Can you soul trap dragons?

No, not all creatures can be trapped using Soul Trap. For example Dragon's will always resist being soul trapped.
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Does Soul Trap work on dragons?

Soul Trapping a Dragon | Fandom. You can't soul trap a dragon in Skyrim because they're obviously too powerful to have their soul be contained in a soul gem, however shouldn't Azura's Star be powerful enough to hold the soul of a dragon?
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Can you soul trap Dragon Priests?

Grand gems are only needed for Ghosts and Mammoths, making fighting these creatures desirable for the best enchantments. They can also be used to capture "special" enemies, such as the Dragon Priests. Dragon souls are consumed by the Dragonborn; you cannot soul trap Dragons.
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How do you capture a dragon soul in Skyrim?

Complete main quests up to Diplomatic Immunity, then go to The College of Winterhold and sleep more or less 36 hours. When you go outside there will be a dragon. Kill it and obtain its soul, then repeat sleeping process and once again when going outside there will be a dragon.
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How do you get dragon soul without Miraak stealing it?

Using Ahzidal's boots of Waterwalking, kill a dragon on the water and SUCC the soul. Miraak cannot appear on water. Save before killing a dovah. Keep reloading and killing until Miraak does not steal the soul.
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Are Dragon Souls Limited?

There's not. I have about 25, but like that other guy said, respawned dragons will not give you their souls. Show activity on this post. In this period of 2017 Skyrim should have no limit of the dragon souls, I personally have 42 dragon souls.
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Do dragons always resist Soul Trap?

For example Dragon's will always resist being soul trapped. The dragon souls will instead be absorbed by you directly.
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How does soul trap work?

Using Soul Trap

Either cast the Soul Trap spell on the target or attack it with a weapon enchanted with Soul Trap, then slay it before the duration of the effect runs out. If done correctly, the soul will be trapped in the first soul gem of sufficient size available in the inventory.
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Should I become a vampire or soul trap?

The best thing is to NOT become a Vampire Lord at this point in time, if playing as a Dawnguard. You will still be able to talk to Serana and have her make you a vampire lord later in the game, so it's best to wait until you have finished all the Dawnguard sidequests. So for now, you should opt to become Soul Trapped.
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What is the best soul gem in Skyrim?

The two best Soul Gems in Skyrim are the Black and Grand Soul Gems. The notable difference between these gems is the type of souls they can absorb. Soul Gems in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are characterized by the type of soul they can absorb, with Grand Soul Gems and Black Soul Gems having the highest capacity.
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How many dragon souls do I need to unlock shouts?

How many Dragon souls do I have to absorbe to unlock a shout? I absorbed two dragon souls and it won't let me unlock any of the new shouts I've learned. If you want to unlock all 3 words of power for a single shout you need 3 souls.
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Do you need dragon souls to shout in Skyrim?

You need dragon souls to unlock shouts. You can unlock them in the magic tab, under "Shouts." As for actually using shouts, you can use them as much as you like, but each shout has its own cooldown, and you can't use any other shout until that cooldown is over.
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Do Falmer have black souls?

But one interesting thing to notice is that Falmer were once a mortal race. Then somewhere along the line of their devolution, their souls changed. If you steal the soul of a Falmer, you can get a Lesser Soul to a white Grand Soul but never a black soul.
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What can fill a black Soul Gem?

There are several ways to fill a Black Soul Gem. To fill one, you'll need to capture the soul of a humanoid—such as an elf, human, or orc. One way to capture a soul is by casting Soul Trap on a humanoid (while carrying a Black Soul Gem). Once you do this, kill that humanoid, and the Soul Gem will be filled.
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Why is my soul trap not working?

Make sure that the soul you are trying to capture did not go into a smaller soul gem. The easiest way to test this is to empty your inventory of all other soul gems and then try to trap a soul into your Black Soul Gem.
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Why does it say no Soul Gem large enough?

If you get a message saying that you do not have a large enough soul gem to capture a soul, despite having an empty grand soul gem in your inventory, it means that you are trying to catch a humanoid soul, which requires a black soul gem.
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Which souls are grand Skyrim?

Grand Souls | Fandom. Dragon Priest, Draugr Death Overlord, Falmer Shadowmaster, Falmer Warmonger, Gargoyle Sentinel, Guardian Saerek, Keeper, King Olaf-One-Eye and Mammoth are the ones that have grand soul.
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How do you trap souls in Azura's Star?

Souls will fill Azura's Star before soul gems, meaning that Azura's Star could possibly end up trapping the soul of a lesser creature instead of the desired target. Followers wielding weapons with Soul Trap can use Azura's Star to capture souls.
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How do you get the Soul Trap enchantment?

Soul Trap can be found as random loot in Boss Chests, but the best place to get the spell Soul Trap in Skyrim is from mage NPCs. This includes: Falion in Morthal. Nelacar in The Frozen Hearth.
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Why did I stop absorbing dragon souls Skyrim?

You can't get your dragon souls stolen on Skyrim I believe, only on Solstheim when you haven't killed him. There's no limit to how many souls you can hold. However, some dragons respawn, at which point you can't absorb their soul twice, an example being a dragon at a dragon nest.
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Do blood dragons give dragon souls?

As with other types of dragon, a blood dragon may give no soul when killed (when this happens, the dragon's body is not turned into a skeleton).
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Are there unlimited dragons in Skyrim?

There are an infinite numbers of dragons in Skyrim, since most of them respawn, like other creatures. The number of named "main" dragons are fixed though, though and they are listed in the UESP wiki "Dragon" article.
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