diff --git a/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Controllers/TutorialController.cs b/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Controllers/TutorialController.cs
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+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint.Models.Dtos.Requests.Tutorial;
+
+namespace SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint.Controllers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tutorial step bookkeeping. The tutorial itself runs entirely client-side
+/// (StoryTutorial*BattleMgr per class); the server only persists step transitions.
+/// </summary>
+public class TutorialController : SVSimController
+{
+    [HttpPost("update_action")]
+    public IActionResult UpdateAction([FromBody] TutorialUpdateActionRequest request)
+    {
+        // Fire-and-forget. Client uses SkipAllNetworkChecks; response body is ignored.
+        // We still emit an empty object so the translation middleware has a `data` payload to wrap.
+        return new JsonResult(new { });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Models/Dtos/Requests/Tutorial/TutorialUpdateActionRequest.cs b/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Models/Dtos/Requests/Tutorial/TutorialUpdateActionRequest.cs
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+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using MessagePack;
+using SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint.Models.Dtos.Requests;
+
+namespace SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint.Models.Dtos.Requests.Tutorial;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// <c>POST /tutorial/update_action</c> — fire-and-forget sub-step tracking.
+/// Client task: <c>Wizard/TutorialUpdateActionTask.cs</c>. SkipAllNetworkChecks is on,
+/// so any return value (including failures) is silently ignored.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public class TutorialUpdateActionRequest : BaseRequest
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("tutorial_step")]
+    [Key("tutorial_step")]
+    public int TutorialStep { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("tutorial_action_number")]
+    [Key("tutorial_action_number")]
+    public int TutorialActionNumber { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/TutorialControllerTests.cs b/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/TutorialControllerTests.cs
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+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using SVSim.UnitTests.Infrastructure;
+
+namespace SVSim.UnitTests.Controllers;
+
+public class TutorialControllerTests
+{
+    [Test]
+    public async Task UpdateAction_returns_result_code_1_with_empty_data()
+    {
+        using var factory = new SVSimTestFactory();
+        long viewerId = await factory.SeedViewerAsync(tutorialState: 0);
+        using var client = factory.CreateAuthenticatedClient(viewerId);
+
+        // tutorial_step and tutorial_action_number are fire-and-forget bookkeeping fields;
+        // send representative values from the live capture (step=1, action=2).
+        var requestJson =
+            """{"tutorial_step":1,"tutorial_action_number":2,"viewer_id":"0","steam_id":0,"steam_session_ticket":""}""";
+
+        var response = await client.PostAsync("/tutorial/update_action",
+            new StringContent(requestJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
+
+        Assert.That(response.StatusCode, Is.EqualTo(HttpStatusCode.OK));
+        var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+
+        // Controllers return the INNER data payload; envelope is middleware's job.
+        // For the no-op shape the action returns an empty object.
+        using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(body);
+        Assert.That(doc.RootElement.ValueKind, Is.EqualTo(JsonValueKind.Object));
+        Assert.That(doc.RootElement.EnumerateObject().Count(), Is.EqualTo(0),
+            "update_action returns empty data — client uses SkipAllNetworkChecks and reads nothing.");
+    }
+}