Confusion With Soul Trapping!

oblivscum · Post by **oblivscum** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:42 am

Could someone please explain this process please? I have tons of soulstones or whatever, in my inventory.

Also, how would I go about enchanting stuff with my stones/Welkyn Stones?

Thanks.

Ashen · Post by **Ashen** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:48 am

You can't enchant with Welkynd stones, you replenish Magicka with them. Varla Stones, the white ones, will recharge your weapons. You enchant with either full gems, or with Sigil Stones.

Soul Trap - well fight with somone (empty soul gem of any size in possession), then when you see their health is about to go, cast Soul Trap and whack away - you need to make sure that purplish/pinkish tint is there when you kill them and of course have an empty soul gem to store the soul. Be careful though - I think the initial ST is on touch, not on target so you need to be up close and personal for it to take effect. If the tint is there, you're all set. The initial one is also of a very short duration.

Dyre Straits · Post by **Dyre Straits** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:53 am

One other note about Soul Trap: Unless you use Black Soul Gems you cannot trap humanoid souls. You'll get a message that says you don't have a gem large enough......

nightinferno · Post by **nightinferno** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:37 am

There is another way....Umbra. Umbra has an effect that does soul trap for 200 seconds and has an attack ranging from 20 and up depending on your blade skill. So it takes an enemy out pretty quickly so soul trap has plenty of time to work. Just one power swing of Umbra can take out most baddies and it instantly does soul trap when the sword makes contact with the enemy.

oblivscum · Post by **oblivscum** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:15 pm

So I hit "equip" on a soul gem (empty) from my inventory. Walk up to a monster, start attacking him. Cast Soul Trap? I assume you can buy this--where? I am kicked out oft he mages guild temp. So can I buy it at Discount Spells or something?

So I cast that...then I finish killing him?
Sounds easy enough...

Does the difficulty/class of the enemy give you a better/different enchantment possibility?

Thanks.

nightinferno · Post by **nightinferno** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:18 pm

No, you don't need to hit equip with a soul gem, it automatically does it. Just use soul trap and kill the creature as quickly as possible in order to get the soul.

Ashen · Post by **Ashen** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:19 pm

No, no need to equip an empty soul gem, you can't actually. You just make sure it's in your inventory. I am not sure where to buy it though, don't remember any more but yes, check there among other things.

Yes, that's it, get his/her health down, cast, see the pinkish tint, kill him/her while it's like that, you'll get the msg about trapping a soul.

Yes, it does depend on the enemy - Xivilai-s are Grand souls for example and give you a higher enchant ability - for example 10 attribute, while great souls would give you 9 etc. You have a list of creatures/souls here in one of the early threads, a huge one so that should help.

oblivscum · Post by **oblivscum** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:36 pm

cool thanks.

where can i purchase this spell otehr than teh mages guild?
thanks.

oblivscum · Post by **oblivscum** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:36 pm

cool thanks.

where can i purchase this spell otehr than teh mages guild?
thanks.

oblivscum · Post by **oblivscum** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:08 pm

yeah i have been searching for a while and cant seem to find a thread that lists the creatures or even tells me where i can purchase the spell.

Ashen · Post by **Ashen** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:14 pm

Go [url="http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74030&highlight=xivilai"]here[/url] (<--click), the list is in the second post.

oblivscum · Post by **oblivscum** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:43 pm

Cool. thats some good info thanks.
but still.
I dont have Soul Trap spell. where can i get it?
also, is there a hot spot for Sigil Stones (Caves? / Mines? / etc.?)

thanks.

Ashen · Post by **Ashen** » Wed May 24, 2006 3:11 pm

Sigil Stones can be found in only one place - Oblivion Gates - spoiler, highlight to read - you get them when you close the Gates - and they depend on your lvl too. You get the best when you reach high lvls.

Don't know about the spell though. Go to MG guilds, ask around.

Daeanor · Post by **Daeanor** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:07 am

[QUOTE=oblivscum]yeah i have been searching for a while and cant seem to find a thread that lists the creatures or even tells me where i can purchase the spell.[/QUOTE]
One of the shops across the street from the discount spell place (has Enchanting in the name, I forget exactly) has spells, but I'm not sure they have any of the Soul Traps. You may just have to "make nice" with the mages guild (if you can).

Rostaik · Post by **Rostaik** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:55 pm

Buy soul stones

Buy soul stones at the magic shop in Bravil or find them if you are lucky (not the attribute, well maybe the attribute??)

hardcoremax · Post by **hardcoremax** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:18 pm

well where can i buy a soul trap SPELL????

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:25 pm

Oblivion:List of Spells by Effect - UESPWiki

sinbad71 · Post by **sinbad71** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:25 am

your not just limited to using a spell for soul trap, have been lucky enough to find a glass claymore with shocking damage and permanent soultrap spell, just need to make sure you have plenty of soul gems as it automatically soultraps as your opponent dies.

also try basic search on the oblivion pages and tick the soultrap box, brings up different levels of spell and where they can be obtained and who from

DaveTurd · Post by **DaveTurd** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:04 pm

If you complete a couple of the Daedric quests (the statues, I mean, I'm not sure if I have the name right), you can take care of your problem easy. Do the quest to defeat Umbra and just keep the sword (instead of returning it to the statue). It has a three minute soul trap duration effect, so you can take your sweet time killing the baddie. I usually hit once with the Umbra sword first, then switch weapons and kill away. Easy.

Also, another quest (can't remember which) gives you the Azura's Star daedric artifact, which is a reusable soul gem. So between the two, you won't have to worry about soul trapping again. Makes life very easy. Other than my skeleton key, those are the two items I would never part with.

Also, I think in the Shivering Aisles expansion you can get something called a "soul tomato" which is the same as the Azura's Star.