

Once you have a filled Black Soul Gem, it is used exactly like a regular Soul Gem.

The details of those rituals are described on the page describing Black Soul Gems. How many souls does a Black Soul Gem hold? Soul Gems are miscellaneous items which can be used to trap the soul of a dying creature or NPC. Grand, Greater, Common, Lesser, and Petty soul gems: all except Petty share the same model. Bruma, Mages Guild, Selena Orianna sells one. GRAND SOUL GEMS: Anvil, Mages Guild, Felan Relas sells one. I will give you a list of all the places you can find Grand Soul Gems at so don’t worry you’ll have plenty of choices to choose from as to where you want to obtain them. Where can I find 5 empty Grand Soul Gems? They can be bought at most magical and alchemical shops. The only way to acquire it is with console commands.In addition to the soul gems listed here, the Shivering Isles expansion adds a Soul Tomato that can be used as the equivalent of a grand soul gem. The third, 0001EC14, cannot be found or used anywhere.The second, 00007E9C, is used to defeat Mannimarco's enthrall spell.It cannot be used to trap character souls, nor can it be used as an offering to Vaermina's Shrine. The first, 0003C7FC, is a quest-specific item used during the " Cheydinhal Recommendation" quest.There are three other versions of the Black Soul Gem.Once an empty Grand Soul Gem has been placed in the altar cast a Soul Trap spell on the altar the soul gem inside will be transformed into a Black Soul Gem. An astral beam of light will fall onto the altar at midnight. This occurs every eight days starting on the first day of play. To create one, take an empty Grand Soul Gem to an altar at Dark Fissure, Fort Istirus, Fort Linchal, or Wendelbek on the day of the Revenant Shade. One is given to the Hero during the quest Confront the King.Black Soul Gems can be found randomly on Necromancers, as well as in chests.When filled with the best applicable soul, their capacity utilized in enchanting is 1600, like the Grand Soul Gem. The Black Soul Gem is the largest Soul Gem, and can carry black or white of any category. Two Black Soul Gems are the proof that Falcar has been secretly practicing Necromancy however, these are " fake."

Since Hannibal Traven was appointed head of the Mages Guild, the practice of Necromancy has been banned, and along with it the use of Black Soul Gems. Black souls are those of sapient, humanoid beings such as Imperials, Argonians, and Dremora, while white souls are those of animals, certain lesser Daedra, and Giants.
