What is a grand soul in Skyrim?

Skyrim soul gems - Grand soul gem
Grand souls are from creatures higher than level 38. Ancient Dragon. Elder Dragon. Dragon Priest.
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What counts as a grand soul in 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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What is the most powerful soul in Skyrim?

The grand soul gem is the largest soul gem that can be obtained in the game.
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How do you get grand souls in Skyrim?

Do the Azura's star missions, Azura's shrine is located south of Winterhold. Enchant your most powerful gear with soul trap enchantment or cast soul trap on a human target. Then once you have the artifact from the Azura's star missions, you can collect grand souls.
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What fills up grand soul gems Skyrim?

Filling Soul Gems in Skyrim

To fill Soul Gems in Skyrim, you'll need to use the Soul Trap spell. This is an Apprentice level spell in the Conjuration school of magicka. Once you've unlocked this spell, all you need to do is use it on an enemy, and then defeat it with an empty Soul Gem in your inventory.
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Skyrim - Charging Grand Soul Gems



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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Is grand soul gem the best 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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Can you capture human souls in Skyrim?

To capture a soul, there must be at least one empty soul gem in the inventory that is large enough to hold that soul. 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.
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Do humans have grand souls?

Yes, humans have black grand souls, whereas creatures that have grand souls (mammoths, I think certain types of high level draugr/falmer) have white grand souls - essentially, the difference is simply in what type of gem can capture them - a black soul gem can capture a human's soul (or an elf, khajiit, etc - think ...
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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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Who fills a black soul gem?

1 Answer. Show activity on this post. A black soul gem can only be filled by the soul of a living human, or a creature with a Grand soul, such as a Mammoth (thanks to tjd for pointing this out!).
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How do I get soul Trap?

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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How many souls can Azura's Star?

Like other soul gems, it can only hold one soul at a time. Unlike other soul gems, the Black Star is not destroyed after its contents are used – it is simply emptied and can be filled with another trapped soul.
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Do Giants Respawn in Skyrim?

They won't respawn until the zone has been unloaded and you haven't entered it for some time.
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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 does Soul Trap do?

Soul Trap is an Apprentice level Conjuration Spell. This spell will fill a Soul Gem if the target dies within 60 seconds.
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How do you get the black star in Skyrim?

There are now two options to fix the Broken Azura's Star:
  1. Give it to Aranea Ienith at the Shrine of Azura, and receive Azura's Star.
  2. Give it to Nelacar in the Frozen Hearth Inn in Winterhold, and receive the Black Star.
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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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What is a white soul in Skyrim?

While the souls of lesser creatures can be captured by gems of many colors, they are all categorized as white soul gems. Hence the division of souls into black and white. White souls are far safer than black souls, although not as powerful.
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What are black soul gems used for?

A Black Soul Gem is a special type of Soul Gem that can capture the souls of humanoid mobs and Ghosts. They are as powerful as Grand Soul Gems, and can also capture lesser souls.
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Does it matter which soul gem I use?

The gem doesn't matter. The soul inside the gem does. You can get a lot more out of a grand soul than you can out of a petty soul -- many more charges (attacks) for weapons, much better stats from armor. A gem can also fit in any soul its size or smaller.
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Is Black Soul Gem better than grand soul gem?

Grand soulgems can hold any size of soul, from petty to grand. A black soulgem can only hold grand souls from humans. This makes them much easier to fill and they are always holding the strongest soul type to enchant with.
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What are the best enchantments in Skyrim?

Skyrim: The 15 Best Enchantments, Ranked
  1. 1 Fortify Restoration. Yet there is one more enchantment better than Magic Resistance.
  2. 2 Resist Magic. ...
  3. 3 Paralyze. ...
  4. 4 Fortify Destruction. ...
  5. 5 Chaos Damage. ...
  6. 6 Fiery Soul Trap. ...
  7. 7 Absorb Stamina. ...
  8. 8 Fire Damage. ...
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