This price has not changed since 2026-06-09 20:34 UTC. It reflects the last observed trade rather than current market value, and this page is excluded from our sitemap for that reason.
Community price on backpack.tf: 35.0 keys, last changed 2024-04-26 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 23.1 keys, is 34% lower and last moved 3mo 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: $66.06 — the lowest of one listing for the Smoking effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:36 UTC (16h 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 23 keys, 5.88 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 Cranium Cover”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
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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.
| Observed (UTC) | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC | 34.8 keys | 28.5 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 22:57 UTC | 35.8 keys | 29.3 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 10:28 UTC | 34.2 keys | 30.8 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 22:26 UTC | 32.5 keys | 29.3 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 18:39 UTC | 21.7 keys | 21.7 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 02:33 UTC | 33.0 keys | 29.6 keys |
| 28 NOV 2025 · 08:53 UTC | 22.7 keys | 13.8 keys |
| 9 DEC 2025 · 14:56 UTC | 25.5 keys | 14.2 keys |
| 25 DEC 2025 · 23:05 UTC | 23.1 keys | 15.6 keys |
| 9 JAN 2026 · 05:44 UTC | 20.8 keys | 14.7 keys |
| 18 JAN 2026 · 10:17 UTC | 20.8 keys | 14.2 keys |
| 5 FEB 2026 · 12:25 UTC | 19.9 keys | 16.1 keys |
| 8 FEB 2026 · 22:45 UTC | 20.8 keys | 17.3 keys |
| 26 FEB 2026 · 18:42 UTC | 19.5 keys | 12.2 keys |
| 1 MAR 2026 · 22:44 UTC | 19.4 keys | 11.2 keys |
| 8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC | 19.2 keys | 11.0 keys |
| 15 MAR 2026 · 20:08 UTC | 19.0 keys | 11.9 keys |
| 23 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC | 20.4 keys | 11.8 keys |
| 1 APR 2026 · 02:31 UTC | 19.9 keys | 13.5 keys |
| 2 MAY 2026 · 10:34 UTC | 20.8 keys | 11.1 keys |
| 11 MAY 2026 · 12:33 UTC | 21.7 keys | 7.82 keys |
| 17 MAY 2026 · 02:32 UTC | 21.4 keys | 11.7 keys |
| 29 MAY 2026 · 12:31 UTC | 20.7 keys | 11.7 keys |
| 1 JUN 2026 · 20:32 UTC | 20.9 keys | 11.8 keys |
| 9 JUN 2026 · 20:34 UTC | 23.1 keys | 13.1 keys |
Price history in numbers
25 readings since 25 Sep 2025The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 19.0 keys to 35.8 keys (down 33.6%). Today's 23.1 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 19.0 keys (15 Mar 2026) and the highest 35.8 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 24 times since we began recording it — about once every 11 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a year | 19.0 keys | 35.8 keys | −33.6% | 24 | 25 |
Details
| SKU | 31362;5;u35 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2026-06-09 20:34 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 64.33 ref |
Same effect, other items
the effect across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2,050 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 750 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 677 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 561 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 561 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 500 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 420 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 291 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 292 keys | 5d ago | |
| 230 keys | 19d ago |
Other effects on the Cranium Cover
same item, different effect| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 46.3 keys | 5d ago | |
| 35.6 keys | 11h ago | |
| 26.0 keys | 15h ago | |
| 25.7 keys | 1d ago | |
| 26.2 keys | 2d ago | |
| 24.4 keys | 2d ago | |
| 18.3 keys | 21d ago | |
| 15.1 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 15.2 keys | 5d ago |
Priced similarly
across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 23.1 keys | 8d ago | |
| 23.1 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 23.1 keys | 10d ago | |
| 23.1 keys | 15h ago | |
| 23.1 keys | 1mo ago | |
| 24.0 keys | 7h ago | |
| 23.5 keys | 1h ago | |
| 22.7 keys | 6d ago |