Community price on backpack.tf: 9.00–11.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-01 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 8.83 keys, is 2% lower and last moved 2h 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: $49.96 — the lowest of one listing for the Tainted Frost effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:42 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 8 keys, 52.11 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 Soft Hard Hat”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
58 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.
Tainted Frost Soft Hard Hat sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 58 observations, from 12.2 keys to 8.83 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
12.2 keys
7.46 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:56 UTC
11.1 keys
7.46 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:25 UTC
10.1 keys
7.46 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:36 UTC
8.72 keys
8.72 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 01:01 UTC
13.5 keys
10.8 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 07:01 UTC
13.0 keys
10.2 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 03:00 UTC
13.4 keys
9.85 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:15 UTC
12.5 keys
7.82 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 20:53 UTC
12.2 keys
7.54 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:39 UTC
11.0 keys
8.70 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC
11.0 keys
8.95 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 21:48 UTC
10.5 keys
8.77 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 12:41 UTC
11.0 keys
9.09 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
9.95 keys
8.32 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:43 UTC
9.79 keys
7.88 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 16:09 UTC
9.26 keys
7.02 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
9.76 keys
7.39 keys
12 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
9.56 keys
8.35 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
10.6 keys
8.20 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
9.96 keys
8.40 keys
9 MAY 2026 · 00:33 UTC
10.6 keys
9.59 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
10.5 keys
8.77 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
10.2 keys
8.07 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
9.94 keys
6.99 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
10.1 keys
7.13 keys
4 JUL 2026 · 10:02 UTC
9.43 keys
8.21 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
8.68 keys
7.55 keys
20 JUL 2026 · 00:46 UTC
8.39 keys
7.30 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
8.64 keys
7.52 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
9.67 keys
8.41 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
10.4 keys
9.02 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
10.3 keys
8.96 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
9.42 keys
8.19 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
10.3 keys
8.92 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
9.42 keys
8.20 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 03:05 UTC
9.86 keys
8.57 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
10.3 keys
8.99 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
9.89 keys
8.60 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:10 UTC
10.1 keys
8.74 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
8.83 keys
7.67 keys
Price history in numbers
58 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Tainted Frost Soft Hard Hat's sell price ranged from 8.64 keys to 10.7 keys and is up 2.2% after 16 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.39 keys to 13.5 keys (down 27.4%). Today's 8.83 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.39 keys (20 Jul 2026) and the highest 13.5 keys (26 Nov 2025). The price has moved 57 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.