Community price on backpack.tf: 80.0 keys, last changed 2026-02-12 (8mo ago). The live quote above, 69.3 keys, is 13% lower and last moved 15d 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: $257.36 — the lowest of one listing for the Old Hire effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:38 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 69 keys, 16.88 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 Starboard Crusader”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
15 observations
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Old Hire Starboard Crusader sell price, 2026-03-09 to 2026-10-07: 15 observations, from 79.4 keys to 73.9 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
9 MAR 2026 · 12:04 UTC
79.4 keys
71.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
65.6 keys
57.1 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
72.5 keys
63.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
72.8 keys
63.3 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
69.3 keys
60.2 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 15:12 UTC
67.0 keys
58.2 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 05:09 UTC
68.7 keys
59.8 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
70.4 keys
61.2 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 13:13 UTC
71.9 keys
62.5 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 07:10 UTC
72.6 keys
63.2 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 19:10 UTC
73.2 keys
63.6 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
73.1 keys
63.6 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
73.5 keys
63.9 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC
72.4 keys
62.9 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
73.9 keys
64.3 keys
Price history in numbers
15 readings since 9 Mar 2026
Over the last 30 days the Old Hire Starboard Crusader's sell price ranged from 67.0 keys to 73.9 keys and is up 6.8% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 65.6 keys to 79.4 keys (down 6.9%). Today's 73.9 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 65.6 keys (4 Sep 2026) and the highest 79.4 keys (9 Mar 2026). The price has moved 14 times since we began recording it — about once every 15 days.