diff --git a/SVSim.Database/Repositories/Viewer/ViewerRepository.cs b/SVSim.Database/Repositories/Viewer/ViewerRepository.cs
index bfd802f..56c9ed9 100644
--- a/SVSim.Database/Repositories/Viewer/ViewerRepository.cs
+++ b/SVSim.Database/Repositories/Viewer/ViewerRepository.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ public class ViewerRepository : IViewerRepository
     public async Task<Models.Viewer> RegisterViewer(string displayName, SocialAccountType socialType,
         ulong socialAccountIdentifier, ulong? shortUdid = null)
     {
-        var viewer = await BuildDefaultViewer(displayName);
+        // RegisterViewer is the import / Steam-social path. Default to the post-tutorial baseline
+        // (state 100) so AdminController.ImportViewer materializes prod-replicas at the home screen
+        // unless the import request explicitly overrides via request.TutorialState. The anonymous
+        // signup path (RegisterAnonymousViewer) uses the parameter default of 1.
+        var viewer = await BuildDefaultViewer(displayName, initialTutorialState: 100);
         viewer.SocialAccountConnections.Add(new SocialAccountConnection
         {
             AccountId = socialAccountIdentifier,
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ public class ViewerRepository : IViewerRepository
         await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
     }
 
-    private async Task<Models.Viewer> BuildDefaultViewer(string displayName)
+    private async Task<Models.Viewer> BuildDefaultViewer(string displayName, int initialTutorialState = 1)
     {
         Models.Viewer viewer = new Models.Viewer
         {
@@ -211,15 +215,11 @@ public class ViewerRepository : IViewerRepository
         viewer.Currency.Crystals = grants.Crystals;
         viewer.Currency.Rupees = grants.Rupees;
         viewer.Currency.RedEther = grants.Ether;
-        // TUTORIAL_STEP0 (= 1) — "fresh signup, ready to play the prologue", confirmed by the
-        // prod capture in data_dumps/traffic_prod_tutorial.ndjson (game_start returned
-        // now_tutorial_step="1"). Step 0 is a pre-existence state we never want to expose
-        // on the wire: Wizard.Title.NextSceneSwitcher routes step==1 → Prologue scene and
-        // every other non-{31,41,100} step → AreaSelect at section 0, which has no chapter
-        // data (the prologue's chapters are baked into Wizard/Prologue.cs, not served) and
-        // crashes AreaSelectUI.SelectChapter with a "Sequence contains no matching element"
-        // LINQ Single() failure.
-        viewer.MissionData.TutorialState = 1;
+        // TUTORIAL_STEP0 (= 1) is the fresh-signup default — see RegisterAnonymousViewer for
+        // why step==0 is unsafe. RegisterViewer (admin-import + Steam-social) passes 100 so
+        // those callers land at the post-tutorial baseline; import requests can still override
+        // via the explicit ImportViewerRequest.TutorialState field.
+        viewer.MissionData.TutorialState = initialTutorialState;
 
         // Load classes WITH their LeaderSkins — DefaultLeaderSkin iterates the nav collection
         // and would otherwise be null (audit §6 #3 latent NRE — this is the one).
diff --git a/SVSim.UnitTests/Repositories/ViewerRepositoryTests.cs b/SVSim.UnitTests/Repositories/ViewerRepositoryTests.cs
index acf2013..35b8c04 100644
--- a/SVSim.UnitTests/Repositories/ViewerRepositoryTests.cs
+++ b/SVSim.UnitTests/Repositories/ViewerRepositoryTests.cs
@@ -141,6 +141,24 @@ public class ViewerRepositoryTests
             await repo.RegisterAnonymousViewer(Guid.Empty));
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task RegisterViewer_starts_at_post_tutorial_state()
+    {
+        using var factory = new SVSimTestFactory();
+        using var scope = factory.Services.CreateScope();
+        var repo = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<IViewerRepository>();
+
+        var viewer = await repo.RegisterViewer(
+            "Imported Viewer",
+            SVSim.Database.Enums.SocialAccountType.Steam,
+            socialAccountIdentifier: 76_561_198_000_000_999UL);
+
+        Assert.That(viewer.MissionData.TutorialState, Is.EqualTo(100),
+            "RegisterViewer (admin-import + Steam-social signup) must produce a post-tutorial " +
+            "viewer by default. Import requests can override via request.TutorialState; absence " +
+            "means 'a prod-replica viewer ready for the home screen', NOT 'replay tutorial'.");
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public async Task GetViewerByUdid_returns_viewer_or_null()
     {