Community price on backpack.tf: 2.00 keys, last changed 2026-06-17 (3mo ago). The live quote above, 1.45 keys, is 27% lower and last moved 3h 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: $5.99 — the lowest of one listing for the Rising Ritual effect when we looked on 2026-09-05 01:44 UTC (17h 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 1 key, 28.55 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: The Headcase”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
17 observations
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Rising Ritual Taunt: The Headcase sell price, 2026-06-22 to 2026-09-05: 17 observations, from 115.33 ref to 91.66 ref.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
22 JUN 2026 · 15:09 UTC
115.33 ref
103.22 ref
24 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
93.55 ref
82.33 ref
12 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC
80.11 ref
70.66 ref
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
94 ref
81.77 ref
27 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
94.55 ref
82.22 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
93.88 ref
81.66 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
100.33 ref
87.22 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
102.77 ref
89.33 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC
103.33 ref
89.77 ref
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
103.66 ref
90.11 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
87.88 ref
76.33 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
101.88 ref
88.44 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
100.44 ref
87.22 ref
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
97.22 ref
84.44 ref
2 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
94.66 ref
82 ref
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
101 ref
87.55 ref
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
91.66 ref
79.55 ref
Price history in numbers
17 readings since 22 Jun 2026
Over the last 30 days the Rising Ritual Taunt: The Headcase's sell price ranged from 1.27 keys to 1.64 keys and is up 14.4% after 14 moves. Over a year it ranged from 1.27 keys to 1.83 keys (down 20.5%). Today's 1.45 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 1.27 keys (12 Aug 2026) and the highest 1.83 keys (22 Jun 2026). The price has moved 16 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.
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