diff --git a/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Controllers/PackController.cs b/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Controllers/PackController.cs
index 8942416..6135f95 100644
--- a/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Controllers/PackController.cs
+++ b/SVSim.EmulatedEntrypoint/Controllers/PackController.cs
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ public class PackController : SVSimController
 
         bool isTutorialPath = HttpContext.Request.Path.StartsWithSegments("/tutorial/pack_open");
 
+        // The tutorial alias bypasses the currency / type_detail / open-count guards because
+        // the legendary starter pack (99047) is a free server-grant during the 41→100 tutorial
+        // transition. Constrain the alias to that one pack so the bypass isn't a free draw on
+        // ANY pack the client supplies a parent_gacha_id for.
+        const int StarterParentGachaId = 99047;
+        if (isTutorialPath && request.ParentGachaId != StarterParentGachaId)
+            return BadRequest(new { error = "tutorial_path_only_for_starter_pack" });
+
         // Reject paths up front — class_id/target_card_id overloads aren't implemented.
         if (request.ClassId.HasValue)
             return StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status501NotImplemented, new { error = "starter_overload_not_implemented" });
@@ -186,6 +194,15 @@ public class PackController : SVSimController
             .Include(v => v.Items).ThenInclude(i => i.Item)
             .AsSplitQuery()
             .FirstAsync(v => v.Id == viewerId);
+
+        // Tutorial alias is only valid pre-END. After state>=100 the viewer has already
+        // completed the tutorial — re-running the path would re-consume the ticket they
+        // chose to keep, and (without the max-preserve write below) could regress a higher
+        // state value. Mirrors the 31<41 guard in GiftController.TutorialGiftReceive.
+        const int TutorialEndStep = 100;
+        if (isTutorialPath && viewer.MissionData.TutorialState >= TutorialEndStep)
+            return BadRequest(new { error = "tutorial_already_complete" });
+
         int packNumber = Math.Max(1, request.PackNumber);
 
         // Currency check + deduction (skipped for tutorial path — starter pack is free)
@@ -293,9 +310,14 @@ public class PackController : SVSimController
                 }
             }
 
-            viewer.MissionData.TutorialState = 100;
+            // Max-preserve: never regress the persisted state, even though Gate B already
+            // rejected state>=100 above. Belt-and-braces against a future caller that
+            // bypasses Gate B (refactor, new alias, etc.). Wire still emits 100 — that's
+            // the tutorial-END signal the client expects.
+            if (viewer.MissionData.TutorialState < TutorialEndStep)
+                viewer.MissionData.TutorialState = TutorialEndStep;
             await _db.SaveChangesAsync();
-            responseTutorialStep = 100;
+            responseTutorialStep = TutorialEndStep;
         }
 
         return new PackOpenResponse
diff --git a/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/PackControllerTests.cs b/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/PackControllerTests.cs
index d744949..3668578 100644
--- a/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/PackControllerTests.cs
+++ b/SVSim.UnitTests/Controllers/PackControllerTests.cs
@@ -128,4 +128,70 @@ public class PackControllerTests
         Assert.That(body.Contains("\"tutorial_step\""), Is.False,
             "Regular /pack/open must never emit tutorial_step.");
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task TutorialPackOpen_rejects_non_starter_parent_gacha_id()
+    {
+        using var factory = new SVSimTestFactory();
+        await factory.SeedGlobalsAsync();
+        long viewerId = await factory.SeedViewerAsync(tutorialState: 41);
+        using var client = factory.CreateAuthenticatedClient(viewerId);
+
+        // Pick any non-99047 parent_gacha_id seeded by SeedGlobalsAsync (10032 is the most
+        // recent crystal-multi pack in the catalog). The alias must reject it BadRequest.
+        var requestJson = """{"parent_gacha_id":10032,"gacha_id":100320,"gacha_type":1,"pack_number":1,"exclude_card_ids":[],"viewer_id":"0","steam_id":0,"steam_session_ticket":""}""";
+        var response = await client.PostAsync("/tutorial/pack_open",
+            new StringContent(requestJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
+
+        Assert.That(response.StatusCode, Is.EqualTo(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest),
+            "Tutorial alias must only accept the starter pack (99047); otherwise any authenticated " +
+            "viewer can draw any pack for free via the currency-bypass tutorial path.");
+
+        // State must NOT have advanced.
+        Assert.That(await factory.GetViewerTutorialStateAsync(viewerId), Is.EqualTo(41),
+            "Rejected requests leave TutorialState untouched.");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task TutorialPackOpen_rejects_completed_viewer()
+    {
+        using var factory = new SVSimTestFactory();
+        await factory.SeedGlobalsAsync();
+        long viewerId = await factory.SeedViewerAsync(tutorialState: 100);
+        await factory.SeedOwnedItemAsync(viewerId, itemId: 90001, count: 1, itemName: "Starter Legendary Ticket");
+        using var client = factory.CreateAuthenticatedClient(viewerId);
+
+        var requestJson = """{"parent_gacha_id":99047,"gacha_id":990047,"gacha_type":1,"pack_number":1,"exclude_card_ids":[],"viewer_id":"0","steam_id":0,"steam_session_ticket":""}""";
+        var response = await client.PostAsync("/tutorial/pack_open",
+            new StringContent(requestJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
+
+        Assert.That(response.StatusCode, Is.EqualTo(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest),
+            "Tutorial alias must reject viewers past the tutorial-end gate (state>=100); the path " +
+            "would otherwise re-clobber state and consume a ticket the viewer kept post-tutorial.");
+
+        Assert.That(await factory.GetOwnedItemCountAsync(viewerId, 90001), Is.EqualTo(1),
+            "Rejected requests do not consume tickets.");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task TutorialPackOpen_does_not_downgrade_state_past_100()
+    {
+        // This is the max-preserve check. A future state > 100 (e.g., a post-tutorial training
+        // sentinel) must not be clobbered down to 100. Today nothing in prod sets state above 100,
+        // so synthesize the case directly.
+        using var factory = new SVSimTestFactory();
+        await factory.SeedGlobalsAsync();
+        long viewerId = await factory.SeedViewerAsync(tutorialState: 200);
+        using var client = factory.CreateAuthenticatedClient(viewerId);
+
+        var requestJson = """{"parent_gacha_id":99047,"gacha_id":990047,"gacha_type":1,"pack_number":1,"exclude_card_ids":[],"viewer_id":"0","steam_id":0,"steam_session_ticket":""}""";
+        var response = await client.PostAsync("/tutorial/pack_open",
+            new StringContent(requestJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
+
+        // Either the request is rejected (because state>=100, see Gate B above), OR — if the
+        // implementation reads the gate differently — at minimum the persisted state must not
+        // regress. Encode the load-bearing invariant: state never goes backwards.
+        Assert.That(await factory.GetViewerTutorialStateAsync(viewerId), Is.GreaterThanOrEqualTo(200),
+            "TutorialState must not regress regardless of the alias's accept/reject decision.");
+    }
 }