Community price on backpack.tf: 285 keys, last changed 2025-06-06 (1.4y ago). The live quote above, 194 keys, is 32% lower and last moved 16d 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: $690.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:29 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 194 keys, 4.55 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 Mining Light”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
65 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Mining Light sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-02: 65 observations, from 283 keys to 191 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
283 keys
232 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:00 UTC
269 keys
242 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:46 UTC
256 keys
230 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:04 UTC
258 keys
232 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:34 UTC
293 keys
182 keys
3 DEC 2025 · 00:46 UTC
293 keys
186 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:38 UTC
298 keys
198 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 13:36 UTC
293 keys
198 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 07:43 UTC
269 keys
182 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
251 keys
171 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:39 UTC
269 keys
186 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
251 keys
130 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 10:06 UTC
246 keys
140 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
264 keys
150 keys
17 APR 2026 · 06:29 UTC
266 keys
151 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
180 keys
156 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
175 keys
152 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
187 keys
163 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
196 keys
170 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 13:10 UTC
117 keys
102 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 22:08 UTC
119 keys
103 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
117 keys
102 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
123 keys
107 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
136 keys
118 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
120 keys
105 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
120 keys
104 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
120 keys
104 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
121 keys
105 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
167 keys
146 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
172 keys
149 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
171 keys
148 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
172 keys
150 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
173 keys
150 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 20:07 UTC
173 keys
151 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
176 keys
153 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
178 keys
155 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
178 keys
155 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
183 keys
159 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
189 keys
164 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 17:10 UTC
191 keys
166 keys
Price history in numbers
65 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Mining Light's sell price ranged from 171 keys to 194 keys and is up 11.9% after 15 moves. Over a year it ranged from 100 keys to 298 keys (down 25.4%). Today's 191 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 100 keys (29 Jul 2026) and the highest 298 keys (10 Dec 2025). The price has moved 61 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.