What do black soul gems do?

[Deity]

I did some research and it says they are the most powerful but they have the same number of enchantment points that grand soul gems do at 1600 so whats the point of using them over grand?

[Jonas McKay]

can capture human souls

[ZanarCrestrider]

Originally posted by Jonas McKay:

can capture human souls

This right here. Grand Soul Gems cannot contain human souls. Black Soul Gems can.

[Nite69]

Black soul gems are reusable too they won't disappear only deplete and can be recharged

[Deimos Tel`Arin]

grand soul gem
you cannot trap humanoid (playable races of tamriel) souls (bandits, guards, npcs)

black soul gem
you CAN trap everyone (including playable races of tamriel)

i.e. if you wanna capture the souls of bandits, necromancers, guards, named NPCs etc you need to have empty black soul gems in your inventory

[Deimos Tel`Arin]

humanoid bandits are much easier to kill compared to those monsters with grand souls (1600)

[Deity]

Originally posted by Jonas McKay:

can capture human souls

Yes I know that, but whats the advantage over grand?

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Deity:

Originally posted by Jonas McKay:

can capture human souls

Yes I know that, but whats the advantage over grand?

I already said it they can be recharged thats the advantage, regular soul gems will disappear after use and you have to find/buy more of them

[Empukris]

Most high level enemies are humanoid. You cant capture xivilai, dremora, flesh attronach, knight of order etc.

[ruri sinaga]

first u can capture humanoid soul. second u can recharge weapon with the soul u collect without destroy the stone. third when u capture the soul of humanoid ( depend what u kill, it can recharge grand soul, greater, etc) so u can get higher echanting percentage. example u can make 100% invisible cloth with 5 item cloth that 1 item contain 20% invisibility when u use grand soul. its good when u want make enchant item so powerfull with 100% effect

[parafwen]

Originally posted by Deity:

Originally posted by Jonas McKay:

can capture human souls

Yes I know that, but whats the advantage over grand?

purely that it captures humans which are way more common than grand creatures? same as its always been man, oblivion lets you capture summons though and you can summon grand creatures haha

[Yian Yan]

People are saying that Black Soul Gems are reusable... They're not supposed to be. That's Azura's Star's big gimmick. Are they actually (reusable), for some reason, or are people misreporting what they remember?

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Yian Yan:

People are saying that Black Soul Gems are reusable... They're not supposed to be. That's Azura's Star's big gimmick. Are they actually (reusable), for some reason, or are people misreporting what they remember?

That may have been it azura star sorry it has been a long time since I last played through this lol

[parafwen]

azuras star can only capture human souls in skyrim, and thats if you refuse azuras demands which most people wont do without knowing