Community price on backpack.tf: 215 keys, last changed 2025-08-24 (1.0y ago). The live quote above, 16.2 keys, is 92% lower and last moved 14h 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: $524.06 — the lowest of one listing for the Distant Drift effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:22 UTC (3d 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 16 keys, 11.55 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 Blast Defense”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
43 observations
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Distant Drift Blast Defense sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 43 observations, from 215 keys to 16.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
215 keys
176 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:48 UTC
214 keys
175 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:27 UTC
205 keys
184 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:17 UTC
195 keys
175 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:36 UTC
185 keys
167 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:36 UTC
196 keys
177 keys
20 NOV 2025 · 02:47 UTC
219 keys
161 keys
25 DEC 2025 · 05:07 UTC
203 keys
11.7 keys
13 MAY 2026 · 12:33 UTC
193 keys
137 keys
16 MAY 2026 · 18:33 UTC
189 keys
137 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
161 keys
140 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 13:12 UTC
149 keys
130 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
160 keys
139 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 00:47 UTC
152 keys
132 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
173 keys
150 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
179 keys
156 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 19:11 UTC
182 keys
159 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
182 keys
158 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.4 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 03:04 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
15.8 keys
13.8 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
15.7 keys
13.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
Price history in numbers
43 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Distant Drift Blast Defense's sell price ranged from 15.4 keys to 182 keys and is down 91.1% after 25 moves. Over a year it ranged from 15.4 keys to 243 keys (down 92.5%). Today's 16.2 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 15.4 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 243 keys (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 42 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.