black star not filling

[Ashtin]

I killed a bandit, captured his soul, I have the empty black star in my inventory, and I get a message that says that I don't have a large enough gem. What did I do wrong? please help.

[Trigger]

the weapon you kill them with needs to be enchanted with soul capture or whatever it is called

[Zefram Cochrane]

Yes, or cast soul capture spell beforehand

[Trigger]

Spell and enchantment called Soul Trap, you need these to trap souls

[mad_chemist]

cast soul trap on him first

[★Kelvy★]

Black star is two a black one or a white one
If you go and help kill the dude inside then its a white star
Go to the mage in Winterhold it becomes a black star
PS there is two options to complete quest you choose

[Ashtin]

read the question again. I did use soul trap. the message said I captured the soul but there wasn't a gem big enough to hold it. Why wouldn't the black star be big enough?

[Jouchebag]

Assuming the Black Star doesn't already have a soul in it, it's a bug, and one most likely related to mods.

[Ashtin]

the only mod I have is Shakespeare Fox and one to be able to craft things for children

[Jouchebag]

It's not impossible that it's a vanilla related bug, but still less likely. More likely if you're not using the unofficial patches, I suppose.

[Remlish]

Try dropping the soul gem on the ground and picking it back up and trying again. Theres a bug in the game that resets soul gems that are dropped on the ground ( also good for removing smaller souls from Grand soul gems that were accedentaly filled)

[Ashtin]

how do you know what kind of soul is in the gem

[Remlish]

when you look at the gem it will be titled Black Soul Gem , and in the description box it will say Empty - Petty - Lesser -Common- Greater or Grand. If it doesnt say empty it wont accept a soul, and there is no way to "top off" a soul gem without mods.

[Ashtin]

what about black star?

[Remlish]

The Black Star is no different from any other black soul gem with the exception of it being reusable