Community price on backpack.tf: 15.0–17.0 keys, last changed 2025-03-30 (1.4y ago). The live quote above, 12.1 keys, is 19% lower and last moved 18d 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: $50.93 — the lowest of one listing for the Fragmented Gluons effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:29 UTC (20h 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 12 keys, 8.66 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 Spiky Viking”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
27 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.
Fragmented Gluons Spiky Viking sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-19: 27 observations, from 16.9 keys to 12.1 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.9 keys
13.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:27 UTC
16.9 keys
13.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:00 UTC
16.1 keys
13.7 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:54 UTC
15.4 keys
13.0 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:12 UTC
14.6 keys
12.4 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:06 UTC
16.7 keys
14.1 keys
6 DEC 2025 · 08:58 UTC
13.2 keys
8.66 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 07:17 UTC
15.7 keys
8.62 keys
14 JAN 2026 · 20:20 UTC
18.0 keys
6.47 keys
17 JAN 2026 · 18:25 UTC
16.9 keys
8.93 keys
5 MAR 2026 · 20:43 UTC
16.3 keys
8.04 keys
30 APR 2026 · 10:29 UTC
13.8 keys
8.68 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 12:32 UTC
13.5 keys
7.87 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC
14.4 keys
8.29 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
14.2 keys
8.07 keys
23 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC
14.3 keys
7.56 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 16:34 UTC
14.1 keys
6.39 keys
17 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC
14.0 keys
7.62 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:12 UTC
14.5 keys
7.52 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 17:12 UTC
9.76 keys
8.50 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 19:12 UTC
9.21 keys
8.01 keys
15 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
9.34 keys
8.12 keys
23 JUL 2026 · 18:45 UTC
6.53 keys
5.67 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
9.74 keys
8.41 keys
7 AUG 2026 · 07:14 UTC
10.4 keys
9.06 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 07:11 UTC
10.5 keys
9.13 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 04:34 UTC
12.1 keys
10.6 keys
Price history in numbers
27 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Fragmented Gluons Spiky Viking's sell price ranged from 10.4 keys to 12.1 keys and is up 16.9% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 6.53 keys to 18.0 keys (down 28.0%). Today's 12.1 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.53 keys (23 Jul 2026) and the highest 18.0 keys (14 Jan 2026). The price has moved 26 times since we began recording it — about once every 13 days.
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