Community price on backpack.tf: 24.0–42.0 keys, last changed 2024-08-25 (2.1y ago). The live quote above, 29.3 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $143.75 — the lowest of one listing for the Hard Carry effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:31 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 29 keys, 18 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 Hellmet”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
15 observations
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Hard Carry Hellmet sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-07: 15 observations, from 43.5 keys to 29.3 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
43.5 keys
19.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:27 UTC
43.4 keys
19.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:08 UTC
41.5 keys
20.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:56 UTC
39.5 keys
19.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:19 UTC
37.6 keys
18.9 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:20 UTC
43.7 keys
21.9 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
28.7 keys
25.0 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
28.7 keys
25.0 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
28.8 keys
25.0 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
27.7 keys
24.1 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 02:08 UTC
29.3 keys
25.5 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 21:08 UTC
29.6 keys
25.7 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
28.4 keys
24.7 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
29.3 keys
25.5 keys
Price history in numbers
15 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Hard Carry Hellmet's sell price ranged from 27.7 keys to 29.6 keys and is up 5.8% after 5 moves. Over a year it ranged from 27.7 keys to 43.7 keys (down 25.6%). Today's 29.3 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 27.7 keys (30 Sep 2026) and the highest 43.7 keys (10 Nov 2025). The price has moved 13 times since we began recording it — about once every 29 days.