Community price on backpack.tf: 16.0–19.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-21 (15d ago). The live quote above, 15.7 keys, is 2% lower 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $55.09 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:26 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 15 keys, 41.77 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 Law”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
53 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 Law sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-31: 53 observations, from 25.0 keys to 15.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
25.0 keys
11.2 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:31 UTC
26.3 keys
11.7 keys
29 OCT 2025 · 18:01 UTC
23.6 keys
10.9 keys
3 NOV 2025 · 12:26 UTC
23.9 keys
10.3 keys
9 NOV 2025 · 12:00 UTC
25.2 keys
12.0 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:44 UTC
19.3 keys
12.9 keys
2 DEC 2025 · 08:53 UTC
24.9 keys
13.1 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 04:47 UTC
27.6 keys
12.7 keys
23 DEC 2025 · 01:11 UTC
22.4 keys
13.1 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 02:53 UTC
25.4 keys
13.4 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:53 UTC
17.4 keys
13.2 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
19.8 keys
12.3 keys
4 FEB 2026 · 16:21 UTC
15.3 keys
11.5 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
21.3 keys
11.4 keys
23 FEB 2026 · 10:40 UTC
14.6 keys
11.2 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 02:43 UTC
14.4 keys
11.2 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
18.3 keys
10.6 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
15.2 keys
11.3 keys
1 APR 2026 · 02:30 UTC
19.8 keys
10.7 keys
12 APR 2026 · 20:30 UTC
15.3 keys
10.5 keys
29 APR 2026 · 00:31 UTC
14.4 keys
11.4 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
15.3 keys
11.3 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
22.9 keys
12.2 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 02:30 UTC
22.7 keys
11.9 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
16.0 keys
11.9 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
15.8 keys
12.2 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
23.2 keys
12.3 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
4 JUL 2026 · 03:11 UTC
13.8 keys
12.0 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
17.4 keys
15.2 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.8 keys
13.7 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
15.7 keys
13.6 keys
Price history in numbers
53 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Law's sell price ranged from 14.9 keys to 17.4 keys and is up 4.9% after 10 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.8 keys to 27.6 keys (down 37.5%). Today's 15.7 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.8 keys (4 Jul 2026) and the highest 27.6 keys (8 Dec 2025). The price has moved 52 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.