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Learn how to find Soul Gems, fill them, and use Soul Trap
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Are you trying to figure out how to fill Soul Gems in Skyrim? It's not super intuitive how you're supposed to fill it, or what you're supposed to do with it once it's filled, but we're here to help. Soul Gems can be filled with the Soul Trap spell, and you use these gems to enchant weapons or recharge expended enchanted weapons. Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about Soul Gems and how to fill them.
How Do You Fill a Soul Gem in Skyrim?
To fill a Soul Gem, you must use the Soul Trap spell on a creature before it dies. You must also have an empty Soul Gem in your inventory. Once the creature dies, the Gem will capture the soul. You'll need a Soul Gem that matches the soul's size (i.e. a Petty Soul Gem holds a Petty Soul, which is a level 1-3 creature).
Steps
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Ways to Obtain Soul Traps
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Go to Tel Mithryn and obtain a scroll of Soul Trap. The only location of a Soul Trap scroll is in Tel Mithryn, which is east of Fort Frostmoth on Solstheim. [3] X Research source You must have the Skyrim Dragonborn DLC to have access to Solstheim, and Tel Mithryn by extension. Tel Mithryn is the only place you can get a Scroll of Soul Trap. As this is a one-time-use item, the scroll will be destroyed once it's used. -
Purchase a Soul Trap tome. A number of merchants sell the Soul Trap tome, or you can craft it at the Atronach Forge with Salt Pile, Ruined Book, Torchbug Thorax, and any size Soul Gem. Using a Soul Trap tome will teach your character the Soul Trap spell, which costs 107 Magicka. The following vendors sell the Soul Trap tome: [4] X Research source- Calcemo, at the Understone Keep in Makarth
- Falion, at his house in Morthal
- Farengar Secret-Fire, in Dragonsreach in Whiterun
- Madena, at the White Hall in Dawnstar
- Nelacar, at the Frozen Hearth in Winterhold
- Phinis Gestor, in the Hall of Countenance in the College of Winterhold
- Sybille Stentor, in the Blue Palace in Solitude
- Wuunferth the Unliving, in the Palace of the Kings in Windhelm
- Wylandriah, in Mistveil Keep in Riften
- Talvas Fathryon, in Tel Mithryn on Solstheim
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Obtain a weapon with a Soul Trap enchantment. In the game, you can find weapons that have Soul Trap enchantments which allow you to use Soul Trap without expending extra Magicka. The following weapons have Soul Trap enchantments: [5] X Research source- Staff of Soul Trapping [6] X Research source
- (weapon) of Souls, where (weapon) is a various weapon type
- (weapon) of Soul Snares, where (weapon) is a various weapon type
- (weapon) of Binding, where (weapon) is a various weapon type
- (weapon) of Animus, where (weapon) is a various weapon type
- (weapon) of Malediction, where (weapon) is a various weapon type
- (weapon) of Damnation, where (weapon) is a various weapon type
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Unlock the Soul Stealer perk in the Conjuration skill tree. You must level up Conjuration and unlock Novice Conjuration and then Mystic Binding to have the opportunity to unlock Soul Stealer. With Soul Stealer, bound weapons will cast Soul Trap on targets. This is an easy way to get souls without needing to expend extra Magicka. [7] X Research source
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References
- ↑ https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Souls
- ↑ https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Soul_Gems
- ↑ https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Tel_Mithryn_(settlement)
- ↑ https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Spells#Soul_Trap
- ↑ https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Generic_Magic_Weapons#Soul_Trap
- ↑ https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Staves#Soul_Trap
- ↑ https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Conjuration
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