This price has not changed since 2025-12-30 02:48 UTC. It reflects the last observed trade rather than current market value, and this page is excluded from our sitemap for that reason.
Community price on backpack.tf: 250–256 keys, last changed 2026-08-09 (27d ago). The live quote above, 335 keys, is 34% higher and last moved 8mo 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: $1008.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Vivid Plasma effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:39 UTC (5d 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 335 keys 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 Mining Light”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
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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.
| Observed (UTC) | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC | 270 keys | 221 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 20:16 UTC | 268 keys | 219 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 08:00 UTC | 256 keys | 231 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 19:46 UTC | 244 keys | 219 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 16:04 UTC | 232 keys | 209 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 00:04 UTC | 265 keys | 239 keys |
| 8 DEC 2025 · 22:43 UTC | 340 keys | 246 keys |
| 25 DEC 2025 · 05:02 UTC | 343 keys | 260 keys |
| 30 DEC 2025 · 02:48 UTC | 335 keys | 254 keys |
Price history in numbers
9 readings since 25 Sep 2025The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 232 keys to 343 keys (up 24.2%). Today's 335 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 232 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 343 keys (25 Dec 2025). The price has moved 8 times since we began recording it — about once every 12 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a year | 232 keys | 343 keys | +24.2% | 8 | 9 |
Details
| SKU | 48;5;u16 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2025-12-30 02:48 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 64.33 ref |
Same effect, other items
the effect across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 1,750 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 800 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 750 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 750 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 600 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 540 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 465 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 445 keys | 10d ago | |
| 414 keys | 9mo ago | |
| 388 keys | 1d ago |
Other effects on the Mining Light
same item, different effect| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 1,228 keys | 28d ago | |
| 416 keys | 4d ago | |
| 307 keys | 5d ago | |
| 249 keys | 8mo ago | |
| 213 keys | 5d ago | |
| 214 keys | 2d ago | |
| 198 keys | 4d ago | |
| 173 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 156 keys | 2h ago | |
| 152 keys | 2h ago |
Priced similarly
across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 335 keys | 5mo ago | |
| 339 keys | 2d ago | |
| 347 keys | 12h ago | |
| 334 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 336 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 334 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 336 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 337 keys | 5d ago |