Community price on backpack.tf: 44.0 keys, last changed 2023-09-17 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 29.7 keys, is 32% lower 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: $290.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Scorching Flames effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:47 UTC (7d 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, 46.22 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 Plumber's Pipe”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
48 observations
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Scorching Flames Plumber's Pipe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-10: 48 observations, from 45.7 keys to 40.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
45.7 keys
37.4 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:46 UTC
44.6 keys
36.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:29 UTC
42.7 keys
38.4 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:36 UTC
38.6 keys
34.8 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:38 UTC
41.1 keys
37.0 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 14:41 UTC
55.1 keys
26.3 keys
29 NOV 2025 · 18:49 UTC
54.9 keys
27.3 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 11:12 UTC
54.0 keys
28.0 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
42.0 keys
25.9 keys
19 FEB 2026 · 06:40 UTC
45.1 keys
28.9 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:40 UTC
42.3 keys
27.3 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 02:42 UTC
41.1 keys
27.1 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
40.7 keys
27.4 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 18:07 UTC
43.3 keys
29.4 keys
30 MAR 2026 · 16:29 UTC
44.3 keys
30.1 keys
5 APR 2026 · 16:29 UTC
44.3 keys
30.2 keys
12 APR 2026 · 14:30 UTC
43.6 keys
29.9 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
44.4 keys
31.6 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
40.2 keys
30.3 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
38.1 keys
32.5 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
37.9 keys
32.6 keys
29 MAY 2026 · 10:29 UTC
37.8 keys
32.9 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 12:31 UTC
37.8 keys
32.9 keys
16 JUN 2026 · 16:10 UTC
37.9 keys
32.4 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
38.9 keys
33.8 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 13:12 UTC
39.3 keys
34.2 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 19:12 UTC
37.2 keys
32.4 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
39.8 keys
34.6 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
42.1 keys
36.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
43.9 keys
38.1 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
45.3 keys
39.4 keys
16 AUG 2026 · 19:11 UTC
48.4 keys
42.1 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 10:08 UTC
29.7 keys
25.9 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
34.0 keys
29.6 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC
34.6 keys
30.1 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 03:09 UTC
34.8 keys
30.3 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
39.7 keys
34.6 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
39.6 keys
34.5 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
40.1 keys
34.8 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 13:09 UTC
40.0 keys
34.8 keys
Price history in numbers
48 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Scorching Flames Plumber's Pipe's sell price ranged from 29.7 keys to 40.4 keys and is up 19.4% after 9 moves. Over a year it ranged from 29.7 keys to 55.1 keys (down 1.4%). Today's 40.0 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 29.7 keys (1 Oct 2026) and the highest 55.1 keys (22 Nov 2025). The price has moved 46 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.