Community price on backpack.tf: 27.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-08 (28d ago). The live quote above, 28.1 keys, is 4% higher and last moved 13d 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: $145.78 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-09-02 01:27 UTC (4d 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 28 keys, 8.88 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 Herald's Helm”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
19 observations
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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.
Nuts n' Bolts Herald's Helm sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-24: 19 observations, from 19.9 keys to 28.1 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
19.9 keys
16.3 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:31 UTC
19.8 keys
16.2 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:12 UTC
19.0 keys
17.1 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:00 UTC
18.0 keys
16.2 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:24 UTC
17.2 keys
15.5 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:24 UTC
17.6 keys
15.9 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 21:14 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 14:45 UTC
25.8 keys
22.4 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
26.9 keys
23.4 keys
31 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
28.3 keys
24.6 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 17:13 UTC
29.3 keys
25.4 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 05:11 UTC
29.6 keys
25.7 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 16:10 UTC
21.3 keys
18.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
22.0 keys
19.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 02:08 UTC
22.3 keys
19.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
26.2 keys
22.8 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
27.1 keys
23.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
28.1 keys
24.5 keys
Price history in numbers
19 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Herald's Helm's sell price ranged from 21.3 keys to 29.6 keys and is down 4.8% after 7 moves. Over a year it ranged from 17.2 keys to 29.6 keys (up 41.6%). Today's 28.1 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 17.2 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 29.6 keys (12 Aug 2026). The price has moved 18 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.