Community price on backpack.tf: 24.0 keys, last changed 2025-06-25 (1.2y ago). The live quote above, 17.5 keys, is 27% lower and last moved 17h 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: $62.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:28 UTC (4d 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 17 keys, 30.33 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 Bonk Helm”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
51 observations
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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.
Searing Plasma Bonk Helm sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 51 observations, from 24.7 keys to 17.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
24.7 keys
20.2 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:14 UTC
24.7 keys
20.2 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:44 UTC
22.5 keys
20.2 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:01 UTC
21.4 keys
19.3 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:02 UTC
22.6 keys
20.3 keys
21 NOV 2025 · 06:32 UTC
25.6 keys
19.3 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:44 UTC
28.4 keys
21.8 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:04 UTC
28.6 keys
22.3 keys
1 JAN 2026 · 04:44 UTC
27.4 keys
22.1 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
23.6 keys
19.7 keys
13 FEB 2026 · 12:40 UTC
22.7 keys
19.8 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:39 UTC
24.3 keys
21.2 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:40 UTC
22.8 keys
20.0 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:41 UTC
22.2 keys
20.3 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
21.9 keys
20.3 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
23.5 keys
22.0 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:29 UTC
23.0 keys
19.1 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
23.0 keys
20.1 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
21.4 keys
19.6 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
21.0 keys
19.4 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
23.2 keys
18.9 keys
22 MAY 2026 · 14:29 UTC
23.1 keys
19.8 keys
2 JUN 2026 · 08:29 UTC
23.3 keys
18.5 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
22.8 keys
18.7 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
22.8 keys
19.8 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
21.7 keys
18.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
21.8 keys
18.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 04:46 UTC
23.5 keys
20.4 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 01:13 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
24.4 keys
21.2 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
14.3 keys
12.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
15.6 keys
13.5 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 00:07 UTC
17.5 keys
15.2 keys
Price history in numbers
51 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Bonk Helm's sell price ranged from 13.9 keys to 24.4 keys and is down 28.4% after 13 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.9 keys to 28.6 keys (down 29.2%). Today's 17.5 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.9 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 28.6 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 50 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.