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Ok,i love the game but have only recently qualified for enchanting my own gear.My question being,how do i trap creatures souls in a soul gem,i just do not know how to do it or if i am missing some piece of equipment so i can do it and enchant my weapons/armour.Any help is greatly appreciated.

I havnt played in forever, so I might be mixing Oblivion with Morrowind, but Im pretty sure you need a soul trap spell. You cast the spell, then kill creature nd as long as you have a gem, presto you caught it.

KingCracker wrote:I havnt played in forever, so I might be mixing Oblivion with Morrowind, but Im pretty sure you need a soul trap spell. You cast the spell, then kill creature nd as long as you have a gem, presto you caught it.

Correct its the same as morrowind you have to cast a spell on the creature to capture its soul or use Umbra sword which cast it on strike.

Try using Elder scrolls wiki if you get stuck with something in the game Pedro

Heres a link to it here: http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uesp.net%2Fwiki%2FOblivion%3AOblivion&ei=0617TM-SKtyPcOSuiZEG&usg=AFQjCNH-jRxV5Pc_D8a5tB_-_2yVCaV-sQ&sig2=BJutX0kGFxtBUyN5O4P1Gg

makes me want to dig the game out again

Cast the soul catch spell on the creature (before they die), and you have to have an appropriate level empty soul gem on your person.

Once their dead, the gem will capture their soul.

The Soul Trap effect is limited - they must also die before this effect expires.

The Sword Umbra (if I remember right) has the longest lasting Soul Trap spell (save for Master Mystisism). The high Elf with it can be a handful, but she's a high Elf, use the Magic weakness to your advantage and you'll get a get weapon for Soul trapping and a set of Ebony Armor. Umbra is a Quest Item (Clavicus Vile Daedric Artifact quest [17+]) so untill you either give Umbra away (not worth it, the helm he gives you for it sucks) or refuse to give it to him and finish the quest that way, Umbra will be weightless and cannot be dropped. After you finish the quest, it'll weigh a ton like almost every other Daedric Weapon Artifact, so unless you REALLY want the Book from the last Daeric Quest (it's nice, but not Weightless Umbra nice)

The High Elf with Umbra is approx. 50 levels about you at all times, like the City Watchmen are always 10 levels higher. If you want Umbra at a low level and cannot take her out, if you are an Argonian (or immune to poison) you can run her through the Poison trap in the Dungeon until she dies, or if your feeling lucky, punch her in the face and run to the Imperial city.The Watch will either attack you or her, but it's alot easier to risk the guard taking her out at Level 1.

The Dungeon she is in is an Ayleid ruin guarded by a Conjuror and some sort of Dedric creature (based on level) it's west of Pell's gate.

Remember: you need Black Soul Gems to trap human souls ( Do the Mages guild and you'll get access to plenty and learn how to make them) and keep Soul Gems of every size on you at all times. Afther Enchanting weapons, still use Umbra to chatge soul gems. it's Cheaper to buy Soul gems than to Pay the Mage's Guild to Recharge your weapons.

Hope this helps. If you need any help on anything else, just PM me. I haven't played it in a few months, but I've completed every quest and Dungeon and my main has every skill
maxed out. I dedicated alot of time to him to Avoid painting my Tau. >.>

Thanks for everything guys.It has all been a great help,although i am limited to scrolls ( on the spell side of things ) at the moment because my mysticism is not very high at all.I do now have the Umbra sword,those Daedric quests have some nice kit in them.

Each soul has a different level of power the best is a human (Bandits should be fine) soul in a Black Soul Gem. Just get one then duplicate it.

There's a quest when you're getting recomendations to join the Arcane University where you will find two Black Soul Gems. Drop one of them and hand in the other, then just duplicate the one you have left. You'll get it a fair bit earlier than the quest where you learn how to make them.

And don't forget Azura's Star, the reward for the Azura Daedric quest, which is a reusable soulgem that can trap any level of soul. Great combination with Umbra!

