This price has not changed since 2026-06-15 22:10 UTC. It reflects the last observed trade rather than current market value, and this page is excluded from our sitemap for that reason.
Community price on backpack.tf: 480–560 keys, last changed 2026-06-23 (2mo ago). The live quote above, 515 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 3mo 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: $1634.96 — the lowest of one listing for the Nebula effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:41 UTC (5d 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 515 keys 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 Universal Translator”, 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 | 458 keys | 331 keys |
| 30 SEP 2025 · 21:25 UTC | 458 keys | 330 keys |
| 9 OCT 2025 · 09:07 UTC | 438 keys | 347 keys |
| 19 OCT 2025 · 20:54 UTC | 416 keys | 330 keys |
| 25 OCT 2025 · 17:17 UTC | 409 keys | 310 keys |
| 10 NOV 2025 · 01:18 UTC | 467 keys | 354 keys |
| 1 DEC 2025 · 02:57 UTC | 430 keys | 114 keys |
| 8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC | 410 keys | 7.23 keys |
| 22 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC | 497 keys | 11.8 keys |
| 6 APR 2026 · 00:29 UTC | 492 keys | 12.9 keys |
| 15 APR 2026 · 14:31 UTC | 459 keys | 13.7 keys |
| 20 MAY 2026 · 18:30 UTC | 474 keys | 16.3 keys |
| 24 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC | 472 keys | 16.7 keys |
| 3 JUN 2026 · 14:31 UTC | 474 keys | 17.6 keys |
| 8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC | 468 keys | 17.6 keys |
| 15 JUN 2026 · 22:10 UTC | 515 keys | 20.3 keys |
Price history in numbers
16 readings since 25 Sep 2025The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 409 keys to 515 keys (up 12.5%). Today's 515 keys sits at the top of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 409 keys (25 Oct 2025) and the highest 515 keys (15 Jun 2026). The price has moved 15 times since we began recording it — about once every 18 days.
| Window | Low | High | Change | Moves | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 days | 468 keys | 515 keys | +10.1% | 1 | 2 |
| a year | 409 keys | 515 keys | +12.5% | 15 | 16 |
Details
| SKU | 30658;5;u99 |
|---|---|
| Last price change | 2026-06-15 22:10 UTC |
| Key rate when recorded | 64.33 ref |
Same effect, other items
the effect across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 8,031 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 2,777 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 375 keys | 4mo ago | |
| 108 keys | 3mo ago |
Other effects on the Universal Translator
same item, different effect| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 keys | 7mo ago | |
| 750 keys | 5mo ago | |
| 254 keys | 19d ago | |
| 219 keys | 20d ago | |
| 191 keys | 2d ago | |
| 169 keys | 6h ago | |
| 158 keys | 14h ago | |
| 140 keys | 1d ago | |
| 129 keys | 13d ago | |
| 130 keys | 16h ago |
Priced similarly
across the catalogue| Item | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 515 keys | 10mo ago | |
| 514 keys | 29d ago | |
 Collector's Powdered Practitioner | 517 keys | 10mo ago |
| 517 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 511 keys | 27d ago | |
| 519 keys | 2mo ago | |
| 520 keys | 1mo ago | |
| 520 keys | 10mo ago |