diff --git a/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js b/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
--- a/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
+++ b/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
@@ -25,39 +25,34 @@
 type NUXTipParams = {
   +nextTip: ?NUXTip,
   +tooltipLocation: 'below' | 'above' | 'absolute',
-  +nextRouteName: ?NUXTipRouteNames,
+  +routeName: NUXTipRouteNames,
   +exitingCallback?: <Route: NUXTipRouteNames>(
     navigation: AppNavigationProp<Route>,
   ) => void,
 };
 
-const firstNUXTipKey = 'firstTip';
-type NUXTipParamsKeys = NUXTip | 'firstTip';
+const firstNUXTipKey = nuxTip.INTRO;
+type NUXTipParamsKeys = NUXTip;
 
 const nuxTipParams: { +[NUXTipParamsKeys]: NUXTipParams } = {
-  [firstNUXTipKey]: {
-    nextTip: nuxTip.INTRO,
-    tooltipLocation: 'absolute',
-    nextRouteName: IntroTipRouteName,
-  },
   [nuxTip.INTRO]: {
     nextTip: nuxTip.COMMUNITY_DRAWER,
-    tooltipLocation: 'below',
-    nextRouteName: CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
+    tooltipLocation: 'absolute',
+    routeName: IntroTipRouteName,
   },
   [nuxTip.COMMUNITY_DRAWER]: {
     nextTip: nuxTip.HOME,
     tooltipLocation: 'below',
-    nextRouteName: HomeTabTipRouteName,
+    routeName: CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
   },
   [nuxTip.HOME]: {
     nextTip: nuxTip.MUTED,
     tooltipLocation: 'below',
-    nextRouteName: MutedTabTipRouteName,
+    routeName: HomeTabTipRouteName,
   },
   [nuxTip.MUTED]: {
     nextTip: undefined,
-    nextRouteName: undefined,
+    routeName: MutedTabTipRouteName,
     tooltipLocation: 'below',
     exitingCallback: navigation => navigation.goBack(),
   },
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@
   const tipsProps = React.useMemo(() => {
     const result: { [tip: NUXTip]: TipProps } = {};
     for (const type of values(nuxTip)) {
-      if (type === nuxTip.INTRO) {
+      if (nuxTipParams[type].tooltipLocation === 'absolute') {
         continue;
       }
       if (!tipsPropsState[type]) {
diff --git a/native/navigation/nux-tip-overlay-backdrop.react.js b/native/navigation/nux-tip-overlay-backdrop.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/nux-tip-overlay-backdrop.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/nux-tip-overlay-backdrop.react.js
@@ -64,17 +64,14 @@
     };
   }, [onExitFinish]);
 
-  const { nextTip, tooltipLocation, nextRouteName } =
-    getNUXTipParams(firstNUXTipKey);
-  invariant(nextRouteName && nextTip, 'first nux tip should be defined');
+  const { routeName } = getNUXTipParams(firstNUXTipKey);
 
   React.useEffect(
     () =>
       props.navigation.navigate<NUXTipRouteNames>({
-        name: nextRouteName,
+        name: routeName,
         params: {
-          tipKey: nextTip,
-          tooltipLocation,
+          tipKey: firstNUXTipKey,
         },
       }),
     // We want this effect to run exactly once, when this component is mounted
diff --git a/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js b/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js
--- a/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js
+++ b/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
 
 export type NUXTipsOverlayParams = {
   +tipKey: NUXTip,
-  +tooltipLocation: 'above' | 'below' | 'absolute',
 };
 
 export type NUXTipsOverlayProps<Route: NUXTipRouteNames> = {
@@ -198,7 +197,8 @@
       [dimensions.width, initialCoordinates, tipHorizontalOffset],
     );
 
-    const { tooltipLocation } = route.params;
+    const tipParams = getNUXTipParams(route.params.tipKey);
+    const { tooltipLocation } = tipParams;
 
     const baseTipContainerStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
       const { y, x, height, width } = initialCoordinates;
@@ -380,31 +380,25 @@
     }
 
     const onPressOk = React.useCallback(() => {
-      const callbackParams = getNUXTipParams(route.params.tipKey);
-
-      const {
-        nextTip,
-        tooltipLocation: nextLocation,
-        nextRouteName,
-        exitingCallback,
-      } = callbackParams;
+      const { nextTip, exitingCallback } = tipParams;
       goBackOnce();
 
       if (exitingCallback) {
         exitingCallback?.(navigation);
       }
 
-      if (!nextTip || !nextRouteName) {
+      if (!nextTip) {
         return;
       }
+      const { routeName } = getNUXTipParams(nextTip);
+
       navigation.navigate<NUXTipRouteNames>({
-        name: nextRouteName,
+        name: routeName,
         params: {
           tipKey: nextTip,
-          tooltipLocation: nextLocation,
         },
       });
-    }, [goBackOnce, navigation, route.params.tipKey]);
+    }, [goBackOnce, navigation, tipParams]);
 
     const button = React.useMemo(
       () =>