Black Soul Gems?

[Suggin]

How do u get Black soul gems in the game? I am trying to do Vaermina's Quest, but I need one. Can't find one. How do u get those? I have slain many necromancers. Not one of them dropped such an item. Please help. Thank u

[devil_505]

Go to Dark Fissure south of Cheydinhal. Wait until the pillar of light is visible (once a week). Put some grand soulgems in the chest in front of the cave. Cast the chest with soultrap. Should work before you have played the Mages Guild.

[★REM★]

Get empty grand soul gems, use necromantic altars during the beam on the sky, cast soul trap on the altar with a soulgem in it, you get a black soulgem in return

[Vyvyvn]

Do Meridia's quest and enter Howling cave. You'll find at least one in there since it's a Necromancer dungeon.

[Suggin]

Ok thank you guys. I shall try that.

[Cinemax]

Originally posted by Vyvyvn:

Do Meridia's quest and enter Howling cave. You'll find at least one in there since it's a Necromancer dungeon.

Necromancer Adepts (at least one per necro dungeon) only have a 25% chance of spawning with a black soul gem.

[Sholomar]

The soul gems have to either be empty or ones that you filled yourself they can be ones you bought from a shop those won't work the ones that work have different icons than the ones who don't

[FTWO]

*Save before entering any Necromancer inhabited Fort or Cave.

*Go and kill the Necromancer Adept, you have a 25% chance they're holding a Black Soul Gem.

*If they don't have one, reload the saved game before entering the Fort or Cave and repeat until you get a Black Soul Gem.

*Once you've obtained the Black Soul Gem, duplicate it and store them away so you don't have to worry about Black Soul Gems ever again.

[Scraps]

I accidentally went in the Fort where Vaermina's quest item is via the exit (was looking for wine), then collected the item in the room that she's looking for, and bam. Quest is given to me and I get to hand in the item without much effort. No Black Soul Gem required.

Still should do it legitimately your first go, but it was an interesting interaction. This can be done with other Princes that require specific items brought back to them, like Nocturnal and Clavicus Vile.

[Lou]

Originally posted by devil_505:

Go to Dark Fissure south of Cheydinhal. Wait until the pillar of light is visible (once a week). Put some grand soulgems in the chest in front of the cave. Cast the chest with soultrap. Should work before you have played the Mages Guild.

This or you can just do the Mage Guild quests, you will get a quest to investigate this site and also learn how to make Black Soul Gems this way.

[Vyvyvn]

Originally posted by Lou:

Originally posted by devil_505:

Go to Dark Fissure south of Cheydinhal. Wait until the pillar of light is visible (once a week). Put some grand soulgems in the chest in front of the cave. Cast the chest with soultrap. Should work before you have played the Mages Guild.

This or you can just do the Mage Guild quests, you will get a quest to investigate this site and also learn how to make Black Soul Gems this way.

That quest's soul gems were bugged in the original if used for anything before the quest completes and I doubt Bethesda fixed it..