oblivion soul gems

psalliss · 2 May 2006 at 07:35

can anyone tell me how you recharge the soul gems or get new souls in them cheers

Matblack · 2 May 2006 at 07:48

psalliss said:
can anyone tell me how you recharge the soul gems or get new souls in them cheers

You'll need a soul trap spell, scroll or enchantment you should be able to buy the spell if you are a mage and have it permanently. I just got a sword and enchanted it with the spell

MB

Baine · 2 May 2006 at 11:16

What do thease gems do?

I always sell them

Davey_Pitch · 2 May 2006 at 11:22

Baine said:
What do thease gems do?

I always sell them

You can use them to recharge magical items, or to create new magical items when you have access to the Arcane University (or the Frostcraig Spire download). This is of course assuming the Soul Gem actually has a soul trapped inside it.

Baine · 2 May 2006 at 11:30

Intresting if i have a greater soul gem with no soul in it what can i do?

And what are thouse other gem like rocks you get lighting up ruins all over the place?

Davey_Pitch · 2 May 2006 at 12:02

Baine said:
Intresting if i have a greater soul gem with no soul in it what can i do?

You need to use a soul trap spell on a creature/enemy just before you kill it. The soul trap spell can last from 1 second to 2 minutes, and as long as you kill the creature within that time, and you have a soul gem large enough to hold the soul, you'll capture it. Note that when you use a soul gem, you lose it (unless you get the Azura Star, a re-usable Soul Gem, from one of the Daedric Shrine quests).

And what are thouse other gem like rocks you get lighting up ruins all over the place?

They're called Welkynd Stones, and they can be used to fully recharge your Magicka

Psyk · 2 May 2006 at 12:12

Davey_Pitch said:
They're called Welkynd Stones, and they can be used to fully recharge your Magicka

There's also varla stones which are much rarer, but they completely recharge all your magical items.

Davey_Pitch · 2 May 2006 at 12:21

Psyk said:
There's also varla stones which are much rarer, but they completely recharge all your magical items.

Indeed, but they're hidden and don't light up the ruins, which is why I didn't mention them

I've also not used any of mine yet, I've got about 8 or so and never needed them.

Psyk · 2 May 2006 at 16:16

Davey_Pitch said:
Indeed, but they're hidden and don't light up the ruins, which is why I didn't mention them I've also not used any of mine yet, I've got about 8 or so and never needed them.

I sold most of mine since they are worth quite a bit. Welkynd stones are an ok way to make money. Not worth much individually but you pick up quite a lot if you go through a few ruins.

Davey_Pitch · 2 May 2006 at 16:33

Psyk said:
I sold most of mine since they are worth quite a bit. Welkynd stones are an ok way to make money. Not worth much individually but you pick up quite a lot if you go through a few ruins.

Indeed, I currently have about 70 Welkynd Stones sat in my house, I'll get round to selling them if I ever need money.