This price has not changed since 2026-01-17 10:09 UTC. It reflects the last observed trade rather than current market value, and this page is excluded from our sitemap for that reason.
Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0 keys, last changed 2025-02-13 (1.7y ago). The live quote above, 22.3 keys, is 103% higher and last moved 9mo 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: $21.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Smoking effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:39 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 22 keys, 20.11 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 Steel Shako”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
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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.
| Observed (UTC) | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC | 11.9 keys | 9.70 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 20:45 UTC | 10.9 keys | 8.93 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 08:29 UTC | 10.4 keys | 9.35 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 20:15 UTC | 9.94 keys | 8.93 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 16:35 UTC | 9.46 keys | 8.54 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 00:36 UTC | 11.2 keys | 9.89 keys |
| 22 DEC 2025 · 11:09 UTC | 21.9 keys | 8.21 keys |
| 13 JAN 2026 · 12:07 UTC | 20.1 keys | 6.97 keys |
| 17 JAN 2026 · 10:09 UTC | 22.3 keys | 8.31 keys |
Price history in numbers
9 readings since 25 Sep 2025The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 9.46 keys to 22.3 keys (up 124.6%). Today's 22.3 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.46 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 22.3 keys (17 Jan 2026). The price has moved 8 times since we began recording it — about once every 14 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a year | 9.46 keys | 22.3 keys | +124.6% | 5 | 6 |
Details
| SKU | 30017;5;u35 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2026-01-17 10:09 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 64.33 ref |
Same effect, other items
the effect across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2,050 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 750 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 677 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 561 keys | 3mo ago | |
| 561 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 500 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 420 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 321 keys | 12d ago | |
| 291 keys | 11mo ago | |
| 259 keys | 13d ago |
Other effects on the Steel Shako
same item, different effect| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 301 keys | 3mo ago | |
| 268 keys | 3mo ago | |
| 243 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 224 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 178 keys | 12d ago | |
| 167 keys | 12d ago | |
| 95.5 keys | 14d ago | |
| 86.9 keys | 11d ago | |
| 78.2 keys | 14d ago | |
| 69.8 keys | 11d ago |
Priced similarly
across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 23.2 keys | 1mo ago | |
| 22.3 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 22.8 keys | 12d ago | |
| 22.3 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 23.2 keys | 1mo ago | |
| 22.4 keys | 22d ago | |
| 23.0 keys | 11d ago | |
| 22.7 keys | 13d ago |