how to make black soul gems (spoilers

ashes2233 · Post by **ashes2233** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:49 pm

i've found an altar and a note saying that i should place a grand soul gem in the altar and then pray to "him" then strike the altar with soul trap magic i tried this but nothing happened is this because i didnt know how to do the praying or is it that i used a staff to get the soul trap?

if it isnt anything will you instruct me on how to do this properly

triline beta · Post by **triline beta** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:23 pm

I don't think that you can make them but I know that you can scavenge them off of necromancer corpses.

ashes2233 · Post by **ashes2233** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:30 pm

oh no!!!!! i hope i can still find necromancers i hacve done the mages guild questine

triline beta · Post by **triline beta** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:34 pm

If you want more info, ask superbob263, he knows about where to find necromancers and stuff.( he posted dead horse no guilds like 3 min ago)

Belthan · Post by **Belthan** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:35 pm

ashes2233 wrote:i've found an altar and a note saying that i should place a grand soul gem in the altar and then pray to "him" then strike the altar with soul trap magic i tried this but nothing happened is this because i didnt know how to do the praying or is it that i used a staff to get the soul trap?

if it isnt anything will you instruct me on how to do this properly

Grand soul gem and soul trap spell are all you need. I'm 99% sure that a staff works just as well as a spell you cast yourself. Sounds like you're only missing one small detail: the altar only works one day of the week between dusk and midnight. It's a different day for each character (for mine it's Turdas). You just need check back nightly (or just wait at the altar in 24 hour increments) until you figure out what day it is. There is a somewhat subtle lighting effect (kind of like a diffuse spotlight shining down on the altar from above) that occurs on the "special night", but it can be difficult to detect in cloudy or rainy weather.

Ghost Dragon · Post by **Ghost Dragon** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:24 pm

Dang i can't believe i passed this forum while searching! thanks Belthan.

ashes2233 · Post by **ashes2233** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:20 am

soul trap staff

it might just be me but as soon as i used a real spell rather than the staff it worked so (i knew about the certai nights thing) i would recommend using a spell if i were you