Community price on backpack.tf: 6.50 keys, last changed 2020-07-14 (6.3y ago). The live quote above, 8.32 keys, is 28% 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: $25.61 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:35 UTC (7d 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 8 keys, 20.33 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 Valley Forge”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
30 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Valley Forge sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-12: 30 observations, from 6.60 keys to 8.22 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
6.60 keys
5.34 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:54 UTC
6.60 keys
5.39 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:36 UTC
6.28 keys
5.63 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:23 UTC
6.00 keys
5.39 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:44 UTC
5.73 keys
5.17 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:45 UTC
5.86 keys
5.26 keys
26 JUN 2026 · 13:11 UTC
6.44 keys
5.63 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 11:12 UTC
6.62 keys
5.80 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
6.32 keys
5.50 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
6.40 keys
5.58 keys
24 JUL 2026 · 02:44 UTC
6.54 keys
5.73 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 08:45 UTC
6.74 keys
5.93 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 02:24 UTC
6.95 keys
6.13 keys
14 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
6.98 keys
6.16 keys
18 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
7.28 keys
6.32 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
8.08 keys
6.14 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
6.96 keys
6.03 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
7.11 keys
6.18 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
8.32 keys
7.24 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
8.25 keys
7.17 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
8.31 keys
7.22 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
7.37 keys
6.41 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
7.02 keys
6.11 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
7.31 keys
6.36 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
7.87 keys
6.84 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 22:08 UTC
8.32 keys
7.24 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
8.52 keys
7.41 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 05:10 UTC
8.62 keys
7.49 keys
9 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
7.16 keys
6.23 keys
12 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
8.22 keys
7.14 keys
Price history in numbers
30 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Valley Forge's sell price ranged from 7.02 keys to 8.62 keys and is up 11.5% after 8 moves. Over a year it ranged from 5.73 keys to 8.62 keys (up 37.0%). Today's 8.22 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 5.73 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 8.62 keys (8 Oct 2026). The price has moved 28 times since we began recording it — about once every 14 days.