Soul Trap Redone - Changes the way soulgems trap souls
⚪ Last updated 2014⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 8.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #47 of 76 Magic - Spells & Enchantments mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Soul Trap Redone is a complete rewrite of the vanilla skyrim soul trap function. It adds many options via a MCM menu to let you adjust different aspects of soul trap mechanisms to make your game more convenient, rewarding and immersive.
Requirements Skyrim v1. 9. 32. 0. 8 SKSE 1. 6. 16 SkyUI 4. 1
Features Option #1: A set of sliders to change the minimum creature level settings for lesser/common/greater/grand souls. e.g. if sliders are set to 0/0/0/0, all creatures have grand souls. if sliders are set to 200/200/200/200, all creatures have petty souls. if sliders are set to 10/20/30/40, creatures from lvl 0-9 have petty souls, 10-19 have lesser souls, etc.
Option #2: a)Soul gems can never be under-filled. e.g. A grand soul gem will fail to trap a lesser soul instead of being partially filled. b)Black soul gems and the Black Star can only trap black souls. i.e. they can not trap any white souls. c)Soul gems never lose power once filed.(except the black star and azura's star)
Option #3:(available only if option #2 is enabled) Enables smaller soul gems to be filled by larger souls. e.g. A lesser soul gem can be filled by a grand soul, getting a lesser soul gem(lesser) i.e. No more "No Soul Gem Large Enough" bullshit.
Option #4:(available only if option #2 is enabled) Allows petty/lesser/common/greater/grand soul gems to trap black souls. Different level humanoids can have different level black souls. e.g. A grand soul gem can be filled by high level humanoids who give grand level souls, but not any random low level bandits. In skyrim most soul gems can only trap non-humanoid creature souls, whereas most enemies you meet are humanoids. It renders soul trap useless most of the time, and this option fixes it. Also killing humanoids becomes more rewarding, in addition to loot their dead bodies, you can also make use of their very souls.
Option #5: (available only if option #4 is enabled) Since all soul gems can now trap black souls, we should also make black soul gems able to trap white souls(souls of non-humanoid creatures). But wait then a black soul gem is no different than a grand soul gem! By enabling this option, black soul gem ignores black soul levels and can be filled by killing a level 1 bandit. Whereas grand soul gem can only be filled by killing high level humanoids who give grand level black souls. Hence black soul gems remain special.
Soul Trap Redone overhauls Skyrim's soul trapping with MCM-adjustable options: level requirements per soul type, no under-filling, black gems never trap white souls, gems never lose power, larger souls fill smaller gems, and black soul handling. A configurable magic overhaul for players seeking finer control over soul gem mechanics.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,345 endorsements and 15,753 downloads
- MCM menu gives you granular control over soul trapping rules
- Fixes the annoying under-fill and power loss issues
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2014 — may have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim versions or mods
- Requires SkyUI and SKSE for the MCM menu, which aren't mentioned in the description
- No detailed documentation on how each option works in practice
For Skyrim players who hate the vanilla soul gem system and want to tweak it to their liking. If you're a mage or enchanter who's tired of wasting grand souls in petty gems, this is for you. Skip if you prefer a vanilla experience or don't use MCM mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have SkyUI and SKSE installed, as the MCM menu won't work without them.
- Load this mod after other magic overhauls to ensure your settings take priority.
- Test the 'larger souls fill smaller gems' option with a petty soul to see if it behaves as you expect.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- hc65535
- Version
- 2.0.1
- Downloads
- 15,753
- Endorsements
- 1,345
- Category
- Magic - Spells & Enchantments
- Created
- 5/28/2014
- Updated
- 5/30/2014
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