Deploy Worlds

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).

Storage Budget

Scenes deployed to Worlds count against a storage budget shared across all Worlds owned by the same wallet. The budget is calculated dynamically from the wallet's holdings:

• Each Decentraland NAME owned grants 100 MB (as well as a World).
• Each LAND parcel owned grants an additional 100 MB.
• Every 2,000 MANA held in the wallet grants another 100 MB.
• ENS-domain Worlds have a fixed limit of 36 MB that cannot be expanded.

The budget can be distributed across multiple Worlds however the user likes. Check usage in the Manage section of the Creator Hub (click View Details for a breakdown), or in the Worlds tab of the Builder.

If the budget is exceeded (e.g. after selling/transferring assets), there is a 48-hour grace period to free space before Worlds become inaccessible. Regain access by acquiring more MANA/NAMEs/LAND or undeploying scenes.

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
    }
  }
}

Discovery metadata

Worlds are listed on Places unless opted out, so the same metadata that drives discovery in Genesis City applies here. Before publishing, verify all four are set — fill in what you can infer from the scene, ask the user only for the rest:

• display.title — the World's name
• display.description — one or two sentences on what it is
• tags — root-level array, 1-3 Places-dApp categories from the predefined list: "art", "game", "casino", "social", "music", "fashion", "crypto", "education", "shop", "business", "sports", "parkour"
• display.navmapThumbnail — .png, 228x160 px recommended, 196x143 minimum. For the full spec and a capture procedure, see the deploy-scene skill ("Thumbnail image")

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.

Files matched by .dclignore (at the project root) are excluded from the upload — keep working files like Blender sources, concept art, and markdown docs listed there so the World stays light. See the .dclignore section in the deploy-scene skill.

Via Creator Hub

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

3. Access the World

After a successful deploy, the /deploy command outputs a visit URL automatically. The World is also accessible at:

https://decentraland.zone/bevy-web?realm=NAME.dcl.eth

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",
    "navmapThumbnail": "images/thumbnail.png"
  },
  "tags": ["social"],
  "scene": {
    "parcels": ["0,0"],
    "base": "0,0"
  },
  "main": "bin/index.js",
  "worldConfiguration": {
    "name": "my-name.dcl.eth"
  }
}

World Configuration Options

Beyond name and placesConfig, worldConfiguration supports skybox and minimap customization:

"worldConfiguration": {
  "name": "my-name.dcl.eth",
  "skyboxConfig": {
    "fixedTime": 43200
  },
  "placesConfig": {
    "optOut": false
  }
}

• skyboxConfig.fixedTime — verified against the engine test scenes and current docs.
• skyboxConfig.textures, miniMapConfig (visible/dataImage/estateImage) — [UNVERIFIED: not present in the engine test scenes or the current scene-metadata docs; confirm against js-sdk-toolchain scene schema before relying on them].

skyboxConfig.fixedTime values:

Values are seconds since midnight; a full day is 86400.

Any value above 86400 is interpreted as midnight. Omit fixedTime for a dynamic day/night cycle.

worldConfiguration.skyboxConfig.fixedTime is verified working in the engine test scenes, and takes precedence over a top-level skyboxConfig.fixedTime if both are present. See the lighting-environment skill for runtime control (the SkyboxTime component, which overrides either JSON value).

Multi-Scene Worlds

A World can host multiple independent scenes, each at different coordinates. The World grows and shrinks dynamically as scenes are added or removed, and gaps between scenes are filled with environment.

Enable via Creator Hub: When publishing, toggle Multi-Scene World (advanced) on the first publish.

Deploy via CLI:

npm run deploy -- --multi-scene --target-content https://worlds-content-server.decentraland.org

After enabling, the World Owner can:

• Publish additional scenes to different parcels of the same World
• Add Collaborators with deploy rights (all parcels or specific coordinates)
• Manage layout via the Layout tab in World Settings (remove scenes, view the World map)
• Set a World Spawn Position (which parcel players enter on)

Collaborator note: Collaborators with "All Parcels" access can overwrite any scene in the World, including those published by the owner.

To deploy as a collaborator, use the normal deploy process — the publishing flow will let you select only the parcels you have access to.

Post-Publish Conversion

Worlds go through the same asset bundle conversion as Genesis City scenes — 3D models are compressed server-side after each publish. Plan for 30-60 minutes until the new version is reliably playable. For timing details, conversion status endpoints, and the /detectabs chat command, see the deploy-scene skill ("Post-Publish: Asset Bundle Conversion"). Use Optimize Assets (or --local-ab) in preview to catch conversion issues before publishing.

Troubleshooting

Example scenes

• https://github.com/decentraland/sdk7-test-scenes/tree/main/scenes/3,0-skybox-world-json — a World scene setting a fixed skybox time via worldConfiguration.skyboxConfig.fixedTime, and reading it back with getSceneInformation.

Deploying to Genesis City instead? See the deploy-scene skill.

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