What do people do with all the junk armor and bows that mobs drop? I have multiple chests now filled with bows, some full durability from drops pre-update, and now a bunch that are mostly damaged. Is there anyway I can turn this into something useful without wasting repairs on them? Or should I just cast them into lava?
I have started consolidating the enchanted bows. Oddly other enchantments than "power" have showed up when combining them. Unfortunately, the regular bows are just getting tossed into a deep part of the ocean (I have yet to make an incinerator). I keep all of the other monster giblets I gather though.
I just combine the damaged bows in my inventory (I don't even bother using an anvil), and then leaving them in a chest. I might use them someday, but I've got an unbreaking bow now, so most bows just sit.
As far as the stone swords wither skeletons drop... i use those for the one hit kills at my ender farm.
For iron swords that zombies drop, i use them when im just running around randomly or mining...so i dont waste diamond swords.
Just take one unenchanted, damaged item, select it, drag it over another damaged, unenchanted item and press X.