Soul Gems losing their souls after taking them out of a nightstand.

[Little Lion Man]

I've had my soul gems just sitting in my nightstand in Whiterun. I decided to smith some daggers and enchant them. I have about 50 Petty Soul Gems (Petty). When I take them out, They are empty. Is this a glitch or does this always happen. Having Skyrim on steam, I assume that it updates to newer versions, but I don't know. Does anyone know how I can keep my souls in my gems?

[Alembrik]

You have to keep them in your inventory to keep them from emptying. See the ‘Bugs’ section of the UESP article on Soul Gems[www.uesp.net].

[wowszer]

One thing you can do, especially if you have done the Azura quest and wound up with the black star version. Give them to your companion, they don't loadhim/her up. That way for me the black star is usually an option to reload my weapon. I usually give Lydia my grand, greater, keep my repular filled ones, as emergency backup, give my lesser and petty to Lydia. I have found that even storing them in a container doesn't stop them from loosing a charge. I think the fact that saves occur with both of us together keeps things correct. Btw, I keep the uncharged soul gems myself ready for charging

[Little Lion Man]

Originally posted by Alembrik:

You have to keep them in your inventory to keep them from emptying. See the ‘Bugs’ section of the UESP article on Soul Gems[www.uesp.net].

Thanks for the link. I didn't think to look there. I actually got it to work. If I took all 50 out of the nightstand, they remained full in my inventory. If I took less, the ones coming in to my inventory were empty.