Can you enchant with empty soul gems?
You can’t use a Soul Gem when its empty, though. You’ll need to trap souls within the gem itself in order to use it for enchanting or recharging your weapons and armor.
Does it matter which soul gem I use for enchanting?
The gem doesn’t matter. The soul inside the gem does. You can get a lot more out of a grand soul than you can out of a petty soul — many more charges (attacks) for weapons, much better stats from armor.
Can you empty a soul gem?
As mentioned in the accepted answer to this question, you can drop the gem to the ground and it will be emptied. From the UESP wiki, “Soul Gem” article: Occasionally, dropping a soul gem you filled yourself onto the ground will cause it to lose its charge without breaking.
Do black soul gems give better enchantments?
The larger a soul, the stronger the charge it will create on an item you are enchanting. For example, if you enchant a piece of armor with Fortify Health, using a filled black soul gem will yeild you the best results.
Is Black Soul Gem better than grand?
The main benefit of a black soul gem is that it can capture grand leveled souls from humanoids, whereas those souls cannot normally be captured. These sources tend to be plentiful and easier to kill, compared with common grand level white soul sources, such as mammoths.
Which is better Azura’s Star or the Black Star?
SPOILER ALERT
At first glance The Black Star sounds much better as there are a lot of humans, like bandits, available to full it with. In comparison, to fill Azura’s Star one doesnt need to go looking for humans to kill, also morally good, as there are all kinds of creatures available to slay specially during fights.
What’s the best soul gem for enchanting?
The black soul gem will always be grand, if filled. Grand Soul Gems can hold any White Soul.
What soul gems do humans fill?
The only soul gems that can trap human souls are Black Soul Gems. Use them against any human enemy and it fills, and it gives an equivalent of a Grand Soul Gem, so it’s extremely useful.
What is the difference between a black soul gem and a grand soul gem?
Black Soul Gems are the only Soul Gems that can hold the souls of NPC races (these are always Grand). Grand Soul Gems can holy any other soul up to Grand level.
Why does it say no soul gem large enough?
It means you are trying to soul trap people. Only black soul gems can contain human souls.
Are black soul gems reusable?
The Black Star is a reusable Black Soul Gem that can be obtained during the quest of the same name. … Additionally, Black Soul Gems are used in a number of Atronach Forge Recipes.
What do I do with soul gem fragments?
Apparently, Soul Gem Fragments cannot be used for anything. Sell them for minor money (useful early on; though better sources of money will reveal themselves later.)
Whats the best soul gem?
After using a soul gem (with the exclusion of Azura’s Star and The Black Star) it is destroyed. The grand soul gem is the largest soul gem that can be obtained in the game.