Common locationsBuy from Aurelinwae or Calindil in the Mystic Emporium, Imperial City Market District.Most Mages Guild Halls will have at least one grand soul gem for sale. These may also be pickpocketed from the merchant.4 gems can be obtained via the quest "Sins of the Father," but they are not empty.
A Soul Gem is an item in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It is a magic stone capable of storing the "soul" of a creature. The gems are used to recharge magical weapons, or to create new enchantments.
An easy way of filling soul gems is to summon your own creature, such as a demon, skeleton or zombie, and capture their soul. This will save time and energy, but it may take a while for your magicka to recover due to the large cost of summoning a high-level creature and then casting a soul trap spell on it.
An astral beam of light will fall onto the altar at midnight. Once an empty Grand Soul Gem has been placed in the altar cast a Soul Trap spell on the altar, the soul gem inside will be transformed into a Black Soul Gem.
To capture a soul, an empty Soul Gem (of the appropriate level or higher) is needed. Cast the 'Soul Trap' spell on the target, and slay it before the duration of the spell runs out. If done correctly, the soul will be trapped in the first appropriate Soul Gem available in the inventory.
From the Wiki page, places that always have an empty Grand Soul Gem: Calindil at the Mystic Emporium in the Market District has one, which can be bought or pickpocketed. With the exception of Skingrad, the merchant in each city's Mages Guild has one which can either be bought or pickpocketed.
Souls by StrengthSoul typeValueCreaturesGrand1600Gloom Wraith, Lich, Minotaur Lord, XivilaiBlack1600Humanoids (the ten races of Tamriel), Vampires and Dremora are all considered NPCs.•Dec 6, 2014
Filling Soul Gems in Skyrim To fill Soul Gems in Skyrim, you'll need to use the Soul Trap spell. This is an Apprentice level spell in the Conjuration school of magicka. Once you've unlocked this spell, all you need to do is use it on an enemy, and then defeat it with an empty Soul Gem in your inventory.
To capture a soul, an empty Soul Gem (of the appropriate level or higher) is needed. Cast the 'Soul Trap' spell on the target, and slay it before the duration of the spell runs out. If done correctly, the soul will be trapped in the first appropriate Soul Gem available in the inventory.
Larger or higher-leveled creatures possess greater or grand souls, such as mammoths (grand) or giants (greater). Humanoid races possess grand souls, but can only be trapped in a black soul gem or the Daedric artifact the Black Star, which is obtained through the quest of the same name.
From the Wiki page, places that always have an empty Grand Soul Gem:Calindil at the Mystic Emporium in the Market District has one, which can be bought or pickpocketed.With the exception of Skingrad, the merchant in each city's Mages Guild has one which can either be bought or pickpocketed.
Grand gems are only needed for Ghosts and Mammoths, making fighting these creatures desirable for the best enchantments. They can also be used to capture "special" enemies, such as the Dragon Priests.
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