BAWTRM wrote:And don't forget Azura's Star, the reward for the Azura Daedric quest, which is a reusable soulgem that can trap any level of soul. Great combination with Umbra!

It cant capture souls on human characters, unless theirs a mod for the xbox i dont know about. Most likely there is a mod for that on PC lol

Azura's quest is in the works,i could do with a re-useable soulgem.

Pedro Kantor wrote:Azura's quest is in the works,i could do with a re-useable soulgem.

Good, get it asap.

A lil off topic but still Oblivion related, get the Skeleton key the second you turn lvl 10 if you havnt got it. Ull thanks me when you do

EDIT: You start the quest from Nocturnals shrine!

Pedro Kantor wrote:Thanks for everything guys.It has all been a great help,although i am limited to scrolls ( on the spell side of things ) at the moment because my mysticism is not very high at all.I do now have the Umbra sword,those Daedric quests have some nice kit in them.

Cheat. Raise your Mysticism by finding a ridiculous low-Magika cost (like a open Very Easy Lock or Light spell) spell of that kind and constantly spam-cast it. Running through town? I'm glowing! Going through the countryside? Shining like a friggin' beacon!

And don't bother to let the effect wear off before you cast again. You gain the skill by casting, not by letting it run it's full course.

That's how I got skill at Mysticism.

Umbra is an okay place to start but in all honesty you can make better swords yourself (With a few exceptions, you can always make better gear than any quest or monster will give you). Use Umbra when you can, but as soon as you can, replace it.

If you have Azura's star you never have to worry about running out of juice. Add on any damage amplifying effects to your weapon(s) you want and try to given them enough juice for 10-15 swings/hits. That should be enough to get you through most fights.

I was always found of my soul trapping fire/ice/lightning damage two handed daemon sword, and of course, my Mighty Thor character had a ridiculously charged lightning hammer that made a nuke blast every time I swung it Just soul trap your custom weapons and and have the star (there will be a point when you have to give up an artifact, whatever you do NEVER give up the star or the skeleton key, there are more useless pieces of junk those dumb princes give you) and you don't have to worry about it.

Also remember that when enchanting, better gems/souls grant better effects and increase the energy on a weapon.

Mattlov is also giving good advice if you don't mind power leveling your character. All the magic casts can be leveled up at alarming speed just by recasting spells over and over save for restoration which takes forever to level.

I've only had oblivion for like 6 days. What does soul trapping do? I'm not at a high enough mage level yet. I pretty much just upgraded marksman and blade and the other useful combat skills. Thinking about upgrading mage now though...

GalacticDefender wrote:I've only had oblivion for like 6 days. What does soul trapping do? I'm not at a high enough mage level yet. I pretty much just upgraded marksman and blade and the other useful combat skills. Thinking about upgrading mage now though...

Soul trapping allows 1 of the following:

1) Recharge any enchanted item that has charges
2) Allows you to create enchanted items in the Arcane University

Whenever a soul gem is used, it disappears. The only exception is Azuras Star which never disappears unless you sell it or some other stupid thing.

Some other stupid thing like give it to Martin?

Yup you hit it right on the head lol.

This is all good stuff guys.I now have the skeleton key and i am loving getting into all the higher level chests without too much effort ( and no broken lockpicks ).

Tou get black soul gems aswell which are expensive and rare they are more powerful though.

Damn, now I need help. WHere do I get a soul trap spell?

GalacticDefender wrote:Damn, now I need help. WHere do I get a soul trap spell?

They is one sold from the Mages Guild that specialises in Mysticism, sadly I cannot remember what city.

This link will prove useful for you:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Spells#Mysticism

I so wanna get Oblivion. I hear you can get like 1000 pionts by completing achievements!!!!!!!

Warlord Gazghkull Thraka wrote:I so wanna get Oblivion. I hear you can get like 1000 pionts by completing achievements!!!!!!!

Hmm thats completely off topic but infact you can easily get 1250(i think) gamerscore if you get the game of the year edition, which is worth it imo.