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Charged Arcane Taunt: Bad Pipes

Charged ArcaneUnusual19d ago
Sell price
2 keys, 19.77 ref
Buy price
2 keys, 2.33 ref
In keys
2.31 keys
In USD
$5.24 at the Steam key rate
Steam Market asking price
$89.54 asking, not sold

Community price on backpack.tf: 6.00 keys, last changed 2024-05-31 (2.3y ago). The live quote above, 2.31 keys, is 62% lower and last moved 19d 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: $89.54 — the lowest of one listing for the Charged Arcane effect when we looked on 2026-08-29 01:33 UTC (8d 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 2 keys, 19.77 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 Taunt: Bad Pipes”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.

Price history

32 observations

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Charged Arcane Taunt: Bad Pipes sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-17: 32 observations, from 5.92 keys to 2.31 keys.
Observed (UTC)SellBuy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC5.92 keys4.85 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:33 UTC5.95 keys4.87 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:14 UTC5.70 keys5.11 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:02 UTC5.42 keys4.87 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:27 UTC5.16 keys4.66 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:27 UTC5.49 keys4.92 keys
22 NOV 2025 · 14:47 UTC5.30 keys2.54 keys
5 DEC 2025 · 02:55 UTC5.01 keys2.26 keys
17 DEC 2025 · 14:51 UTC5.31 keys2.33 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:10 UTC5.14 keys2.56 keys
7 JAN 2026 · 23:43 UTC4.95 keys2.40 keys
10 JAN 2026 · 01:39 UTC4.25 keys2.78 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 18:39 UTC4.58 keys3.15 keys
26 FEB 2026 · 18:41 UTC4.32 keys3.00 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 18:43 UTC4.26 keys1.85 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 20:08 UTC4.53 keys2.02 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC4.51 keys1.79 keys
24 APR 2026 · 04:31 UTC4.36 keys1.55 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 02:32 UTC4.34 keys2.04 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 22:33 UTC4.59 keys2.74 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 22:32 UTC4.55 keys3.04 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 12:30 UTC4.53 keys2.78 keys
4 JUN 2026 · 04:30 UTC3.61 keys2.27 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC3.61 keys1.59 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 04:32 UTC3.46 keys1.88 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 00:11 UTC3.60 keys2.11 keys
4 JUL 2026 · 05:12 UTC2.36 keys2.05 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 04:44 UTC1.89 keys1.61 keys
25 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC1.77 keys1.55 keys
1 AUG 2026 · 20:44 UTC2.21 keys1.84 keys
13 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC3.16 keys2.68 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 15:10 UTC2.31 keys2.04 keys

Price history in numbers

32 readings since 25 Sep 2025

Over the last 30 days the Charged Arcane Taunt: Bad Pipes's sell price ranged from 2.31 keys to 3.16 keys and is down 27.0% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 1.77 keys to 5.95 keys (down 61.0%). Today's 2.31 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 1.77 keys (25 Jul 2026) and the highest 5.95 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 31 times since we began recording it — about once every 11 days.

WindowLowHighChangeMovesReadings
30 days2.31 keys3.16 keys−27.0%12
90 days1.77 keys3.61 keys−36.0%89
a year1.77 keys5.95 keys−61.0%3132

Details

SKU30671;5;u3105
Last price change2026-08-17 15:10 UTC
Key rate when recorded64.33 ref

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