Community price on backpack.tf: 33.0 keys, last changed 2025-02-08 (1.6y ago). The live quote above, 19.7 keys, is 40% lower and last moved 1d 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: $216.35 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:36 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 19 keys, 42.55 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 Millennial Mercenary”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
51 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Millennial Mercenary sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-04: 51 observations, from 32.8 keys to 19.7 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
32.8 keys
26.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:18 UTC
33.7 keys
27.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:46 UTC
30.7 keys
27.6 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:06 UTC
29.2 keys
26.3 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:01 UTC
33.7 keys
33.7 keys
8 JAN 2026 · 19:43 UTC
28.2 keys
13.8 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
17.6 keys
15.3 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
18.0 keys
15.6 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
19.7 keys
17.1 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
19.7 keys
17.2 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 06:08 UTC
19.1 keys
16.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
19.5 keys
16.9 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
19.6 keys
17.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
19.5 keys
16.9 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
19.8 keys
17.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
19.5 keys
16.9 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
19.7 keys
17.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
19.8 keys
17.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
19.7 keys
17.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
19.9 keys
17.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
19.6 keys
17.0 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
19.4 keys
16.9 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
19.5 keys
17.0 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 12:10 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
19.2 keys
16.7 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
19.0 keys
16.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
19.7 keys
17.1 keys
Price history in numbers
51 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Millennial Mercenary's sell price ranged from 19.0 keys to 20.1 keys and is down 2.4% after 36 moves. Over a year it ranged from 17.6 keys to 33.7 keys (down 40.0%). Today's 19.7 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 17.6 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 33.7 keys (10 Nov 2025). The price has moved 50 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.