Community price on backpack.tf: 25.0 keys, last changed 2021-09-20 (5.1y ago). The live quote above, 42.8 keys, is 71% higher 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: $130.56 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:36 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 42 keys, 51.66 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 Brain Bucket”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
78 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.
Vivid Plasma Brain Bucket sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 78 observations, from 25.4 keys to 43.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
25.4 keys
20.7 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 07:55 UTC
24.3 keys
21.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 15:58 UTC
22.0 keys
19.8 keys
18 DEC 2025 · 20:38 UTC
36.0 keys
30.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
39.9 keys
34.7 keys
11 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC
38.1 keys
33.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
41.2 keys
35.8 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 05:10 UTC
43.1 keys
37.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
42.9 keys
37.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
42.8 keys
37.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
43.0 keys
37.4 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
42.5 keys
36.9 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
41.5 keys
36.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
41.9 keys
36.5 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
41.8 keys
36.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
42.0 keys
36.5 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
42.0 keys
36.5 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 10:07 UTC
42.2 keys
36.7 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
42.3 keys
36.8 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
42.8 keys
37.2 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
42.8 keys
37.2 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 18:07 UTC
42.5 keys
37.0 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 18:07 UTC
42.6 keys
37.1 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 02:11 UTC
42.9 keys
37.3 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
43.0 keys
37.4 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
43.0 keys
37.4 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
43.3 keys
37.7 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
43.5 keys
37.8 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
43.6 keys
37.9 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
43.7 keys
38.0 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 06:07 UTC
42.9 keys
37.3 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 12:08 UTC
42.8 keys
37.2 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
42.8 keys
37.2 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
44.0 keys
38.3 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 17:09 UTC
43.9 keys
38.2 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC
43.6 keys
37.9 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
43.9 keys
38.2 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
44.0 keys
38.3 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 19:08 UTC
43.9 keys
38.2 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 23:08 UTC
43.9 keys
38.2 keys
Price history in numbers
78 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Vivid Plasma Brain Bucket's sell price ranged from 42.0 keys to 44.0 keys and is up 4.5% after 45 moves. Over a year it ranged from 22.0 keys to 44.0 keys (up 90.4%). Today's 43.9 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 22.0 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 44.0 keys (5 Oct 2026). The price has moved 77 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.
Vintage Class Token - Soldier