- Cast the Soul Trap spell to capture the soul of a creature that you've defeated.
- Make sure you've got an empty Soul Gem in your inventory to hold the captured soul.
- You can learn the Soul Trap spell from tomes, use Soul Trap enchanted weapons, or use a Conjuration perk to trap souls.
Obtaining Soul Gems
To trap souls, you need an empty Soul Gem. Soul Gems come in five sizes: petty, lesser, common, greater, and grand. Each soul gem can carry a different sized soul, though to get a humanoid soul you must have a Black Soul Gem or Azura's Star. You must have an empty Soul Gem on hand of the appropriate size to capture a soul. Empty Soul Gems can be harvested in Blackreach from geode veins, but you can also find them around the world as various loot. If you try to capture a humanoid soul with a Grand Soul Gem you'll get an error message stating that the Soul Gem is too small. You'll need a Black Soul Gem to get a humanoid soul.
Soul Trap Scroll
Go to Tel Mithryn and obtain a scroll of Soul Trap. The only location of a Soul Trap scroll is in Tel Mithryn, which is east of Fort Frostmoth on Solstheim. You must have the Skyrim Dragonborn DLC to have access to Solstheim, and Tel Mithryn by extension. Tel Mithryn is the only place you can get a Scroll of Soul Trap. As this is a one-time use item, the scroll will be destroyed once it's used.
Soul Trap Tome
Purchase a Soul Trap tome. A number of merchants sell the Soul Trap tome, or you can craft it at the Atronach Forge with Salt Pile, Ruined Book, Torchbug Thorax, and any size Soul Gem. Using a Soul Trap tome will teach your character the Soul Trap spell, which costs 107 Magicka. The following vendors sell the Soul Trap tome: Calcemo, at the Understone Keep in Makarth Falion, at his house in Morthal Farengar Secret-Fire, in Dragonsreach in Whiterun Madena, at the White Hall in Dawnstar Nelacar, at the Frozen Hearth in Winterhold Phinis Gestor, in the Hall of Countenance in the College of Winterhold Sybille Stentor, in the Blue Palace in Solitude Wuunferth the Unliving, in the Palace of the Kings in Windhelm Wylandriah, in Mistveil Keep in Riften Talvas Fathryon, in Tel Mithryn on Solstheim
Enchanted Weapons
Obtain a weapon with a Soul Trap enchantment. In the game, you can find weapons that have Soul Trap enchantments which allow you to use Soul Trap without expending extra Magicka. The following weapons have Soul Trap enchantments: Staff of Soul Trapping (weapon) of Souls, where (weapon) is a various weapon type (weapon) of Soul Snares, where (weapon) is a various weapon type (weapon) of Binding, where (weapon) is a various weapon type (weapon) of Animus, where (weapon) is a various weapon type (weapon) of Malediction, where (weapon) is a various weapon type (weapon) of Damnation, where (weapon) is a various weapon type
Soul Stealer Conjuration Perk
Unlock the Soul Stealer perk in the Conjuration skill tree. You must level up Conjuration and unlock Novice Conjuration and then Mystic Binding to have the opportunity to unlock Soul Stealer. With Soul Stealer, bound weapons will cast Soul Trap on targets. This is an easy way to get souls without needing to expend extra Magicka.
Using Soul Gems
Filled Soul Gems are used to enchant or recharge weapons. Once you have a filled Soul Gem, you can enchant a weapon at enchanting tables found in various places across Skyrim. If you want to recharge a previously enchanted weapon, you can do so directly from your inventory.
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