Community price on backpack.tf: 8.00–9.00 keys, last changed 2020-12-29 (5.7y ago). The live quote above, 11.7 keys, is 46% higher and last moved 10d 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: $67.85 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:25 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 11 keys, 46 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 Defiant Spartan”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
42 observations
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Bubbling Defiant Spartan sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-27: 42 observations, from 8.89 keys to 11.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
8.89 keys
6.51 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:24 UTC
8.94 keys
6.51 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:08 UTC
8.56 keys
6.84 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 19:54 UTC
8.14 keys
6.51 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:12 UTC
7.75 keys
6.21 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:13 UTC
9.00 keys
7.17 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:50 UTC
12.8 keys
9.85 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 17:36 UTC
11.7 keys
9.12 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
11.9 keys
9.37 keys
30 JAN 2026 · 01:43 UTC
11.7 keys
9.44 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:41 UTC
10.9 keys
9.06 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 22:39 UTC
11.7 keys
10.1 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 20:40 UTC
11.0 keys
9.74 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
10.9 keys
8.88 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:41 UTC
10.8 keys
9.25 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
10.7 keys
8.78 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 16:05 UTC
11.4 keys
9.36 keys
30 MAR 2026 · 14:29 UTC
11.7 keys
9.57 keys
4 APR 2026 · 10:29 UTC
11.7 keys
9.59 keys
15 APR 2026 · 22:29 UTC
11.2 keys
9.43 keys
23 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
11.4 keys
9.62 keys
30 APR 2026 · 00:29 UTC
10.8 keys
6.46 keys
7 MAY 2026 · 16:32 UTC
10.6 keys
9.40 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
11.3 keys
10.0 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 08:30 UTC
11.2 keys
10.0 keys
23 MAY 2026 · 16:29 UTC
11.2 keys
10.0 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 16:30 UTC
11.3 keys
10.2 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 16:32 UTC
11.2 keys
10.1 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 08:30 UTC
11.1 keys
10.0 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 14:10 UTC
11.0 keys
9.26 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
10.6 keys
9.21 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
11.0 keys
9.57 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 04:46 UTC
11.4 keys
9.94 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC
7.38 keys
6.41 keys
9 AUG 2026 · 07:11 UTC
11.8 keys
10.3 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
12.0 keys
10.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
Price history in numbers
42 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Defiant Spartan's sell price ranged from 11.7 keys to 12.0 keys and is down 0.8% after 5 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.38 keys to 12.8 keys (up 31.8%). Today's 11.7 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.38 keys (3 Aug 2026) and the highest 12.8 keys (4 Jan 2026). The price has moved 40 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.