Hanuman's Grotto - NO Hanuman is the Grotto

No much to report other then I have been into the Grotto at least 10 times checking, there is not Hanuman at the end of the Grotto, there is the ghosts that pray at the monkey alter but no Hanuman at all.

It’s in the Conan Exiles Enhanced Patch Notes: Conan Exiles Enhanced Patch Notes - #2 by Dana

Why would you remove a npc that has been in the game for years.

Balancing. The NPC dropped a set (or most) of end-game gear, and was relatively easy to kill, while being located in an early game area.

so fix the gear he drops, instead of removing an entire reward/buff system from the game? what are hearts of nordheimers even for anymore?

Then fix it, removing is a cheap fix. The giant croc is in the eary game area and easy to kill and get his key over and over and over, that is not a fix to just remove things that have been in game forever , fix it not remove it.

While I agree with your overall statement, removing something is indeed a fix. It gets rid of the issue entirely. It might not be a fix that you or I agree with, but it is a fix.