Community price on backpack.tf: 13.0 keys, last changed 2023-02-22 (3.6y ago). The live quote above, 15.3 keys, is 18% higher and last moved 11d 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $31.51 — the lowest of one listing for the Spiraling Lights effect when we looked on 2026-10-07 01:54 UTC (6d 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 15 keys, 22 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 Elf Ignition”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
44 observations
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Spiraling Lights Elf Ignition sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-01: 44 observations, from 13.2 keys to 15.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
13.2 keys
10.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:49 UTC
14.2 keys
11.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:21 UTC
13.6 keys
12.2 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:17 UTC
12.9 keys
11.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:30 UTC
12.3 keys
11.1 keys
18 MAR 2026 · 16:08 UTC
12.6 keys
7.25 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
13.5 keys
7.51 keys
31 MAR 2026 · 08:31 UTC
13.8 keys
8.10 keys
5 APR 2026 · 16:30 UTC
13.8 keys
7.21 keys
13 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
13.6 keys
7.13 keys
21 APR 2026 · 14:30 UTC
13.8 keys
7.12 keys
26 APR 2026 · 22:33 UTC
13.2 keys
7.54 keys
4 MAY 2026 · 10:32 UTC
12.6 keys
6.96 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:34 UTC
13.4 keys
9.27 keys
19 MAY 2026 · 04:33 UTC
13.2 keys
9.24 keys
24 JUN 2026 · 09:14 UTC
8.25 keys
7.18 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
9.13 keys
7.95 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 03:12 UTC
9.50 keys
8.27 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
9.05 keys
7.87 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
9.16 keys
7.98 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 08:45 UTC
7.29 keys
6.33 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 08:24 UTC
7.82 keys
6.79 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
13.4 keys
11.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
8.71 keys
7.57 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
9.45 keys
8.22 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
9.51 keys
8.27 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:23 UTC
10.3 keys
8.97 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.5 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC
14.0 keys
12.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 16:11 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 22:09 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
Price history in numbers
44 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Spiraling Lights Elf Ignition's sell price ranged from 14.2 keys to 15.6 keys and is up 7.7% after 4 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.29 keys to 15.6 keys (up 18.7%). Today's 15.3 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.29 keys (29 Jul 2026) and the highest 15.6 keys (29 Sep 2026). The price has moved 42 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.