It appears that both newbie areas have the Skeleton Boots NPC and both newbie areas have the new rings.

Here's an interesting conversation we had when Melantus came by #lineage today:

<Melantus> haste boots and wizard cap are awesome :)
<Melantus> I just did both of those quests to test them out
<amer|work> the 1 MP ebolt is amazing
<amer|work> its like a dream come true :)
<amer|work> i have yet to swing a sword on my loa mage

<Melantus> we are planning to do quests like those for the other
  newbie classes too
<Melantus> little items that are good for a new player
<amer|work> the 1MP ebolt would be good for a high level player..
<amer|work> i would love that on my level 48 mage

<Melantus> well no its not going to work that way exactly, because
  the power of the e bolt grows as the player levels up. that would 
  be too powerful
<amer|work> so what happens when i get to level 48 on my loa mage?
<amer|work> is there a level limit on it?
<Melantus> not currently, but we have some ideas

<Melantus> well there will be other items to get, other quests to 
  do. that particular wizard cap is meant for the people that can 
  do SI and so forth, or around those levels. Eventually, it'll be 
  better to get other items.
<amer|work> right, but what if i were to wear a wizard's cap at 48 
  -- would i not have 1MP ebolts?

<Melantus> well better for your level. a wizaard cap might not be 
  good for a high level player if the bolt is doing newbie damage
<amer|work> oh, it's a different ebolt than "ebolt"
<Melantus> something like that
<Melantus> but still its pretty cool
<amer|work> hehe yeah

<Melantus> we still need to test a lot of stuff before we worry 
  about drop rate and all that. No plans right now to change it, 
  but you never know.
<AlexandreMM> i won't come here if i have to work 8 hours a day 
  for 3 mounths to a get a decent ac
<AlexandreMM> let me know so i can choose

<Melantus> we will be releasing more info soon. we just started this 
  today
<Melantus> if things work out nicely and we get more players and no 
  problems, then there is a possibility of changes like this coming 
  to Dep and Ken too.
<AlexandreMM> i want to play the game the way we (including i) always 
  asked
<AlexandreMM> so im forced to quit what i already worked on
<AlexandreMM> or to play by the rules i always worked to change
<Melantus> thats what Im saying though. There is the possibility that 
  "LoA" might come to you, instead of you switching to it. It depends 
  on a number of factors. Even so, your characters are still there.

<Melantus> Alex: we dont know a lot about the plan yet, because we just 
  started open testing. We have to get past some goals and such first
<MrBoo> anything players can help out with?
<Melantus> just give constructive feedback. tell your friends to play 
  LoA hehe