Community price on backpack.tf: 300 keys, last changed 2023-06-06 (3.3y ago). The live quote above, 228 keys, is 24% lower and last moved 17d 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.
Price history
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| Observed (UTC) | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC | 299 keys | 244 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 23:12 UTC | 298 keys | 244 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 10:39 UTC | 313 keys | 256 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 22:42 UTC | 298 keys | 244 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 18:51 UTC | 284 keys | 232 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 02:46 UTC | 295 keys | 241 keys |
| 14 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC | 227 keys | 198 keys |
| 12 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC | 228 keys | 199 keys |
| 19 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC | 228 keys | 198 keys |
Price history in numbers
9 readings since 25 Sep 2025Over the last 30 days the Strange Spine-Cooling Skull's sell price ranged from 228 keys to 228 keys and is down 0.3% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 227 keys to 313 keys (down 23.7%). Today's 228 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 227 keys (14 Jul 2026) and the highest 313 keys (9 Oct 2025). The price has moved 8 times since we began recording it — about once every 41 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | 228 keys | 228 keys | −0.3% | 1 | 2 |
| 90 days | 227 keys | 228 keys | +0.2% | 2 | 3 |
| a year | 227 keys | 313 keys | −23.7% | 8 | 9 |
Details
| SKU | 579;11 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2026-08-19 22:10 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 64.33 ref |
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| 236 keys | 9h ago | |
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 Collector's Doctor's Sack | 228 keys | 24d ago |
| 228 keys | 1mo ago | |
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