Oblivion:Souls

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.

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 later section for details. In a few cases (Ogres, Sanctified 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 Ancient Ghost 3 Common Black Bear 3 Common Boar 2 Lesser Brown Bear 4 Greater Clannfear 3 Common Clannfear Runt 2 Lesser Daedroth 4 Greater Deer 1 Petty Dog 1 Petty Dread Zombie 4 Greater Dremora 6 Black Faded Wraith 3 Common Flame Atronach 3 Common Frost Atronach 4 Greater Ghost 1.5 Pty/LsrL:-1 Gloom Wraith 4.7 Grand Goblin 1 Petty Goblin Berserker 3 Common Goblin Shaman 8.5 leveledL:-5 Goblin Skirmisher 2 Lesser Goblin Warlord 9.0 leveledL:+0 Headless Zombie 3 Common Horse 2 Lesser Imp 1.5 Pty/LsrL:-1 Land Dreugh 4 Greater Lich 5 Grand Minotaur 3 Common Minotaur Lord 5 Grand Mountain Lion 3 Common Mud Crab 1 Petty Nether Lich 4.5 Gtr/GndL:-7

Creature Soul Level NPC (any race) 6 Black NPC (essential) 0 none Ogre 4.5 Gtr/GndL:-3 Rat 1 Petty Sanctified Dead/Spectre 8.5 leveledL:-5* Scamp 2 Lesser Sheep 1 Petty Skeleton 1 Petty Skeleton Champion 4 Greater Skeleton Guardian 2 Lesser Skeleton Hero 3 Common Slaughterfish 1 Petty Spider Daedra 4 Greater Spiderling 0 none Spriggan 3 Common Storm Atronach 4 Greater Stunted Scamp 1 Petty Timber Wolf 2 Lesser Tribe Goblin Berserker 9.1 leveledL:+1 Tribe Goblin Farmer 8.7 leveledL:-3 Tribe Goblin Guard 8.9 leveledL:-1 Tribe Goblin Shaman 9.02 leveledL:+0 Tribe Goblin Skirmisher 9.0 leveledL:+0 Tribe Goblin War Chief 9.2 leveledL:+2 Troll 2 Lesser Vampire 6 Black Will-o-the-Wisp 3 Common Wolf 1 Petty Wraith 4 Greater Xivilai 5 Grand Zombie 2 Lesser

Location-specific creatures (respawning) Creature Soul Level Dark Guardian 9.0 leveledL:+0 Everscamp 2 Lesser Minotaur of the Grove 9.0 leveledL:+0 Ogre (Pale Pass, Redguard Val.) 3 Common Troll (Azhklan,Kalperklan) 9.0 leveledL:+0 Undead Akaviri Soldier 8.9 leveledL:-1

Quest creatures (non-respawning) Creature Soul Level AuroranKOTN 2.3 Lsr/CmnL:-2 Benirus Manor Ghost 8.9 leveledL:-1 Deranged Zombie 8.92 Lsr–GtrL:-1 Painted Troll 9.0 leveledL:+0 Savage Goblin 9.0 leveledL:+0 Savage Minotaur 9.0 leveledL:+0 Savage Ogre 9.1 leveledL:+1 Savage Troll 9.0 leveledL:+0 Swamp Troll 9.0 leveledL:+0 Spectral Sailor 9.1 leveledL:+1 Uderfrykte Matron 6 Grand Unicorn 5 Greater

Souls by Strength

These lists only include creatures with fixed soul strengths.

Soul type	Value	Creatures
Petty	150	Deer, Dog, Goblin, Mudcrab, Rat, Sheep, Skeleton, Slaughterfish, Stunted Scamp, Wolf
Lesser	300	Boar, Clannfear Runt, Goblin Skirmisher, Horse, Scamp, Skeleton Guardian, Timber Wolf, Troll, Zombie
Common	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	1200	Brown Bear, Daedroth, Dread Zombie, Frost Atronach, Land Dreugh, Skeleton Champion, Spider Daedra, Storm Atronach, Wraith
Grand	1600	Gloom Wraith, Lich, Minotaur Lord, Xivilai
Black	1600	Humanoids (the ten races of Tamriel), Vampires and Dremora are all considered NPCs.

NPC souls, as listed above, can only be trapped in black soul gems. This practice is considered akin to necromancy in the Mages Guild questline, and can also be ethically questionable in the roleplaying sense.

Black-soul trapping, however, is one of the only ways to acquire Grand-soul values for enchanting before level 20.

Soul Strengths

There are six possible soul strengths:

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 -10 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.