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Magnetic Hat Protector Universal Translator

✦ Magnetic Hat ProtectorUnusual11d ago

Community price on backpack.tf: 27.0–29.0 keys, last changed 2023-10-26 (3.0y ago). The live quote above, 33.0 keys, is 22% higher and last moved 11d 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: $140.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Magnetic Hat Protector effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:32 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 33 keys, 2 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 Universal Translator”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.

Same effect, other items

the effect across the catalogue

Item	Value	Updated
Magnetic Hat Protector Captain Space Mann	868 keys	2mo ago
Magnetic Hat Protector Corona Australis	326 keys	11mo ago
Magnetic Hat Protector Phononaut	17.6 keys	12d ago
Magnetic Hat Protector A Head Full of Hot Air	10.3 keys	11d ago

Other effects on the Universal Translator

same item, different effect

Item	Value	Updated
Divine Desire Universal Translator	1,000 keys	9mo ago
Galactic Gateway Universal Translator	750 keys	6mo ago
Nebula Universal Translator	515 keys	4mo ago
Pumpkin Moon Universal Translator	276 keys	12d ago
The Dark Doorway Universal Translator	254 keys	2mo ago
Global Clusters Universal Translator	245 keys	12d ago
The Eldritch Opening Universal Translator	219 keys	2mo ago
Burning Flames Universal Translator	172 keys	13d ago
Wicked Wood Universal Translator	172 keys	12d ago
Starstorm Insomnia Universal Translator	167 keys	12d ago

Priced similarly

across the catalogue

Item	Value	Updated
The Ooze Towering Pillar of Hats	32.3 keys	2mo ago
Sulphurous Gentleman's Gatsby	33.0 keys	12d ago
Cosmic Constellations Hazard Headgear	32.3 keys	3mo ago
Eerie Orbiting Fire Prussian Pickelhaube	32.3 keys	2mo ago
Circling Peace Sign Wraith Wrap	32.1 keys	16d ago
Winter Whiteout Oktoberfester	32.9 keys	13d ago
Drunkard Plaid Lad	33.1 keys	1mo ago
Vivid Plasma Dark Falkirk Helm	32.7 keys	23d ago