Example: I would wear smelter demon armor and use the smelter demon sword while battling the smelter demon. I spent my first two play throughs getting all the boss weapons and armor in the game so I could dress up like the bosses themselves and battle them on NG+++ (I've grinded up to level 300+ btw). I really don't care so much about literally getting through the gate I actually just want keep my current save and continue playing. Is there another way to get by without using the lever, or can I reset the game to keep my save. I'm on NG+++ and I really don't want my save to be ruined. One can be found in Sinners Rise in a locked cell up the stairs by the boss fog, requires Bastille Key to access. They are required to upgrade a Pyromancy Flame at Rosabeth of Melfia or Carhillion of the Fold. She also acted as if I had used the branch of yore on her even though I hadn't. Fire Seeds are upgrade materials in Dark Souls II.

Eventually, her tomb stone appeared but it wasn't by the lever. Fire Seed for the first one and Divine Blessing for the other. It can use use the icicles as other arrows to fire or lances for charging. When at the bottom, run straight through the underground tunnel. I've killed 3 of the four old ones but I can't enter the shaded forest to kill the last. While it is not known to evolve into or from any Pokmon, Calyrex has two.

Now I can't pull the lever and enter the shaded forest. Basically, Rosabeth died before I could un-petrify her( I don't know how but a fire seed was wear she was supposed to be). I cant complete the game because of this major glitch.

Dark souls 2 fire seed