Community price on backpack.tf: 215 keys, last changed 2025-08-24 (1.1y ago). The live quote above, 171 keys, is 20% lower and last moved 12d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $538.76 — the lowest of one listing for the Distant Drift effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:41 UTC (6h ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 170 keys, 62 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Blast Defense”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
115 observations
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Distant Drift Blast Defense sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 115 observations, from 222 keys to 179 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
222 keys
182 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:17 UTC
201 keys
181 keys
20 NOV 2025 · 02:47 UTC
227 keys
167 keys
13 MAY 2026 · 12:33 UTC
200 keys
141 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 13:12 UTC
154 keys
134 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
178 keys
155 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
188 keys
164 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 03:04 UTC
16.3 keys
14.1 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.1 keys
14.1 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.0 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 06:10 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.6 keys
14.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.6 keys
14.5 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 02:07 UTC
17.2 keys
14.9 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
17.5 keys
15.2 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
17.5 keys
15.3 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
17.8 keys
15.5 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
17.9 keys
15.6 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
165 keys
144 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
173 keys
151 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
173 keys
151 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 18:08 UTC
171 keys
149 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
174 keys
152 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
179 keys
155 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
180 keys
157 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 13:10 UTC
180 keys
157 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
Price history in numbers
115 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Distant Drift Blast Defense's sell price ranged from 16.5 keys to 181 keys and is up 977.2% after 56 moves. Over a year it ranged from 15.9 keys to 251 keys (down 11.0%). Today's 179 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 15.9 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 251 keys (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 114 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.