Oblivion:Soul Gem

Grand, Greater, Common, Lesser, and Petty soul gems: all except Petty share the same model.

Soul Gems are miscellaneous items which can be used to trap the soul of a dying creature or NPC. The resulting filled soul gems can be used as power sources for enchanted items, either when initially creating custom enchanted items or when recharging depleted enchanted weapons, either of which will consume the soul gem. 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.

They can be bought at most magical and alchemical shops.

Types of Soul Gem

	Name	Soul	ID	Weight	Value	Capacity	Notes
	Petty Soul Gem	Empty Petty	00023D67 000382D1	0.1	10 40	150	Smallest size of soul gems.
	Lesser Soul Gem	Empty Petty Lesser	00023D69 000382D2 000382D3	0.2	25 40 80	300	Second smallest size of soul gems. One Lesser Soul Gem is required for Sheogorath's Daedric quest.
	Common Soul Gem	Empty Petty Lesser Common	00015B8B 000382D4 000382D5 000382D6	0.3	50 40 80 150	800	Middle size of soul gems.
	Greater Soul Gem	Empty Petty Lesser Common Greater	00015B8C 000382D7 000382D8 000382D9 000382DA	0.4	100 40 80 150 350	1200	Second largest size of soul gems.
	Grand Soul Gem	Empty Petty Lesser Common Greater Grand	00015B8E 000382DB 000382DC 000382DD 000382DE 000382DF	0.5	200 40 80 150 350 500	1600	Largest size of soul gems. Five empty Grand Soul Gems are required for the Vampire Cure quest.
	Black Soul Gem	Empty Grand Empty Empty	00000192 000382E0 0003C7FC 0001EC14	0.5 0.5 0 0.5	500 1200 0 500	1600	Special soul gems that can capture NPC souls as well as creatures; see Black Soul Gems for details. The third variety listed (ID 0003C7FC) is a quest-specific variety used during the Cheydinhal Recommendation, and is actually a standard Grand Soul Gem (it cannot be used to trap NPC souls). Using these quest-specific soul gems is not recommended (see the quest bugs). The fourth variety listed (ID 0001EC14) is never found in game, and cannot be used if added through the console.

Note: These IDs and values are set at the time you acquire a soul gem, and do not get changed when you fill the soul gem with a soul. In other words, if you pick up an empty grand soul gem, its value will be 200 gold. That value does not change when you fill it. Therefore, you can end up with grand soul gems containing grand souls with two different values, both 200 gold and 500 gold.

Black Soul Gems

Regular Soul Gems can only trap creatures, not NPCs (note that some creatures, like Dremora, are actually classed as NPCs). Necromancy has researched the rituals necessary to create Black Soul Gems that are capable of trapping the souls of NPCs. The details of those rituals are described on the page describing Black Soul Gems.

Once you have a filled Black Soul Gem, it is used exactly like a regular Soul Gem. A Black Soul Gem can hold as much as a Grand Soul Gem (1600), but it is much easier to fill since any humanoid is 1600 units.

Azura's Star

Azura's Star is essentially the most powerful Soul Gem in the game, and can be obtained by completing Azura's Daedric Quest. Its quality is the same as a Grand Soul Gem; however, it has infinite uses and it is not used up after enchanting or recharging. It cannot be turned into a Black Soul Gem, and thus cannot hold NPC souls. See the page on Azura's Star for more details.

Locations

These are the only guaranteed locations of empty soul gems. Any others come from random lists.

Petty

Things Found (× 6) SI Arcane University Chironasium (× 5) Leyawiin Mages Guild 2nd Floor West (× 4) Barren Mine (× 3) Mystic Emporium (× 3) Beldaburo Anga (× 2) Belda Lor (× 2) Bravil Mages Guild (× 2) Cheydinhal Mages Guild (× 2) Chorrol Mages Guild Living Quarters (× 2) Lazare Milvan's House (× 2) Lost Boy Cavern, Hidden Bastion (× 3) Skingrad Mages Guild (× 2) Anvil Mages Guild Anvil Mages Guild Library Beldaburo Beneath the Bloodworks Bruma Mages Guild Bruma Mages Guild (Destroyed)

Ceyatatar Gorihame Chorrol Mages Guild Chorrol Mage's Guild Library Edgar's Discount Spells Elenglynn Fort Cuptor Battlemains Frostcrag Spire, Living Area Frostcrag Spire, Main Level Garlas Agea Hame Wendesel Henantier's House Lake Arrius Caverns, Shrine Living Quarters Skingrad Mages Guild, Living Quarters Southern Books, 2nd floor A Warlock's Luck Wendelbek Wendelbek Aldmerisel Wendelbek Sel Aran Mathmedli Wendelbek Silaseli

Lesser

Chorrol Mages Guild (× 3) Leyawiin Mages Guild 2nd Floor West (× 3) Lost Boy Cavern, Hidden Bastion (× 3) Anvil Mages Guild (× 2) Beldaburo (× 2) Beldaburo Anga (× 2) Belda Lor (× 2) Castle Bruma Great Hall (× 2) Cheydinhal Mages Guild (× 2) Fort Carmala (× 2) Fort Cuptor Battlemains (× 2) Skingrad Mages Guild Living Quarters (× 2) Arcane University, Council Chambers Arcane University, Lustratorium Anvil Mages Guild Library Barren Mine Bravil Mages Guild Bruma Mages Guild

Bruma Mages Guild (Destroyed) Ceyatatar Gorihame Chorrol Mages Guild Chorrol Mage's Guild Library Colovian Traders Elenglynn Eugal Belette's Basement Frostcrag Spire, Main Level Frostcrag Spire, Living Area Garlas Agea Lake Arrius Caverns, Shrine Living Quarters Skingrad Mages Guild A Warlock's Luck Wendelbek Wendelbek Aldmerisel Wendelbek Sel Aran Mathmedli Wendelbek Silaseli Worm Anchorite §

Common

Arcane University Chironasium (× 6) Arcane University Mystic Archives Upstairs (× 4) Arcane University Chironasium Upstairs (× 3) Beneath the Bloodworks Cann, Halls of TranquilitySI Chorrol Mages Guild (× 2) Edgar's Discount Spells

Fort Chalman Exterior Fort Cuptor J'bari's House 2nd Floor West Shivering:Jastira Nanus (Mania)'s HouseSI Leyawiin Mages Guild Mahei's House 2nd Floor West Mystic Emporium

Greater

Urul gro-Agamph's House (× 2) Chorrol Mages Guild

Leyawiin Mages Guild

Grand

Chorrol Mages Guild (× 2) Arcane University, Arch-Mage's Lobby Arcane University, Mage's Quarters Crayfish Cave, Steep † Drakelowe, Basement Nornal Ageasel † Squandered Mine Wind Holes † Mystic Emporium

Angalmo § Felen Relas § Ardaline § Selena Orania § Eilonwy § Alves Uvenim § Calindil §

† These soul gems are only accessible during the Vampire Cure quest.
§ Carried by an NPC