Lesser souls in Grand Soulstone?

[Gisborne]

How do I stop wasting grans stones on lesser souls?

[Mad Matt Dog]

soul gems fill from smallest to largest, carry more smaller gems or dont carry grand ones unless u are going to fill them with grand souls right away

[Lord Klauth]

Souls will always try to inhabit the smallest gems they can fit in, don't use soul trap on weaker creatures if you don't have any weaker gems available to house them, simple as that.

[Ommamar]

This has been an issue since Daggerfall. I think there might of been a mod for Oblivion that allowed you to choose where to put the soul if the gem could handle it, I know for sure there was one for Skyrim. A search on nexus or using google might lead you to it. No idea if it would work with the remaster.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by Lord Klauth:

Souls will always try to inhabit the smallest gems they can fit in, don't use soul trap on weaker creatures if you don't have any weaker gems available to house them, simple as that.

soultrap is on wep so what i kill is capped.

[Ommamar]

Originally posted by Gisborne:

Originally posted by Lord Klauth:

Souls will always try to inhabit the smallest gems they can fit in, don't use soul trap on weaker creatures if you don't have any weaker gems available to house them, simple as that.

soultrap is on wep so what i kill is capped.

You could carry two weapons one for the lower level enemies you don't want to trap then the soultrap weapon when you do want the soul. Of course you would have to learn what level of souls different enemies give.

[Gisborne]

why do two filler grand stones have different icons? one facing left and dark and other facing right and lit up? yet both are filled with grand souls? and same gem???

[Ommamar]

Originally posted by Gisborne:

why do two filler grand stones have different icons? one facing left and dark and other facing right and lit up? yet both are filled with grand souls? and same gem???

Dark soul gems can hold the souls of humanoids while regular ones are limited to beast type of enemies.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by Ommamar:

Originally posted by Gisborne:

why do two filler grand stones have different icons? one facing left and dark and other facing right and lit up? yet both are filled with grand souls? and same gem???

Dark soul gems can hold the souls of humanoids while regular ones are limited to beast type of enemies.

i dont think its a black soul gem? just a grey looking one? sold on vendors etc in mass.

[Varanus]

Originally posted by Mad Matt Dog:

soul gems fill from smallest to largest, carry more smaller gems or dont carry grand ones unless u are going to fill them with grand souls right away

If its suppose to work that way, it certainly doesnt. I've tested it out yesterday and it 100% was filling largest to smallest.

[PostalGibbon]

You probably did buy grand or greater soulstones from shop or looted them from mages guild. If they are colored light blue they have soul inside (usually petty, lesser or common) that is why they are cheaper because they are not empty.

Empty Greater/Grand soulstones are darker blue in color and are more expensive when bought (someting like 300 gold a piece).

That is what i think is confusing you.

If you have empty soulstones of all sizes in inventory then captured soul goes to right size stone (smallest that it fit).

[AoD_lexandro]

Originally posted by Varanus:

Originally posted by Mad Matt Dog:

soul gems fill from smallest to largest, carry more smaller gems or dont carry grand ones unless u are going to fill them with grand souls right away

If its suppose to work that way, it certainly doesnt. I've tested it out yesterday and it 100% was filling largest to smallest.

You are correct. Gems fill from largest to smallest, as intended. This is so you never get to the stage where you have gems but cannot fill them because the souls are too weak.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by PostalGibbon:

You probably did buy grand or greater soulstones from shop or looted them from mages guild. If they are colored light blue they have soul inside (usually petty, lesser or common) that is why they are cheaper because they are not empty.

Empty Greater/Grand soulstones are darker blue in color and are more expensive when bought (someting like 300 gold a piece).

That is what i think is confusing you.

If you have empty soulstones of all sizes in inventory then captured soul goes to right size stone (smallest that it fit).

How does this make sense then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4nHu8HFe20