Community price on backpack.tf: 25.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-30 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 20.5 keys, is 18% lower and last moved 5h 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: $60.01 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:39 UTC (5d 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 20 keys, 32.66 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 Das Maddendoktor”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
43 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Das Maddendoktor sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 43 observations, from 25.3 keys to 20.5 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
25.3 keys
20.7 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:55 UTC
25.3 keys
20.7 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:37 UTC
24.2 keys
21.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:24 UTC
23.0 keys
20.7 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:45 UTC
21.9 keys
19.7 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:46 UTC
22.5 keys
20.2 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 23:13 UTC
13.5 keys
11.8 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
13.9 keys
12.1 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
16.8 keys
14.6 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
17.3 keys
15.0 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
17.6 keys
15.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
17.9 keys
15.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
17.9 keys
15.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
15.4 keys
13.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:07 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
16.7 keys
14.6 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
17.0 keys
14.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
17.0 keys
14.8 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
17.1 keys
14.8 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
18.5 keys
16.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
19.6 keys
17.1 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
20.7 keys
18.0 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
20.5 keys
17.8 keys
Price history in numbers
43 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Das Maddendoktor's sell price ranged from 15.2 keys to 20.7 keys and is up 8.2% after 29 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.3 keys to 25.3 keys (down 19.0%). Today's 20.5 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.3 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 25.3 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 42 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.