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Confusion With Soul Trapping!

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:42 am
by oblivscum
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.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:48 am
by Ashen
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.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:53 am
by Dyre Straits
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......

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:37 am
by nightinferno
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.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:15 pm
by oblivscum
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.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:18 pm
by nightinferno
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.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:19 pm
by Ashen
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.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:36 pm
by oblivscum
cool thanks.

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

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:36 pm
by oblivscum
cool thanks.

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

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:08 pm
by 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.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:14 pm
by Ashen
Go [url="http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74030&highlight=xivilai"]here[/url] (<--click), the list is in the second post.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:43 pm
by oblivscum
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.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:11 pm
by Ashen
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.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 8:07 am
by Daeanor
[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).

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:55 pm
by Rostaik
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??)

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:18 pm
by hardcoremax
well where can i buy a soul trap SPELL????

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:25 pm
by Claudius

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:25 am
by sinbad71
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

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:04 pm
by DaveTurd
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.