Also in the noob area you get a knife, and there are some low level mobs to kill. However the knife is probably decayed before you kill your first low level mob.
There really should be a few 10-20 hp mobs around.
Seems it's even worse since i actually max the weapon, for a newcomer the weapon does 0.5-1 damage with an attack speed of 26/52 and it won't go up because the weapon is gone before you have a chance to skill.