To create polished soul gem fragments from empty gems: (Empty gems are weaker in durability and lose a piece when smashed apart.) 1 empty black soul gem + 1 linen wrap = 7 polished soul fragments. 1 empty grand soul gem + 1 linen wrap = 5 polished soul fragments. 1 empty greater soul gem + 1 linen wrap = 4 polished soul fragments. Once you have a filled Black Soul Gem, it is used exactly like a regular Soul Gem. A Black Soul Gem can hold as much as a Grand Soul Gem (1600), but it is much easier to fill since any humanoid is 1600 units. Azura's Star . Azura's Star is essentially the most powerful Soul Gem in the game, and can be obtained by completing Azura's Daedric Look up info on the questline to get the Black Star, which is a reusable soul gem that will take a humanoid soul (which seem to always be grand). Then any old bandit can be sucked up into that thing. Also, draugrs and skeletons and the like are White souls, so you can just go in a dungeon with a bunch of those guys (with a weapon enchanted with The easiest way to get grand souls is to make black soul gems and soul trap bandits. To make one, go to Dark Fissure (a cave south of Cheydinhall) and put a grand soul gem in the altar outside it. Wait a few days until you see a purple light coming down from the sky, then use soul trap on the altar. Look inside and you get a black soul gem. Sadly, Soul Gems can contain only one soul at a time. TimeShiftStoneZ 11 years ago #5. If you're worried about grands not filling up all the way, slay mammoths, they give easy to find grand souls. Aside that if you can get Azura's Star, you get an indestructible soul gem. dookie0311 11 years ago #6. Drop it on the ground and it will empty.
Additionally, only people give black souls - all others are white. So people-souls will only go into black soul gems. But white souls can go into black gems, if that’s all that’s available. If you don’t have a soul gem available that’s the same size as the soul you’re trapping, the soul will go into a larger gem if it’s available.
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