Possible to mine soul gems somewhere? : V

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:49 pm

I wonder if it is possible to mine soul gems like ore?Are there any mines or caves to do that?

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:07 am

No.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:28 pm

It's just a trade off. Mine, kill and loot, then trade for gold and or soul gems.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:58 pm

I wonder if it is possible to mine soul gems like ore?Are there any mines or caves to do that?

Yes.

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Blackreach has ore nodes that produce good soul gems when you mine them, both grand and greater sizes. From UESP wiki: "There are 36 geode veins scattered throughout Blackreach: 34 in the cavern itself, and 2 in http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Silent_City_Catacombs. 23 of these geode veins can be mined to yield level-dependent empty soul gems (grand soul gems appear starting at level 30; black soul gems at level 31).

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:02 pm

No.

No?..like no? :ermm:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:43 pm

In http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Blackreach you can mine them. They are called Geode veins.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:57 pm

Yes.

Spoiler

Blackreach has ore nodes that produce good soul gems when you mine them, both grand and greater sizes.

Oh that's great!..I'll try that location later :thanks:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:38 pm

No.

Fail.

Right answer:

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Blackreach

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:50 pm

Yes.

Spoiler

Blackreach has ore nodes that produce good soul gems when you mine them, both grand and greater sizes.

Really, I had no idea. I have never really thought about it. Then again, I have never come across this in Mor. Obl or Sky.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:15 am

Really, I had no idea. I have never really thought about it. Then again, I have never come across this in Mor. Obl or Sky.

Well, the soul gems had to come from somewhere....xP

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:43 pm

Really, I had no idea. I have never really thought about it. Then again, I have never come across this in Mor. Obl or Sky.

Me neither untill recently..i tought to myself"if i can mine ore..maybe i could mine soul gems too?"...Good to know that there is a place to mine them.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:47 pm

Well, the soul gems had to come from somewhere....xP

I guess they did, huh?

What exactly does that xP mean?

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:57 pm

Well, the soul gems had to come from somewhere....xP

I actually tried to find some soul gem veins in that huge Falmer cave..i forgot the name...the one go tru after you pick up the elder scroll.All that glowing stuff in that cave..but sadly i couldn't mine them.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:15 pm

Where everyone said and

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the type varies from lesser to grand (methinks). I dont think you can get black soul gems from them.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:27 pm

I mean uhh, yeah! Of course you can mine for soul gems in

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Blackreach.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:19 pm

Magic Anomalies dropped filling soul gems of various sizes

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:04 am

Where everyone said and

Spoiler

the type varies from lesser to grand (methinks). I dont think you can get black soul gems from them.

Yes you can. I have gotten petty to black. I heard it was leveled.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:15 pm

Where everyone said and

Spoiler

the type varies from lesser to grand (methinks). I dont think you can get black soul gems from them.

You have a chance to get black soul gems from them if you are level 31 or higher.

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:59 am

Yes you can. I have gotten petty to black. I heard it was leveled.

Yeah your right just checked on the UESP. Here's the link.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Geode_Vein

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:48 pm

Agreeing with everything posted. Although IMO it's easier to head for the nearest Dwemer ruin and glean gems off the automatons.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:00 pm

Never really thought to mine them... they're so abundant everywhere that there's not really much of a point in mining them..

» Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:49 am

I mine them off the vendors. Stocks replenish every other game day. I just visit Riverwood Trader with all my dungeon loot, sell until he runs out of coin, then buy up all his empty soul gems and sell him the rest of my junk. The petty and lesser ones are dirt cheap and commons aren't too bad. Those are really all you need for leveling enchanting. Coin is pretty easy to come by, especially if you are patient enough to loot everything in any given dungeon.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:48 pm

No.

No giving advice without knowing what you are talking about.

Yes- you can mine soul gems from a certain place in the game.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:46 pm

Although IMO it's easier to head for the nearest Dwemer ruin and glean gems off the automatons.

This is probably the #1 source with Blackreach being a close #2.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:13 pm

I liked mining geoveins.. It's always a surprise. Will it be greater or grand or lesser?? :biggrin: