Of the many oddities to be found in Dark Souls 2, the Fragrant Branch of Yore item is one of the more interesting ones. In order to stop players from getting into certain areas, petrified NPCs and enemies can be found in front of doorways or holding onto levers. To get past this obstacle, players have to use a Fragrant Branch of Yore and unpetrify the victim. Naturally, this doesn't always work out well for the player, as some of these recently unpetrified characters don't show any gratitude and will immediately attack the player.
Fragrant Branches of Yore are the only way to unpetrify characters, so players will need quite a few of them in order to get around to the various areas of Dark Souls 2. The locations and number of these items are different in the original game and the Scholar of the First Sin version, and this guide will cover the latter.
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There are 17 Fragrant Branches of Yore in Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin for players to collect, and they can be found in the following locations:
- One can be purchased from Merchant Hag Melentia for 12,000 souls in the Forest of Fallen Giants or Majula (After beating The Last Giant)
- One can be found in No-Man's Wharf from a chest in the house with all the jars
- One is found in a chest at the start of Lost Bastille
- One is found in a chest at the end of Sinners' Rise after beating the boss
- One is found on a body on a plank in The Gutter
- One is found at the beginning of Black Gulch right after the player leaves The Gutter
- One is found in Harvest Valley past the very first poison pit in the level
- One can be purchased from Magerold of Lanafir for 7,500 Souls in the Iron Keep
- Two can be found in the Shaded Woods - the first is in the room with Weaponsmith Ornifex on a corpse
- The second one in the Shaded Woods is obtained by talking to Manscorpion Tark while wearing the Ring of Whispers after beating the boss of that area
- One can be found in the Shaded Ruins in a chest
- One can be found in Brightstone Cove Tseldora as a drop from the hollowed Duke in the Lord's Private Chamber after beating The Duke's Dear Freyja
- Two can be found in the Undead Crypt - the first is a drop from one of the two Insolent Spirits in the room with the Leydia Witches
- The second one in the Undead Crypt is in a chest right before players find Velstadt
After obtaining the King's Ring in Dark Souls 2, the final three can be found:
- One is found in the Forest of Fallen Giants behind the King's on a corpse hanging from a ledge
- One is found in Aldia's Keep on a Mimic in the last cage before the boss room
- The final branch is found in the Dragon Shrine in a chest after Dragonfang Villard
Dark Souls 2 is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.