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Frantic Spooker Optic Nerve

Frantic SpookerUnusual2d ago
Sell price
13 keys, 23.88 ref
Buy price
11 keys, 40.33 ref
In keys
13.4 keys
In USD
$30.22 at the Steam key rate
Steam Market asking price
$30.20 asking, not sold

Community price on backpack.tf: 12.0–13.0 keys, last changed 2024-04-10 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 13.4 keys, is 11% higher and last moved 2d 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: $30.20 — the lowest of one listing for the Frantic Spooker effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:48 UTC (2d 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 13 keys, 23.88 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 Optic Nerve”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.

Price history

56 observations

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Frantic Spooker Optic Nerve sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 56 observations, from 12.9 keys to 13.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC12.9 keys9.68 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:46 UTC13.9 keys9.73 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:11 UTC12.6 keys9.73 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:26 UTC12.0 keys9.29 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 08:43 UTC14.6 keys11.4 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 08:57 UTC14.2 keys11.4 keys
30 NOV 2025 · 19:03 UTC14.8 keys12.1 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 18:53 UTC14.2 keys10.3 keys
15 JAN 2026 · 00:21 UTC12.6 keys8.16 keys
3 FEB 2026 · 18:23 UTC12.0 keys9.04 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 18:21 UTC11.7 keys8.90 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 20:43 UTC11.4 keys7.78 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 14:45 UTC11.4 keys7.00 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 20:43 UTC11.2 keys7.35 keys
26 MAR 2026 · 18:08 UTC11.9 keys9.06 keys
1 APR 2026 · 06:31 UTC12.2 keys9.48 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC11.7 keys8.40 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 08:31 UTC11.0 keys7.77 keys
12 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC11.6 keys9.10 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 14:32 UTC11.5 keys8.91 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 18:32 UTC11.3 keys8.74 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC10.5 keys8.14 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC10.9 keys8.42 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC9.56 keys8.27 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC9.66 keys8.40 keys
23 JUL 2026 · 20:44 UTC9.70 keys8.45 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 19:12 UTC13.3 keys11.6 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC13.5 keys11.7 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC12.0 keys10.4 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC12.6 keys11.0 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 16:11 UTC10.2 keys8.82 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC10.9 keys9.52 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC9.94 keys8.65 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC10.2 keys8.90 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC10.6 keys9.19 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC10.7 keys9.34 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC11.0 keys9.57 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC10.3 keys8.98 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC13.0 keys11.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC13.4 keys11.6 keys

Price history in numbers

56 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Frantic Spooker Optic Nerve's sell price ranged from 9.93 keys to 13.5 keys and is down 0.6% after 17 moves. Over a year it ranged from 9.15 keys to 14.8 keys (up 3.7%). Today's 13.4 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 9.15 keys (30 Jul 2026) and the highest 14.8 keys (30 Nov 2025). The price has moved 54 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days9.93 keys13.5 keys−0.6%1718
90 days9.15 keys13.5 keys+25.9%2627
a year9.15 keys14.8 keys+3.7%5456

Details

SKU31224;5;u202
Last price change2026-09-03 16:08 UTC
Key rate when recorded64.44 ref

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