"There is no soul gem large enough..."WTF?

Ivo Meesters · **Joined:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:58 pm **Posts:** 8

Hello

Im playing oblivion right now as you read this and im trying to make some enchantmend items, so for the best result i want to fill my soul gems to the max. However if i wanna capture a soul (even mudcrab soul which strenght is 150,right?) i cant capture it even i have some soul gems that arent full or completly empty...

can anyone give some advise and help ^^?

Caldyn_Blade · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2008 5:09 pm

Usually, that message pops up when you kill an NPC or other humanoid that requires a "black soul gem"...

But, a soul gem has to be COMPLETELY empty in order to hold a soul. Even if a Grand Soul Gem has a lesser soul in it, it can't "fill up" the "balance"...it's potential was simply wasted. So, if you have no empty soul gems, then yes, you'd get the same message...even if some of your gems weren't "full" so to speak. If it has ANY soul in it, it's "full"....

Here's the breakdown:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Soul_Gem#Soul_Gems

The important part is here though:

Quote:

If you get the message, "There is no soul gem in your inventory capable of holding such a soul," then you don’t have an empty soul gem big enough to hold it (or you have attempted to capture the soul of an NPC and you do not have any empty Black Soul Gems). There are no partial captures; it is all or nothing.

Once you use a filled Soul Gem it is gone. One notable exception to this is Azura's Star, which is the equivalent of one Grand Soul Gem but is reusable.

Ivo Meesters · **Joined:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:58 pm **Posts:** 8

sad face

so accually it is like 1 gem for 1 soul? and does the game makes his own calculations? i mean like it wont put a 150 pt soul in a grand gem or something?

Caldyn_Blade · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2008 5:18 pm

1 soul per gem.

The game will fill the smallest empty gem you have in your inventory.
For example, if you have an empty Petty soul gem and an empty Grand soul gem in your inventory, and kill a creature with a Petty soul, it will put it in the Petty soul gem.

However, if you have a filled Petty soul gem, and an empty Grand soul gem, and kill a Petty soul creature, it will put that Petty soul in the Grand soul gem!

So, if you're finding you have an issue with this, there are some options:

1. Use up all the charges on your soul-trapping weapon, and then only recharge it once you know you are facing an appropriate level soul that you want to trap.
2. Keep a large stock of empty soul gems on you, of varying size, and keep careful track of what gets captured.
3. Use another weapon, and use the soul-trapping weapon only when facing a foe as in number 1.

There are possibly others, but these are your most likely choices. For the record, I use option 2. most of the time, or I carry none at all, and just use Azura's star for recharging.

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