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areason said:
Currently stuck on the smelter demon and in the iron Keep. Their are so many areas i can enter but the fire can kill me such as a building. I'm so confused right now, how is the smelter demon optional if i have no way of getting past him. Also he is impossible 1vs1 as a melee.

The smelter demon only leads to the second bonfire. Then it joins up to the big bridge that goes into the next area. After you defeat him a phantom appears in its spot that drops a nice ring. You can turn the fire off in that building in the middle, which opens up the alternate path skipping the smelter demon. There's a crank handle somewhere on the side of it on the path you can drop down to.