Deploying to Decentraland Worlds

Worlds are personal 3D spaces not tied to LAND. They have no parcel limitations and are automatically listed on the Places page.

Requirements

To publish to a World, the user must own either:

A Decentraland NAME (e.g., my-name.dcl.eth)
An ENS domain (e.g., my-name.eth)

The wallet signing the deployment must own the NAME, or have been granted permission via Access Control Lists (ACL).

1. Configure scene.json

Add a worldConfiguration section to scene.json:

{
  "worldConfiguration": {
    "name": "my-name.dcl.eth"
  }
}

The name field must match a Decentraland NAME or ENS domain owned by the deploying wallet.

Opt out of Places listing

All Worlds are automatically listed on the Places page. To opt out:

{
  "worldConfiguration": {
    "name": "my-name.dcl.eth",
    "placesConfig": {
      "optOut": true
    }
  }
}

2. Deploy

Use the /deploy command — it auto-detects the worldConfiguration in scene.json and deploys to the Worlds content server automatically.

Alternatively, deploy manually via CLI:

npx @dcl/sdk-commands deploy --target-content https://worlds-content-server.decentraland.org

This will prompt the user to sign the deployment with their wallet. Validations run automatically to allow or reject the scene.

Via Creator Hub

Open the scene project in Creator Hub
Click the Publish button (top-right corner)
Select PUBLISH TO WORLD
Choose which NAME or ENS domain to publish to

3. Access the World

Once deployed, the World is accessible at:

decentraland://?realm=NAME.dcl.eth

Replace NAME with the Decentraland NAME or ENS domain used for deployment.

From inside Decentraland, use the chatbox command:

/goto NAME.dcl.eth

Full scene.json Example

{
  "ecs7": true,
  "runtimeVersion": "7",
  "display": {
    "title": "My World",
    "description": "A personal 3D space"
  },
  "scene": {
    "parcels": ["0,0"],
    "base": "0,0"
  },
  "main": "bin/index.js",
  "worldConfiguration": {
    "name": "my-name.dcl.eth"
  }
}

Key Differences from Genesis City

No parcel limitations — Worlds are not constrained by LAND ownership
NAME/ENS required — must own a Decentraland NAME or ENS domain instead of LAND
Different deploy target — uses --target-content https://worlds-content-server.decentraland.org
Auto-listed on Places — unless opted out via placesConfig.optOut

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