Oblivion:Souls

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Every soul in Oblivion is one of six possible strengths: Petty, Lesser, Common, Greater, Grand, and Black. More powerful creatures have more powerful souls. Souls are trapped in soul gems by using a soul trap spell. Trapped souls are used to enchant and recharge items.

[edit] Soul Strengths

Soul strengths are as follows:

Soul Level	Soul Strength
Petty	150
Lesser	300
Common	800
Greater	1200
Grand	1600
Black	1600

A creature's soul strength is determined in one of two ways.

1. Most standard creatures have fixed souls. For example, every Flame Atronach will have a common soul, regardless of location or player character's level.
2. Most unique creatures and some other creatures have a soul strength based upon the player character's level—either the PC's level or an offset of the PC's level.

Offsets as low as -7 and as high as +10 exist, but the table below illustrates some common offsets:

Soul level	L:-3	L:-2	L:-1	Baseline L:+0	L:+1	L:+2
Petty	1-4	1-3	1-2	1
Lesser	5-9	4-8	3-7	2-6	1-5	1-4
Common	10-15	9-14	8-13	7-12	6-11	5-10
Greater	16-20	15-19	14-18	13-17	12-16	11-15
Grand	21+	20+	19+	18+	17+	16+

Examples:

• When the PC is level 4, a Bloody Hand Rat Farmer (offset L:-3) will have a petty soul and all other Bloody Hand goblins (offsets L:-1 to L:+2) will have lesser souls.
• When the PC is level 5, a Bloody Hand Goblin War Chief (offset L:+2) will have a common soul and all other Bloody Hand goblins (offsets L:-3 to L:+1) will have lesser souls.

An additional complication is that some creatures have a minimum or maximum level that also caps their soul.

For Instance:

• Ghosts have a maximum level of 4—their souls will be at most lesser strength. With an offset of L:-1, ghosts will have petty souls until PC level 3 and lesser souls at PC level 4 and above. This is summarized in the chart by "<=Lesser^L:-1".
• Ogres have a minimum level of 16—their souls will be at least greater strength. With an offset of L:-3, ogres will have a greater soul until PC level 21 when their souls will be grand. This is summarized in the chart by ">=Greater^L:-3"

Creatures with no maximum or minimum soul level (any soul strength is possible) are stated with "leveled" followed by a superscript providing the offset.

[edit] Souls Alphabetically

This table provides soul strengths for most of the standard creatures in Oblivion. Unique creatures (like the lich Lorgren Benirus) generally have leveled souls that are not in this table. See individual creature pages for full details on their souls.

Souls with a superscript (e.g., ^L:-1) are leveled; see the previous section details. In a few cases (Deranged Zombies, Sanctified Ancient Spectre) there are several different versions of the creature sharing the same name but having different souls; see those creatures pages for details.

Creature	Soul Level		Creature	Soul Level
Ancient Ghost	Common		NPC (any race)	Black
Ancient Sanctified Dead	Common		Ogre	>=GreaterL:-3
Azhklan Troll	leveledL:+0		Painted Troll	leveledL:+0
Benirus Manor Ghost	leveledL:-1		Rat	Petty
Black Bear	Common		Sanctified Ancient Spectre	leveled
Boar	Lesser		Sanctified Dead	<=LesserL:-1
Brown Bear	Greater		Savage Goblin	leveledL:+0
Clannfear	Common		Savage Minotaur	leveledL:+0
Clannfear Runt	Lesser		Savage Ogre	leveledL:+1
Daedroth	Greater		Savage Troll	leveledL:+0
Dark Guardian	leveledL:+0		Scamp	Lesser
Deer	Petty		Sheep	Petty
Deranged Zombie	leveled		Skeleton	Petty
Dog	Petty		Skeleton Champion	Greater
Dread Zombie	Greater		Skeleton Guardian	Lesser
Dremora	Black		Skeleton Hero	Common
Everscamp	Lesser		Slaughterfish	Petty
Faded Wraith	Common		Spectral Sailor	>=LesserL:+1
Flame Atronach	Common		Spider Daedra	Greater
Frost Atronach	Greater		Spiderling	None
Ghost	<=LesserL:-1		Spriggan	Common
Gloom Wraith	GrandL:-3		Storm Atronach	Greater
Goblin	Petty		Stunted Scamp	Petty
Goblin Berserker	Common		Swamp Troll	leveledL:+0
Goblin Shaman	Greater		Timber Wolf	Lesser
Goblin Skirmisher	Lesser		Tribe Goblin Berserker	leveledL:+1
Goblin Warlord	Grand		Tribe Goblin Farmer	leveledL:-3
Headless Zombie	Common		Tribe Goblin Guard	leveledL:-1
Horse	Lesser		Tribe Goblin Shaman	>=LesserL:+0
Imp	<=LesserL:-1		Tribe Goblin Skirmisher	leveledL:+0
Kalperklan Troll	leveledL:+0		Tribe Goblin War Chief	leveledL:+2
Land Dreugh	Greater		Troll	Lesser
Lich	Grand		Undead Akaviri Soldier	leveledL:-1
Minotaur	Common		Vampire	Black
Minotaur Lord	Grand		Will-o-the-Wisp	Common
Minotaur of the Grove	leveledL:+0		Wraith	Greater
Mountain Lion	Common		Wolf	Petty
Mud Crab	Petty		Xivilai	Grand
Nether Lich	>=GreaterL:-7		Zombie	Lesser

[edit] Souls by Strength

These lists only include creatures with fixed soul strengths.

Petty Souls (150)

Deer, Dog, Goblin, Mudcrab, Rat, Sheep, Skeleton, Slaughterfish, Stunted Scamp, Wolf

Lesser Souls (300)

Boar, Clannfear Runt, Goblin Skirmisher, Horse, Scamp, Skeleton Guardian, Timber Wolf, Troll, Zombie

Common Souls (800)

Ancient Ghost, Black Bear, Clannfear, Faded Wraith, Flame Atronach, Goblin Berserker, Headless Zombie, Minotaur, Mountain Lion, Skeleton Hero, Spriggan, Will-o-the-Wisp

Greater Souls (1200)

Brown Bear, Daedroth, Deranged Zombie, Dread Zombie, Frost Atronach, Goblin Shaman, Land Dreugh, Spider Daedra, Skeleton Champion, Storm Atronach, Wraith

Grand Souls (1600)

Gloom Wraith, Goblin Warlord, Kalperklan Troll, Lich, Minotaur Lord, Savage Ogre, Xivilai

Black Souls (1600)

Humanoids (the ten races of Tamriel), Vampires and Dremora are NPCs and their souls can only be trapped in black soul gems.