There is a special scale that shows how many “magicka” is left inside that particular weapon. These effects only work if the weapon is charged. For example it deals frost or flame damage, grants damage shield and so on. That’s pretty nice passive because it will sometimes fill your empty gems.Įvery enchanted weapon has special effects. This passive adds a small probability to capture energy of the soul every time you kill enemy with weapons (not with magic).

Use Soul Lock passive from Soul Magic skill line.

This is the best way to fill soul gems and it works very good. If the enemy dies after the effect of spell ends, there will be no result. This skill is DoT that deals damage and captures the soul if enemy dies while this spell is active.

Use special skill from Soul Magic skill line called Soul Trap.

There are several ways to capture soul of the enemy: If there are no empty gems you will not be able to trap the soul. First of all make sure that you have an empty gem in your inventory. Trapping Soul is the only way to transform your empty gem into full. They usually drop one empty and one filled gem.

Every boss will reward you with a gem after you kill him. If you don’t want to spend your money, visit different public dungeons and world bosses. The cost of empty gems is not high, while full usually cost a lot.

The easiest way is to visit Mages Guild and purchase them there. There are different weapons to obtain gems. Crown - Trap any level soul and fully charge weapon of any level.Here is full list of Soul Gems in Elder Scrolls Online:

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