You can donate noted items when levelling Karmaedit
They still get donated one at a time, but you can take more stuff with you to the donation box this way
Energy Cells can be bought at a shop in Odysseyedit
These are ammo for laser weapons. You can also get them by killing Nomads and Raiders.
Change Right-Click Menu Order to left-click bank to openedit
If you put Quick Dialogue at the top, this will enable you to simply left-click the bank to open it and skip chat dialog. Also, if you put secondary action near the top, it will mean that you can left-click a settler or raider to Rob them. This makes training the robbery skill much easier.
You can use Iron Pickaxe to mine before LVL 30 miningedit
Just have it in your inventory. At Level 30 you will be able to equip it, opening up one extra slot for ore