Soul gem charging : V

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:21 pm

Just got a daedric dagger, then maxed it to legendary, with 30x sneak hits due to dark brotherhood armor and perk. Going to be pretty good, I enchanted it the soul trap, but anything I kill I get the message "no soul gem large enough", so it doesn't even charge up smaller small empty gems? I don't have any empty grand or greater ones at the moment. Anyone got any advice?

» Fri May 11, 2012 8:19 am

Azura's Star.

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:23 am

What DarkSkinDunmer said. Easily the most useful artifact in the game.

» Fri May 11, 2012 8:38 pm

Ah how did I not know about this, thanks :facepalm:

» Fri May 11, 2012 11:53 am

Kill things with smaller souls to fill the smaller soul gems. Critters, spiders, etc

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:41 pm

Hmm black star or azuma star, looks like you have to choose. Trapping creatures or trapping humanoids souls, not sure which one to go for?

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:03 am

Black star if you're a murdering scumbag like me. Humans have Grand Souls and there are endless supplies of guards everywhere you go

» Fri May 11, 2012 6:44 pm

I have Azura′s Star, but it says empty even though I get the message: "no soul gem large enough". So how do I fill up Azura′s Star?

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:46 am

I have Azura′s Star, but it says empty even though I get the message: "no soul gem large enough". So how do I fill up Azura′s Star?

There are black and white souls. A black soul gem only accepts black. A regular soul gem only accepts white.

This is probably the problem you are having.

» Fri May 11, 2012 2:52 pm

There are black and white souls. A black soul gem only accepts black. A regular soul gem only accepts white.

This is probably the problem you are having.

I don't think anyone's given a completely full explanation here, so expanding on what Tale said:

Non-sentient creatures have WHITE souls. Their souls can be bound in the regular sorts of soul gems you mostly come across.

Men, mers, and other sentient creatures have BLACK souls. Their souls can only be bound in a BLACK soul gem, or equivalent.

I haven't heard of either of these artifacts, but I would guess that with Azura's Star, you can only bind WHITE souls, but with the Black Star you can bind BLACK souls.

Oh btw, I learned all this in a book I came across called something along the lines of "Souls: Black and White," within the game

» Fri May 11, 2012 4:03 pm

I don't think anyone's given a completely full explanation here, so expanding on what Tale said:

Non-sentient creatures have WHITE souls. Their souls can be bound in the regular sorts of soul gems you mostly come across.

Men, mers, and other sentient creatures have BLACK souls. Their souls can only be bound in a BLACK soul gem, or equivalent.

I haven't heard of either of these artifacts, but I would guess that with Azura's Star, you can only bind WHITE souls, but with the Black Star you can bind BLACK souls.

Oh btw, I learned all this in a book I came across called something along the lines of "Souls: Black and White," within the game

Another detail that might be a spoiler for some.

Spoiler

The Azura's Star artifact has both a white and black version in the game. It's traditionally only white, so the black one could be considered a spoiler.

» Fri May 11, 2012 6:25 am

I was just about to ask about this - I think I'll go with the Black Star because humans = grand and that's a lot more useful to me. One thing though, does it count as a collected Daedric Artifact? There's a trophy for getting 15 of them and I just wondered if going with Nelecar for the Black one counts...

» Fri May 11, 2012 12:13 pm

Tempted to start perking in enchanting now, I enchant everything I use, and the final perk double enchantments is good. Smithing is at 100 and have half the perks (right side to dragon). Is it worth perking enchanting?

» Fri May 11, 2012 2:36 pm

I was just about to ask about this - I think I'll go with the Black Star because humans = grand and that's a lot more useful to me. One thing though, does it count as a collected Daedric Artifact? There's a trophy for getting 15 of them and I just wondered if going with Nelecar for the Black one counts...

I would have to think it does as it is indeed a Daedric Artifact.

» Fri May 11, 2012 4:27 am

Ow do you max a weapon out please guys?

» Fri May 11, 2012 1:40 pm

I don't think anyone's given a completely full explanation here, so expanding on what Tale said:

Non-sentient creatures have WHITE souls. Their souls can be bound in the regular sorts of soul gems you mostly come across.

Men, mers, and other sentient creatures have BLACK souls. Their souls can only be bound in a BLACK soul gem, or equivalent.

I haven't heard of either of these artifacts, but I would guess that with Azura's Star, you can only bind WHITE souls, but with the Black Star you can bind BLACK souls.

Oh btw, I learned all this in a book I came across called something along the lines of "Souls: Black and White," within the game

Thank you! Sorry for a stupid question, but what is a Non-sentient creature?

» Fri May 11, 2012 10:11 am

Bandits count as Black souls I believe, so just fast travel to a mine if you need some souls.

» Fri May 11, 2012 10:36 am

Can anyone anwser my question above please?