Scavenging

Scavenging is the system in which certain evil mobs are able to pick up and put on/wield Armour and Weapons that they do not normally have. All variations of the following: Mordor Orcs, Angmar Orcs, Gundabad Orcs, Uruk-Hai and Generic Dunlendings are able to scavenge weapons and armor, and are considered scavenging mobs.

A Scavenging Mob is a mob that is able to scavenge items and weapons. This means that when you throw a piece of armor or a weapon to a mob that is able to scavenge, and if the weapon/piece of armor you gave it is superior to the one they are currently holding, they shall replace it for the superior one you threw them. For instance, if you throw a Dunlending an Mithril Sword, he shall equip it. Once a mob picks up a weapon/armour piece they shall be unable to despawn.

However, there are exceptions to scavenging. Scavenging mobs will never equip an item that is inferior to the one already in their hand (so don't try giving an Angmar Warrior a wooden sword.) If you give a mob a piece of armor, it cannot be taken back (unless you kill the mob that you gave it to.) There are other exceptions as well, such as being unable to give Spears to units, and being unable to replace bows/crossbows of archers.

When you kill a scavenging mob that has been given weapons/armor it shall drop all that has been given to it, along with it's standard drop. Scavenging Mobs that do not have any armor and/or weapons (such as Dunlendings and Gundabad Mercenary Captains) can be given virtually anything, including random items such as food, blocks, and minerals. Giving armour/weapons/random items to a Mercenary Captain, Trader or Bartender shall not affect trading with them in any way.