Can Your Followers Fill Soul Gems?
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Yes, your followers can fill Soul Gems in Skyrim, but it requires the use of the Soul Trap spell or its similar enchantments on items and weapons. To do this, you need to cast the Soul Trap spell on a non-humanoid target before its death, so that its soul can be plucked and transferred into the smallest available Soul Gem in your inventory.
Understanding Soul Gems and Followers
To capture a soul, you will need to use the Soul Trap spell, which can be cast on creatures, causing their soul to fill an empty Soul Gem in your inventory when they die. It’s essential to remember that you need to have an empty Soul Gem of the appropriate capacity.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How Do Soul Gems Get Filled?
Soul Gems get filled by using the Soul Trap spell or its similar enchantments on items and weapons, and then killing a creature, which transfers its soul into the smallest available Soul Gem in your inventory.
2. Can You Fill Soul Gems Without Soul Trap?
No, to fill a Soul Gem, a player must first learn the Soul Trap spell, which is a very low-level conjuration spell, and since conjuration is an essential skill for several builds anyway, it’s not exactly hard to find and master.
3. Why Isn’t My Black Soul Gem Filled?
Black Soul Gems can only be filled by killing humans, elves, khajiit, or Argonians, so any bandits, followers, or bystanders will fill a Black Soul Gem, but they can’t be filled by killing anything else.
4. What Happens If You Give the Soul Gems to a Follower?
The game doesn’t specify what happens if you give Soul Gems to a follower, but it’s implied that they can use them for enchanting purposes.
5. How Do You Fill a Black Soul Gem for Falion?
To fill a Black Soul Gem for Falion, simply cast Soul Trap on a necromancer or any other humanoid creature to fill it up, and then return to Morthal and speak with Falion, giving him the filled Black Soul Gem.
6. What is the Best Soul Gem for Enchanting in Skyrim?
Due to their unique ability, Black Soul Gems are superior for recharging or enchanting jewelry, weapons, or armor, as humanoid enemies like bandits are a much more common foe than high-level creatures.
7. What Soul Gems Do Humans Fill?
Black Soul Gems! will capture every creature as the basic Soul Gems, as well as human souls, making them ideal for enchanting purposes.
8. What Fills a Common Soul Gem?
Souls from creatures like Alduin’s Bane, Cave Bear, Snow Bear, Chaurus Reaper, Blood Dragon, Draugr Scourge, Draugr Scourge Lord, and Dremora will fit into a Common Soul Gem.
9. Can You Buy Filled Soul Gems in Skyrim?
Yes, anyone who sells Soul Gems will sell filled ones, but mages — the Whiterun court wizard is a good first stop — have more of them, and eventually, the gems dropped as loot will also be filled some of the time.
10. What Are the Biggest Soul Gems in Skyrim?
The two best Soul Gems in Skyrim are the Black and Grand Soul Gems, with Grand being the highest, and they have the highest capacity for holding souls.
11. Are Black Souls Better Than Grand?
Grand Soul Gems can hold any other soul up to Grand level, while Black Soul Gems are the only Soul Gems that can hold the souls of NPC races, making them ideal for specific enchanting purposes.
12. Can You Make Soul Gems?
Filled Soul Gems can be found throughout the world, but can also be created through the Soul Trap spell or by getting the Conjuration skill Soul Stealer, which automatically makes bound weapons cast Soul Trap.
13. Do Soul Gems Fill Automatically?
No, you need to cast the Soul Trap spell on an enemy before killing it, or use a weapon that has the Trap enchantment on it, and when the enemy dies, a message will show up in the corner of your screen: Soul Captured! and it will automatically fill the lowest level Soul Gem it fits into.
14. How Many Soul Gems Should I Carry?
It’s recommended to carry around 1 stack of Soul Gems, which is plenty for most people, but some players may choose to carry more, especially if they’re enchanting frequently.
15. Can Bandits Fill Soul Gems?
Yes, bandits can fill Black Soul Gems, as they are considered humanoid creatures, but they can’t fill other types of Soul Gems.