Oblivion Where To Buy Soul Gems
Page Tools.Ranging from Petty Soul Gems to Grand Soul Gems, these can be used to house the souls of creatures after you kill them. To capture a soul, you'll need to use a Soul Trap spell and then kill the enemy before it wears off.
You'll also have to have a Soul Gem large enough to carry that soul. Humans can only be trapped in Black Soul Gems which must be created or found on Necromancers. Make sure you complete the quest for to get, a reusable Grand Soul Gem.Once you've trapped a soul, you can use the gem to recharge your enchanted items, or you can bring it to the Arcane University and use it to add an to an item. Grand Soul Gems are most easily found in the Mages Guilds or in dungeons at later levels.
Remember, a soul will go into the smallest soul gem you have available. That means that if you only have Grand Soul Gems and you capture a Rat, the lesser soul will fill the Grand Soul Gem and you will be stuck with a wasted gem.Soul SizeChargePetty150Lesser300Common800Greater1200Grand1600.
Contents LocationsSoul Gems are available for purchase from most and magical. They can also be looted from and.ValueEmpty Soul gems, whether looted or bought, have a value based on the grade of the gem, which does not change if filled later. Merchant gems sold or found filled with a soul have a value based on the level of the soul, regardless of the grade of gem.ChargingThere are a few ways to charge Soul Gems:. spell. Use a weapon with a Soul Trap, such as.TypesSoul gems come in various sizes.
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The bigger the gem, the greater the 'soul' that can be stored in it. The charge level is used for both enchanting and recharging:SizeCharges01600Recharging costsThe base prices for filled soul gems, other than Azura's Star and black soul gems, range from 40 for a filled petty soul gem to 500 for a filled grand gem, and these prices can be reduced using. Conversely, recharging a weapon from a character is at a fixed 1 per charge point that cannot be haggled down. Since the prices for filled gems are generally an order of magnitude less than the charge they provide, it is always cheaper to buy soul gems than to pay for recharging.Azura's StarAzura's Star is a reusable Soul Gem, obtained by completing 's at the.Black Soul GemBlack Soul Gems hold humanoid souls (, etc., as well as Kyn). All others, including Azura's Star, hold only the souls of creatures.All humanoid souls have a 'grand' value, making the value of a humanoid soul equal to that of a Gloom Wraith. Since the power level of an enchantment from Grand and Black Soul Gems are identical, this equality of soul value makes the creation of Black Soul Gems a basically unnecessary process once you start encountering more creatures possessing a Grand soul.CreationBlack Soul Gems are created by placing a Grand Soul Gem in one of four in, then casting Soul Trap on the altar at the appropriate time.
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They can also occasionally be found on necromancers.Unique soul gems. Colossal Black Soul GemThe is a special black soul gem with a larger capacity created by that was meant to hold the soul of.Unique soul gemsOn the first floor of the resides a, containing uniquely sized and colored soul gems. The cabinet requires a to open, but the key is nowhere to be found. Can be used to unlock the case, but the gems cannot be added to the or moved.Souls Petty SoulsGreaterLesser SoulsGrandCommon Souls.
Trapping a SoulTo use without having to cast the actual spell, it is possible to a with the Soul Trap spell for a one-second duration. This second is sufficient in case the enchanted weapon is used to give the killing blow.
If the weapon has a damaging enchantment of more than 1 second, the soul trap effect has to last longer. For example, a sword dealing five seconds of fire damage would need a soul trap effect of at least 6 seconds.
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An alternative method that can be used by spellcasters would be to create a spell that deals damage and to supplement this spell with a soul trap spell. Again, the soul trap duration would need to exceed that of the other spell by at least one second. Lastly, it is also possible to soul trap creatures that the player has conjured.
Actively killing the creature is required however; simply letting the spell expire is not sufficient to trap the soul.Another easy way to fill soul gems is to get a and duplicate it with a duplicate items glitch. If you have the (dropped by during the ' quest), go to one of the or camps around Cyrodiil. Kill all of the Bandits/Marauders except for one. This one, and kill it. Then, use the Staff of Worms to reanimate a dead bandit.
Wait a few seconds, then Soul Trap it and kill it. It will count as a humanoid soul. Continue this process for as long as you like.Locations in the Wizard's Tower plug-inAn easy place to pick up soul gems are the vault guards in if the Wizard's Tower plug-in is installed. All guards have a soul value of Greater and respawn in three in-game days.BugsThis section contains related to Soul Gem (Oblivion).