Sunday, November 20, 2011

What happens when I capture a petty soul but have only grand soul gems?

Question

When using soul trap on creatures where the soul size doesn't match up with the soul gems I have in my inventory, what exactly happens then? If I capture a soul that is too small for my soul gem, do I automatically waste a large soul gem on a small soul?

So, do I have to be careful which souls I trap in order not to waste any soul gems? Or can I happily trap everything and the souls will only go into the correctly-sized soul gems?

Answer

A captured soul will be put in the smallest available soul gem that will fit it. So if you capture a lesser soul, and you only have a grant soul gem available it will be automatically put in the grand soul gem. If you have a empty grand and lesser soul gem a lesser soul will always be put in the lesser soul gem.

So yes, if you only have a grand soul gem available be very careful not to cast soul trap on smaller souls or else you will waste your gem.

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