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Midnight Sparklers Taunt: The Profane Puppeteer
Community price on backpack.tf: 6.50 keys, last changed 2025-01-27 (1.6y ago). The live quote above, 2.60 keys, is 60% lower and last moved 3d 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: $31.00 — the lowest of one listing for the Midnight Sparklers effect when we looked on 2026-08-29 01:36 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, 37.33 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 Profane Puppeteer”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
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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.
| Observed (UTC) | Sell | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC | 6.65 keys | 5.37 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 22:48 UTC | 6.65 keys | 5.43 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 10:19 UTC | 6.33 keys | 5.67 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 22:15 UTC | 6.04 keys | 5.43 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 18:28 UTC | 5.77 keys | 5.21 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 02:23 UTC | 6.08 keys | 5.45 keys |
| 29 JAN 2026 · 11:44 UTC | 7.13 keys | 1.93 keys |
| 3 FEB 2026 · 20:23 UTC | 6.60 keys | 1.84 keys |
| 8 FEB 2026 · 16:23 UTC | 6.66 keys | 1.99 keys |
| 22 FEB 2026 · 00:43 UTC | 5.87 keys | 1.83 keys |
| 5 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC | 5.41 keys | 1.75 keys |
| 25 MAR 2026 · 00:09 UTC | 7.31 keys | 2.09 keys |
| 11 APR 2026 · 16:32 UTC | 7.22 keys | 1.96 keys |
| 19 APR 2026 · 08:31 UTC | 7.34 keys | 1.57 keys |
| 25 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC | 7.17 keys | 1.98 keys |
| 22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC | 4.87 keys | 4.22 keys |
| 29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC | 4.46 keys | 3.91 keys |
| 5 JUL 2026 · 03:12 UTC | 3.73 keys | 3.24 keys |
| 12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC | 3.54 keys | 3.08 keys |
| 19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC | 3.37 keys | 2.95 keys |
| 29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC | 3.64 keys | 3.20 keys |
| 4 AUG 2026 · 09:12 UTC | 3.65 keys | 3.22 keys |
| 10 AUG 2026 · 09:10 UTC | 4.28 keys | 3.67 keys |
| 20 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC | 3.83 keys | 3.33 keys |
| 22 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC | 4.54 keys | 3.94 keys |
| 23 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC | 5.26 keys | 4.57 keys |
| 25 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC | 4.62 keys | 4.01 keys |
| 28 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC | 4.65 keys | 4.04 keys |
| 29 AUG 2026 · 12:10 UTC | 5.45 keys | 4.74 keys |
| 31 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC | 3.29 keys | 2.86 keys |
| 2 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC | 2.60 keys | 2.25 keys |
Price history in numbers
31 readings since 25 Sep 2025Over the last 30 days the Midnight Sparklers Taunt: The Profane Puppeteer's sell price ranged from 2.60 keys to 5.45 keys and is down 39.3% after 8 moves. Over a year it ranged from 2.60 keys to 7.34 keys (down 60.9%). Today's 2.60 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 2.60 keys (2 Sep 2026) and the highest 7.34 keys (19 Apr 2026). The price has moved 29 times since we began recording it — about once every 12 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | 2.60 keys | 5.45 keys | −39.3% | 8 | 9 |
| 90 days | 2.60 keys | 5.45 keys | −46.6% | 15 | 16 |
| a year | 2.60 keys | 7.34 keys | −60.9% | 29 | 31 |
Details
| SKU | 31202;5;u3112 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2026-09-02 18:10 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 62.44 ref |
Same effect, other items
the effect across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 47.4 keys | 19h ago | |
| 26.4 keys | 11h ago | |
| 25.5 keys | 5h ago | |
| 24.0 keys | 11h ago | |
| 23.3 keys | 5h ago | |
| 23.5 keys | 9h ago | |
| 22.6 keys | 8mo ago | |
| 22.8 keys | 9h ago | |
| 19.4 keys | 7h ago | |
| 15.9 keys | 17h ago |
Other effects on the Taunt: The Profane Puppeteer
same item, different effect| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 14.0 keys | 9h ago | |
| 12.4 keys | 13d ago | |
| 9.04 keys | 12d ago | |
| 8.72 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 7.06 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 4.63 keys | 7h ago | |
| 3.51 keys | 8d ago | |
| 3.34 keys | 10d ago | |
| 3.11 keys | 6d ago | |
| 3.22 keys | 9h ago |
Priced similarly
across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2.53 keys | 9d ago | |
| 2.52 keys | 1mo ago | |
 Vintage Texas Slim's Dome Shine | 2.57 keys | 5h ago |
| 2.52 keys | 8d ago | |
| 2.52 keys | 1d ago | |
| 2.52 keys | 19d ago | |
| 2.57 keys | 5h ago | |
| 2.52 keys | 7d ago |