) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers/game/far-cry-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-a3a98578eccf4f3c title: 'Call of Duty: Warzone (2022)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers/game/call-of-duty-warzone verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-smoke-and-flare-markers title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-smoke-and-flare-markers categoryIds: - gm-category-immersion - gm-category-diegetic supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Smoke marker description: Smoke or a bright flare marks an important world location. image: src: images/mechanics/atmosphere-smoke-and-flare-markers.webp width: 1280 height: 720 game: Rage 2 sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/rage_2_flare.png' credit: Avalanche Studios / id Software; image via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: A colored smoke column marks a location among rocks alt: 'Rage 2: A colored smoke column marks a location among rocks.' markers: - x: 77 'y': 30 label: Smoke signal visible from a distance - x: 77 'y': 51 label: Marked location at the base of the smoke tips: - 'Keep marker color, height and silhouette distinct from the terrain.' examples: - title: Rage 2 url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Smoke and flare markers id: game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-smoke-and-flare-markers/ Smoke or a bright flare marks an important world location. ## At a glance ![Rage 2: A colored smoke column marks a location among rocks.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/atmosphere-smoke-and-flare-markers.webp) [Rage 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. Smoke signal visible from a distance 2. Marked location at the base of the smoke - Keep marker color, height and silhouette distinct from the terrain. - [Rage 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers) ## How it works Smoke or a bright flare marks an important world location. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Smoke or a bright flare marks an important world location. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Smoke and flare markers](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers) (id: source-18bbc146f74b8212) - [Rage 2 (2019)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers/game/rage-2) (id: source-aaba92334413cc6a) - [Far Cry 3 (2012)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers/game/far-cry-3) (id: source-6148a660c81c7732) - [Call of Duty: Warzone (2022)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/smoke-and-flare-markers/game/call-of-duty-warzone) (id: source-a3a98578eccf4f3c) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors