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Terror-Watt Steel Shako

✦ Terror-WattUnusual12d ago
Sell price
9 keys, 7 ref
Buy price
7 keys, 59 ref
In keys
9.11 keys
In USD
$19.96 at the Steam key rate
Steam Market asking price
$26.15 asking, not sold

Community price on backpack.tf: 9.00–11.0 keys, last changed 2023-09-02 (3.1y ago). The live quote above, 9.11 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $26.15 — the lowest of one listing for the Terror-Watt 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 9 keys, 7 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

89 observations

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Terror-Watt Steel Shako sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 89 observations, from 12.4 keys to 11.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC12.4 keys7.62 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:29 UTC10.9 keys8.01 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:36 UTC11.4 keys8.41 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 17:08 UTC8.27 keys6.63 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 00:47 UTC8.47 keys7.37 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC8.43 keys7.33 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC9.28 keys8.08 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC9.13 keys7.96 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC8.64 keys7.51 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC8.71 keys7.58 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC8.22 keys7.15 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC9.42 keys8.20 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC9.45 keys8.22 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC9.18 keys7.98 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC8.44 keys7.34 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 12:07 UTC8.45 keys7.35 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC9.00 keys7.82 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC9.09 keys7.91 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC9.45 keys8.22 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC9.18 keys7.99 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC9.48 keys8.25 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC9.11 keys7.92 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC9.29 keys8.08 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC9.52 keys8.27 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC9.05 keys7.87 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC9.56 keys8.30 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 06:07 UTC8.38 keys7.28 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC8.79 keys7.64 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC8.47 keys7.36 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 09:09 UTC8.87 keys7.71 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC8.81 keys7.67 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 23:09 UTC8.86 keys7.71 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC8.17 keys7.11 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 01:08 UTC8.82 keys7.67 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC8.92 keys7.75 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC9.63 keys8.37 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 15:09 UTC9.40 keys8.17 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC9.57 keys8.31 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC9.69 keys8.42 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 23:08 UTC11.0 keys9.56 keys

Price history in numbers

89 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Terror-Watt Steel Shako's sell price ranged from 8.17 keys to 11.0 keys and is up 27.2% after 69 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.96 keys to 11.4 keys (up 6.3%). Today's 11.0 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.96 keys (8 Sep 2026) and the highest 12.4 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 88 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days8.17 keys11.0 keys+27.2%6970
90 days7.96 keys11.0 keys+29.9%7980
a year7.96 keys11.4 keys+6.3%8586

Details

SKU30017;5;u57
Last price change2026-10-01 14:08 UTC
Key rate when recorded61.78 ref

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