Fragrant Branch of Yore

The Fragrant Branch of Yore is an item in Dark Souls II.

Usage
Fragrant Branches of Yore are rare items that can revive people or creatures who have been petrified. When unpetrified, enemies that are normally hostile will again be hostile, while Straid and Rosabeth will become merchants. Usually, these statues will be blocking paths and other rewards. Other times, the freed creature will drop rare items, such as the Fang Key.

These items are lost upon entering New Game Plus.

Locations

 * Found on a corpse near the lowest part of The Gutter.
 * In a chest directly after defeating the Lost Sinner.
 * Two are found on corpses in Harvest Valley; one is in a small poisonous cave near the first bonfire and the other in a small nook behind a breakable wooden barricade in an ambush area with four Artificial Undead after The Mines bonfire.
 * One can be bought from Magerold of Lanafir in the Iron Keep for 7,500 souls.
 * One is available in the Shaded Woods past the Shaded Ruins bonfire, along with the Lion Mage set. You require one in order to get to it, however, as a petrified minotaur blocks the only access point.
 * One is dropped from Lord Tseldora in the Lord's Private Chambers found after the fight with The Duke's Dear Freja.
 * One is found by talking to Manscorpion Tark after defeating Scorpioness Najka.

Statue Locations
The statues that can be unfrozen by these branches are found in these locations.
 * Rosabeth of Melfia can be freed near Majula. She is required to be freed to unlock the Shaded Woods.
 * Straid of Olaphis can be freed in The Lost Bastille near the entrance to the Sinner's Rise.
 * Three minotaurs can be freed in the Shaded Ruins. One holds the Fang Key,one a blocks a chest to another Fragrant Branch of Yore as well as the Lion Mage Set and the last one leads to Manscorpian Tark. All hostile upon freeing.
 * A petrified Ogre can be found blocking off the second part of Aldia's Keep. Hostile upon freeing.