Is Azura's Star worth it?

[Astrea]

Ive just started a female breton, thats going to be using conjuration with heavy armor to tank hits. And having some buff health enchantments and magicka regen or magicka boosting enchantments would be amazing. And i'm thinking of getting Azura's star for the enchants but is it really all that good?

[mikO]

I love it! I think you shound.

[Astrea]

Originally posted by Qahnaarin:

I love it! I think you shound.

Would it be overall better then the Black star item or whatever? Since i'm mostly going to be fighting humans, and i heard they are always grand souls.

[♥ Barney ♥]

Yes, but get the Black Star rather than Azura's Star--easier to fill to grand level.

Black Star takes human souls which are grand level, with Azura's Star you can only fill to grand level with Mammoths and other grand level creatures, but not humans.

[Astrea]

Originally posted by ♥ Barney ♥:

Yes, but get the Black Star rather than Azura's Star--easier to fill to grand level.

Black Star takes human souls which are grand level, with Azura's Star you can only fill to grand level with Mammoths and other grand level creatures, but not humans.

Alright, ill go ahead and use the Black Star then, Thank you.

[Bomb Bloke]

I'm not saying "don't go get it" (because it's really easy to get), but you probably won't get a lot of use out of either star for the purposes of anything but recharging weapons. And let's face it, recharging weapons - even with an infinite-use soul gem - is still too tedious to be worth bothering with.

When it comes to enchanting, most of your work will be training the skill, and going out and killing one thing at a time just doesn't cut it. You want to have a ton of gems, fill them all, then go back to base and grind out a whole lot of enchants at once. Empty gems are a dime a dozen so this is no big deal.

And by the time you get enough skill to actually make something decent, you'll likely be swimming in filled grand gems anyways, so the star is still pretty much useless.

If empty gems were still somewhat rare (as they were in previous games) it'd be a different story, but Skyrim makes them common as mud. Even black gems are pretty common.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by Tenousei:

Alright, ill go ahead and use the Black Star then, Thank you.

Are you playing with the unofficial patches?
Because...

Originally posted by uesp.net:

Despite the Black Star's supposed inability to collect white souls, it can actually collect any soul.

PC Only: This bug is fixed by version 2.0.1 of the Unofficial Skyrim Patch.

From here:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Black_Star#Bugs

So if you don't play with unofficial patches DEFINITELY get the Black Star, as it can collect any soul. IMBA!

[Bomb Bloke]

Fixed or not, sources of black souls are still a heck of a lot more common than grand white souls. Utility-wise the Black Star wins hands-down either way... over the regular Azura's Star, at least.

[76561198034396398]

for enchantments no,once you're a member of the Mages guild there's 4 or 5 vendors to buy gems from (sometimes the caravans have quite a few) for recharging items yes,i usually do that quest anyway as there's a skill book and you can get a couple of Deadra hearts

[Avrie]

I always go for the star, but as Bomb Bloke pointed out, it has limited use if you're trying to enchant full sets of armor, or just trying to up your level. I always take a quick side trip to the Septimus outpost as early as possible and open up Blackreach. IMO the best source for soul gems in the game ... a close second is killing every spider and sphere in the dwemmer ruins as you can ... both respawn ;-) one at a time just doesn't cut it, but the black star is the one I carry when I'm all suited up as it were.