Soul Tear
RII Essence VAAZ Tear ZOL Zombie
Your Thu'um cuts through flesh and shatters soul, commanding the will of the fallen.
Basic Info
Recharge	5, 5, 90
Locations	Durnehviir will teach you each word when you summon him from the Soul Cairn
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Sound

Main article: Dragon Shouts

Soul Tear is a Dragon Shout in The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard. This shout can cause heavy damage by ripping the soul out of an opponent. If the shout kills the opponent, it fills a Soul Gem, and the opponent is raised from the dead as an ally. The shout cannot be used too close to the Dragonborn, so be sure to aim the crosshair away from the body. The soul trapping effect of Soul Tear only works when an empty Soul Gem is in the player's possession. Furthermore, the shout only works when all three Words of Power are used.

EffectsEdit

The full shout deals 300 damage. Enemies killed with the full shout and below level 100 are Soul Trapped and then reanimated for 60 seconds. After that time or when killed, the reanimated corpse becomes an Ash Pile.

Word locationsEdit

Soul Tear is obtainable from the undead Dragon, Durnehviir. During the Dragonborn's adventure in Soul Cairn, they defeat the dragon, Durnehviir. Later, he is encountered again and teaches the shout called Summon Durnehviir to the player. The first three times Durnehviir is summoned, he teaches the Dragonborn the words of Soul Tear, one at a time.

UsefulnessEdit

Soul tear has the ability to place opponents under your control who would otherwise be too powerful to raise by normal means, such as Giants, making this an incredibly powerful shout if used correctly. Note that some warrior type enemies will have their weapons knocked out of their hands when attacked with Soul Tear, and this will render them much less effective without them.

Because Soul Tear regenerates very quickly when the first two tiers of the Shout are used, it can be used to knock back opponents more frequently than when using for example Unrelenting Force, which has fairly longer cooldown for the first two tiers.

BugsEdit

•  360   Sometimes after learning a word, it can't be unlocked with a Dragon soul, even if there are a sufficient amount of them.
•  360   The game will sometimes freeze after learning a word and trying to unlock it with a Dragon soul.
•  360   Sometimes after receiving permission to call Durnehviir to Tamriel, prolonging the conversation (asking about his past) will skip learning the shout.
•  360   Using Soul Tear on soldiers during any of the Civil War Quests to take over a fort, where the bodies are scripted to disappear after death may cause the game to freeze.
•  PS3  With enough dragon souls you can unlock the Summon Durnehviir shout fully whilst still in The Soul Cairn. If you summon him in The Soul Cairn, he will act as though you summoned him back on Mundus and teach you the first word of Soul Tear.

AppearancesEdit

• The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard (First appearance)