Community price on backpack.tf: 18.0 keys, last changed 2023-11-03 (2.8y ago). The live quote above, 9.78 keys, is 46% lower and last moved 6d 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.
Price history
20 observations
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Hard Carry Head of Defense sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-31: 20 observations, from 18.0 keys to 9.78 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
18.0 keys
14.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:36 UTC
18.1 keys
14.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:08 UTC
17.3 keys
15.5 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:02 UTC
16.4 keys
14.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:18 UTC
15.6 keys
14.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:13 UTC
16.1 keys
14.4 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
10.6 keys
9.26 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
12.3 keys
10.7 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
11.2 keys
9.74 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
10.7 keys
9.32 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
11.5 keys
9.98 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
9.33 keys
8.13 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
11.3 keys
9.80 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 23:11 UTC
11.0 keys
9.63 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 10:11 UTC
9.70 keys
8.44 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
9.86 keys
8.57 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
13.4 keys
11.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
9.82 keys
8.54 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
9.78 keys
8.51 keys
Price history in numbers
20 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Hard Carry Head of Defense's sell price ranged from 9.70 keys to 16.4 keys and is down 11.3% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.33 keys to 18.1 keys (down 45.7%). Today's 9.78 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.33 keys (29 Jul 2026) and the highest 18.1 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 19 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.