Community price on backpack.tf: 7.50–9.50 keys, last changed 2022-12-30 (3.7y ago). The live quote above, 8.24 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 5d 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: $23.15 — the lowest of one listing for the Festive Lights effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:31 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 8 keys, 15.55 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 Elf Defense”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
15 observations
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Festive Lights Elf Defense sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-31: 15 observations, from 9.45 keys to 8.24 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
9.45 keys
6.06 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:49 UTC
9.46 keys
6.11 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:21 UTC
9.02 keys
6.39 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:16 UTC
8.60 keys
6.11 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:29 UTC
8.21 keys
5.85 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:24 UTC
8.48 keys
6.01 keys
19 JUN 2026 · 04:10 UTC
10.9 keys
7.65 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 02:12 UTC
11.3 keys
7.21 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
6.64 keys
5.77 keys
15 JUL 2026 · 04:43 UTC
7.02 keys
6.11 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 18:45 UTC
7.14 keys
6.20 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 19:12 UTC
7.78 keys
6.76 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 21:11 UTC
7.30 keys
6.33 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
7.68 keys
6.68 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
8.24 keys
7.17 keys
Price history in numbers
15 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Festive Lights Elf Defense's sell price ranged from 7.30 keys to 8.24 keys and is up 13.0% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.64 keys to 11.3 keys (down 12.8%). Today's 8.24 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.64 keys (29 Jun 2026) and the highest 11.3 keys (22 Jun 2026). The price has moved 14 times since we began recording it — about once every 24 days.