Community price on backpack.tf: 34.0 keys, last changed 2026-03-25 (7mo ago). The live quote above, 28.3 keys, is 17% 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: $97.09 — the lowest of one listing for the Smoking effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:28 UTC (5h 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 28 keys, 21.33 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 Shellmet”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
130 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Smoking Shellmet sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-10: 130 observations, from 34.2 keys to 32.8 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
34.2 keys
27.9 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:22 UTC
32.0 keys
28.8 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:50 UTC
72.5 keys
40.8 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:11 UTC
75.7 keys
27.8 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
67.4 keys
18.8 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 20:41 UTC
66.7 keys
22.9 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:43 UTC
34.6 keys
23.1 keys
1 APR 2026 · 02:30 UTC
37.6 keys
23.8 keys
24 APR 2026 · 18:32 UTC
35.8 keys
23.0 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 04:31 UTC
37.6 keys
28.6 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 12:11 UTC
38.1 keys
29.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
34.2 keys
29.8 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
38.9 keys
33.8 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
26.6 keys
23.2 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
27.1 keys
23.5 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
27.3 keys
23.8 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
27.6 keys
24.0 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
27.9 keys
24.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
28.2 keys
24.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
27.9 keys
24.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
27.9 keys
24.3 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 16:11 UTC
27.9 keys
24.2 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
28.0 keys
24.3 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
27.9 keys
24.3 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
28.3 keys
24.6 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
28.3 keys
24.6 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
28.6 keys
24.9 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
28.9 keys
25.1 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
29.1 keys
25.3 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:11 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
29.3 keys
25.4 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
29.6 keys
25.7 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
29.5 keys
25.6 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 02:08 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 17:11 UTC
29.0 keys
25.2 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
29.5 keys
25.7 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
31.7 keys
27.6 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
32.8 keys
28.5 keys
Price history in numbers
130 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Smoking Shellmet's sell price ranged from 28.3 keys to 32.8 keys and is up 15.6% after 42 moves. Over a year it ranged from 26.4 keys to 75.7 keys (up 2.5%). Today's 32.8 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 26.4 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 75.7 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 128 times since we began recording it — about once every 3 days.