When i try give to skeleton enchanted bow, he won't switch it with his regular bow. On the other hand if i give him diamond sword and then drop on him enchanted one, he switch it with the regular one.
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Correct, DarkWolff. This is true. Skeletons pick up armor (enchanted or not), swords (enchanted or not), but NOT a bow (enchanted or not).
As far as the other humanoids style mobs:
Zombies pick up bows (enchanted or not), swords (enchanted or not), and armor (enchanted or not). Funny though, zombies really shouldn't pick up a bow because they can't use it (i.e., they don't have arrows)
Zombie pigmens pick up armor (enchanted or not), swords (enchanted or not), but NOT a bow (enchanted or not).
Wither skeletons pick up armor (enchanted or not), swords (enchanted or not), but NOT a bow (enchanted or not).
That would be cool if this was fixed, then we could build a semi-automatic enchanted bow farm with skeleton spawners 😃
This issue is gone.
If you now (1.8.1-pre3) throw a enchanted bow at a skeleton that can pick up loot it will pick it up.
Confirmed in 13w04a.