I'm sorta new on trading on these things, and I know this is a really nooby question about this but I really don't understand. What are these tf2 keys, dota2 keys, and refs everyone wants to trade for?

I tried looking it up on the market but there many types of different keys for tf2/dota2 as well.

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Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys, Treasure Keys, and Refined Metal (which isn't marketable, so you won't find it there)

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I'm assuming refined metal is from something you do in-game?

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Yup. You can craft metal with regular weapons which drop ingame (8-12 drops each week = +-2 reclamed metal = 0,66 refined). 1 key is like 5.77-6 refined metal right now. Price changes quite often though

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thank you so much :D

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Keys open crates which might contain very valuable items. Ref = refined metal, which serves as crafting material in TF2 (hats, weapons etc. - some are valuable, some are not). Keys can be bought in ingame store. Both keys and metal serve as currency among traders.

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Thank you very much!

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Hello everyone!

"xyz = 1 key + 5 refs;"

I always wondering what ref is and now I got the answer for my question.

Thanks a lot.

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Closed 11 years ago by Psypsycho.