Community price on backpack.tf: 158–160 keys, last changed 2025-06-28 (1.3y ago). The live quote above, 146 keys, is 8% 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: $496.09 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:35 UTC (2d 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 146 keys, 4.33 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 Bonk Boy”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
21 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Nuts n' Bolts Bonk Boy sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-08: 21 observations, from 166 keys to 151 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
166 keys
134 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:03 UTC
166 keys
135 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:45 UTC
158 keys
142 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:32 UTC
150 keys
135 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:54 UTC
143 keys
128 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:56 UTC
147 keys
132 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 15:13 UTC
139 keys
121 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
156 keys
136 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
149 keys
130 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
150 keys
131 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
157 keys
137 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
167 keys
145 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
173 keys
151 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 07:11 UTC
178 keys
155 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 21:11 UTC
178 keys
155 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
152 keys
132 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
152 keys
132 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
148 keys
129 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 14:08 UTC
146 keys
127 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 13:12 UTC
150 keys
130 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
151 keys
132 keys
Price history in numbers
21 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Bonk Boy's sell price ranged from 146 keys to 151 keys and is up 2.1% after 3 moves. Over a year it ranged from 139 keys to 178 keys (up 0.6%). Today's 151 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 139 keys (23 Jun 2026) and the highest 178 keys (10 Aug 2026). The price has moved 20 times since we began recording it — about once every 19 days.