Talk:Black Soul Gem (Oblivion)/Archive 1

What is the appropriate time to make Black Soul Gems?


 * Once a week there will be a purple light shining down from the sky onto the altar at night; it should be fairly obvious once you see it. Chirikov 02:51, 12 April 2006 (CDT)


 * I'm removing the reference to the day Fredas because it apparently differs per shrine. Beyond a shadow of a doubt the one I used was Tirdas, not Fredas.

these are the only way to get grand souls at low levels (i have searched everywhere for a merchant that sells a filled grand soul gem and no luck im lvl 2 and warlock in the mages guild) if im wrong can somone tell me where grand souls gems that are filled can be bought?.

It's actually one week and a day for a shine to necromancer shrine to be active, Chirikov, what helps best it to find the shine you want and wait during the night time, therefore' it's easier to see -Oddblud

Question-able???
Can Black Soul Gems be copied, using the scroll cloning method, i'll have to try... but if not then i can post the answer.

I do believe Dark Fissure, the place you're supposed to go to during the Mages Guild questline, is usually activated on Loredas (Saturday)


 * They can be copied alright. That's how I make most of my money when I need cash quick. When I'm not making Lettuce rain on unsuspecting citizens. Although there's something going on where any charged Black Soul Gems I have will lose their charge. Price is the same for charged and uncharged gems anyway.


 * I think the Dark Fissure altar follows the same schedule as the others. I'll have to see. Great Mara (talk) 15:22, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

The Black Star
Should The Black Star from Skyrim be added to this, since it is a replenishable black soul gem?

Purpose?
I haven't done it yet, I understand how to, but... What's the point? :P Why go through the hassle of making these? I can't find the benefits of them...

Ryoxas (talk) 23:45, January 30, 2013 (UTC)

Sometimes being able to soultrap sentient humanoids can be very useful, especially later on in levels when most of what you fight are high level humanoids. I personally just use Azura's Star and go kill Goblins for souls, but some like using Black Soul Gems. I also should mention that all sentient souls captured by Black Soul Gems are Grand, and that can be major for a lower level character. Tarkastio (talk) 05:06, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

Thank you :)
 * Grand souls are the only way to go when creating enchanted items, as the magnitude of the effect depends on the size of soul used.DarthOrc (talk) 05:31, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

Ryoxas (talk) 15:15, February 4, 2013 (UTC)