Can you Unfill a soul gem?

Occasionally, dropping a soul gem you filled yourself onto the ground will cause it to lose its charge without breaking. This allows you to clear out an unwanted soul from a soul gem (for example, if you put a petty soul into a grand soul gem) without losing the soul gem itself.
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Can soul gems be reused?

There are two uniquely reusable Soul Gems the Azura's Star and The Black Star. These items can be acquired via alternative endings from the The Black Star (quest). This quest is given from Aranea Ienith at the Shrine of Azura South of Winterhold.
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Do soul gems break Skyrim?

Special Soul Gems[edit]

Works the same as a grand soul gem, but does not break on use. Special soul gems that can capture humanoid souls. Works the same as a common soul gem, but does not break on use.
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Are black soul gems reusable?

The Black Star is a reusable Black Soul Gem that can be obtained during the The Black Star Quest. Additionally, Black Soul Gems are used in a number of Atronach Forge Recipes.
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Can you 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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What's the strongest soul gem Skyrim?

The grand soul gem is the largest soul gem that can be obtained in the game. A filled gem is also required to craft an arcane enchanter in a homestead if the Hearthfire add-on is installed.
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Is Azura or black star better?

The Black Star is Better as Black/Human Souls are More Powerful than Normal "White Souls" Such as Animals etc.. In Oblivion the Black Soul Gems are the Equivenent of the Black Azura's Star and therefore Hold Human Souls.
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Who is it better to bring Azura's Star to?

For Azura's Star, a refillable grand soul gem, take the Star to Aranea Ienith, forcing the Dragonborn to enter the star by Azura and enter into combat with Malyn after a short dialogue.
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Can Azura's Star hold human souls?

Like regular soul gems, Azura's Star has the ability to trap white souls, or those of creatures. These souls can be used for enchanting or recharging.
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Are black soul gems better than grand?

Due to this 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.
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Do you lose soul gems after using them?

They disappear after use.
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Are soul gem fragments useless?

Originally posted by voehringer_nitron: They cannot be forged into a complete gem, and have no use. Thank you. There might be some mods that use them, but aside from that they're useless.
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Are soul gems reusable eso?

Because there's no way to re-use soul gems, Azura's Star is the only one that can be used multiple times.
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Are soul gems destroyed when used?

Soul Gems are used for enchanting weapons and armor at an Arcane Enchanter or recharging previously enchanted weapons. After using a soul gem (with the exclusion of Azura's Star and The Black Star), it is destroyed.
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Is Azura evil Skyrim?

On this wiki it says Azura is one of the most benevolent Daedric Princes, but in the Azura's Star quest, Nelacar seems to be quite insistent that she is evil and that she drove Malyn insane.
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Is Azura a good Daedra?

Azura is known to be one of the three Good Daedra in Morrowind, along with Boethiah and Mephala. They were worshipped by the Chimer prior to the apotheosis of the Tribunal and their becoming the Dunmer. The Tribunal recognizes them as the anticipations of themselves, Azura being the Anticipation of Sotha Sil.
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Can I change Azura's Star to Black Star?

No, once you've finished this quest there's no in-game method of converting the star from one form to another.
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Should I give Azura's Star to Martin?

It is highly recommended that you do not give this artifact to Martin for the Blood of the Daedra quest. Weapons with Soul Trap enchantments, such as Umbra, are particularly useful when carrying Azura's Star.
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Should I choose Nelacar or Azura?

If you bring it to Azura, you will be able to use it to trap any sized soul except for black souls (i.e., souls from NPCs). If you bring it to Nelacar, you will be able to trap all souls, including black, though Nelacar tells you that it can only trap black souls (see bugs section).
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How do you get infinite black soul gems in Skyrim?

Black soul gems can also be obtained by mining geode veins, found only in Blackreach. With Dawnguard, they can also now be made from grand and greater soul gems by activating the Lightning Attractor in the Soul Cairn.
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Can you soul trap dragons?

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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Are Giants grand souls?

Larger or higher-leveled creatures possess greater or grand souls, such as mammoths (grand) or giants (greater). Humanoid races possess grand souls, but can only be trapped in a black soul gem or the Daedric artifact the Black Star, which is obtained through the quest of the same name.
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What animals have grand souls 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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