How to use Soul Gem Altars - Activate the soul gem altar, this will open the container. This allows you to clear out an unwanted soul from a soul gem (for example, if you put a petty soul into a grand soul gem) without losing the soul gem itself. I might give it some more use in the future. Occasionally, dropping a soul gem you filled yourself onto the ground will cause it to lose its charge without breaking. This dust can be as an Alchemical ingredient to make potions and poisons. You can grind down Soul Gems into dust at a grain mill. This is an Apprentice level spell in the Conjuration school of magicka. If you want to try out some other commands, check out our long list of them right here. You can find Soul Altars at various necromancer and warlock lairs around Skyrim. To fill Soul Gems in Skyrim, you’ll need to use the Soul Trap spell.
To spawn this item in-game, open the console and type the following command: player.AddItem 0002E4FC 1. You can use one of the codes from the list below to fill out the Item ID, then add the amount of that item you want and hit enter! That's all you need to do, the item should end up in your inventory if you've done everything correctly. The item ID for Grand Soul Gem in Skyrim on Steam (PC / Mac) is: 0002E4FC.
