Community price on backpack.tf: 100–125 keys, last changed 2025-04-15 (1.5y ago). The live quote above, 72.9 keys, is 27% lower and last moved 13d 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: $358.16 — the lowest of one listing for the Purple Energy effect when we looked on 2026-10-12 01:31 UTC (1d 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 72 keys, 54.77 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 Merc's Mohawk”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
81 observations
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Purple Energy Merc's Mohawk sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-09: 81 observations, from 126 keys to 62.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
126 keys
82.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:59 UTC
120 keys
86.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:10 UTC
107 keys
77.4 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 22:29 UTC
115 keys
84.5 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:45 UTC
113 keys
94.8 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 00:49 UTC
115 keys
96.3 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 01:39 UTC
112 keys
59.9 keys
28 JAN 2026 · 09:43 UTC
103 keys
61.8 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
96.0 keys
70.9 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
87.2 keys
74.6 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 14:08 UTC
90.9 keys
78.8 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
89.2 keys
57.8 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
88.6 keys
70.4 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 16:32 UTC
92.7 keys
75.2 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
93.0 keys
76.4 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
83.0 keys
74.1 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 19:13 UTC
79.8 keys
79.0 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 17:12 UTC
67.2 keys
58.4 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 04:33 UTC
12.9 keys
11.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 11:23 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.7 keys
14.5 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
17.8 keys
15.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
18.0 keys
15.7 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
18.4 keys
16.0 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
18.8 keys
16.3 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
55.3 keys
48.1 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
57.0 keys
49.6 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
57.4 keys
49.9 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
58.6 keys
51.0 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 18:07 UTC
58.3 keys
50.7 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
58.5 keys
50.9 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
60.6 keys
52.7 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
62.1 keys
54.0 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
61.0 keys
53.0 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
62.0 keys
53.9 keys
Price history in numbers
81 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Purple Energy Merc's Mohawk's sell price ranged from 55.3 keys to 72.9 keys and is up 11.2% after 19 moves. Over a year it ranged from 12.9 keys to 120 keys (down 45.9%). Today's 62.0 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 12.9 keys (19 Aug 2026) and the highest 126 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 80 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.